| | Headlines | US ‘underwrites hatred' of homosexuals in Uganda
Men first! (But the ladies can take a peep as well)
'SMSing' restored in Ethiopia
Mobile phone companies face sanctions over service shortfalls
SA's Mboweni hails Gono's stance on property rights
Major boost for Angolan packaging industry
Tobacco agreement terminated
Uganda's DFCU gets yet another boss
Demand for business intelligence technology set to soar
Botswana TV tender to SA company
SA newspaper comes to Zimbabwe… and vanishes
Gabonese communication council suspends two newspapers
The rise of Egypt's technopreneurs
Global banking software company lands multimillion dollar deal
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Marketing | | ZIMBABWE SA's Mboweni hails Gono's stance on property rights
 South Africa's central bank chief Tito Mboweni has lavished praise on Gideon Gono, his Zimbabwean counterpart, describing him as “brave”.
UGANDA Uganda's DFCU gets yet another boss
The Development Finance Company of Uganda, has appointed a new MD hardly 18 months after the position was assumed by Iain Sturrock. The listed equity is now headed by Juma Kissame.
EGYPT The rise of Egypt's technopreneurs
Khaled Ismail and Sysdsoft are shaping the way WiMax works around the globe. Ahmed Ibrahim and Karim Khorshed's EgyptNetwork is exporting SMS platforms to the region's telecom players. They're the new faces of technology: Grown in Egypt, globally competitive.
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Advertising | | AFRICA Major internet hubs creating one-stop-shops for advertisers
The recent rush by major Internet portals to buy advertising and extend their sales networks is a sign that the business of being a one-stop-shop for information and entertainment isn't what it used to be.
SOUTHERN AFRICA Have you asked your pharmacist?
This article refers specifically to some do's and don'ts when working with the South African pharmaceutical industry, but there are many aspects of it that can be applied to other industries as well, throughout Africa.
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Branding | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Tobacco agreement terminated
Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco South Africa has terminated their Chesterfield licence agreement.
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Digital | | NIGERIA Nigeria prepares for 3G services
[Jonah Iboma] Third Generation (3G) mobile services could become operational in Nigeria in the next few weeks after the four GSM operators reported that tests for the release of the services had been successful.
NIGERIA Celtel-Nigeria and Nokia pool their resources
[Remmy Nweke] Mobile operator, Celtel Nigeria and telecommunications infrastructure provider, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) have endorsed a US$130 million (about N16,185,000,000) deal for network expansion nationwide.
ALGERIA Microsoft to partner with Algeria
[Laeed Zaghlami] The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer has affirmed the company's commitment to a partnership with Algeria.
NIGERIA Global banking software company lands multimillion dollar deal
[Carole Kimutai] Temenos AG of Switzerland has signed a US$4.62 million (KSh 323.4 million) agreement with Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA) for the installation of a new core banking system. CBA has been using the iFlex product, Microbanker as its core banking system since 1995.
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Education and Training | | GHANA Ghana: Positive attitude can enhance service delivery in hospitality industry says official
Neequaye Sasraku, Deputy Director in-charge of Studies at the Hotel Catering and Tourism Training Institute (HOTCATT) has observed that the hospitality industry had problems with quality service delivery and urged operators to adopt a positive attitude when dealing with their clients.
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Magazines | | KENYA Men first! (But the ladies can take a peep as well)
[Carole Kimutai] The first men's lifestyle magazine ADAM has caused quite in Nairobi. CAROLE KIMUTAI caught up with ADAM editor - Oyunga Pala
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Media | | AFRICA US ‘underwrites hatred' of homosexuals in Uganda
As Ugandan officials and the Ugandan media intensify attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, the US government should condemn these threats, and clarify that it does not support using its HIV/AIDS funding to promote homophobia, Human Rights Watch says.
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Mobile | | EAST AFRICA 'SMSing' restored in Ethiopia
[Roseleen Nzioka] Mobile phone subscribers in Ethiopia are celebrating the use of short messaging service, commonly known as SMS, after the Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation recently restored the service.
GHANA Mobile phone companies face sanctions over service shortfalls
[Emily Nyarko] MTN and OneTouch mobile telephone have been given up to 30 days to put their operations in order so as not to attract sanctions from the National Communications Authority (NCA) of Ghana.
WEST AFRICA High Court rules against SMSes
[Noel Kokou Tadégnon] The High Authority of Audio-visual and Communication (HAAC) of Togo has criticised the use of SMSes in Togo's election campaign.
AFRICA African digital villages receive a boost
[Joyce Joan Wangui] Telecommunications equipment supplier Ericsson in partnership with Columbia's University's Earth Institute has set aside Sh600 million to connect African villages to the information super highway.
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Newspapers | | ZIMBABWE SA newspaper comes to Zimbabwe… and vanishes
[Dumisani Ndlela] ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwe's readership market had a pleasant surprise early this month after South Africa's Sowetan newspaper hit the newspaper stands, giving them an alternative to the state-owned dailies accused of churning out government propaganda.
WEST AFRICA Gabonese communication council suspends two newspapers
WEST AFRICA: Earlier this week, the National Communication Council (Conseil national de la communication, CNC), Gabon's media regulatory body, suspended two newspapers: La Nation, a privately-owned bi-monthly based in the capital, Libreville, and Le Gri-Gri International, a satirical, privately-owned bi-monthly published in Paris, but distributed in Gabon.
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Production | | ANGOLA Major boost for Angolan packaging industry
 South Africa's packaging group, Nampak, has boosted its growth strategy with the announcement that the company will invest R600 million in a state-of-the-art beverage can manufacturing facility in Angola.
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Retail | | ZIMBABWE 200% price hike fails to rein bread crisis
An official of the Zimbabwean baker's association reported on Sunday, 14 October, that the government has allowed bakers to raise the price of bread by more than 200%. This comes with the enduring shortages across the country.
AFRICA Demand for business intelligence technology set to soar
Knowledge is power, and as businesses come to realise the value of business intelligence (BI) and seek to grow the amount and scope of the information they require, so the BI technology market will be driven by commoditization and ubiquity of digital data.
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TV | | BOTSWANA Botswana TV tender to SA company
Ayanda Media Technologies (AMT), a company within the Questek group, specialising in broadcast and media technologies, has been awarded a multi-million rand tender to upgrade the facilities at Botswana Television (BTV).
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