| | Headlines | Chissano wins prize for leadership
Rwandan media group halts own publications
Bizcommunity.com launches expanded retail offering
China's largest bank buys stake in South Africa's Standard Bank
Scramble for banking licences in Zimbabwe
Media regulatory body threatens to close radio and television stations
Celtel mobile storms Ghana
The UCC justifies suspension of free airtime promos
Zim media houses call for shorter ad payment terms as haemorrhage persists
Kenya gets mobile TV
The dark side of Africa's chocolate
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Marketing | | AFRICA China's largest bank buys stake in South Africa's Standard Bank
China's Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) will be the single largest shareholder of Standard Bank after paying R36.67 billion (US$5.46 billion) for a 20% stake. Both banks state that they will now be able to move forward in many areas through strategic cooperation.
ZIMBABWE Gullible officials blew Z$5billion on diesel n'anga
Zimbabwe government officials squandered Z$5 billion worth of taxpayers' money and gave away a farm in pursuit of fanciful claims about a miracle diesel discovery in Chinhoyi, court documents show.
NIGERIA Banking on women
“Women are a driving force in the African economy, but their access to finance is still far too small,” declares Declan Duff, VP of the International Finance Corporation's Industries section, “and this is why the IFC is partnering with Nigeria's Access Bank to bridge the gap with lines of credit specifically for female entrepreneurs.”
SOUTHERN AFRICA Scramble for banking licences in Zimbabwe
A number of financial institutions have lodged applications for retail banking licences, a move likely to increase the number of commercial banks in the country beyond the current 14 should the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) approve the requests.
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2010 FIFA World Cup | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Green Point Stadium tender to be re-advertised
The City of Cape Town will restart the bidding process to find a long-term operator for the Green Point Stadium.
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Advertising | | ZIMBABWE Zim media houses call for shorter ad payment terms as haemorrhage persists
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Advertising Media Association (Adma) says it is negotiating fresh payment terms for newspaper and broadcast advertisements, as Zimbabwe's economic crisis appeared unrelenting after inflation climbed to a record high of close to 8000% in September.
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Branding | | NIGERIA Nigeria's UBA Plc bags Africa's Emerging Global Bank Award
At a glittering ceremony in Washington DC, United States of America, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Nigeria's largest bank, on the night of Thursday October 18, 2007, bagged the Emerging Global Bank Award, beating strong contenders, JP Morgan Chase and Standard Bank in the process.
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Digital | | NIGERIA Internet exchange for Nigeria
[Jonah Iboma] Interstella Communications Limited has built and commissioned an Internet exchange gateway that will among other things help keep Nigeria's internet traffic local, thereby reducing the costs of internet use in the country.
AFRICA APC-MGE addresses cooling problems
[Zachary Ochieng] High-density servers present a significant cooling challenge, with vendors now designing servers that can demand over 20kW of cooling per rack. With most data centres designed to cool an average of no more than 2kW per rack - innovative strategies must be used for proper cooling of high-density equipment.
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Education and Training | | NIGERIA CPN completes design on national IT education blueprint
[Jonah Iboma] The Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria has completed the design of a national blueprint for Information Technology education in Nigeria.
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Eventing | | AFRICA EU-Africa summit on track
[Sholain Govender] The second European Union-Africa summit set to take place in Lisbon this December will go on despite speculation surrounding Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's attendance.
AFRICA LPGas for African development
During her opening address at the 20th World Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPGas) Forum being held in Cape Town, Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica said the theme of the forum, 'LPGas for African development', was very appropriate, as it can be used to alleviate energy poverty and promote development in Africa.
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Media | | EAST AFRICA Rwandan media group halts own publications
The Rwanda Independent Media Group has suspended publication of its titles citing continued state blackmail and intimidation.
WEST AFRICA Media regulatory body threatens to close radio and television stations
The High Communications Council (CSC), the media regulatory body, has threatened to withdraw the licence of any radio or television station that allows journalists to criticise the CSC.
UGANDA Golden Pen to honour Uganda's best journalists
[Walter Wafula] Ugandan print journalists who have written excellent stories in their various areas of specialty will be honoured with cash prizes and plaques during the 2ND Annual Golden Pen Award, on December 7 this year.
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Mobile | | GHANA Celtel mobile storms Ghana
[Bai-Bai Sesay] The Celtel mobile network in Sierra Leone has extended its mobile market to the West African state of Ghana as the subsidiary of Zain (formerly MTC) now has controlling shares in Western Telesystems (Westel), the second national operator in the country.
UGANDA The UCC justifies suspension of free airtime promos
[David Muwanga] The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has justified its decision to suspend the promotion of mobile phone services after providers offered free airtime to users.
AFRICA Cellular technology company gains a new shareholder and expands its operations
 Psitek South Africa, which develops solutions using cellular technology to provide access to voice and data services to people in under-serviced areas of the world, many of them in Africa, has a new shareholder and empowerment partner, Regiments Capital (Pty) Ltd.
NIGERIA Dangote Group, Intercellular in acquisition talks
[Jonah Iboma] According to information that was made available to HANA's correspondent in Lagos, Nigeria, Dangote and Intercellular have been in talks for sometime now, and that Dangote is bidding for the fixed wireless operator (FWO) through its telecommunications subsidiary, Alheri Engineering. Alheri had in January won a licence to provide 3G services in the country.
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Promotions | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Six outstanding community heroes honoured
 A leading southern African grassroots awards program, the Jet Community Awards, honoured six outstanding community-based organisations for their inspirational contributions to community upliftment at a ceremony in Johannesburg recently. The six 2007 winners were selected from 31 exceptional regional finalists from across southern Africa.
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Radio | | KENYA Wild & wacky Kenyan radio station keeps listeners on the hop – and in the swim
 The fearless and wacky Hot 96 breakfast radio crew of Teddy Muthusi, Sandra Obudo and Yvonne Okwara were at it again recently with another mad stunt on their punkd for a buck daily feature – where they give money to any listener who successfully completes bizarre tasks.
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Recruitment | | AFRICA African human resource managers in Uganda
[David Muwanga] Human resources managers from various Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) divisions in Africa are meeting in Uganda to learn how to deploy ICTs to improve recruitment and retaining workers.
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Research | | AFRICA Wealth management IT spend booms
Technology vendors in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region are expected to gain from the mass affluent hot spots as spend on IT by the wealth management segment is predicted to top USD$28 billion.
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Retail | | AFRICA Bizcommunity.com launches expanded retail offering
Bizcommunity.com has entered into a strategic partnership with ActivRetail, online resource hub to the fast moving grocery industry, to boost the offering of its online FMCG retail news and product information daily news service launched to the industry in Africa in July this year.
AFRICA Price blitz inspired 'anarchy' says Gono
Zimbabwe's central bank chief pledged Wednesday that empty shop shelves would soon be replenished as he denounced the "anarchy" inspired by the government's order for retailers to slash their prices in half.
WEST AFRICA The dark side of Africa's chocolate
On Halloween night, kids across the writer's neighbourhood where she lives in the United States can be heard howling with delight. Veins spiked with sugar and goody bags overflowing with chocolate bars propel tiny devils, ghouls and goblins from door to door.
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TV | | SOUTHERN AFRICA African Media Personality Gaetano Kagwa Appointed as UNAIDS Special Representative
African media personality Gaetano Kagwa has been appointed as a Special Representative for the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). In this role, the popular host of the M-NET African lifestyle television program Studio 53 and former Big Brother Africa contestant will raise awareness and carry out advocacy work on AIDS.
AFRICA African broadcasters must embrace technologies
[Irene Hoares] Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba says there is a need for African broadcasters to keep abreast with the latest developments in the broadcasting industry.
KENYA Kenya gets mobile TV
 [Carole Kimutai] Digital Mobile TV Limited (DMTV) officially launched the DStv Mobile television service in Kenya early last week. This launch keeps Kenya at the front of the digital technology race in Africa and highlights the progressive stance that the Ministry of Information and Communication and the Communications Commission of Kenya is taking in the roll-out of new technologies in Kenya.
KENYA CNBC Africa Kenya deal
CNBC Africa programmes will soon be viewed free-to-air in Nairobi, Kenya. A broadcast deal between the business broadcaster and Kenya's Capital will enable the terrestrial station's viewers to pick up the business channel 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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