Rethinking the African economic model
[Arthur G. O. Mutambara] As we commemorate Africa Day, the 25th of May, it is important that we reflect on the economic circumstances obtaining on our continent.

Call to punish attackers in SA xenophobic violence
The SA government should protect victims to ensure justice says human rights organisation.

SAMA speaks out on xenophobia
The South African Medical Association is horrified by the spread of attacks aimed at foreign nationals in South Africa, and condemns it in the strongest possible terms.

On the edge of the frying pan
With governance in limbo and post-election violence spreading beyond control in Zimbabwe, rights groups and think-tanks have warned of a military coup, martial law or even civil war.


South Africa: Should I stay or should I go?
Downtown Johannesburg was as busy as ever on Thursday afternoon. Gospel music blared from speakers, commuters and school children wove their way through the jammed market stalls and food outlets on Noord Street before boarding the taxis crawling bumper-to-bumper up Twist Street.


South Africa: African governments begin repatriating its nationals
The governments of Mozambique and Zimbabwe have begun the "voluntary repatriation" of their citizens, in the wake of ongoing xenophobic violence in South Africa that police say has claimed 42 lives, displaced more than 16,000 people and led to 400 arrests.


ANC deputy president condemns “ugly, barbaric” attacks
[Louise Marsland] ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe told the International Media Forum in Johannesburg this morning, Thursday, 22 May 2008, that attacks on foreign nationals over the past week was an attack on the values of our civil society in South Africa and needed to be condemned as hate crimes. He called on all South Africans to condemn these barbaric acts.

DHL aircraft services start operating in Malawi
[Gregory Gondwe] Global express and logistics company, DHL, has started operating its flights into Malawi.

SOUTH AFRICA

Business, tourism leaders call for decisive action on attacks
Both Moeketsi Mosola, CEO of South African Tourism, and Jerry Vilakazi, CEO of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), yesterday, Tuesday, 20 May 2008, added their support to the calls by the President, senior government officials and other leaders for an immediate stop to attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa.

ZIMBABWE

No plane sailing for Air Zimbabwe
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabweans don't have a high opinion of Chinese products, which have won a reputation for mediocre quality…

KENYA

Wunderman Kenya signs advertising deal with Google Inc
[Carole Kimutai] Wunderman Kenya, the direct and digital marketing agency division of Ayton Young and Rubicam (AY&R) Group has announced a deal that will see it sell advertising on the leading search engine - www.google.com.

The future of advertising: there is no advertising
Online advertising has been evolving ever since the masses discovered the Internet, and the current models for delivery and revenue won't remain in place forever. According to Dana Gardner and his panel of experts, online advertising in the future won't look like advertising at all.

Kingsley Holgate is fully fuelled for the road
South African adventurer Kingsley Holgate's latest expedition, a world first circumnavigation overland through 33 African countries, set out from Cape Point on April 27 in support of the “One Net, One Life Campaign”, which saw the expedition team aiming to reach a million people with treated mosquito nets and educational information on the disease.


Nigeria's UBA excites investors
The Nigerian stock market was agog on Friday 16 May 2008, following the release of the six months audited results of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), West Africa's largest financial services group.

AFRICA

Precious survivor of apartheid era to star in feature film
'Precious', a feature film based on the extraordinary life story of South African-born coloured Olympian Precious McKenzie MBE, is scheduled to begin shooting on location in South Africa later this year.

Online intiative for reporting xenophobic violence
For Quirk eMarketing, merely talking about the ongoing xenophobic attacks hasn't been enough, and www.unitedforafrica.co.za is the result - a site which provides real-time, geo-located updates of what's happening in areas affected by the xenophobic violence. This mashup represents a collaboration between 15 different individuals and NGOs, including the TEDsters who developed Ushahidi.com, Cell-Life, Quirk eMarketing and TAC.


Nigeria shines in global ICT scene
[Remmy Nweke] The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has stated that it is poised to compete in the global economy by way of leveraging on the opportunities embedded in the burgeoning Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Minister of Information and Communications, John Odey gave this insight in his ministerial message to investors at the recently concluded International Telecommunication Union (ITU) event held at the Egyptian capital, Cairo.

NIGERIA

Nigeria slow on the broadband uptake
[Jonah Iboma] The absence of last mile equipment and high cost of bandwidth have been identified as the major reasons why broadband Internet access penetration is low in Nigeria.

Ugandan students embrace ICT4Peace
[Angella Nabwowe] By acquiring the ICT skills, students are in a position to share information pertaining to peace with colleagues.

Cape Town commemorates Africa Day
[Bathandwa Mbola] Cape Town commemorated Africa Day on Saturday, 24 May, with a two-day festival initiated by foreign nationals.

Africa's best talent dresses for peace
[Carole Kimutai] This coming Saturday, May 24, Nairobi will play host to a fashion and the arts show that is aimed at harnessing African creativity and promoting Kenya as a dynamic cultural hub.

SOUTH AFRICA

Xenophobia in SA: ‘media should take the blame'
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] At least 50 people are dead, more than 1000 injured, scores of women gang-raped and nearly 35 000 are displaced as xenophobia attacks - described by The Sunday Independent as ‘ethnic cleansing - SA style' - show no sign of abating. As the continent celebrated Africa Day yesterday, Sunday, 25 May 2008, victims of the violence and other immigrants accused the South African media of fuelling the attacks by what they see as ‘constantly anti-foreigners reporting'.

News from Africa read with keen interest, says foreign media
[Janine du Plessis] There is currently an unprecedented interest in news from Africa, according to Barry Moody, Africa editor for Reuters. “Africa is no longer a distant curiosity, now it's a place of expanding potential,” the editor told local and international media and government communicators at the International Media Forum South Africa (IMFSA) last week.

Who is copying your content?
One of the beautiful things about the web is that it brings all different kinds of people together. Young and old, rich and poor. People of all races, of all income levels use the web daily.

Uganda: Media crackdown taskforce set up
The Ugandan Cabinet on Wednesday constituted a special sub-committee to investigate radios and newspapers accused of giving bad publicity to the ruling NRM government.

Launch of MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa, custodian of Brand South Africa, today, Wednesday, 21 May 2008, launched MediaClubSouthAfrica.com, a web-based media service for all who want to track the country's progress and achievements in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and beyond. The launch took place at the International Media Forum South Africa (IMFSA) which opened in Bryanston today.

MTN Swaziland launches popular CallerTunez service - Starfish Mobile
Starfish Mobile International, an African Wireless Application Service Provider, has teamed up with MTN Swaziland, to launch the country's first Ring Back Tones (RBTs) service for its mobile customers.

Editor appeals against conviction
Newspaper editor convicted of practising journalism without accreditation appeals against conviction, harsh sentence.

UK's ABCe: Web traffic standards to be reviewed
The web measurement standards for the UK's national newspaper websites are to be reviewed after rival publishers questioned Telegraph.co.uk's dramatic recent traffic growth, adding 6.3 million unique users in two months.

Malawi's first editorial policy launched
[Gregory Gondwe] Zodiak Broadcasting station (ZBS) has beaten all the odds to become the first Malawian media institution to have, and publicly launch, an editorial policy.

AFRICA

How mobile technology is facilitating development work
[Zachary Ochieng] The advent of mobile technology has transformed and facilitated the work of a number of NGOs involved in various forms of development work, mainly relief and advocacy. Nothing attests to this better than a report recently released by the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Group Foundation.

Protect our youth from premature death - The Heart and Stroke Foundation SA
World No Tobacco Day, Saturday 31 May, focuses on Tobacco-Free Youth as the only effective measure to reduce the very real risk of youth becoming regular users of tobacco products in adulthood. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance and child and adolescent experimentation can easily lead to a lifetime of tobacco dependence.

Golf Day with a heart - The Heart and Stroke Foundation SA
The Planet Fitness Royal Cape Golf Day in aid of the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA will take place on Friday, 13 June. The competition format of the annual charity golf day is 4-Ball Betterball Stableford and entry fees include green fees, dinner and great prizes. This is an ideal networking opportunity for companies and their clients.

Exp Nigeria implements another successful activation for Heineken - Exp.
With Heineken in the third year of its global sponsorship of the UEFA Champions League, Heineken Nigeria has rolled out a campaign called the Heineken Champions Planet for the second consecutive year.

AFRICA

Africa's Olympic win
The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) has concluded an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to acquire the free-to-air broadcast rights for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The broadcast rights relate to 41 sub-Saharan territories excluding South Africa.