AFRICA

Alcatel-Lucent builds Airtel's network backbone across Africa

Alcatel-Lucent is to assist Bharti Airtel meet rapidly growing demand for mobile broadband services in its African operations by supplying advanced new IP-based networking technology to support the delivery of new mobile broadband data and video services. Read more >>

NIGERIA

Lagos hosts Social Media Week

February 2013 will mark the inaugural Social Media Week on the continent of Africa. Social Media Week Lagos brings together thought leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens from Nigeria and throughout the continent and the diaspora - to explore how people and organisations are connecting to share new ideas and information. Read more >>

EGYPT

African Press Review 11 December 2012

[Michael Fitzpatrick] The latest developments in Egypt and the wait for results after Ghana's election were both stories on the African continent on Tuesday, 11 December 2012. Read more >>

ZAMBIA

Women in News Summit

"We must keep women media professionals within the media sector". This was the message received by the more than 50 participants attending the 3rd Annual WAN-IFRA Women in News Summit in Lusaka, Zambia, this week, which brought together women from the media industry in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia for a three-day event. Read more >>

AFRICA

The future is mobile

[Yusuf Begg] Mobile devices are without a doubt an intricate part of our global technology. In fact, more Africans access the internet through cell phones than laptops or desktop computers and it is this vital fact that highlights the significance of Mobile Web in Africa 2012. Read more >>

AFRICA

Measuring ROI on social media

[Richard Mullins] There is no tool more powerful for justifying spending on social media than hard numbers that prove it is worth every penny. Read more >>

MOZAMBIQUE

Digital deadline concerns community radios

[Richard Lee] A major continental conference on community radio stations ended last week in Maputo with a clear warning - the '2015 deadline for digital migration set by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is approaching and little debate is taking place about how it will affect the allocation of frequencies for the community broadcasting sector'. Read more >>

MOZAMBIQUE

Jet opens stores in Mozambique

Jet, reportedly the largest clothing retailer in Southern Africa with more than 321 stores across South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, has announced the opening of two new stores in Mozambique. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

D&AD calls for entries for the 2013 Student Awards

LONDON, UK: D&AD is providing ambitious creative students with the ultimate platform to launch their careers in design or advertising. The annual D&AD Student Awards are now open for entry, offering a range of real briefs set by clients from some of the world's top brands. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

IMA Interactive Media Awards: Enter now

NEW YORK, US: Submit your website, app, blog, video, ad, game or social media campaign to the IMA Interactive Media Awards. The 2012 entry deadline is Monday, 31 December. (Mobile, tablet and desktop are all eligible.) Read more >>

UNITED STATES

News being read increasingly on tablets

WASHINGTON, USA: Americans of all ages are increasingly using mobile devices to read news with many boosting their media consumption rather than just shifting from print sources according to a survey released on Tuesday (11 December). Read more >>

UNITED STATES

US online holiday spending approaches US$27bn

RESTON, US: comScore, a leader in measuring the digital world, has reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 37 days of the November-December 2012 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date US$26.6bn has been spent online, marking a 13% increase versus the corresponding days last year. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

YoungGuns winners to be announced

NEW YORK, US: YGAward 2012 winners and finalists will be revealed on 17 December. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Govt dismisses reports on National Development Plan

Government says it has noted the "reckless" statements made by the chief economist at Pan African Investment and Research, Iraj Abedian, which were published by the Business Report regarding the alleged "absence of buy-in" of the National Development Plan (NDP) by Ministers Ebrahim Patel and Rob Davies. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Passenger train upgrades for Prasa

Plans for a makeover of South African trains that include installing air conditioning systems, security cameras and bigger seats for all passengers were unveiled by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) on Tuesday (11 December). Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Hacker halts three SA websites

A hacker has claimed responsibility for disrupting SA's Department of Social Development's website and hacking those of the National Planning Commission and the National Population Unit. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Donations stream in for farm-workers

Many of the thousands of workers who went on a two-week strike for better pay last month got only a fraction of their wages. Some of them got nothing. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Ahoy there! All aboard the big Blu

[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] Positioned on a promontory in Granger Bay made from reclaimed land, the Radisson Blu Hotel, Waterfront gives the impression of being an ocean liner. You will hear and smell the sea throughout your stay and, if you're in one of the sea-facing rooms, the sea views are seriously spectacular. Read more >>