Keeping it African - 10 Oct 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] The 2011 AfricaCom Awards, which acknowledges the growth and importance of the telecoms and digital sectors across the African continent, has released its shortlist of finalists in various categories. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 9 November 2011 in Cape Town, South Africa. read more Don't become a victim of cybercrime - 3 Oct 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] In the recently released 2011 Norton Cyber Crime Report, it was revealed that 431 million adults worldwide have fallen victims to cybercrime in the past year. At the sixth annual meeting of Internet Governance Forum, which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, 27-30 September, it was brought to attention that cybercrime is on the increase and vulnerable groups are being targeted. In South Africa, cybercrime has reached significant proportions after the death of a women who was allegedly gang-raped after responding to a job ad she found online. In a most recent case, a man known as the "Facebook rapist" is being sought by South African police for over 30 crimes, including murder. read more Developing Africa - 26 Sep 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] This week sees the second annual Brand Africa Forum, hosted by the International Marketing Council of South Africa (the custodians of Brand South Africa) and Brand Leadership Academy, taking place on Thursday, 29 September 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The one-day platform will tackle key issues affecting Africa's growth, reputation and competitiveness. read more Let's innovate...just some more - 19 Sep 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] Highway Africa, regarded as the largest annual gathering of African journalists on the continent, took place this past weekend at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The conference, themed 'African Media and the Global Sustainability Challenge', brought together media and key ICT players from across the continent to converse on important issues and challenges that face Africa. Keynote speaker Koos Bekker, on the topic 'How do we innovate in the media?', suggested that Africa was failing at Internet innovation. read more Africa is going places - 12 Sep 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] We Africans are spreading our wings and making things happen on our continent: The South African Institute of Marketing Management has joined forces with Zambia's Institute of Marketing, the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe and the Marketing Society of Kenya to launch the African Marketing Confederation, which aims to promote and maintains standards of professional skills, ability, ethics and integrity among marketers through the various African marketing bodies. Then, last week, Aegis Media, in conjunction with Bizcommunity, held the first of many marketing/media online digital debates. read more Let the games begin... - 5 Sep 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] With the start of the 10th All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, over the weekend, PocketMedia Solutions was selected by the German Development Cooperation, in conjunction with the National Aids Council, to produce Z-cards thats includes a map and programme of the events for the multi-sports event. Best of luck to all those participating! This Thursday 8 September, Bizcommunity in partnership with Aegis Media brings you the first of many marketing/media debates titled 'Thought Leadership Digibates'. read more Towards a brighter future - 29 Aug 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] Last week, we at Bizcommunity celebrated 10 years since our very first newsletter was sent out in 2011. I would like to extend a very big thank you from the Biz family for all your well wishes and words of encouragement and for your continued support over the years. read more Party like its OUR birthday! - 22 Aug 2011[Evan-Lee Courie] Today Bizcommunity celebrates 10 years since our very first newsletter was sent out in 2001. Come and join in the fun and celebrate with us, wherever you might be in Africa. read more Media under pressure - 15 Aug 2011[Rod Baker: General manager of content] Africa's media is under pressure yet again - in Malawi, President Bingu wa Mutharika has singled out Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) for allegedly perpetrating violence, and in Gambia, where the Gambian National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has forced Taranga FM to drop its news and current affairs programs for the second time this year. On a more uplifting note, a South African airline, kulula.com, in partnership with Interactive Africa flew 10.5 tons of aid to Somalia on Friday 12 August 2011 to help Somalis who are in the grip of a famine. More positive news is that Japan's Fujitsu company is to expand Malawi's ICT sector and to get the ball rolling has launched a new range of modern products in Malawi as a drive to expand Malawi's ICT sector. read more Focusing on poverty - 1 Aug 2011[Cheers, Sindy Peters (@sindylp): Africa editor] The Somali region is seeing its worst humanitarian crisis since the famine of 2000 in the Ethiopian area. There are currently two regions in southern Somalia where the UN has declared a major famine. read more Happy birthday, Madiba! - 18 Jul 2011[Cheers, Sindy Peters (@sindylp): Africa editor] Today marks the 93rd birthday of South Africa's living legend, Nelson Mandela. read more Welcome to Africa’s newest state, South Sudan - 11 Jul 2011[Cheers, Sindy Peters (@sindylp): Africa editor] Congratulations South Sudan on achieving independence and becoming Africa's 54th state. Celebrations took place on Saturday, 9 July at the Dr John Garang Stadium welcoming the newly-founded country. It's an exciting time for the South Sudanese with a whiff of promise in the air and a new-found hope in what the future holds. read more Google releases Google+...on a leash - 4 Jul 2011[Cheers, Sindy Peters (@sindylp): Africa editor] Last week saw the launch of Google's much-anticipated social media platform, Google+. Uptake during its testing phase has been so high (probably mostly due to curiosity) that the online giant has had to limit user participation by restricting the number of invites sent out. read more Congrats to Fatuma Noor! - 27 Jun 2011[Cheers, Sindy Peters (@sindylp): Africa editor] Congratulations to Kenya's Fatuma Noor who was awarded CNN Multichoice African Journalist of the Year for 2011. Noor was awarded for her investigative series covering the "Al-Shabaab" in Somalia. read more Highway Africa 2011 set for Cape Town - 20 Jun 2011[Cheers, Sindy Peters (@sindylp): Africa editor] ITNewsAfrica has been running it's Innovation Dinner series since 2010, and has grown steadily since then - so much so that an advisory board has been set up to encourage further growth; six members currently make up the board. Branching out from South Africa, the series will be hosted in Nigeria and Kenya in 2011/2012. Those Capetonians keen on attending Highway Africa 2011, will be pleasantly surprised to know that the event will be taking place in the Mother City this year; so no need to schlep to Grahamstown. read more |
