| | | Headlines | New medical website launched
Currency crashes, so barter's better
Liberian football coach assaults reporter
Even the music has stopped
GTV launches with one month's free subscription
Editors join journalist and teacher in Mali jail
World's 'lightest' notebook PC on the way
Johncom reports 36% growth in headline earnings
There ain't nothing like a DAME
NTA acquires free to air English Premier League rights
Which way Nigerian banks?
Ethiopia signs licence agreement with Starbucks
Journalist Gift Phiri freed - charges "nonexistent"
Marketing in Africa: East and West – the Parallels, Paradigms and Perspectives
Kenya retail supermarket among the best
Online television and radio service begins operating in Ghana
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Marketing | | KENYA Marketing in Africa: East and West – the Parallels, Paradigms and Perspectives
[Lampe Omoyele] We are all Africans, we are all in Africa, but the business of marketing in Nigeria (West Africa) and Kenya (East Africa), is not the same in both regions… Different buying patterns, different attitudes and other factors demand different approaches.
NIGERIA Which way Nigerian banks?
[Emeka Enyadike] Nigerian banks are having to face the selling and marketing challenges of post-consolidation blues.
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Cinema | | AFRICA TCM'S Annual Short Film Competition open for entries
Due to popular demand from filmmakers, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has, for the first time, opened its annual short film competition entry gates to the African, the Middle Eastern and European industries (EMEA).
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Digital | | EGYPT World's 'lightest' notebook PC on the way
Toshiba Computer Systems Division has announced the launch of a new notebook PC with optical disc drive - the ultra slim Portege R500. The company claims the new product, which weighs in at 779 grams, is the world's lightest.
GHANA Poor telecom services - NCA to wield axe
[Atiku Iddrisu] Following numerous public complaints regarding poor quality of communication services experienced at certain locations and times within Ghana, the National Communications Authority (NCA) has intensified its monitoring and evaluation and set out clear compliance guidelines for the sector.
EAST AFRICA Rwanda's knowledge revolution
[Andrew Mack and Jeremy Goldberg] There was again, the same look - a combination of concern and disbelief — when I told a colleague that I'd been working in Rwanda. After all, what do we in the outside world know about Rwanda? A small country with a history of unspeakable violence and ethnic division, perhaps, but a place of opportunity? A leader of Africa's march into the 21st century? Rwanda?
KENYA Cable manufacture to benefit from budget proposal
[Carole Kimutai] East African Cable, a regional cabling solutions provider and manufacturer has lauded budget proposals outlined by Kenya Finance minister Amos Kimunya.
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Education and Training | | AFRICA Will eLearning make teachers redundant?
[Rosalia Omungo] Does electronic learning (eLearning) threaten to displace the teacher?
UGANDA Connecting 80 Ugandan schools
[David Muwanga] Uganda's Communications Commission (UCC) is to spend a total of USD$1 million to connect 80 secondary schools to the Internet.
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Media | | WEST AFRICA Peacekeepers beat journalists
Liberian police, apparently able assisted by UN peacekeepers, have beaten up two journalists in Liberia.
KENYA Kenya gets ombudsman
[Nation Reporter] President Kibaki has appointed an ombudsman to deal with public complaints.
AFRICA Johncom reports 36% growth in headline earnings
Johnnic Communications (Johncom), integrated media and entertainment group, has announced its group financial results for year ending March 2007.
NIGERIA There ain't nothing like a DAME
[Emeka Enyadike] It's time again for Nigeria's legendary awards - the Diamond Awards for Media (DAME).
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe journalists launch self-regulation body
[Lebo Nkatazo] Zimbabwean journalists have launched an independent media regulating council - with the hope that government will abolish the government-appointed Media and Information Commission (MIC) that has presided over the closure of four newspapers.
AFRICA Journalists in exile
Over the past six years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 243 cases of journalists who have been forced to flee their home country to avoid harassment and imprisonment. On average, three journalists a month make this escape, with less than 15% of them ever seeing home again. Elisabeth Witchel and Karen Phillips report.
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Mobile | | ZAMBIA Interactive mobile phones for Zambian farmers
[Timothy Kasonde] Celtel Zambia introduces interactive mobile services to help Zambian farmers have access to data.
NIGERIA Why rollout of 3G services is delayed
[Jonah Iboma] Telecommunication subscribers expecting to access 3G mobile services in Nigeria may have to wait a little longer as market realities slow down operators' initial plans to quickly rollout the services.
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Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Liberian football coach assaults reporter
Sports journalist has been assaulted by football coach and threatened by team administrator, after exposing their salaries.
WEST AFRICA Editors join journalist and teacher in Mali jail
Four Malian editors have been imprisoned after republishing an article that put a journalist and teacher in jail over a week ago.
ZIMBABWE Herald reporter held over bribery allegations
Zimbabwean police on Friday arrested a state media journalist from the Herald newspaper over allegations that he demanded a bribe.
WEST AFRICA Media organisation sues Gambian government
The issue of a journalist who has disappeared has prompted the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to sue the government of Gambia in an effort to force it to release him.
ZIMBABWE Journalist Gift Phiri freed - charges "nonexistent"
A Zimbabwean journalist charged with "writing falsehoods" has been freed by a Harare court after it emerged he was being charged under a nonexistent section of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
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Online Media | | AFRICA New medical website launched
Bizcommunity.com has moved into the medical field with our new site, www.bizcommunity.com. The new site is aimed at becoming the site of choice for information and news relevant to the field.
SEYCHELLES e-Government projects see the light
Government services in the Seychelles go online despite the country's low ICT literacy rate.
NORTH AFRICA Yemeni editor detained on terror charges
Outspoken editor of the Yeman's Al-Shoura online newspaper has been detained on terrorism allegations.
EGYPT Good news, bad news for Egyptian judge in website case
Court refuses judge's request to block websites, but allows for their censorship and prosecution; investigation of blogger suspended.
GHANA Online television and radio service begins operating in Ghana
[Emily Nyarko] Video and audio online services come of age in Ghana following the release of a new website to offer on demand viewing and listening programs.
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Radio | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Lesotho journalist on hunger strike
A Lesotho journalist who was arrested last week on treason charges has declared a hunger strike pending trial.
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Research | | KENYA Global research company gains Kenyan affiliate
Infotrak Research and Consulting, a market research and consulting company based in Kenya, has become the newest affiliate member of the Harris Interactive Global Network of independent market research companies.
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Retail | | ZIMBABWE Even the music has stopped
[Torby Chimhashu] Zimbabwe's economic crisis has claimed a new and unlikely victim - music.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopia signs licence agreement with Starbucks
Representatives of the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and senior leaders from Starbucks Coffee Company on Wednesday announced that they have concluded an agreement regarding distribution, marketing and licensing that recognizes the importance and integrity of Ethiopia's specialty coffee designations.
KENYA Kenya retail supermarket among the best
[Carole Kimutai] Only one African retailer other than those out of South Africa has achieved a world ranking - and that retailer is in Kenya.
KENYA Kenya introduces punitive excise duty on plastics
[Carole Kimutai] Supermarket chain introduces reusable carrier bag as cost of manufactured goods expected to increase.
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Sales | | ZIMBABWE Currency crashes, so barter's better
Zimbabweans are switching to barter, payment in kind and the use of foreign currencies, such as neighbouring South Africa's rand, instead of the local dollar to survive hyperinflation and the accelerating economic meltdown.
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TV | | AFRICA GTV launches with one month's free subscription
 The hotly anticipated launch of GTV delivered a shot in the arm to Kenya's previously under-competitive pay-TV industry and revealed new dimensions to the GTV offering.
AFRICA Freestylin' Dance Africa winner
 Abraham Dithebe has been named 'Africa's ultimate freestyle dancer' in Channel O's Dance Africa competition.
NIGERIA NTA acquires free to air English Premier League rights
[Emeka Enyadike] The new season of the English Premier League (EPL) commencing August 11, 2007 marks a remarkable breakthrough for the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA). The national broadcaster, which claims to be Africa's largest TV Network, will broadcast one live game every week in the latest instalment of the most popular EPL.
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| | Business | | | BMF launches managerial legacy leadership companyThe Black Management Forum (BMF) has launched a new managerial leadership company called People Skills Africa (PSA). The announcement was made at the BMF corporate update dinner on Friday, 22 June, which was attended by more than a thousand members. [Management] | | Zanu-PF wants war veterans to take over all shutdown firms, companiesZANU-PF wants war veterans to take over all closed firms as the party tries to buy their support ahead of next year's harmonized presidential and parliamentary elections, a top politburo member has said. [Management] | | Zimbabwe currency ‘goes crazy'The Zimbabwean dollar suffered its worst crash in memory, dealers said yesterday (Thursday). The crash sparked a run on dollars and forcing stores to close early to put new prices on their meager stock. [Management] |
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| | Galleries | | AFRICA Getting down at the GTV launch
 
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| | Events to diarise | Tanzania ICT Expo and Conference 2007 AITEC Africa - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 9 August
The Tanzania ICT Expo and Conference 2007 will bring stakeholders from the private sector, government and civil society to sample state of the art technologies and witness the technological advancement the country has made in the last one year. | | | Forum Africa 2007 Forum Africa 2007 - Montreal, Canada, 27 September
The African Business RoundTable (ABR) and Afrique Expansion Mag (AEM) in collaboration with the Canadian Corporate Council on Africa (CCAfrica) will host FORUM AFRICA 2007, focusing on promoting and advancing opportunities for investments and partnerships for sustainable development in Africa. | | | Global Expo Botswana 2007 Global Expo Botswana - Gaborone, Botswana, 17 October
The expo will feature the country's international business-to-business exhibition whose main focus is on industrial and agricultural sectors including agribusiness, leather, power and renewable energy, and tourism. | | | Positioning Africa in the 21st Century IREN - Tanzania, 11 November
This annual event brings together economists, academics, policy makers, businessmen, farmers, think-tanks and other organisations interested in Africa's development. | | |
| | Upcoming events | Mauritius for Africa 2007 Enterprise Mauritius - Pailles, Mauritius, 27 June 10th Zanzibar International Film Festival Zanzibar International Film Festival - Zanzibar, 29 June Call for entries: World Communications Awards 2007 TotalTeleCom - London, 29 June | More... Submit an event | | |
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| | Noticeboards | | AFRICA Sponsorship to open feeding centre for the blind[Sponsorship] The Zimbabwe Pastors Forum through it's Hope Centre is appealing for help from well wishers, sponsors and donors to raise funds to open a feeding centre for the blind community. | | More... Submit a Noticeboard | | |
| | Quotes | | | "The one who fetches the water is the one who is likely to break the pot." - African proverb | | "The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks." - African proverb | | More... Submit a Quote | | |
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