| | | Headlines | South African Tourism embarks on East Africa road show
Blaring ads can scare off customers
No spirit from spirit medium in Zimbabwe
Guinea Bissau journalists intimidated
Zambian security flips over flight
More speakers sign up for PAMRO's 9th conference
It's a goal!
Moroccan journalists held for publishing terror memo
Latest AV weapons for disarming software miscreants
Teaming up for a major marketing alliance
Mobile phone company unveils a billion shilling campaign
Growth - sure, but Africa's competitiveness lags the world
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Marketing | | ZIMBABWE No spirit from spirit medium in Zimbabwe
[Cris Chinaka] With his economy crumbling, Mugabe has his ministers even investigate mystic's claims of diesel (already refined, apparently) from a rock.
AFRICA Growth - sure, but Africa's competitiveness lags the world
After prolonged economic stagnation, and at times even decline, Africa is experiencing an economic resurgence.
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Advertising | | AFRICA Blaring ads can scare off customers
It isn't only the "gotcha" scare that turns unsuspecting users off to audio ads; it is a combination of poor taste, bad timing and terrible tact. "Ads are generally off topic and often poorly made," says Jean-Pierre Khoueiri, CEO of Internet advertising and search engine optimization specialists Constant Click. "Cnet News is one example. It is famous for serving unrelated video/audio ads."
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Branding | | EAST AFRICA South African Tourism embarks on East Africa road show
Tourism in South Africa is booming. It contributes about 7% of South Africa's GDP and with the 2010 FIFA World Cup around the corner, provides an excellent opportunity for the travel trade to sell the country. According to South African Tourism (SA Tourism) the East and West African market are important to the overall tourism growth in South Africa.
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Digital | | KENYA Kenyan techies headed for jail...
[Rebecca Wanjiku] If the new Kenya Communications Amendment bill becomes law, all Kenyan techies and computer owners will have to pay a fine of shs 1 million, or risk a jail term or both if they are not licensed.
KENYA Kenya Anti-corruption Commission goes digital
[Joyce Joan Wangui] The war against corruption in Kenya is to assume new dimensions following the introduction of an online corruption reporting system code named Business Keeper Monitoring System (BKMS) to enable whistle blowers report corruption cases anonymously.
AFRICA Latest AV weapons for disarming software miscreants
"We know that virus writers test their codes against signature-based detection. Behavior-based methods are a necessary trade-off. Signature-based methods are still more effective with established infections. Behavior-based methods treat the newest types of infections," said David Finger, product marketing manager for Trend Micro.
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Media | | WEST AFRICA Guinea Bissau journalists intimidated
Journalists covering drug trafficking in Guinea Bissau have allegedly been intimidated by the authorities.
ZAMBIA Zambian security flips over flight
In an apparent case of over-reaction, security personnel prevent journalists from photographing visiting president's stranded airplane.
UGANDA Ugandan reporter takes top honours
Investigative reporter for the Weekly Observer in Uganda, Richard Kavuma outstripped more than 1500 other African journalists to lift CNN's/Multichoice's African Journalist of the Year in Cape Town at the weekend.
CENTRAL AFRICA Malawi High Court says No! to regulatory board
High Court nullifies improperly appointed communications regulatory board.
AFRICA More speakers sign up for PAMRO's 9th conference
As delegate numbers approach record highs, the number of speakers booked for the 9th annual PAMRO Meeting and All Africa Media Research Conference is also growing, as several more media research and marketing experts confirm their attendance.
AFRICA Call for entries: IABC Africa Quill Award
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Africa Region has launched the new IABC Africa Quill Award. The competition will be synchronised with the international IABC Gold Quill Awards, in which members from the Africa Region have participated with increasing success in recent years.
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Mobile | | KENYA Reduction of mobile phone tariffs to lure subscribers
[Joyce Joan Wangui] A recent government study conducted under the auspices of the Ministry of Information and Communication indicates that subscribers are often scared away due to the high charges of mobile phone handsets and airtime costs.
KENYA Econet wins reprieve from government
[Zachary Ochieng] Econet Wireless International (EWI) can roll out its mobile infrastructure provided they withdraw all court cases filed against the government of Kenya in favour of an out of court settlement.
WEST AFRICA Controversy continues in Benin's mobile phone industry
[Gérard Guedegbe] Early in the morning of Thursday, 13 July 2007, 950,000 subscribers witnessed the suspension of mobile phone networks, Areeba and Moov. The suspension follows the Ministry of Information and Communication's dissatisfaction with a decision by Areeba and Telecel to change their brand names to MTN and Moov respectively.
AFRICA It's a goal!
A new service will allow Africa's millions of football fans to watch near-live English Premier League football on their mobiles.
UGANDA Mobile phone company unveils a billion shilling campaign
[Walter Wafula] Celtel Uganda, the nation's inaugural mobile telecommunication company, has set off a record one billion Ugandan shilling promotion that is expected to recompense five lucky Ugandans with a lavish house each. In dollar terms the prize is worth just short of US$600,000.
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Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Guinea-Bissau police pinch ‘No Pintcha's' camera
Police prevent journalist from taking photographs.
EAST AFRICA Somali reporter freed
Somaliland authorities have freed a newspaper reporter after seven days in detention.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian authorities see sense
Four Ethiopian journalists convicted of treason pardoned and freed.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC journalist gets six months for defamation
Journalist sentenced in absentia to six months' prison and heavy fine for defaming oil company.
EAST AFRICA Somali authorities hold reporter
The Somali authorities have not provided any reason for the latest detention of a journalist.
MOROCCO
Moroccan journalists held for publishing terror memo
Moroccan authorities are holding two journalists for allegedly publishing internal security memo on terrorist threat.
WEST AFRICA Niger government cracks down on coverage of rebel attacks
Niger editor questioned after attempted relaunch of suspended newspaper.
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Out Of Home | | SOUTH AFRICA Innovation is the key - Right Stuff
 Recently Right Stuff developed the popular Pop Right Open range further to include the all-new Vertical Pop Right Open, which comes in two sizes. The new option offers greater variety for branding optimisation.
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Radio | | WEST AFRICA Niger bans RFI broadcasts
One-month ban on RFI broadcasts fuels concern about rapid decline in press freedom.
ZAMBIA Zambian police gag radio station
Police prohibit radio station from covering demonstration.
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TV | | GHANA T-DMB technology arrives in Ghana
[Emily Nyarko] The first ever mobile television to operate on Terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (T-DMB) on the African continent has been launched in Accra, Ghana.
EAST AFRICA Teaming up for a major marketing alliance
[Carole Kimutai] Coca-Cola and music channel MTV base have entered into a major marketing alliance that will partner the two brands on air, on-the-ground and on pack.
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| | Business | | South Africa tourism agency woos Ugandans
South African Tourism (SA Tourism) has kicked off a campaign to market South Africa as a preferred holiday destination for Ugandans. [Business travel] | Zimbabwe business grab on the way
The Zimbabwe government's proposed Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment (NIEE) Bill will become law in September, a senior government official has said. The law has implications for any and every foreign-owned company operating in Zimbabwe. [Management] | Senegal's primary schools grapple with digital technology
In the poor fishing neighbourhood of Medina in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, a small school sits wedged between a run-down cemetery and a craft market. Piles of rubbish line a sandy alleyway that leads to the school's front gate. The school walls are stained; desks are cracked and dusty. [Technology] | Airlink discontinues Nosy Be Madagascar service
Having commenced the Johannesburg (JNB) - Nosy Be (NOS) flight schedule on 16 June 2007, Airlink has reluctantly decided to withdraw from this route, effective 4 August 2007. [Business travel] | BOC's best
BOC Kenya has won the Company of the Year (COYA) award of Financial Management practices in the manufacturing company category, for its key role boosting corporate governance and best practice in prudent financial operations. [Management] |
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| | Events to diarise | 2nd Ann. Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum CTO - Nairobi, Kenya, 21 August
This international event, titled "Bridging the digital divide through ICT connectivity", aims to bring together African government officials, senior figures from African regulatory authorities and international ICT experts who are leading the private sector connectivity drive to discuss key challenges, opportunities and benefits of connecting rural Africa. | | | Forum for African investigative reporters Forum for African Investigative Reporters - Johannesburg, 3 September
The Forum for African investigative reporters will bring a selection of Africa's foremost investigative journalists together in Johannesburg in September. | | | Sign Africa 2007 and the Africa In-store Show Sign Africa - Johannesburg, Gauteng, 5 September
An opportunity for all suppliers and manufacturers of all means of visual communication including signage, display, POS, road signs and outdoor advertising mediums to present their latest products, designs and trends to the public. | | | Monitoring and evaluation AMREF Headquarters - Nairobi, Kenya, 22 October
This four week course aims to equip participants with competencies in monitoring and evaluation of health and development interventions at project, programme and organisational level. | | |
| | Upcoming events | JDF and PDF/X three-day conference Exell Technologies - Cape Town, 24 July African Outsourcing and Contact Centre Conference AITEC Africa - Lagos, Nigeria, 25 July Telecoms World Africa 2007 - Johannesburg, 31 July | More... Submit an event | | |
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