| | | Headlines | Africa lifts pace of reform to encourage business, jobs and growth
Talk show format change slammed in Namibia
Mauritanian journalist threatened
Chinese company wins major Ethiopian contract
Call on Egypt to release journalist who criticized torture
Bungling Brit brains threaten to deport Zimbabwean journalist to Iraq
Sudan surprises
Ethiopian journalists released but others still held
District official assaults and verbally abuses TV journalists
Academics urge greater pluralism and diversity in African media
Radio presenter receives death threats
International investment strengthening telecoms market
Namibian editor and publisher face defamation suits
DRC soldiers still occupy radio station
Ghana launches domestic tourism program
Democracy suffers when decent jobs are lacking
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Marketing | | AFRICA Africa lifts pace of reform to encourage business, jobs and growth
According to a report issued by the International Finance Corporation, doing business in a number of African countries during 2007 is going to be easier than in the past.
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Branding | | GHANA Ghana launches domestic tourism program
"Hospitality Festival 2007" has been launched in Accra, Ghana’s capital, to brand Ghana's tourism into various segments to promote domestic tourism.
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Cinema | | ZIMBABWE Directing The White Giraffe
Gabor Csupo is to take to the director's chair for the new family feature film The White Giraffe. The movie will be based on Lauren St. John's first children's book of the same name.
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Media | | NORTH AFRICA Sudan surprises
A five-day fact-finding mission in Sudan by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has turned up some results that not everyone expected.
AFRICA Academics urge greater pluralism and diversity in African media
African media regulators have long operated as an extension of government rather than an essential part of national democracy building, according to a Network of Media and Communication Studies meeting of academics in Johannesburg, South Africa in April 2007.
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Mobile | | EAST AFRICA Chinese company wins major Ethiopian contract
China's Zhongxing Telecom Corporation competed against five other major players to win the lucrative contract that should see a major improvement in northern African state’s communications.
EAST AFRICA International investment strengthening telecoms market
According to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media's WCIS, the African market is on the increase, with African subscriptions expected to have surpassed 211m at the end of March. This will reflect over an 8% increase on the previous quarter.
NIGERIA Get connected via mobile broadband
Nigeria's second national operator, Globacom, has awarded Alcatel-Lucent the contract to install a wireless network in selected Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin and Ibadan. The network is to be based on UMTS/HSPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service/High Speed Packet Access) technology, and aims to provide an additional one million subscribers with mobile broadband services. - Alcatel-Lucent
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Newspapers | | NORTH AFRICA Mauritanian journalist threatened
Credit union head tells journalist he will be ‘thrown into the sea’ after newspaper publishes article critical of loan deal.
ZIMBABWE Bungling Brit brains threaten to deport Zimbabwean journalist to Iraq
 Bungling British Home Office officials have threatened to deport a Zimbabwean journalist to Iraq.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian journalists released but others still held
According to one watch-dog organisation, Ethiopia has more journalists in prison barring any other country other than Eritrea.
NAMIBIA Namibian editor and publisher face defamation suits
On 25 April 2007, The Namibian newspaper reported that its editor, Gwen Lister, and The Free Press of Namibia, the company that owns and publishes the newspaper, were instructed to pay N$7 million (approximately US$1 million) to the Palazzolo family, or face legal action in the form of five defamation suits.
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Online Media | | EGYPT Call on Egypt to release journalist who criticized torture
Arrest of TV journalist and blogger is latest blow to free speech.
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Out Of Home | | SOUTH AFRICA Markex has the Right Stuff - Right Stuff
 Right Stuff will be exhibiting at Markex from 5 - 7 June 2007 at the Sandton Convention Centre. They will have several items of our product range on display, including their latest and very popular Popbrella, Pop Right Open, Right Banner and Dart Ad.
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Radio | | NAMIBIA Talk show format change slammed in Namibia
Watchdog organisation claims that national broadcaster's planned format change to call-in radio programme is "an attempt to stifle public debate".
WEST AFRICA Radio presenter receives death threats
Radio presenter in Burkina Faso receives e-mail titled: "You will be killed".
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC soldiers still occupy radio station
One month on, DRC soldiers' occupation of community radio station in Luebo continues.
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Recruitment | | AFRICA Democracy suffers when decent jobs are lacking
With 10,000 African women and men coming into the job market each day, adding to growing ranks of extreme working poor, the challenge is not just to find jobs for work-seekers, but also ensure the work is decent. If it isn’t, there can be political repercussions.
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TV | | GHANA District official assaults and verbally abuses TV journalists
Filming of mountain of refuse leads to a slap in the face.
AFRICA Awarding an Ingenious Africa
 The winners of Stories from the Field, the third annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival were announced on 22 April 2007 in New York. SABC Education’s Ingenious Africa: Sustaining Africa (episode 5) took 3rd place and the bronze award.
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| | Business | | Boost for IT security in Namibia South African IT security firm, Telspace Systems is to provide Business Connexion (BCX) Namibia with managed security services for its clients. This falls under the agreement recently signed by the two companies, which awards BCX Namibia with the exclusive rights to market and sell Telspace services within the country. [Technology]
| | Unveiling the new Digital Linear PCM RecorderThe PCM-D1 portable audio recorder will be launched by Sony at MediaTech Africa 2007. It can be used by journalists for recording in the field, and is capable of capturing live musical and theatrical performances. [Technology] |
Air Zimbabwe hikes fares Zimbabwe's national airline has increased fares for its domestic, regional and international flights by 200%. [Business travel]
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| | Events to diarise | GSM>3G East & Central Africa 2007 - Nairobi, Kenya, 16 May
GSM>3G East & Central Africa is the chief annual meeting place for the East & Central African telecoms community. | | | MediaTech Africa 2007 MediaTech - Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 June
MediaTech Africa is the trade fair for cutting-edge technology in the live entertainment, broadcast, audio visual and corporate communications industries. | | | The 3-Day MBA Astro Tech - Johannesburg, South Africa, 13 June
In order to succeed in the business world, managers are increasingly coming under pressure to have a more holistic understanding of business as a whole. | | | The First Africa Convention of Consultants 2007 KMCCA - Kampala, Uganda, 15 August
The convention will examine what lies in store for the organisations and what to expect from your consultant and consultancy practices, foreign investments in Africa (perception impeding On foreign direct investment into Africa) with discussions held at the very highest level among participants and speakers. | | | Europe-Africa Business Summit NEPAD - Hanover, Germany, 26 September
To increase European investment throughout the African continent by increasing European private sector awareness of the many commercial opportunities in Africa. | | |
| | Upcoming events | VoIP World Africa 2007 - Johannesburg, 2 May Promotional strategy IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 2 May Customer relationship management IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Durban, 3 May Principles of marketing communication AAA School of Advertising - 444 Jan Smuts Avenue, Johannesburg, 5 May Macromedia Freehand AAA School of Advertising - 444 Jan Smuts Avenue, Bordeaux, 7 May Professional sales management IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Durban, 7 May Managing research expectations IMM Graduate School of Marketing - Johannesburg, 7 May Practical project management KumaloGreen - Johannesburg, 7 May The A to Z of integrated brand communications Vega The Brand Communications School - Sandton, 7 May Retail Loss Prevention Africa 2007 - Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 May | More... Submit an event | | |
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