| | Headlines | Uganda's securities exchange to embrace digital trading
Kenyans welcome second full colour daily newspaper
R300 million state-of-the-art expansion program for Intaka Tech
Here's something for the guys…
American airline to start Nairobi - NY route
Zimbabwe passes bill to seize foreign-owned firms
Five Uganda FM radio stations go live on the Internet
Zimbabwe's ad industry forges ahead in turmoil
BlackBerry finally lands in Kampala
PAMRO's lakeside conference looks to the future
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Marketing | | UGANDA Uganda's securities exchange to embrace digital trading
[Walter Wafula] Uganda's stock market is gleaming with success at nine years. The equity market is daring to reach heights that were unpredicted to come its way so soon.
SOUTHERN AFRICA R300 million state-of-the-art expansion program for Intaka Tech
To accommodate its rapid growth, Intaka Tech has commenced a R300 million, high tech, four-phase expansion program in Africa, scheduled for completion in November 2008.
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe passes bill to seize foreign-owned firms
Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a bill giving Zimbabweans majority control of foreign-owned companies.
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Advertising | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe's ad industry forges ahead in turmoil
[Dumisani Ndlela] One thing stands out as the greatest plague facing Zimbabwe's advertising industry, and it is the economic malaise that has dogged the country for eight successive years.
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Branding | | NIGERIA Quality is language of PC branding - Seriki
[Remmy Nweke] Chief executive of Omatek Computers Limited, Florence Seriki, has said that the only acceptable language when it comes to certified branding of any product is its quality.
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Digital | | NIGERIA Kano spends N4bn on IT Park project
[Jonah Iboma] Kano States Information Technology Park will be ready for use in the few months after the completion of the building to house the project.
NIGERIA Explore the 2G more
[Remmy Nweke] The chief executive of Celtel Nigeria Limited, Bayo Ligali has outlined means of exploiting the Second Generation (2G) Infrastructure deployment to reduce cost in rolling out Third Generation (3G) networks.
UGANDA Software development support for Uganda
[David Muwanga] The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), the government of Uganda and Microsoft have signed a letter of intent pledging to set up a local economic growth software centre within twelve months and a software development programme for the country.
GHANA More rural business centres for Ghana
[Emily Nyarko] Over 500,000 people in Ghana's rural and peri-urban communities are benefiting from the establishment of about 69 Rural Business Centres (RBCs), aimed at connecting the communities to the outside world and also to educate them on the uses and benefits of ICTs.
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Magazines | | KENYA Here's something for the guys…
[Carole Kimutai] Men in Kenya have all the reasons to smile. After years, actually decades of waiting, they can look forward to a good read - ADAM.
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Mobile | | NIGERIA Improve quality of service or be fined - NCC
[Jonah Iboma] The Nigerian Communications Commission has cautioned GSM operators in the country to improve on quality of services offered to subscribers before the end of September or be ready to refund airtime to subscribers.
UGANDA BlackBerry finally lands in Kampala
[Walter Wafula] Canadian-made BlackBerry phone, a hi-tech, multimedia and mobile communication gadget has officially reached Uganda. After months of hype surrounding the product, the touch-screen phone will be accessible to Ugandans from the Celtel stores across the country, with effect from this week.
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Newspapers | | KENYA Kenyans welcome second full colour daily newspaper
[Carole Kimutai] It is barely six months since the first full colour newspaper Nairobi Star hit the news stands. Now Kenyan readers are welcoming yet another full colour newspaper - The Daily Metro. The first edition rolled off the press last week on Wednesday, September 26.
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Radio | | UGANDA Five Uganda FM radio stations go live on the Internet
[Edris Kisambira] JumpTV, a broadcaster of international television and sports programming over the Internet, recently began streaming Uganda's top five radio stations live via www.jumptv.com.
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Research | | AFRICA PAMRO's lakeside conference looks to the future
 The recent PAMRO 2007 conference held on the shores of Lake Malawi achieved a number of successes, not least of which – thanks to a great deal of input from delegates – was a critical look back at nine years of achievement. The opportunity was also taken to pinpoint a number of challenges for the organisation in the future.
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Retail | | ZIMBABWE Will the market catch a cold if Gono sneezes?
[Lance Mambondiani] The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr Gideon Gono presented his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) on Monday, 1 October 2007.
NIGERIA Nigerian inflation rate drops
Nigeria's consumer price index inched lower to 4.2% in the 12 months to the end of August from 4.8% the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Wednesday, 26 September.
AFRICA Supply chain solutions for cash management
Treasurers have the opportunity to bring a greater level of structure and financial discipline to all areas of an organization.
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TV | | AFRICA 'Big Brother' fever spreads
[Remmy Nweke] Household name in satellite television on the continent and South African premier pay-TV channel, DSTv has continued the tradition of availing Africans with the opportunity to take part in the great reality show, Big Brother Africa. In its second season, the show has so far attracted close to 418,000 messages through the SMS system that allows the public to interact with the characters in the show by sending live SMSes.
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