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Today's top stories
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135926.jpg) | TVC News, the 24-hour pan-African TV news channel from the stables of the Continental Broadcasting Service Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria, launched 17 June 2013, on the UK's BskyB platform (EPG 572). Read more >> |
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![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/136084.jpg) | Over 250 students from across Uganda have taken part in an online aptitude exam to win a fully paid scholarship from MTN Uganda. The winners will be announced on 21 June. Read more >> |
Pan-African tower company Eaton Towers announced on Friday that it had signed a deal with Telkom Kenya to cover its existing portfolio of more than 1‚000 towers. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/136082.jpg) | Blue Label said on Friday it was confident that it would successfully defend a US$528.07 million lawsuit brought against the company‚ its subsidiaries and representatives by Telkom and Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited (MLT)‚ a former wholly owned subsidiary of Telkom. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135928.jpg) | [Thabiso Mochiko] Telkom is suing a former executive for US$6m as part of a US$528.07m lawsuit for damages arising out of the "super dealer agreement" between Blue Label subsidiary African Prepaid Services and Telkom's former Nigerian subsidiary‚ Multi-Links. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135924.jpg) | Every1Mobile (E1M), which specialises in building mass audiences via mobile in sub-Saharan Africa, recently announced that it has raised R18 million in angel investment. Read more >> |
The acting attorney general in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland should withdraw his request to suspend the independent daily Hubaal, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday, 13 June 2013. A court ruled on Tuesday that the paper had been indefinitely suspended at the request of Aden Ahmed Mouse, according to news reports. Read more >>
First National Bank (FNB) Zambia recently launched their Solwezi branch in a ceremony attended by the Minister of North Western Province, Nathaniel Mubukwanu, who officiated as the guest of honour. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135926.jpg) | TVC News, the 24-hour pan-African TV news channel from the stables of the Continental Broadcasting Service Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria, launched 17 June 2013, on the UK's BskyB platform (EPG 572). Read more >> |
PARIS, FRANCE: The global advertising market will grow by a less than expected 3.5% this year, French ad giant Publicis said yesterday, marking down last December's forecast of 4.1% growth for the second time. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/136118.jpg) | WASHINGTON, USA: Internet giants Facebook and Microsoft say they received thousands of requests for data from US authorities last year but are prohibited from disclosing how many related to national security. Read more >> |
ATHENS, GREECE: A Greek court on Monday suspended the government's shock decision to shut down state broadcaster ERT and ordered it reopened until a new national media body can be set up. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135943.jpg) | WASHINGTON, US: Google captured more than half of the US$8.8bn spent on mobile Internet advertising worldwide last year and is expected to boost its share in 2013, market watchers say. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135936.jpg) | LYON, FRANCE: Euronews, one of the leading international news channels in Europe, has concluded an agreement with GLWiZ, international WebTV provider, to connect with Persian-speaking (Farsi) communities all over the world. Read more >> |
More International
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/136233.jpg) | There is still no arrest in the murder of the Johannesburg Central Cluster Commander, Major General Tirhani Maswanganyi, whose body was found in the early hours of Tuesday. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/136124.jpg) | [Nicky Smith] The Department of Trade and Industry has called for a meeting of top government officials after almost a year of tireless lobbying by specialised spring manufacturer Springmaster over the role state-owned Transnet Engineering (TE) has been playing in the rail engineering sector. Read more >> |
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/136122.jpg) | [Linda Ensor] The Gauteng provincial government had paid R831m to the Bombela consortium up to end March in terms of 10 ridership guarantees for the Gautrain‚ Transport Minister Ben Martins said in Parliament on Tuesday (18 June). Read more >> |
The South African government has called on the United Kingdom government to investigate reports that its delegates who attended the 2009 Group 20 meeting were put under surveillance. Read more >>
![](https://biz-file.com/c/1306/135962.jpg) | [Helmo Preuss] A weaker rand and higher international product prices are likely to push the Gauteng retail petrol price up by 81 cents a litre (c/l) in July, close to the record R13.20 per litre reached in April‚ data released by the Central Energy Fund last week showed. Read more >> |
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