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Invest in the African youth Africa's present youth are a resilient generation and they have to be in order to deal with their respective countries' political, social and economic difficulties. Each fights individual battles to make a success of their lives and some just to stay alive. There's a saying that goes, "Africa is not for sissies," and I'm afraid if you don't have the endurance to strive against the odds, you're not going to get far. Against famine, poverty, corruption, drought, civil war and so on - the African youth of today have it tough. It is important that we remember that the children of today are the leaders of tomorrow and investment in the youth today will go a long way to the success of any country tomorrow. Zimbabwe, for one, will depend on its youth for development and yet the education system still fails them. Students have rejected ZIMSEC in favour of a Cambridge qualification due to the bungling council delaying or not providing examination results. So what is Africa doing right for its youth? Last week South Africa hosted the Inaugural African Youth Chess Championship and reports say it was a triumphant success. The competition hosted nine countries; ten players from South Africa, Egypt, and Algeria have qualified for the 2009 World Youth Chess Championship. Creating means for Africa's youth to come together recreationally is a great start to understanding one another's cultures and to take that respect and knowledge back home and share it. Another great development on the education front is that South African tertiary institutions, Wits Business School and the University of Johannesburg, are hosting an entrepreneurship exchange symposium on ‘Best practice in entrepreneurial development', where ideas will be shared and exchanged. For Africa to be free from reliance on developed nations it is important that the continent provides a flourishing entrepreneurial environment for the youth. As American author, Frederick Douglass once noted, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Cheers! Sindy Peters, Content manager Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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Radio personality, social entrepreneur and Umlazi website founder, Phumlani Dube has teamed up with African disaster relief organisation, the Gift of the Givers Foundation to donate approximately R500,000 worth of humanitarian aid to the community of Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 
Wolda '09, the Worldwide Logo Design Annual, is still open for entries collecting logos designed both in 2008 and 2009. The deadline for logos designed in 2008 has been extended to 15 July 2009. 
Infor held the first Inforum event in Africa on 7 July 2009 with approximately 250 delegates in attendance at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, South Africa. Infor is ranked the third largest enterprise software provider in the world and 18th on the Aberdeen Group's 2008 Top 100 Most Influential Technology Vendors. 
SAN FRANCISCO: Google's personal computer operating system will fire a shot at the heart of rival Microsoft and move their escalating battle further onto Internet turf, analysts said on Wednesday, 8 July 2009. 
According to Chess South Africa, the African Youth Chess Championship held in Rochester House, Salt River, Cape Town, South Africa closed on a high note yesterday, 9 July 2009 as a triumphant success. The inaugural competition featured a total of nine countries playing in a Round Robin System. 
The 2009 African Business Awards culminated in a gala ceremony held in London on 6 July 2009 organised by African Business magazine and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC). The event was attended by Rwandan President Paul Kagame as well as other African government officials and leaders. 
The sixth annual Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition will be held 2 - 5 September 2009 at Museum Africa in Newtown Johannesburg, South Africa. Moshito, meaning rhythm in Sepedi, is an annual event that caters for the African music industry in the form of a conference and expo. 
The OneLove Campaign, an effort to increase awareness of the increased risk of HIV infection from multiple sexual relationships, is collaborating with 60 African broadcast companies to launch a new series of ads for television and radio which plans to roll out over the next year. 
Shares in French media and telecom group Vivendi fell slightly on Friday, 10 July 2009 after the group said it was in talks to buy a majority stake in the African activities of Zain, a Kuwaiti telecom group. 
Nokia will publish its eagerly anticipated second quarter results on 16 July 2009. The announcement comes a few months after Nokia reported a drop in profits and number of devices shipped for the first quarter of the year. 
In a claimed bid to safeguard the future of journalism, International publishers have demanded new digital intellectual property rights. The “Hamburg Declaration” has been signed, calling for online copyright to be respected, to allow innovation to thrive and consumers to be better served, it was announced on Friday, 10 July 2009. 
Nike and The Homeless World Cup are offering a US$50,000 fund to produce a short film (5 minutes, no more than 10 minutes) capturing the "Spirit, Unity, Victory" of the Milan 2009 Homeless World Cup. The event takes place from 6 - 13 September 2009 at Arena Civica, Sempione Park. 
Newsclip Media Monitoring, in association with PRISA Namibia, recently hosted a business breakfast, in Windhoek, Namibia, on the latest developments in media relations and PR trends. 
The challenging economic times are taking their toll, with the result that 43% of South African consumers are looking to apply the brakes on their discretionary spending over the next six months. This is according to findings of the latest MasterCard Worldwide Survey on Consumer Purchasing Priorities, released today, 9 July 2009. Instead of spending on discretionary purchases, the survey finds that consumers are paying more attention to long-term assets such as retirement savings, investments and renovations. 
WASHINGTON: IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced today, 13 July 2009 it plans to provide a US$25 million loan to Umeme to help the Ugandan electricity distribution company improve the quality of its service and connect up to 20,000 new customers annually in a country where many people still lack electricity. 
Trustco, a Namibian-owned public company listed on the JSE Africa Board, on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 became the first financial institution in Namibia to link up "live" to CNBC Africa via satellite. 
STAMFORD: The battle for the future of TV is underway in the United States with an overabundance of stakeholders pushing for greater influence as TV and computing converge, according to Gartner. | Company news |
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SOUTH AFRICALuanda International Jazz Festival - African musical heritage returns to its source - EspAfrika
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