SOUTH AFRICA

[Biz Takeouts Lineup] 29: The state of South African media and marketing

To find out more about the state of South African media and marketing, tune in to this week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, streamed live 5pm-6pm via 2oceansVibe Radio. The studio guest this Wednesday evening, 11 July 2012, will be the outspoken columnist, David Bullard. [twitterfall] Read more >>

KENYA

Kenya's advertising sector attracts new players, technologies

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] In the last six months, Kenya's advertising industry has attracted both local and international players. The new kid on the block is American agency TBWA which opened an East Africa office barely four months ago. Other new international agencies who have already come to the scene are French-based, Havas Media International and South African media group, Carat. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Leftfield secures R100-million account in Nigeria

Leftfield, an independently owned full-service advertising agency based in Cape Town, South Africa, has been appointed as agency of record by FrieslandCampina WAMCO in Nigeria. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Has Africa missed domain extension opportunity?

[Howard Rybko] The new domain extension names were designed to unclog the constipation resulting from the lack of availability of dot com names (and the handful of alternatives like dot net, dot biz and dot org) and in mid-June 2012, big internet players paid out millions to grab names in the highest stakes game in web history. Read more >>

AFRICA

[BFMA 2012] New films screened, what to expect on Day 2

Over 500 filmmakers, stars, media managers, music producers and digital content developers attended the screening of Discovery Channel's new African film titled Inside Story. Read more >>

AFRICA

Grasping the Africa infrastructure gaps

The Africa-Australia Infrastructure Conference set to take place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney from 3-4 September 2012, is an event that will present a new forum for Australian and African stakeholders in the infrastructure sector to meet, start partnerships, cross-fertilise ideas, challenge assumptions and plan for the future. Read more >>

NIGERIA

African Women Economic Summit takes place in Nigeria

In partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB), New Faces New Voices (NFNV) is hosting its second African Women Economic Summit (AWES) from 12-14 July 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria. African government, regulators, research and academic institutions, non-governmental organisation, big business and civil society will come together to discuss topics around the development of women in finance. Read more >>

AFRICA

[BFMA 2012] Digital technology proves to be the next money maker

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Day 1 of the Broadcast Film and Music Africa (BFMA) conference opened with a house full. The two day conference, under the theme "Innovation, investment and partnerships for local content and service excellence" takes place at the Oshwal Centre, located in the Nairobi Central Business District, Kenya. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawi media faulted for mass killings

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] A Commission of Enquiry instituted by the Malawi presidency to establish what prompted the police to kill 20 people during a mass demonstration in July 2011 has faulted the media for fanning the violence that led to the death of the people.The findings have however been dismissed by media bodies in the country. Read more >>

KENYA

Samsung Galaxy S III now available in Kenya

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has launched the much-anticipated Galaxy S III in Kenya. The launch in Kenya is part of Samsung's bid to maintain market leadership. Kenya is the second African country, after South Africa, to host the launch of the Galaxy SIII. Read more >>

AFRICA

Seminar tackles youth employment in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by countries in the Southern Africa Region. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Famous Brands extends footprint in Namibia

In line with Famous Brands' (FBS) growth strategy to expand its presence in Africa‚ the group has awarded the Namibian master licence agreement for the newly relaunched Milky Lane brand to Namibian national‚ De Wet Oosthuizen. Read more >>

AFRICA

Deutsche Messe expands sales network into Africa

Deutsche Messe, a global active trade fair company, is expanding its international sales network and now has representation throughout the region of sub-Saharan Africa. Read more >>

SINGAPORE

Cheong, Thomas, Harano to chair at Spikes Asia 2012

SINGAPORE: Spikes Asia, the regional creative advertising and communications festival for Asia Pacific, has announced that Eugene Cheong has been appointed Craft Jury president, Chris Thomas will be the Creative Effectiveness Jury president and Morihiro Harano has been named as the Digital and Mobile jury president. Read more >>

FRANCE

Just published: Open journalism from the World Editors Forum

PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Editors Forum has drawn together the leading arguments for open journalism - supplementing original reporting with the vast resources of the web - and collected key examples in a new report that offers an overview of a wide variety of approaches for newsrooms everywhere. Read more >>

CHINA

Digital Asia Festival: Open for entries, delegate registrations

BEIJING, CHINA: The newly launched Digital Asia Festival, the two-day event for learning, networking and celebrating the best that Asia's digital marketing industry has to offer, incorporating the well-established Digital Media Awards, is now open for entries and delegate registrations. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

London International Awards: Deadline looms

LONDON, UK: You have just a few days to submit your entries into the London International Awards. The deadline is 13 July 2012. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Treasury seeks to regulate tax advisers

The Treasury has proposed that "recognised controlling bodies" for tax practitioners be established, which would pave the way for these professionals to be regulated under the Tax Administration Act. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Alleged illicit liquor dealer to face court

An alleged kingpin in the illicit liquor trade is expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court as the South African Revenue Service (SARS) clamps down on traders who evade paying duty on alcohol. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Transnet committed to invest R31.2bn this year

[Ray Faure] State-owned freight and logistics company Transnet has committed to invest R31.2bn in the current financial year as part of its Market Demand Strategy - the company's R300.1bn investment programme over the next seven years. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Probe into SA ambassador over MTN

The department of international relations has confirmed it is investigating allegations that the former ambassador to Iran‚ Yusuf Salojee‚ accepted payments from MTN. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Auditing training 'to assist municipalities'

The Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority has committed R3,9m to help fund auditing training for municipalities, to be provided by the Institute of Internal Auditors SA (IIA SA). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Transnet board of directors reduced

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has reduced the number of Transnet's board of directors from 18 to 14. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

&Beyond rated among world's top safari operators

&Beyond has been listed as the world's 5th Top Safari Operator in the US Travel + Leisure 2012 World's Best Awards readers' survey. As one of Africa and South Asia's leading experiential travel companies, &Beyond's mission is to design luxury safaris and personalised travel adventures whilst remaining committed to its core ethic of "Care of the Land. Care of the Wildlife. Care of the People." Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

TripAdvisor honours Le Touessrok and La Pirogue Hotels

World Leisure Holidays' Le Touessrok and La Pirogue have won further awards, this time from TripAdvisor. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Fugard's Blue Iris

[Daniel Dercksen] Athol Fugard's compelling The Blue Iris is a consummate masterwork that will break your heart and shake you to the core. Celebrating life, love and the haunting memories of a tragedy that shapes the lives of a Karoo farmer, his wife and housekeeper, it is an intelligent play that showcases the genius of one of the greatest playwrights of our time, and is a crowning glory to his 80th birthday. Read more >>