| Headlines | Maintaining Tanzania's reform agenda Declaration of Table Mountain calls for African press freedom Kenyan media bill raises concerns Naughty Knuckles newspaper free to publish Sudan's doors open to the media says Bashir Journalist trial set for July Mauritanian editor freed Advertising - a threat to media freedom in Africa? Angola builds studio city to revive film industry VoIP goes mobile How young people use media: Youth DNA study measures trends Making the most of the digital age Showcase of technology at e-Learning Africa conference State of FOSS in the media Ugandan vernacular newspaper sets record DRC journalists beaten as cops break up meeting ICT Ministers head to Malawi to ease up EASSy Confusion over similar call identity numbers No joy for Joya as she's jailed Retail investors flock to AccessKenya Off to a flying start Somali regime faces music of resistance Europe, others jostle for NigComSat1 transponders NITEL: BPE stalls Transcorp, Vodacom talks Character-based loans grow in Kenya Countdown time for GTV Timi is tops! Egypt gets Nseries handsets Drug report lands Mauritanian editor in jail Somali journalists die in ambush EU urged to impose sanctions on Eritrea Tunisian reporter beaten again Zimbabwean journalist to be tried for 'abuse' DRC broadcaster closed after angering governor The changing face of Africa
| Marketing | | AFRICA The changing face of Africa Sweeping economic reforms and liberalisation policies open up a huge market in Africa.
| Advertising | | TANZANIA Maintaining Tanzania's reform agenda It is not surprising to see Tanzania appear on the list of Africa's top regulatory reformers for 2005. In official policy, the creation of a business friendly environment was a top priority throughout the two-term tenure of the previous president, Benjamin Mkapa.
AFRICA Advertising - a threat to media freedom in Africa? African media's growing reliance on private advertising poses threats to press freedom similar to state ownership, panelists told an international gathering of journalists in Cape Town, South Africa on Sunday.
| Branding | | AFRICA No joy for Joya as she's jailed An employee who worked for Coca-Cola and planned to sell the company's trade secrets to the ‘highest bidder' got an eight-years jail term after Coke rival PepsiCo Inc – the company to whom the employee and her co-conspirators had offered the secrets – warned the soft-drinks giant.
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| Cinema | | ANGOLA Angola builds studio city to revive film industry As part of national efforts to revive its film industry, Angola is to build a “cinematographic campus” in the capital Luanda, says incumbent Minister of Culture, Boaventura Cardoso.
| Digital | | EAST AFRICA ICT Ministers head to Malawi to ease up EASSy [David Kezio-Musoke] ICT ministers from 20 African countries will gather in Malawi to thrash out areas of disagreement regarding the construction of the Eastern Africa Sub-Marine Cable System (EASSy).
WEST AFRICA Europe, others jostle for NigComSat1 transponders British Telecom has connected Nigeria to its $20bn global 21 CN platform. The CN platform is a global Internet Protocol-based Virtual Private Network solution for high net worth corporates.
| Eventing | | AFRICA Showcase of technology at e-Learning Africa conference [Zachary Ochieng] The second International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training has come to a successful conclusion in Nairobi, with participating companies showcasing their latest acquisitions in e-learning.
| Magazines | | AFRICA Off to a flying start British Airways' new in-flight magazine, horizons, has been onboard all local and regional flights operated by Comair Limited since 1 May 2007, with the second issue now in seat pockets.
| Media | | AFRICA Declaration of Table Mountain calls for African press freedom Leaders of the world's press, meeting in South Africa this week, have called on African governments "as a matter of urgency" to abolish all laws that restrict press freedom, and have pledged to increase "aggressive and persistent campaigning against press freedom violations and restrictions in Africa."
KENYA Kenyan media bill raises concerns Proposed Kenyan media bill raises so many concerns regarding the undermining of media independence that media watchdog organisation IPI approached the country's president, Mwai Kibaki, direct.
NORTH AFRICA Sudan's doors open to the media says Bashir “We have nothing to hide” - President Bashir answers three Reporters Without Borders questions.
AFRICA State of FOSS in the media Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) challenges our preconceptions about how software is used, produced and distributed. The software industry today generates yearly revenues in excess of US$300 billion. FOSS is software that has made its source code free, public and allows - perhaps even motivates - users to change the source code and redistribute the derivative software.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC journalists beaten as cops break up meeting Police have violently broken up a meeting of journalists in Mbuji-Mayi, DRC, leaving at least one reporter seriously injured.
EAST AFRICA Somali journalists die in ambush IFJ calls for action after two more Somali journalists are killed.
NORTH AFRICA EU urged to impose sanctions on Eritrea The European Union has been urged to adopt targeted sanctions against Issaias on the eve of independence day.
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| Mobile | | AFRICA VoIP goes mobile Cape Town-based telecommunications company, Yeigo, is one of the first companies worldwide to have developed mobile Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), enabling it to offer cheaper and even free mobile calls.
BOTSWANA Confusion over similar call identity numbers [Timothy Kasonde] Confusion looms in Botswana's mobile industry following an allocation of similar dialing numbers to different mobile phone service providers.
NIGERIA NITEL: BPE stalls Transcorp, Vodacom talks [Everest Amaefule] The consummation of talks between Transnational Corporation and Vodacom may have to wait until the Bureau of Pubic Enterprises decides which investor takes control of 24% stake in the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited.
EGYPT Egypt gets Nseries handsets Mobile phone giant Nokia's Enterprise Solutions division has signed a distribution agreement with Egyptian firm Silicon 21 for the distribution of the ‘complete communications device in your pocket'.
| Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Naughty Knuckles newspaper free to publish Ban lifted on newspaper that published explicit photograph of ex-official in sexy threesome.
ZIMBABWE Journalist trial set for July The trial of Gift Phiri, the chief reporter of The Zimbabwean who is facing charges of practising journalism without accreditation, has now been set for 9 July 2007.
WEST AFRICA Mauritanian editor freed Journalist released on bail; three others interrogated by police.
AFRICA Making the most of the digital age [Lynn Smit] The opportunities for newspapers in the digital age are huge, it's just a matter of finding the best way to harness them, delegates were told at the Digital Media Roundtable at the World Association of Newspapers 60th annual congress in Cape Town, South Africa. And the benefits are certainly not one sided - internet and mobile phone companies are rushing to take advantage of the content that the more traditional media companies can provide.
UGANDA Ugandan vernacular newspaper sets record In a media dominated by English-medium presentations, there is still room for vernacular media to not only survive, but thrive.
NORTH AFRICA Drug report lands Mauritanian editor in jail Newspaper editor jailed after implicating businessman in drug trafficking.
NORTH AFRICA Tunisian reporter beaten again A Tunisian journalist has allegedly been repeatedly beaten by government agents following exposure of national tragedy.
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwean journalist to be tried for 'abuse' Report on succession issue finds Gift Phiri charged for allegedly 'abusing' journalistic privilege.
| Radio | | EAST AFRICA Somali regime faces music of resistance [Beatrice Debut] Upon entering a tiny recording studio in a grimy Nairobi building, Felis removes her face veil, slides headphones onto her ears and starts singing in a high voice: “Girls are raped. Warlords are to blame”.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC broadcaster closed after angering governor Authorities in the central diamond mining town of Mbuji-Mayi, DRC, closed down a private broadcaster on Sunday, 27 May, in connection with comments critical of the provincial governor that aired on two programs last week, according to local journalists and press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED).
| Research | | AFRICA How young people use media: Youth DNA study measures trends Young people perceive traditional media as more accurate, trustworthy and reliable than new media, but many get most of their news and information from another source entirely - family and friends.
| Retail | | KENYA Retail investors flock to AccessKenya [Philip Ngunjiri] AccessKenya Group has ended up with a large number of retail investors — 94.5% of total shares offered during its initial public offer, despite its initial bid to avoid them.
| TV | | EAST AFRICA Countdown time for GTV [Carole Kimutai] In exactly 29 days, a new pay TV service will go on air in Kenya. Carole Kimutai spoke to Rhys Torrington, GTV Commercial Director on what he has in store for African TV viewers.
WEST AFRICA Timi is tops! The continent has voted and Timi is the winner of Idols, West Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA Behind the scenes at CNBC Africa - CNBC Africa On 1 June 2007, CNBC Africa, the first 24-hour, live international business channel in sub-Saharan Africa, began broadcasting from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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| Events to diarise | 10th Zanzibar International Film Festival Zanzibar International Film Festival - Zanzibar, 29 June Ten days, more than 80 films from over 25 countries and a galaxy of the film elite from the East African world, Asia, Europe and the Arab world – the building blocks of the tenth Zanzibar International Film Festival generated much excitement when Festival organizers unveiled the entire 2007 line-up for the first time at the premises in the Old Ford. | | Africa's Big Seven Exhibitions Africa - Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 15 July Pan-African retail trade exhibition - the food, retail and FMCG expo for the continent. | | 7th Annual BEN-Africa Conference BEN-Africa - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 August The conference will be looking at East African perspectives on business ethics and anti-corruption measures, and fairness in international trade and investment, among others things. | |
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