8 Oct 2012 |
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Happy Independence Day Uganda!Tomorrow, 9 October 2012, Uganda celebrates 50 years of gaining its independence from Britain in 1962, maintaining its Commonwealth membership. I'm pretty sure that there will be many celebrations across the country. Last week, media owners and managers in Uganda were asked to popularise the national anthem on a daily basis in the run up to mark Uganda's golden jubilee independence anniversary, However, it appears that radio and television stations failed to do so. Mary Karoro Okurut, the minister of Information and National Guidance, issued a statement asking that in print publications, only three stanzas of the national anthem be printed, and on radio and TV stations that the anthem be played before every news bulletin. I honestly don't think that that is too much to ask for, is it? We're playing our part and here are the lyrics of Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty (that's the name of Uganda's national anthem). Oh Uganda! may God uphold thee,Herp We lay our future in thy hand. United, free, For liberty Together we'll always stand.
Oh Uganda! the land of freedom. Our love and labour we give, And with neighbours all At our country's call In peace and friendship we'll live.
Oh Uganda! the land that feeds us By sun and fertile soil grown. For our own dear land, We'll always stand, The Pearl of Africa's Crown
Source: WikipediaIn other news this week: MISA protests against draft E-Bill, that was recently released to the public. The online digital music platform, iROKING launched a mobile website in addition to redesigning its web platform. In Kenya, Safaricom has completed blocking of all counterfeit mobile phones, while the Rwanda Utilities Regulator Agency has plans to do the same. Kingsley Potter provides some insight into the growth and expansion in Africa. Hope you have 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
CRM
[Kingsley Potter] Human beings are a forward reaching species. We want more. We aspire for growth regardless of our circumstances. The cycle of growth and stasis is a natural state for natural elements that are wholly governed by the laws of nature. Human beings, though governed by the natural and physical laws of nature, have one key attribute that pushes against the laws, Thought & Intelligence. Honing these two took us to the moon and beyond. Read more >>
Cinema
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/115065.jpg) There are only several days until the 9th Cordoba African Film Festival kicks off in Cordoba, Spain, taking place from 13-20 October 2012. This event is reported to be one of the main European references for African cinemas. Read more >>
Education & training
The ABN Education Trust sponsors students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds into financial journalism programs at WITS and the University of Johannesburg. The Trust was founded in 2011, by the co-founder and vice chairman of CNBC Africa, Rakesh Wahi. Read more >>
Media
[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has protested against the draft E-Bill which the government of Malawi released to the public to get more input as an enemy of media freedom and freedom of expression. Read more >>
[Walter Wafula] Media owners and managers in Uganda have been asked to popularise the national anthem on a daily basis, as part of preparations to mark Uganda's golden jubilee independence anniversary on Tuesday, 9 October 2012. Read more >>
Mobile
[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has changed the rolling out of services of what is expected to be Malawi's fourth mobile phone service company, CELCOM. Read more >>
[Henry Ifeanyi] The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the country's active mobile telephone lines as of August 2012 is sitting on 105.2 million. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/115063.jpg) In efforts to bolster its francophone operations, Airtel Africa has appointed Louis Lubala and Antoine Pamboro as the new managing directors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Gabon respectively. Read more >>
Online media
[Reece Easthorpe] OK, so let's talk social media, the thing that is this multi layered complex series of platforms. One platform in particular, Facebook, is like the science of social media. It seems like everything you do on Facebook either ties in closely to your personality or is targeted to a certain personality type group. The deeper you go into it the more strategic approaches you come across. Some approaches display serious angles of manipulation and others some hard, cold casing, corporate bitch slapping. Read more >>
TV
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/115078.jpg?1) CNBC Africa, the business and financial news television channel has added a new offering to its bouquet of market and business news shows with Business FM, a Friday evening wrap of the news and events moving the markets. The show premiered on Friday, 5 October 2012. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/115019.jpg) NEW YORK, US: Facebook has begun testing a new feature that would allow users to increase the visibility of their posts for a fee, in what appears to be a new bid to add more profitability to the social network. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/114991.jpg) RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the US mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending August 2012. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/114999.jpg) LONDON, UK: Mike Roberts, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media, comments on Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile USA acquiring MetroPCS. Read more >> More International...
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/115084.jpg) The crime statistics which were released recently are an indication that police are winning their war against crime, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1210/115082.jpg) President Jacob Zuma has requested Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to give a report back on action taken regarding the delivery of textbooks in Limpopo as well as the catch up plan for affected Grade 10 learners. Read more >> More Government news...
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