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And then the Olympics came to an end...With the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games sadly coming to an end yesterday, I am nothing more than proud of Team Africa! Our continent tallied a total of 31 Olympic medals - how amazing is that? Leading the pack with the most amount of medals are: Kenya - 11; Ethiopia - 7 and South Africa - 6, followed by Egypt, Algeria, Uganda, Botswana and Gabon also winning medals. As I predicted, Africa walked away with more than a handful of medals. Well done to each and every team on the continent that took part in the Summer Games! As it was reported, these Olympics would be labelled as the first 'social games', and I couldn't agree more. When I wasn't in front of the television watching avidly, I was checking the updates on Twitter. According to Memeburn, here are the 5 biggest Twitter moments of London 2012. Olympic fever isn't over just yet, in 16 days, the Paralympic Games begin. To keep up with your respective county, check for updates on www.london2012.com. Again, good luck to each and every team taking part! And in marketing and media related news: contributor Donna Rachelson shares some insight in Branding lessons from the Olympics; IT News Africa officially launches African Innovator magazine; a fued between MACRA and Professor Mathews Chikaonda exposes some gaps in Malawi's telecommunications industry; in Uganda, New Vision regains its top spot in cyberspace and the 15th IACC invite young journalists working in sub-Saharan Africa to take part in the conference. Cheers to a great week! Evan-Lee Courie @evan1985Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com and opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com, also take a look at our guide "How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news". Follow Bizcommunity on Twitter @Biz_Africa and join our Facebook page. Today's top stories
Marketing & Media
 Last week in an agency focused show, we looked at full service digital agency Native. To find out more, listen to the podcast of the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show, which airs every Wednesday 5pm-6pm streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio. [ twitterfall] Read more >>
Digital
 France Telecom-Orange is reported to have suffered a major incident on its cable-ship, the Chamarel. A fire broke out on the ship late afternoon on 8 August 2012 while returning from a repair operation on the Sat3-Safe cable off the coast of Namibia in the Atlantic Ocean. Read more >>
Events & Conferencing
 On 9 August 2012, CNBC Africa held the All Africa Business Leaders Awards ( AABLA) - West Africa regional finals in Lagos, Nigeria. The event was hosted with CNBC Africa affiliated company ABN Productions and took place at the Porsche Centre in Victoria Island where the regional winners were announced. Read more >>
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Media
 [Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] A feud that has ensued between the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) and Professor Mathews Chikaonda, chairperson of both Telekom Networks Malawi Limited (TNM) and Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL) has exposed glaring gaps in the telecommunication industry. Read more >>
Rwandan president Paul Kagame last week opened the Fifth East African Community (EAC) Media Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, with a call to journalists from around the region to help enhance the community's integration process. Read more >>
On Thursday, 9 August 2012, a photojournalist with the independent daily, Leadership, Benedict Uwalaka, was attacked and brutalised on the premises of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) by persons believed to be mortuary attendants. Read more >>
The Publishers Association of Liberia (PAL) says the undue withholding of payments for legitimate media services rendered to government constitutes gross violations of international media rights, warning that the Liberian Government would risk being declared as media enemy number one. Read more >>
Online Media
 [Charles Nightingale] Numerous research studies have shown that engaged employees are the basis of a company's success and drive tangible performance results. Their contribution is particularly essential during a lengthy period of economic recession: engaged employees have a genuine intellectual and emotional sense of ownership and are willing to do whatever is needed to support the organisation's success. They take pride in doing so, and thereby acquire individual job satisfaction. Read more >>
Radio
According to reports, radio in Swaziland is to be banned from broadcasting news and information that does not support the government's own agenda. All radio istations in the region, except one Christian station that does not broadcast news, is state-controlled and already suffers from high levels of censorship. Read more >>
TV
 Sudanese supermodel and former refugee Alek Wek is to share her views on fashion, entrepreneurism, education, AIDS humanitarianism, role models, brain drain and her love of Nigerian culture in the third episode of the new season of MTV Base Meets...with MTN. Read more >>
 NEW YORK, US: The US edition of fashion magazine Vogue said on Thursday its upcoming September issue will be its biggest ever, surpassing the previous record-setter made famous in a documentary film. Read more >>
 LONDON, UK: Greenlight comment... Google has announced a trial which will enable people using the search engine to see search queries feature results from their Gmail account. The search giant also said it is extending Google Knowledge Graph to every English speaking country. Adam Bunn*, director of search engine optimisation (SEO) at leading independent digital marketing agency, Greenlight, comments. Read more >>
More International...
 While South Africa has recorded great strides in the quest for women empowerment and gender equality, there was still persistent inequality between women and men, says Minister for Women, Children and People with Disabilities, Lulu Xingwana. Read more >>
 Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government will increase the resources required to address the plight of farm workers who are without homes or fixed addresses, and those who are unable to access government services. Read more >>
More Government news...
 [Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] When the Victoria Junction Hotel was built in 1996 it was part of one of the first New York-style loft redevelopments of industrial warehousing. The interiors were quirkily geared towards the movie industry, albeit a little verging on the theme-park. On a return visit, after many years, I was disappointed that none of the quirkiness remained following the 2011 refurbishment. In short, what was once an interesting, individual hotel now seems bland. Read more >>
 Demand for premium airline seats and for seats on long-haul routes is on the decline while numbers on domestic routes and low-cost carriers grow. Read more >>
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