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MarketingSOUTH AFRICA Visit to advance SA-Nigeria relations[Bathandwa Mbola] South Africa and Nigeria are to advance their relations through a three-day visit by Nigerian's President Umari Yar'Adua to the country which starts today, Monday, 2 June 2008. ZAMBIA Zambian Airways launches daily Livingstone service Zambian Airways has announced that from 1 June it will run daily return flights on the Johannesburg-Livingstone route. Its initial flights from OR Tambo Airport to Zambia's tourism hub operated four times a week. AFRICA SA government to set up shelters for the displacedThe South African government decided on 29 May to establish small, temporary shelters for foreigners displaced by the recent xenophobic violence, rather than larger, more permanent refugee camps. MOZAMBIQUE Mozambique: Returnees at a loss after fleeing South Africa Orlando Pereira and Agostino Antônio Bila are two of the more than 26,000 Mozambicans who have fled South Africa and returned to their country of origin with little more than stories of hatred. Advertisement:
AdvertisingSOUTH AFRICA Getty Images Ultimate Pitch winner is... - Gallo Images Andrew Tinning of Market Force Australia will be taking Bob Scarpelli's place at Cannes this year for his powerful entry "Green Unltd" which the judges felt has the power to galvanise people into really making a difference around the big problem of global warming.
DigitalAFRICA Next wireless spectrum sale likely to come with a catchHaving succeeded in attaching conditions to its most recent auction of wireless bandwidth, the United States' FCC is considering another go at the concept. This time, the string attached would require the provider to offer free wireless Internet access to 90 percent of the entire U.S. population. AFRICA Video gaming market growing apaceEMEA video gaming market to reach AED 32.3 billion in 2008 up by 18.4% over the last year. AFRICA SAT-3 reinforces market monopolies in Africa - studyA study examining the impact the SAT-3 fibre optic submarine cable has had on telecommunications in four African countries has found that the potential of the cable has not been properly exploited.
Education and TrainingSOUTH AFRICA USB-ED highly rated in world ranking for management training - USB-EDUSB-Executive Development (USB-ED), the public training company which forms part of the University of Stellenbosch Business School, recently achieved the exceptional honour of being selected as one of the world's top business training institutions.
EventingAFRICA TICAD outcomes to benefit Africa - Mbeki[Michael Appel] Following the conclusion of the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), President Thabo Mbeki on Friday said the outcomes would greatly benefit the African continent. AFRICA Roads to prosperity in the headlightsThe 2nd African Congress of Highways is continental event that will gather from 26 - 28 of June of 2008, in Luanda, Angola. It will play host to representatives from all African countries, investors and international specialists, entrepreneurs and technicians from the sector, among other interested parties, in order to debate the road network as factor of social development, economic growth, African integration and unification.
MediaSOUTHERN AFRICA SA nationals found with 'Sky equipment' due in courtThree South African nationals, arrested in Zimbabwe at the weekend for allegedly being in possession of "illegal transmitting equipment" belonging to British television station Sky, are due to appear in court on Thursday.
MobileCENTRAL AFRICA Malawi introduces new tax measures on mobile phone services[Gregory Gondwe] The 25% excise on cellular phones has been replaced by a domestic excise tax of 10% on airtime with effect from June 1.
NewspapersZIMBABWE Mugabe's vision so poor he can't read newspapers - ministerRobert Mugabe's vision is so poor that he cannot read newspapers, Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu has unwittingly disclosed. ZIMBABWE Newsprint pricing affects conglomerate's performance[Dumisani Ndlela] A ZSE-listed conglomerate says its newsprint production division had badly dented its performance during the half-year to March 31, 2008, blaming power outages and coal shortages for the crisis.
Online MediaAFRICA US minorities dominate use of new mediaAccording to BIGresearch's most recent Simultaneous Media Survey, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Whites not only use traditional media differently, their adoption of new media is also quite unique.
ProductionNIGERIA Nigeria's FBI focuses on winning award[Femi Lawal] A Nigerian-based RnB artist, whose debut music video is on most music program's top charts across Nigeria, has been nominated for a top music award in Toronto, Canada. ZIMBABWE Printing companies record business boom in Zim electionPrinting companies record business boom in Zim election.
RetailKENYA Kenya to import maize to build up food stockpileThe Kenyan government plans to import three million bags of maize in the next two months to build enough stocks to cushion the country against the impact of possible food shortages caused by post-election violence and the failed rains. EGYPT H&M to open in Cairo H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, the international fashion retailer, will soon be available to eager followers of fashion in Cairo, Egypt. The store will open on June 5th 2008 in Cairo's exclusive Stars Center mall in the new Citystars development. The expansion of the trendy high street brand is a result of H&M's strategic partnership with M.H. Alshaya, one of the Middle East's leading retailers. WEST AFRICA Urban farmers in Cameroon profit from rising food pricesYaounde - Jacques Biyiha came from the countryside to the big city to seek his fortune in the 1970s when the country was in the midst of a construction boom. He continues to live there today, but he hasn't worked in construction for 15 years. He is an urban farmer, as are many people in Cameroon's largest city. AFRICA How can West Africa become more food-secure?The global food and fuel price crisis presents a “strategic opportunity” to West African states to become more food-secure according to agricultural analysts, but they will only achieve this by committing 10% of state budgets to agriculture and better exploiting their comparative advantage.
SponsorshipGHANA Japan gives Ghana $85mil grant for road project[Kwaku Osei Bonsu] Japan has announced an $85 million grant to support the construction of the Yamoransa-Kumasi road project in Ghana. AFRICA Top footballer Seedorf launches Goal4AfricaYesterday, 27 May 2008, AC Milan's Clarence Seedorf announced the launch of Goal4Africa, a global funding mechanism and awareness campaign for educational and development programs and the promotion of football throughout the African continent.
TVSOUTH AFRICA eNews 24-hour channel takes to the airwaves [Issa Sikiti da Silva] History was made last night at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg when e.tv launched eNews Channel, South Africa's first independent round-the-clock news service, on Channel 403 on DStv Premium and DStv Compact. At exactly 7pm, the fantastic duo of Jeremy Maggs and Redi Direko went on air to signal the beginning of a brand new and innovative phase in local news. “Today is a historic day not only for e.tv, but for the whole of South Africa,” group editor-in-chief Debra Patta told the audience. ZIMBABWE Zim's ‘war veterans' enter the space race with a vengeancePro-government war veterans force locals to remove satellite television receivers from their homes in Matabeleland South. | 
