UGANDA

Uganda to recognise Top 50 Brands

[Walter Wafula] As one of activities to commemorate Uganda gaining independence from the British in 1962, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in partnership with the government will recognise the Top 50 Brands at an awards gala in Kampala on 16 August 2012. Over 100 local and international brands have been nominated to participate in the contest following the call for nominations in July. Read more >>

AFRICA

Branding lessons from the Olympics

[Donna Rachelson] The world has caught Olympic fever and South Africans are glued to their TV screens thanks to the likes of Chad Le Clos, Cameron van der Burgh and the lightweight men's four rowing team, who have bagged three gold medals at the London 2012 Games. Read more >>

AFRICA

AiM confirms festival dates

Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival, one of the UK's largest African film festivals, now in its seventh year has confirmed the dates for the 2012 festival. The festival will take place from Thursday, 25 October until Friday, 2 November at the Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh & Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Glasgow. Read more >>

AFRICA

FNB Art Prize winner announced

Zimbabwean artist, Kudzanai Chiurai has been announced as the winner of the second annual FNB Art Prize. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

How to make your digital marketing strategy easy to manage

[Chemory Gunko] Of the many benefits of an open source content-managed website platform, like Joomla, easily the most obvious - and powerful - is that it takes the power out of your agency's hands, and puts it back into yours. Read more >>

AFRICA

Creative Economy Conference: Call for Papers

The Arterial Network will host its second annual conference on the African Creative Economy which aims to provide practical analysis and reflective overview of the current status of African creative economy. The conference, taking place in November 2012, is now calling for papers. Read more >>

GHANA

African Leadership Network announce judging panel for AAE

The African Leadership Network, Africa's premier network of new generation leaders, have announced the judging panel for the 2012 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (AAE). Read more >>

MALAWI

TNM posts lower profits than last year

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Telekom Networks Malawi Limited (TNM), a mobile phone service provider, has signposted what to expect in its financial report this year - which brings poor results the company has registered in the period of six months to June 2012. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Ahmed flays foreign media over Nigeria's image

Governor Abdulfatal Ahmed of Kwara State has warned that the way Nigeria's image was being portrayed by the international media would not do the country any good. He noted that unless Nigerians join hands to address the trend, the much desired investors may be scared away from the country. Read more >>

AFRICA

MTN continues share buyback operation

[Thabiso Mochiko] MTN has spent R2.1 billion buying back shares in the six months to the end of June. In the absence of acquisitions‚ it has opted to pay dividends and buy back shares. Read more >>

AFRICA

Airtel unveils African Rising Stars Championship

Airtel Africa have unveiled the Airtel Rising Stars Africa Soccer Championship that will provide another opportunity for budding stars to showcase and gauge their raw talent with the best in the continent. The championship will be part of the Airtel Rising Stars program, a soccer talent initiative that has focused on identifying and nurturing soccer talent from the grassroots onto a national stage. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Apple and Amazon dominate online space for Brown Goods

LONDON, UK: Amazon UK was the most visible brown goods advertiser online whilst Apple remained the most visible website for brown goods-related searches, reveals the latest research from leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Deloitte Survey: Back-to-school shoppers ready to spend

NEW YORK, US: Consumers' days of cutting back-to-school spending are behind them, and shoppers are reverting to more traditional information sources to study up before heading to the store, according to Deloitte's annual "Back-to-School" survey, released this week. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

More must be done to empower women, says President Zuma

President Jacob Zuma says the Gender Equality Bill must be fast tracked if the country is to further level the playing field for women. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

R99bn report baffles department

The defence department is baffled by a media report which claims that R99bn has been secretly spent since 1994 through the Defence Special Account. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Arms deal submissions disappointing

Public response for submissions to the Arms Procurement Commission was disappointing, according to a report this week. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Harbour hotels offer Trade Route promotion as bait

[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] V&A Waterfront hotel restaurants have joined The Masters of the Trade Route promotion aimed at getting locals out of our duvets and into restaurants despite cold and wet conditions - something we Capetonians dislike more than having our beaches crowded by out-of-towners in December. Read more >>