| | Headlines | PAMRO documents Africa's varied media landscape
APEX deadline extended
Vodafone raises queries over Safaricom IPO
New MIC board to deal with Daily News application
Cash, not politics, is what draws Chinese firms to Africa
Bizcommunity.com Cape Town on the move
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Marketing | | SOUTHERN AFRICA HIV-induced famine hits agriculture in southern Africa
Hunger and HIV/AIDS are reinforcing each other in Southern Africa, "leading to a potentially tragic new level of famine", says a book published by a regional agricultural think-tank.
AFRICA Cash, not politics, is what draws Chinese firms to Africa
China's government may have high-profile political and strategic reasons for seeking closer ties with Africa, but its companies are here mostly for the money, analysts say.
AFRICA Making finance work for Africa
A new partnership to support stronger financial systems in Africa was launched last weekend, by Germany, the World Bank and the African Development Bank.
SOUTH AFRICA Bizcommunity.com Cape Town on the move
Our Cape Town-based Bizcommunity.com head office finally moved into its new premises in Cape Town yesterday, Thursday, 1 November 2007. The new physical address is 24 On Main, Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town. The entrance is on Rose Street, off Main Road. The new contact numbers are: tel +27 (0)21 680 3500 and fax +27 (0)21 685 1045. Please update your records accordingly.
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2010 FIFA World Cup | | SOUTHERN AFRICA FIFA chooses 2009 – 2014 hospitality provider
[Lavinia Mahlangu] This week world football governing body FIFA announced MATCH Hospitality AG, as its hospitality rights holder for the 2009 – 2014 period.
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Advertising | | AFRICA APEX deadline extended
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has extended the deadline for entries to the 2008 Advertising Performance Excellence (APEX) awards, to 6 December 2007, while announcing that - for the first time - the competition is open to entries from continental Africa.
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Cinema | | AFRICA IRIN release new film about slum life in Kenya
[Walter Wafula] Integrated Regional Information Networks also known as IRIN has released Slum Survivors, a new film about the lives of Africans living in slums. The film was unveiled mid last week according to the organisation's website.
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Digital | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Controversy continues over undersea cables
[Timothy Kasonde] The uncertainty surrounding aspects of the South African government's position on undersea cables is damaging and threatening to sink the country's hopes for a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup.
KENYA Over 10m Kenyans to get wireless internet access
[Emmanuel Kola] More than 10 million Kenyans who still lack access to the Internet now stand to benefit from the planned wireless Internet connection to public payphones by June next year.
AFRICA UN, Microsoft partner to bring ICT to Africa
The United Nations telecommunications agency and technology giant Microsoft have partnered to help bring the benefits of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to millions in Africa.
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Education and Training | | EAST AFRICA Arusha catches up with Britain's Parliament - and sees red (and amber... and green)
Yes, it's true - traffic lights (otherwise called robots) were first introduced outside Britain's Parliament in 1868. Now Arusha, the Tanzanian town in the shadow of Kilimanjaro, has caught up just 139 years later and its first traffic lights have been installed.
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Media | | AFRICA PAMRO documents Africa's varied media landscape
The country reports from the members of the Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) shed some light on media in Africa.
SOUTHERN AFRICA Swazi media owners finally embrace MCC
SWAZILAND: Last week, media owners in Swaziland finally embraced the long-awaited Media Complaints Commission (MCC), a media self-regulatory framework whose operation has been delayed by lack of firm buy-in from the media proprietors.
SOUTH AFRICA Monitoring South Africa once again takes the lead by launching a Daily Analysis Product - Monitoring South Africa
MSA will be launching its new Daily Analysis Product on 1 November 2007. The product will provide a daily view of a company's media heartbeat, making it easier to determine the impact of media coverage on a company's reputation immediately.
SOUTH AFRICA MSA scores another first with broadcast content delivery solutions - Monitoring South Africa
Monitoring South Africa (MSA) will from 1 December offer clients premium quality digital content for all broadcast coverage, thanks to new communications technology and restructuring of the Broadcast Monitoring Division.
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Mobile | | EAST AFRICA Reform taxation laws on telecommunications
[David Kezio-Musoke] In a report released by Deloitte, East African mobile operators lose a third of their revenues to governments by way of taxes and other government tariffs.
KENYA Vodafone raises queries over Safaricom IPO
[Zachary Ochieng] Vodafone has called for the postponement of Safaricom's initial public offering (IPO) after it became apparent that the funds to be raised could be used to 'beef up' the Kenyan government's coffers during election time and thus give it an unfair advantage over other political parties.
AFRICA Civil society calls for new governance to make internet accessible to Africans
Convened by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) on the 28th of October 2007, civil society groups have called for new forms of corporate governance to develop the ICT infrastructure in Africa. These new forms should “ensure the interests of all stakeholders, but above all, the interest of African consumers and citizens,” the statement insists.
AFRICA Mobile networks connecting Africa
At the ITU Connect Africa Conference being held currently in Kigali, Rwanda, Nokia Siemens Networks spoke about how it is enabling Africans everywhere to gain access to connectivity.
ZIMBABWE Zimbabwean CEO blogs for investors, censures cynical analysts
[Dumisani Ndlela] London listed Lonrho Plc's recent purchase of a controlling stake in Celsys Limited, a telecommunications company on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), significantly raised Celsys' profile on the market.
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Newspapers | | ZIMBABWE State media seeks to shore up print run ahead of key elections
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's state-owned media house, Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) group is battling to shore up circulation of its newspapers ahead of key elections next year, after an undersupply of newsprint, which has forced it to drastically cut on print runs, Bizcommunity heard from market players.
ZIMBABWE New MIC board to deal with Daily News application
ZIMABWE: Zimbabwe named a new board recently to consider an application to reopen the country's largest private newspaper, four years after it was banned.
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Production | | ZIMBABWE Power outages cripple Zimbabwe
Many areas of Harare, the capital, were without power for most of last week and early this week. The past months have been marked by almost daily outages, but this – it lasted five days – was the worst yet.
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Radio | | ZIMBABWE Zimbabwe's state-run radio stations now on Internet
[Torby Chimhashu] Zimbabwe's state-run radio stations are now streaming live on the Internet, just months after state television also launched on JumpTV – a Dubai-based distributor of live international television and sports programmes over the Internet.
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Retail | | ZIMBABWE FY07 and investment lessons from ‘Black Friday'
[Lance Mambondiani] The 14th of November 2007 will mark the 10th anniversary of a day of terrifying economic nightmares for Zimbabwean citizens. Zimbabwe's economic crisis is often traced back to 14 November 1997, a day analysts referred to as ‘Black Friday', when the Zimbabwe dollar lost 71.5% of its value against the US Dollar.
AFRICA Capitalism may challenge the poor, but it gives them hope
Throughout human history, the road out of poverty has been built not by aid from developed states but by economic growth, and yet in Africa there is a prevailing logic that the rich have a responsibility to lift the poor.
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TV | | SOUTH AFRICA Five new channels for DStv
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] DStv's MultiChoice last night, Thursday, 31 October 2007, launched an additional five channels to its existing bouquet at the Constitution Hill in Johannesburg, sending a clear message to its newly-baptised rivals that it will fight on despite the end of its 12-year monopoly of South Africa's pay TV market.
NIGERIA Biodun Shobanjo is CEO of The Apprentice Africa
[Emeka Enyadike] Bank PHB, in conjunction with The Executive Group (TEG) and Storm Vision has announced that Biodun Shobanjo, chairman of the Troyka group and co-founder of Nigeria's largest and unarguably, most successful advertising agency, Insight Grey has signed on as the CEO of The Apprentice Africa.
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