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The focus of the online media marketing sector discussion at the fifth 
Gateway Communications, the supplier of pan-African telecommunications services, continues with its plans to bring sub-sea connectivity inland across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The most recent country to benefit from this initiative is Botswana, with capacity from SAT-3 being brought into Gaborone securely via South Africa. 
Helios Towers Africa (HTA), a telecoms towers company in Africa, has announced the appointment of Kevin Koch as the new chief operating officer. 
The 
The 2012 Broadcast, Film & Music Africa (BFMA) conference, hosted by AITEC Africa, is set to take place from 10-11 July 2012 at the Oshwal Centre in Nairobi. The conference is aimed at evaluating opportunities for growth in the industry. 
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has been ranked the best operator for good quality of service by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the Commission's Audit Report for March and April 2012. 
MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS: The Data Journalism Handbook is a free, open-source book that aims to help journalists to use data to improve the news. It was launched on Saturday 28 April, at Italy's leading journalism event, the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, which attracts thousands of journalists from around the world for a week of talks and workshops. | Partners |
SOUTH AFRICAAfrican schools dominate global education competition
African schools won five out of the eight prizes on offer for the 2011 School Enterprise Challenge, a global competition for schools. This announcement coincides with the launch of the 2012 challenge, which is now open for registration. Read more >>| Government |
SOUTH AFRICAZille must resign over communications tender: CDP
DA leader Helen Zille must resign after a communications tender was provisionally found to be invalid by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, the Christian Democratic Party said yesterday. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICADavies to launch R5.8bn boost for manufacturing
A R5.8bn manufacturing competitiveness enhancement program (MCEP) would be launched later this week, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said in a statement on Sunday. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAHome Affairs intensifies efforts to stamp out duplicate IDs
The Department of Home Affairs will this week intensify its campaign to eradicate more than 29 000 duplicate identity documents. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAConstruction industry: Mixed reaction to Sexwale speech
The Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC) supports the majority of the statements made by Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, in his address recently to the National Assembly regarding the Human Settlements Budget Vote. However, Rob Johnson, executive director of the MBAWC, says, "Minister Sexwale's address contained a number of elements which have our full support however there are a few which we oppose." Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAAfrica proving popular destination for international students
In 1994, with the end of apartheid, South African universities opened up to the world. Recent research shows that if desirability is any indication, Africa is taking its rightful place in the world as an emerging centre for higher education. Read more >>More Government news...
| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICASacre bleu, a pretend German, ja?
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Citroën's new ooh la la flagship DS5 has just strutted onto the local market and its stylish and controversial looks have already set the tongues wagging with the same enthusiasm as any latest haute couture unveiling in Paris. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAEthiopian wins Bombardier's Airline Reliability Performance Award
For the second consecutive year, Ethiopian Airlines has won the 2011 Annual Airline Reliability Performance Award from the Bombardier Aerospace. Ethiopian achieved the highest overall dispatch reliability rating and placed first overall in the Q-400 product category for the Middle East and Africa region. Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAiHamlet: Shakespeare for one
[Duan Wanty] There are three kinds of people in the world: those who love Shakespeare, those who don't and those that pretend to know exactly what Shakespeare meant with his self-made language. Regardless of where you place yourself, we know that the sheer brilliance of Shakespeare will live on and, with the production of iHamlet, it is proven yet again. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAA Streetcar Named Desire [Daniel Dercksen]
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