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Zimbabwe to launch international marketing campaign
Groundbreaking cool-drink advertisement launches in Nigeria
Ubuntu – how as Africans do we lead?
First credit card introduced in Ghana
Zimbabwe: A way out of the crisis?
Big Brother Africa 2 housemates unveiled
Kenya's new media law astounds industry
DRC journalist jailed for not airing politician's interview
Enyimba and Rangers International for Under-19 football tournament in South Africa
Les Afriques, a new financial paper
Botswana's BTC accused of using advertising spend to influence editorial
Africa's cell phone media gets mobile
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Marketing | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe: A way out of the crisis?
With Zimbabwe's economy in meltdown, drastic and fundamental changes are crucial if there is to be a return of international investment and a recovery in that country.
ZIMBABWE Hard-living, Harare-style
The lifestyle normally associated with an urban society is fast disappearing from Zimbabwe's once bustling capital, Harare, where rural living standards now apply, bringing with them not only great deal of inconvenience, but also the risk of disease.
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Advertising | | UGANDA New creative director joins top Ugandan agency
James Black has joined Kampala-based Moringa Ogilvy in the position of creative director, and in welcoming Black, David Case, MD, stressed the importance to any company of nurturing creativity and effective communication.
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Branding | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe to launch international marketing campaign
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is planning to launch an international marketing campaign in “the next few weeks” to counter what chief executive officer Karikoga Kaseke has described as negative publicity on Zimbabwe.
NIGERIA Groundbreaking cool-drink advertisement launches in Nigeria
[Emeka Enyadike] The Black Eyed Peas are about to crash onto TV screens around the world as they rock it out in the new Pepsi ad.
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Digital | | AFRICA $32.7 million investment for EASSy
[Ken Kenya] The World Bank's private financing arm is set to invest a sum of US$32.5 million in the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy).
UGANDA Wireless launched for rural Uganda
[David Kezio-Musoke] Community wireless networks have been set up at telecentres in northern Uganda in Lira and Nabweru, areas that are considered extremely rural by the CWRC.
TANZANIA An Internet exchange service for Arusha
[Timothy Kasonde] The Tanzanian Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) has launched the second Internet Exchange (IX) service in Arusha, Tanzania. The Tanzania Communicatoins Regulatory Authority (TCRA) made the IX possible by donating equipment and infrastructure to TISPA for its setup.
AFRICA ADB gives $50m loan for Africa's telecom sector
[David Muwanga] RASCOM to roll-out an earth orbiting satellite system for the African continent in an attempt to narrow the digital divide within Africa.
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Education and Training | | AFRICA Planning lessons the Wiki way
By using wikis, city teachers will be able to edit lesson plans directly on a Web site and not need a crash course in computer languages, such as HTML, to do so. They will also be able to tailor the lesson to fit their grade level by tweaking its complexity. "It's an easy way to edit, so it doesn't seem so cumbersome," said Jenine Daly, instructional technology resource teacher for Charlottesville High.
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Magazines | | AFRICA Moroccon government confiscates newsweeklies, charges publisher
On Saturday, 4 August, Moroccan police seized copies of the Arabic-language weekly Nichane from newsstands and other locations around the country and confiscated printed copies of its sister weekly, the French-language TelQuel at the printing press used by both magazines, local journalists told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
AFRICA Les Afriques, a new financial paper
While Africa possesses an immense economic potential as a developing continent and a Diaspora that earns more than 20 billion Euros per year, over the years the availability of financial information relevant to the continent has remained scarce.
WEST AFRICA Jailed Gabonese journalist hospitalized, sentenced
The director of a private newspaper in Libreville, the capital of Gabon, has been handed a suspended prison term and a fine, but could not appear in court after he was hospitalized as the result of poor detention conditions.
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Media | | EAST AFRICA Journalists murdered in suspected political killings
Two well-known Somali journalists - Radio Capital Voice director Mahad Ahmed Elmi and Ali Iman Sharmarke, director of Horn Afrik - were murdered in separate incidents on 11 August 2007.
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe media law increases oppression
Sweeping surveillance law targets "imperialist-sponsored journalists".
KENYA Kenya's new media law astounds industry
A controversial press Bill is on the way to being signed into law; it requires journalists to reveal sources.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopia plans new communication strategy
The Ethiopian government is to implement a new communication strategy, aimed at disseminating the annual plan of government through a unified communication system.
ZIMBABWE Mugabe accuses journalists of bias
[Clarence Fernandez] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, widely denounced for human rights abuses and economic mismanagement, berated journalists on Monday for what he called a lack of objectivity.
ZIMBABWE Fawning business leaders sing Mugabe's praises
[Kumbirai Mafunda] Zimbabwe's embattled business leaders tabled at last week's meeting with President Robert Mugabe an ambitious plan they say can bring economic stability in just three months.
ZIMBABWE Mugabe signs comms bill into law
President Robert Mugabe has signed the Interception of Communications Bill into law. The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda announced this in a general notice issued in the Government Gazette of 3 August 2007.
MOROCCO
Right to information challenged in Morocco
In Morocco, a coalition of civil society organizations criticised public statements made by Communications Minister Nabil Benabdallah about Al-Watan Al-An editor-in-chief Abderrahim Ariri, and journalist Mustapha Hormatallah, in a case involving the leaking and publication of classified security documents.
MOZAMBIQUE Even covering a soccer match can be dangerous...
The chairman of a Mozambican football club assaulted a photojournalist who had tried to take a picture of him as he, the chairman, was busy attacking the referee.
AFRICA Africa's cell phone media gets mobile
AfricaNews (http://www.africanews.com) is now working with cell phone reporters who are mobile and cover current events in their area, using the cellphones to produce video footage, written reports and photographs.
EGYPT Sarkozy urged to push Egypt on media laws
France urged to link cooperation with Egypt to better respect for human rights.
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Mobile | | WEST AFRICA Lebanese company buys into Gambia telecoms
[Musa Saidykhan] It has been confirmed that 50% of both the Gambia Telecommunication Company Ltd (GAMTEL) and Gambia Cellular Telephone Company (GAMCEL) have been sold out to a Lebanese-owned company, the Spectrum Investment Group Ltd.
KENYA Celtel donates phones to Provincial Commissioners
[Joyce Joan Wangui] Celtel Kenya as part of its social investment strategy donates 180 mobile phone handsets worth Sh.72,000 to Provincial and District Commissioners. The move is part of the government's efforts of improving service delivery in the countryside where ICTs have become key in the development of all in the rural areas.
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Newspapers | | CENTRAL AFRICA News photographer shot dead in DRC
Freelance photographer Patrick Kikuku was shot dead last week near his home in Goma, the capital of the eastern province of Nord Kivu, DRC, by unidentified gunmen.
WEST AFRICA Guinea-Bissau's military cracks down on reporters
Coverage of drug trafficking has led the military to crack down on reporters.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian opposition journalists jailed for up to 10 years
The Ethiopian High Court has sentenced three newspaper journalists to between four and 10 years in prison for ‘conspiracy'.
GHANA Ghanaian journalist harassed
Journalist harassed and forced to delete photographs of politician.
ZIMBABWE Army chief's wife threatens to sue for US$1 billion
The wife of the Zimbabwe army chief says she is to sue opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and independent news services about claims she assaulted a photographer during a tour of a nearly empty supermarket, state radio said on Thursday.
ZIMBABWE Army chief's wife assaults journalist
The wife of the Zimbabwean army attacked a journalist covering opposition party activity in the capital.
BOTSWANA Botswana's BTC accused of using advertising spend to influence editorial
Government communications company is allegedly denying advertising to newspaper in retaliation for critical story.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian editors released
Four editors and two academics released following presidential pardon; 14 other journalists remain in danger.
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Out Of Home | | AFRICA Alliance Media Botswana renews exclusive airport advertising concession - Alliance Media
 Alliance Media Botswana, Botswana's largest outdoor advertising company, has renewed its exclusive airport advertising concession with the Department of Civil Aviation.
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Printing | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Tintin comic censored in SA
[Celean Jacobson] South African publishers have placed restrictions on the comic book ‘Tintin in the Congo' following complaints of racism in Britain.
SOUTH AFRICA Paarl Media tests shark waters - Paarl Media
 Paarl Media has announced the appointment of Doug Heger, previously CEO of NuPrint-Ability, as its Business Development Manager for KwaZulu-Natal to help explore opportunities for expansion in this province.
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Production | | AFRICA Legendary session players join The Friend of Africa song project
The Friend of Africa, a world music influenced pop-rock song co-written by award winning biographer, Kevin Belmonte and Boston-based performing Songwriter Steve Kercher, will feature the participation of legendary bassist Abe Laboriel and popular session drummer John Robinson. The recording session took place on 30 July in Los Angeles. The song is scheduled for a September 2007 release through Kercher's Cartwheel Galaxy label, and will benefit Africa aid organisations.
SOUTH AFRICA Warner Bros Entertainment footage now available for TV commercial use - Gallo Images
 Warner Bros Entertainment's high-end special effect footage has been awarded to Gallo Images for distribution to South African TV commercial and multi-media producers by Getty Images.
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Public Relations | | AFRICA CSR and the new context of business
[Bolaji Okusaga] To survive and grow, companies have to accommodate changes in what the public expects of business. Failure to do so could result in serious challenges from society.
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Radio | | WEST AFRICA Gunmen attack Sierra Leone radio station
Two presenters have been injured in an armed attack on evangelical radio station in the nation's capital.
WEST AFRICA Improved radio coverage set for Sierra Leone poll
Radio broadcasts on Sierra Leone's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections will be considerably enhanced thanks to the recruitment of 40 new reporters covering the polling process.
WEST AFRICA Malian politician kicks reporter
Apparently upset over election coverage, a Malian politician has assaulted a journalist.
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Retail | | GHANA First credit card introduced in Ghana
[Emily Nyarko] Ghanaians to have a taste of an electronic Visa credit card to carry out transactions.
GHANA UNECA supports e-trade in Ghana
[Emily Nyarko] Ghana and the rest of Africa can make significant progress in developing high-tech export products' industry to boost trade if attention is given to the development of scientific and industrial research base.
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Sponsorship | | ZAMBIA Donating threads to a common cause
 USA - The Icebox, an Atlanta-based promotional products and corporate apparel supplier, has been reaching out to some of the world's neediest children. Through its philanthropic division, Common Threads, the company has recently provided clothing, backpacks, games, and school supplies to orphans in Zambia and China.
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TV | | AFRICA Big Brother Africa 2 housemates unveiled
[Emeka Enyadike] The housemates of the second edition of Big Brother Africa were unveiled to members of the press and other invited guests on Sunday, 5 August 2007, at the Bar Royal, Planet one, Maryland, Lagos.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC journalist jailed for not airing politician's interview
Intelligence agents in central DRC have jailed a reporter for failing to broadcast an interview with a local politician, according to news reports and local journalists.
NIGERIA Enyimba and Rangers International for Under-19 football tournament in South Africa
[Emeka Enyadike] SuperSport is to bring to the screen the third edition of the SuperSport Under-19 football tournament in South Africa.
NIGERIA Feast of football for Nigerian fans
[Emeka Enyadike] SuperSport serves up English Premier League action! What Nigerian fans will watch as the English Premier League kicks off.
AFRICA Opening a new window on the Indian Ocean
[Gervais J. Henrie] Online digital partnerships for television stations on the Indian Ocean to syndicate content.
EAST AFRICA Reporters barred from travel in Comoros
Journalists in Africa's Comoros islands say they were prevented from traveling to the separatist island of Anjouan to cover Independence Day celebrations Friday, 3 August. Local reporters say travel agencies refused to sell them airline tickets.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC reporter whipped, freed
One of several detained state TV union activists has been released after five days, but says he was whipped while in detention.
SOUTH AFRICA Big Brother Africa 2 launches Sunday
The much-expected, much-awaited M-Net reality show Big Brother Africa 2 launches on Sunday, 5 August 2007, at 7pm to a continental audience. Headline sponsor is MTN and associate sponsor is Ecobank.
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| | Business | | Ubuntu – how as Africans do we lead?
 The philosophy of ubuntu has its origins in the African conception of being. [Management]
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