The
CNN African Journalist of the Year Competition was established in August 1995 to encourage, promote and recognise excellence in African journalism. In the early nineties Edward Boateng, the then regional director of Turner Broadcasting, was travelling around the African continent on business. During his travels he became concerned about the lack of respect journalists received and he decided to try and help them gain recognition for their hard work and commitment. Find out more about the awards
here.
Now in its 18th year, the awards are still going strong and continues to recognise African journalists in various categories - from radio and television to digital and environmental journalism. Journalists who are entering this year's competition have until this Wednesday, 17 April 2013 to send in their completed entry forms and supporting material. Entries can be found online at
www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/africanawards.
Previous winners include: Tom Mboya and Evanson Nyaga (2012), Fatuma Noor (2011) - all from Kenya and Sam Rogers (2010) from South Africa.
In news this week;
TBWA\ has appointed Graham Cruikshanks as the group's new director of African operations. His appointment is with immediate effect. MISA-Botswana recently appointed a
new national director, Buyani Zongwani. Following a trial period in six of its major markets across Africa,
MTN has gone live with a bouquet of distinct cloud services this April. Mark Gray provides some insight into
social recruiting and Yolandi Nortje states that the rise of social media has moved beyond social interaction to providing a
powerful HR tool in the recruitment process. I'll continue to say,
think before you post because your potential future employer may be sussing you out - online.
Enjoy your week!
Evan-Lee Courie
@evan1985PS Responses to this column welcomed in our ed's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com; also take a look at our guide "How to contribute to Bizcommunity, from op-ed pieces to news". Don't forget to follow @Biz_Africa on Twitter and join us on Facebook!
Continued focus on the Africa-wide growth has been signalled by 
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Pentawards 2013 has called for entries so if you're a packaging designer and you want your work to be recognised, enter now! 
NEW YORK, US: 
MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND: In a survey of 100 media agencies, media owners and brands, conducted by the Festival of Media Global 2013, many believe media agencies are adapting well and that the media planner's role will change to take on more of a strategic/advisory capacity; however there is some concern over a lack of industry standards and transparency, and the disadvantage of a lack of human input. 
About 90% of motorists travelling on Gauteng roads will pay less than R200 a month on e-tolling‚ the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) claimed last week. 
The South African Revenue Service has the responsibility to recover taxes in terms of the tax acts alone, with no quarter asked or given. Sometimes there are instances in which this can lead to absurd or extremely onerous results for the taxpayer and remedy through the courts is often not a prospect. 
A Johannesburg man is taking legal action against the National Gambling Board (NGB) after it withheld money he won through online gambling, the Saturday Star reported. 
The opening round of the 2013 Junior National Off Road Championship kicked off in Lesotho this past weekend with the Junior Roof of Africa and Yamaha riders completely dominated the rain soaked and muddy race by taking the top five overall positions, and well as the top two spots on the podium in both the Open (250 F) Class and the 125cc Class. 
93 pages
