| Headlines | DRC journalists detained Zimbabwe's battle of the brands Zimbabwe's newspaper industry grapples with rising costs Sierra Leone telecoms company gives the blind a shoulder to lean on Race for fibre optic cable heats up Covering Africa's elections and promoting press freedom by phone Sudan's media laws not enough Zimbabwean editor shot and seriously wounded in South Africa Censoring kids' advertising SA retailers rough it out in Zim Are you up to the job? Opponents demonstrate, journalist attacked Hunger bites Zimbabwe's health and education sectors
| | Advertising | | SOUTH AFRICA Censoring kids' advertising [Vivian Warby] Retailers, manufacturers and fast food outlets will, by mid next month, have a self regulatory policy in place when it comes to advertising their products to children.
| Branding | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe's battle of the brands Zimbabwe's economy may be crumbling, but it's business as usual in the branding business.
| Digital | | AFRICA Race for fibre optic cable heats up [Zachary Ochieng] Africa will benefit immensely from competing undersea fibre optic cable networks linking Africa with overseas destinations.
| Education and Training | | AFRICA Hunger bites Zimbabwe's health and education sectors The effects of the government's month-old price-control policies, which have brought widespread shortages of basic commodities, are also beginning to tell in the education, health and social service sectors.
SOUTH AFRICA USB-ED enhances its offering to business in Gauteng by opening a new office - USB-ED USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED), the executive education arm of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), recently celebrated the official opening of its new offices in Gauteng at a cocktail function at the Westcliff Hotel.
| Media | | AFRICA Sudan's media laws not enough New draft media laws will not improve dire situation for media, says media rights organisation.
NORTH AFRICA Tunisian writer freed Mohamed Abbou has been freed after more than two years in prison. His ‘crime' was to expose torture in the country's prisons.
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| Mobile | | WEST AFRICA Sierra Leone telecoms company gives the blind a shoulder to lean on As part of their social responsibility, one of the leading mobile telecommunications companies in the country, Celtel, has dished out US$5,000 to the Milton Margai School for the Blind choir for a performance tour in the United Kingdom.
KENYA Covering Africa's elections and promoting press freedom by phone Mobile phones have revolutionised communication in Africa - even during elections.
| Newspapers | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe's newspaper industry grapples with rising costs [Dumisani Ndlela] Escalating printing and newsprint costs are conspiring to create a nightmare for the newspaper publishing industry in Zimbabwe, battling to survive under a volatile economic environment and legislative controls largely considered draconian.
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwean editor arrested, released, case postponed Magazine editor released after two days in detention, faces charges of practicing journalism without accreditation.
MOROCCO
Moroccan editor released – for now Detained editor receives provisional release, colleague sent to prison pending trial.
WEST AFRICA Opponents demonstrate, journalist attacked A Cameroonian journalist has been attacked during opposition demonstration.
| Online Media | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwean editor shot and seriously wounded in South Africa Abel Mutsakani, the editor of ZimOnline and former managing editor of the banned Daily News, is reportedly battling for his life in a Johannesburg, South Africa hospital after he was shot and seriously injured by a gang of three assailants on 23 July 2007.
| Retail | | EAST AFRICA Tanzania, Uganda keen to link with Malaysia Tanzania is keen to tap Malaysian expertise to help develop its palm oil industry, especially for the production of biofuels.
AFRICA SA retailers rough it out in Zim [Desmond Walters] It is business as usual for South African retailers in Zimbabwe who are keeping a positive spirit despite the economic meltdown and political uncertainty in the country. Large South African retailers, including Massmart, Edgars, OK and Pick ‘n Pay have business interests in Zimbabwe, and indicated they are not about to jump ship despite the recent spate of arrests of business executives accused of not complying with government orders to cut down prices.
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| TV | | CENTRAL AFRICA DRC journalists detained Four state television journalists detained for "trying to destabilise RTNC".
NIGERIA Are you up to the job? The Apprentice is one of the most globally recognized reality television franchises and the programme has, since it was launched in the US three years ago by Donald Trump, been replicated in 23 countries around the world.
AFRICA Tackling HIV/Aids across borders: SA initiates regional partnership HIV and Aids knows no borders and Southern Africa has the highest HIV infection rates in the world. The Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication, the largest HIV and Aids communication programme in the country, has over the past five years implemented a groundbreaking project to tackle the epidemic across borders.
SOUTH AFRICA Cream of African music The Channel O Spirit of Music Video Awards will take place on 11 October 2007, at the Johannesburg City Hall, and once again they will be sponsored by Amarula Cream. The complete list of nominees will be announced during the first week in August.
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| Business | | Race for fibre optic cable heats up Battle lines have been drawn as major players jostle for space in the hitherto uncompetitive international submarine fibre-optic industry. [Technology] |
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