| | | Headlines | Consumer Banking Africa conference comes to Nairobi
Presidential guards allegedly rough up reporters in Tamale
Radio journalist assaulted over comments about presidential candidate
Dam power cuts frustrate Ugandans
Ethiopians pay tribute to their unsung hero
Sierra Leone's first look at 'Blood Diamond'
Zimbabwe journalists want better pay
New pay-TV service promises high quality, lower cost
Liberian government urged to improve relations with media
Cops ban media freedom marches in Zimbabwe
Journalist beaten into coma
Roam freely with new global SIM
Al-Jazeera journalist sentenced to prison for exposing torture
Press freedom under threat in North Africa and Middle East
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Marketing | | UGANDA Dam power cuts frustrate Ugandans
Frequent power cuts in the Ugandan capital of Kampala and the country in general are hitting businesses of all types and raising costs.
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 | Wild Talk Africa is an international festival and conference for the wildlife, travel and cultural filmmaking industry.
The event takes place from the 27- 30 August 2007 at the ICC Durban.
For more info visit www.wildtalkafrica.com |
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Cinema | | WEST AFRICA Sierra Leone's first look at 'Blood Diamond'
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), together with the United States film company Warner Bros. Pictures, will host Sierra Leone's first-ever screening of the film 'Blood Diamond' in Freetown on 8 and 9 May 2007.
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Eventing | | KENYA Consumer Banking Africa conference comes to Nairobi
PIC Solutions, a leading specialist credit risk management consultancy in the Africa and Middle East region, will present at the Consumer Banking Africa conference in June.
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Media | | EAST AFRICA Ethiopians pay tribute to their unsung hero
Ethiopians fear that Saturday’s air crash in Cameroon claimed the life of a man who revealed what is really going on in their country.
WEST AFRICA Liberian government urged to improve relations with media
The only Liberian member of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange has challenged that country’s government to stand up for its belief in freedom of expression.
NIGERIA Journalist beaten into coma
Dare Folorunso, a journalist for Nigeria's Ondo State Radiovision Corporation, has been rendered unconscious after allegedly being beaten by policemen at a May Day rally in Akure.
NORTH AFRICA Press freedom under threat in North Africa and Middle East
Recent reports in North Africa and the Middle East have found that the promise of earlier years does not appear to have been maintained and the trend nowadays is more towards inhibiting press freedom.
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Mobile | | AFRICA Roam freely with new global SIM
letsroamTM Limited has launched its new global SIM card which provides free roaming in over 50 countries and operates in over 90. The service simply requires the customer to replace the SIM in their unlocked GSM phone before travelling.
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Newspapers | | GHANA Presidential guards allegedly rough up reporters in Tamale
It is claimed that guards prevented journalists from covering a visit by the Ghanaian president to a flooded region in the north of the West Africa country.
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe journalists want better pay
[Cris Chinaka] Zimbabwean journalists marked International Press Freedom day on Thursday lamenting restrictive media laws and low pay in the shadow of a government political crackdown that has also targeted the private media.
ZIMBABWE Cops ban media freedom marches in Zimbabwe
 Zimbabwean police banned journalists from holding peaceful street marches on Thursday to commemorate World Press Freedom Day, while there were renewed calls to repeal harsh media laws and improve working conditions for journalists.
NORTH AFRICA Al-Jazeera journalist sentenced to prison for exposing torture
This trial is the most recent in a series of such actions on the part of Egyptian authorites to clamp down on what they view as news that gives a 'false' impression of the situation.
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Online Media | | AFRICA Afriville.com's pan-Africanism integration through segregation
Afriville.com, an online community of Africans at home and in diaspora, has recently been rebuilt to further bridge the gap between individual African nations and Africans abroad, whether African American, black British or African Latino. The new tools, content and forums are designed to bring the community even closer together.
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Out Of Home | | TANZANIA Coke side of life in Tanzania
 Through “The Coke Side of Life” creative strategy, the company is using its global resources to drive a multi-media, multi-cultural platform in markets across the world. The fully integrated campaign consists of television, outdoor advertising, print executions, viral marketing, and public relations.
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Radio | | GHANA Radio journalist assaulted over comments about presidential candidate
On 3 May 2007, World Press Freedom Day, while discussing the electoral prospects of presidential candidates from the ruling party, a radio correspondent was reportedly attacked by a friend of one of those reviewed.
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TV | | AFRICA New pay-TV service promises high quality, lower cost
[Carole Kimutai] Television viewers in Africa could soon be enjoying a new diet of programming courtesy of a new pan-African pay-TV service.
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| | Business | | | TB and HIV: what the papers aren't sayingThe twin scourges of TB and HIV will have a significant impact on all aspects of business in sub-Saharan Africa unless the threats are met and defeated. Not only could the diseases have an impact on customer bases, but also on employment patterns, including aspects such as medical aid, training costs and so on. Thus far, media has tended to concentrate on HIV, but the TB threat also needs to receive appropriate coverage. [Corporate wellness] |
South Africans, international journalist in Cameroon air crash Among the passengers on Flight 507 were MTN Cameroonian chief executive Campbell Utton, chief financial officer Sarah Stewart, Patrick Njamfa, Patrice Enam. Stewart's husband, Adam James, was also on the flight as was Nairobi-based Associated Press correspondent Anthony Mitchell. [Business travel]
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Kenya announces first gold and silver eco-rating winners The Eco awards are helping to brand the country as a leading eco destination. [Business travel]
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| | Events to diarise | IFIPSec 2007 SBS Conferences - Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 May
Futurex trade exhibition relevant to Information Security and Privacy and the IT industry will take place alongside the conference, where suppliers will gain exposure to the influential delegates and decision-makers participating in the conference along with visitors to the main Futurex exhibition. | | | Digital and Mobile Content Management 2007 Koetsa Holdings - Sandton, South Africa, 16 June
A few items on the agenda include the mobile device market, mobile technologies penetration in Africa, operators and ISP partnerships. | | | Shared Service in the Public Sector Africa 2007 IQPC - Johannesburg, South Africa, 21 August
Africa's premier event for shared services. | | | Cairo International Film Festival 2007 Cairo Film Festival - Cairo, Egypt, 28 November
The Cairo International Film Festival is celebrating its 31st year since its inception in 1976. | | |
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