Paring down and dressing up Since 2001, Bizcommunity.com has given voice to the advertising, marketing, media and related industries in South Africa and shortly after spread its reach across Africa. From the start, our mission has been not just the delivery of news for passive consumption, but to be a platform for engagement and opinion and a launching pad for companies and individuals. The African communications sector is currently gearing itself up for the imminent broadband explosion and Bizcommunity.com is proud to be positioning itself at the hub of these developments. In this regard, we are paring down, updating and analysing every nook and cranny of our community interfaces to ensure you are all are poised to capitalise on the unique advantages of our region - high-speed internet access will enable a more dynamic multimedia showcasing of our community and our new-look has been built to anticipate these opportunities. We congratulate our IT team for its unwavering commitment to improvement, and the incredible passion and know-how in our various teams - we look forward to developing new ways for our 270,000-strong community to best leverage what will manifest in the months and years to come! Please join us in celebrating the launch of the new-look Bizcommmunity.com and we look forward to continuing to present Africa's industry news and to promote your contributions and opinions! The Bizcommunity.com Team Send all your Africa marketing news to africa@bizcommunity.com. Let us know what you think of our redesign by giving us your feedback here. | Top stories
Marketing & Media
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] South African investors interested in exploring the troubled but untapped and rich Eldorados of Africa would have to face a long and epic journey to Southern Sudan, where they will likely discover a virgin territory full of potential and opportunities, waiting to be nurtured and developed unconditionally. Read more >>
Advertisement:  The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council is inviting participants to contribute their input on the strategies, plans and actions being taken to ride out the recession and dump the depression. Read more >>
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] While some multinational companies review their African investments by measures such as shedding jobs and cutting their marketing budgets and even planning to vacate the ‘dark continent' as the global economic downturn takes a nasty turn, LG Electronics looks to South Africa and Africa to expand its horizons and build brand leadership. Read more >>
2010 FIFA World Cup
[Wilma den Hartigh] The 2010 Fifa World Cup offers many obvious benefits for tourism and the economy, but now the global football extravaganza will also help anyone interested in a career in television broadcasting to get a foot in the door. Read more >>
Advertising
 [Tshepiso Seopa] CNBC Africa has announced the departure of its sales director, Susie White, who played a major role in implementing the company's sales and marketing strategy. White lead the sales team in Johannesburg, in addition to sales executives based in the offices in Cape Town, Nairobi, Lagos and Abuja. Read more >>
 [Titus Kaloki] Amid the credit crunch and global economic downturn, firms are all trying to brace for a tougher future and this may only be achieved through intensive advertising using channels that offer value for money. In the year 2008, 20bn shillings were splashed by local firms on advertising. A big sum by any means. Read more >>
Branding
 Diageo, the global drinks business, yesterday announced that it has reached an agreement with Namibia Breweries to produce and distribute Windhoek beer globally. Read more >>
Advertisement: [Sam Hungwe] Zimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is facing the battle of a lifetime - trying to turnaround Zimbabwe's battered image to lure critical foreign investment and increase tourist traffic. Read more >>
CSI
[Lucy-Claire Saunders] People around the world are getting laid off, stock markets are hurting, and banks are going belly up. In an economic environment gone haywire, philanthropy often seems to be the last thing on peoples' minds. But like many other sectors, it is undergoing major changes. Read more >>
Digital
[Khanyi Magubane] A new initiative driven by African language and computer experts to enable users to utilise computers in over 100 African languages is underway. The start of the project coincided with the celebration of International Mother Language Day on 21 February, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of continuing to use vernacular languages. Read more >>
High hopes exists that the formation of a government of national unity in Zimbabwe will revive the troubled information and communications technology sector in Zimbabwe. Read more >>
[Janine Erasmus] Preliminary results of a pilot project to tackle the growing problem of electronic waste, or e-waste, in Africa have been released, showing a number of beneficial spin-offs, including job creation and income generation. Read more >>
 According to the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), new research into the state of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on the African continent suggests that the proverbial ‘digital divide' is growing into a deepening chasm. With this in mind, the GSB is launching a course aiming to enhance the strategic thinking of senior decision-makers in telecom and related sectors in Africa. Read more >>
PRETORIA: South Africa, as chair of SADC, on Monday, 23 February hosted the SADC-Japan meeting where representatives of research institutions discussed possible areas of co-operation in science, technology and innovation between SADC and Japan. Read more >>
As the deadline for registration looms for all cyber café operators in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission has warned these businesses to register or face reprisals. Read more >>
 The MWEB Africa Group has launched a commercial Wi-Fi solution allowing laptop users to connect wirelessly to the internet in certain locations in Africa. The service was officially launched on 23 February, 2009 and aimed at hotels, lodges, restaurants and café's to provide internet services to their patrons. Read more >>
Eventing
Thebe Exhibitions and Projects Group will be hosting the 2009 Trade and Investment Africa Exhibition and Congress in South Africa from 3 - 6 November 2009 at the Sandton International Convention Centre, Johannesburg. Read more >>
Import/Export
A Joint Presidential Advisory Council on Investment was launched by Nigeria and South Africa on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, to encourage investment between the two countries. Read more >>
Mobile
 The Mobile Banking Conference to be held from 18 - 19 March 2009 in Lusaka, Zambia hopes to create a network platform for its speakers and attendees by developing relationships and engaging various industries on key topics. Celpay Zambia Limited, sponsor of the first Mobile Banking Conference is a mobile and internet banking payment solutions company. Read more >>
[Walter Wafula] Two more telecommunication companies in East Africa have joined Kenya's Safaricom in providing money transfer services to their subscribers by way of mobile phones. The move is set to tilt the scales in the financial sector and boost revenues earned by the telecoms. Read more >>
HARARE: Zimbabwe's new Information Communication Technology minister on Tuesday, 24 February moved to calm a turbulent phone market after a huge public outcry that followed the dollarisation of telecoms and a ten-fold hike in mobile phone tariffs. Read more >>
Newspapers
On 20 February 2009, the semi-private Swazi Observer newspaper successfully challenged a High Court ruling which had restrained the newspaper from reporting on a leadership dispute in the Jericho Church, an indigenous Christian denomination. Read more >>
Online Media
 A24 Media has announced the imminent launch of its African photography collection featured on the site as well as a new 'About Africa' section providing background information on the continent. The company has also reported an increase in content and well as its 'Quick Glance' to support that increase. Read more >>
Production
[Mary Alexander] Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon... Top box office earners are headed for South Africa in 2009, as Cape Town ramps up its growing reputation as the Hollywood of Africa. The city has been an increasingly popular location for filmmakers since South Africa was welcomed back into the global community in 1994. Read more >>
Recruitment
[Ephraim Nsingo] GABORONE: "The situation is now very bad, very bad for workers. It is no longer about the workers alone, it is about the government, the companies, everyone. We need to talk. Dialogue is the only solution." This was a response from Jack Tlhagale, secretary general of the Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU), when asked about the ongoing mine retrenchments and closures. Read more >>
Retail
PRAIA: A small group of agriculturalists say it is possible to boost food production and cut malnutrition in Cape Verde by farming with less water - and no soil. Read more >>
[Bathandwa Mbola] CAPE TOWN: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) believes regional integration needs to be achieved before the formation of a single African Union (AU) government can be realised. Read more >>
[Bathandwa Mbola] CAPE TOWN: The African Development Bank is prepared to set up a donor meeting with Zimbabwe to see what support is needed to enable recovery in that country. President of the African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka said this following a meeting of finance ministers from member-states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Wednesday, 25 February. Read more >>
NAIROBI: The first Congress of African Economists will be held at the Kenya International Conference Centre in Nairobi Kenya from 2 - 5 March 2009. The theme is “Towards the Creation of a Single African Currency: Review of the creation of a single African currency: Which optimal approach to be adopted to accelerate the creation of the unique continental currency”. Read more >>
[Gregory Gondwe] The Chinese government has offered Malawi duty-free trade preferences to imports originating from within the country. Malawi's Industry and Trade Minister Henry Mussa said the country's business community and the public should exploit the market access opportunities that have been created by this Trade Preferential Scheme. Read more >>
[Sam Hungwe] Branded wines and spirits maker, African Distillers (Afdis), says consumer “impoverishment” had significantly weakened demand for its products on the Zimbabwean market, where demand for cheap beer has in the past been blamed for turning the country into “a nation of drunkards”. Read more >>
Dubai Naturalization and Residency Department (DNRD) has introduced an e-service that allows visitors, residents and guests residing in Dubai and abroad to receive instant notifications via email and text messages upon issuance of their entry permits or visas of all types through Mobile Visa (M-visa). Read more >>
TV
CNN International is launching in March new weekly programming showcasing the Africa's cultural, sporting, and business highlights. "African Voices" and "Africa Inc" will respectively focus on engaging African personalities and business stories. Read more >>
 DISCOP Africa is a networking and business event aiming to bring together programming, acquisitions, production, distribution and advertising executives to implement solutions to enhance the development of television content business in Africa. The sold-out event is currently being held, 25 - 27 February 2009 in Senegal, Dakar. Read more >>
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Exhibitions
 The Mega Media Expo concentrates on advertising mediums available to marketers and media buyers and includes exhibitors like The Citizen, BizCommunity, AdReach, Media24, Alive Advertising, Foozi and others. Read more >>
Advertisement:  Africa's advertising and media showcase, Mega Media Expo, is coming to the Sandton Convention Centre on 4 and 5 March. Apart from the expo, the event also aims to educate. Visitors can attend short 30-minute workshops on interesting topics such as Harry Trisos' talk on Mobile, The 7th Mass Media. Read more >>
 Africa's advertising and media showcase, Mega Media Expo, is coming to the Sandton Convention Centre on 4 and 5 March. This will be the second Mega Media Expo, after its successful launch in Cape Town last year. Read more >>
Research
 Vision Africa, the leading research company in Namibia, recently donated N$6000.00 towards the community of Okatjali to assist them in building a kindergarten in their remote village of Onamayongo. Read more >>
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