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Nigeria as the most populous nation on the continent should and does present huge marketing and business opportunities. But… Read more >>[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi is set to identify seven amazing wonders that will be used to promote its tourism industry, according to Access Communication Limited, a company which is developing the concept. Read more >>  [Carole Kimutai] Unilever Kenya has launched a multi-million marketing campaign for Fair & Lovely, a face cream under its brand portfolio. The KSh30 million (R3 million) marketing campaign dubbed “Your Face is Proof” was unveiled at an event that also featured the premiere screening of "He's Just Not that Into You". Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's Director of Tourism Isaac Katopola has said the country stands a good chance to benefit from South Africa's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He said, since Malawi is only two hours and ten minutes away by air from South Africa, it could host some of the 55,000 FIFA delegates. Read more >> Local 2010 World Cup organising committee chief executive officer, Danny Jordaan, said revenue from commercial and broadcasting deals for next year's 2010 FIFA World Cup had debunked any notion that Africa's first hosting of the event would be a financial failure. Read more >>Advertising
 BANGALORE: Asian-based mobile advertising network mKhoj now has the ability to publish mobile advertising suited to local languages in seventeen different countries, including Afrikaans, Arabic, Bahasa, Hindi, Tamil, Turkic, and Zulu. The announcement was made yesterday, Tuesday, 2 June 2009. Read more >>Branding
A trademark case has reached the Kenyan Court of Appeal, which has now given its ruling. Read more >> Hansa Marzen Gold has been awarded the three star Superior Taste Award at the 2009 International Taste Quality Awards, held by the International Taste and Quality Institute (iTQi). The three star award is highest rating available to any given brand in this competition, and is indicative of 'Exceptional products with 90% and more of the total marks'. Hansa Marzen Gold is the only South African product to have won a Superior Taste Award at this year's iTQi's. Read more >> [Walter Wafula] Superbrands unveiled the selection methods used in selecting winning brands in East Africa. The criteria was unveiled in Nairobi, Kenya by Superbrands East Africa project director, Jawad Jaffer at the launch of the 2009/2010 Superbrands East Africa. Read more >>Digital
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and other investors have closed an equity financing deal for the Main-One Submarine Optical Fibre Cable System. Read more >>WASHINGTON: Movie directors, composers, authors, legal experts, policy-makers and others are meeting here this week to discuss the "threats and opportunities" the Internet poses to copyright in the digital age. Read more >>The African Development Bank (AFDB) board has approved an investment of US$66 million for the development of the Main One submarine fibre optic cable project along the West African coast. Read more >> STAMFORD: While the recession is still under way, now is the time for IT leaders to prepare for business growth, and organisations should aim to complete these plans by 1 July 2009, according to Gartner. This advice especially pertains to the nations that first entered the recession, such as the US and the UK. Read more >>Information and Communication Technology (ICT) businesses in Africa have been urged to seize opportunities that come along as a result of the economic recession currently wreaking havoc the world over. Read more >> Telkom Kenya has announced an agreement to provide a digitisation solution to all Kenyan Members of Parliament. The deal, signed yesterday, 2 June 2009 by Telkom Kenya chief executive officer, Dominique Saint-Jean and the speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende, will see the 222 elected MPs connected electronically. Read more >>Education and Training
 The International Institute for Journalism (IIJ), Germany and the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra are inviting young journalists, no older than 35, in member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to attend a training course on freedom and responsibility in the media, in Ghana from 27 September to 10 October 2009. Read more >>Exhibitions
 Africa Fashion Week, with its 50 designers from 20 countries on the continent, begins on Friday, 12 June 2009, at the Sandton Convention Centre, north of Johannesburg. Read more >>Media
Namibia's Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has gazetted the Information Communications Bill. Speaking in Parliament in early June 2009 when the Bill was reintroduced, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Joel Kaapanda says the Bill, "will revolutionise the ICT industry of Namibia and provide for the effective regulation of telecommunications, broadcasting, and postal services through a new independent and autonomous regulatory authority for Namibia". Read more >>Many African women journalists are constrained to working at the Women's Desk, where they cover light issues such as entertainment or home affairs. A rare exception is Nigerian journalist Clara Nwachukwu, who worked her way from the Women's Desk to becoming one of the few women who report on business and energy issues for national daily newspapers. Read more >> The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) yesterday, 4 June 2009 condemned the kidnapping of Ibrahim Mohammed Ali, also known as Jeekey, the director of Universal television channel based in Garasbaley, Somalia. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Many African heads of state believe that once they ascend to power, they automatically achieve the status of God. They demand to be absolutely worshipped and they refute any form of criticism. Journalists and analysts who think otherwise are branded counter-revolutionaries and dealt with accordingly, prompting many observers to wonder if it is morally wrong to criticise the president. Read more >> Mobile
Ericsson is taking responsibility for managing most of the network and field operations for Zain's wireless networks and operational support systems, serving almost 4,000 sites across Nigeria. This according to a new agreement that has been entered into by the two parties. Read more >>The GSMA Mobile Innovation Research has revealed that innovation in the mobile phone industry around the world is as strong as ever during the global economic downturn. Read more >>ABUJA: Nigeria has revoked the sale of state-run telecommunications company NITEL and its mobile arm to local firm Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) Plc, officials said on Monday, 1 June 2009. Read more >> Middle East and Africa mobile network provide, Zain, said it was confident that unifying all emerging market operations under one global identity would prove successful. Read more >>Online Media
 WASHINGTON: Google plans to begin selling electronic versions of new books online this year, posing a potential challenge to market leader, Amazon. Read more >>Retail
 HARGEIS: Food security in eastern and western regions of the self-declared republic of Somaliland is under threat following an invasion of desert locusts, which have destroyed an estimated 3,000ha of farmland, officials told IRIN. Read more >>CAPE TOWN: The World Economic Forum announced today, 5 June 2009 at a press conference in Johannesburg that more than 800 participants from 50 countries will participate in the 19th World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town from 10 - 12 June 2009. Jacob Zuma, president of South Africa, will host the meeting, where participants will gather to deliberate under the theme, "Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for Africa". Read more >> JOHANNESBURG: Camel farming could be an option for some 20 million to 35 million people living on semi-arid land in Africa, who will soon be unable to grow crops because of climate change, says the co-author of a new study. Read more >>According to the NEPAD Business Foundation (NBF), partners and investors need the nearly one billion African consumers, and policies should be engineered to cater for the future economy. It believes that population forms a great part of achieving a country's goals. Read more >>JOHANNESBURG: The Jubilee Debt Campaign is calling for an immediate US$400 billion debt cancellation for developing countries to avoid returning to a 1980s-style crisis. Read more >>TV
 A new season of the reality show, Big Brother Africa will begin in September 2009, according to M-Net. Big Brother Africa: The Revolution has undergone a makeover with the prize money doubled, now standing at US$200,000. Open castings are planned for 18 cities in the 14 participating countries. Read more >>Out Of Home
 Green energy or renewable energy in the form of advertising wind turbines is the new eco-friendly way to advertise outdoors. The turbine not only serves as permanent outdoor advertising, but also generates power by harnessing naturally-occuring wind. Read more >>
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