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Light at the end of Zim tunnel Politics in Zimbabwe is still highly volatile with the new Unity Government not quite on amicable terms and accusations being thrown back and forth as a low-key power struggle continues. Business in Zimbabwe, however, is picking up and potential investors are seeing great prospects for the country. There is suddenly light at the end of the tunnel with Mutare Board and Paper Mills back in business; three daily newspapers set to launch in the near future provided government plays ball and mobile penetration has risen with Telecel Zimbabwe adding 350,000 more lines to the network. The big one, however, announced late last week, is the acquisition of both Shell Zimbabwe and BP Zimbabwe by South Africa's Engen Petroleum and African petroleum marketing company, Kenolkobil. While the agreement still remains subject to approval, both entities have confidence in the Zimbabwean market. Is this the right time to invest in a country that's been only associated with doom and gloom for the past decade? One can't be entirely sure, but if it is, then late-starters will definitely find themselves facing stiff competition. Cheers! Sindy Peters, Content manager Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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Imara, a pan-African financial services group, and Fleming Family & Partners will co-host a Zimbabwe investment indaba in London, UK on 24 September, 2009. Attendance is limited to one delegate per financial institution or investment fund. Read more >> |
Earlier this month, Sony Ericsson launched the action-packed Extra Man website for all 2010 FIFA World Cup fan content needs. 
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's airports are gearing up to receive an estimated half-a-million visitors for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with improved facilities through a US$35-million IT programme. 
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AFRICADesign a book cover for Penguin African Writers series
The Penguin African Writers series, launched in 2009, showcases writing from Africa for contemporary readers in Africa and the rest of the world. In 2010 it is expanding the series and is a calling for submissions for artwork to be used on the covers of the forthcoming titles. Read more >>Digital
KENYAKenya: e-Commerce is here, finally
[Carole Kimutai] The arrival of the East African Marine Systems (TEAMs) fibre optic cable in Kenya has heralded a new era of better and faster internet connection. Business expectations have risen as well. Carole Kimutai spoke to Information and Communication Permanent Secretary Dr. Bitange Ndemo on how this translates into better business. Read more >>AFRICAGateway Communications goes live on SEACOM
NAIROBI, KENYA: Two years after committing to the SEACOM project, Gateway Communications is live on the submarine fibre optic cable connecting Africa to Europe, Asia and the rest of the world. SEACOM, privately funded and three-quarters African-owned, is expected to provide bandwidth on an open access basis, allowing all operators to have equal access to the cable. Read more >>KENYAKenya: Consumers furious over high internet prices
[Carole Kimutai] SEACOM and the East African Marine Systems (TEAMS) undersea fibre optic cables went live about a month ago but internet consumers in Kenya are yet to enjoy price cuts. The arrival of the much hyped fibre optic cable raised expectations amongst Kenyan consumers who were looking forward to faster speeds, more bandwidth and cheaper connectivity costs. Read more >>AFRICABetter policies key to high internet connectivity
[Walter Wafula] According to Ben Akol, information and communication technology and media programme manager at the Open Society Initiative of West Africa, more people in Africa will be connected to high capacity and fast internet through fibre optic cables if governments as regulators put in place better policies. Read more >>AFRICATCTS manages SEACOM cable system
MUMBAI, INDIA: Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS), a provider of business transformation, telecom BPO and consultancy services, have launched NOC operations, subsequent to SEACOM commissioning the 1.28tb/s, 17,000km cable system. Read more >>AFRICARaising Africa's digital dialects
The following article, "Raising Africa's digital dialects" is taken from Open Source - a daily paper produced during the Highway Africa Conference reporting on the various projects presented and the issues discussed during the panels at the event. Highway Africa concluded yesterday, 8 September, 2009 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Read more >>Exhibitions
AFRICAArtists of Africa Exhibition launches in SA
The launch of the Artists of Africa Exhibition will be hosted by the City of Johannesburg at the Joburg Theatre, South Africa on Wednesday, 16 September 2009. The pan-African exhibition has been recognised as an official 2010 FIFA World Cup host city event for the City of Johannesburg. Read more >>Media
SOUTHERN AFRICASwaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process
MBABANE: Swaziland High Court judge, Justice Thomas Masuku has urged the Swazi media to speed up the process of self-regulation. The judge said this while speaking at the MISA Press Freedom Awards 2009 gala dinner held at Ezulwini Sun Convention Centre early last week. Read more >>AFRICAA24 Media partners with Al Jazeera
NAIROBI: The Al Jazeera Network and A24 Media have revealed a new partnership whereby AL Jazeera's Africa-focused programming will become part of the A24 Media's portfolio offering via its online delivery site. Read more >>SOUTHERN AFRICASwaziland: Government policy to open ways for media
MBABANE: The Swazi director of information and media development, Martin Dlamini has expressed government's willingness to work with the media as partners in national development. He thus promised, the government was in the process of revamping and expanding access to information. Read more >>AFRICAFree access to climate change broadcasting material developing regions
[Molly Slothower] Media in the global South received a big boost this week in their ability to cover climate change, thanks to the Broadcast Media and Climate Change: a public service remit conference held this week in Paris. The conference, was sponsored by UNESCO, the United Nations Environmental Programme, and others. Read more >>AFRICATelling their own stories
[Thandeka Mapi and Gabi Falanga] Bambara, Lingala, Fula, isiZulu and Swahili: no, they're not names of pan-African Highway Africa delegates, but five of the nine African languages used on a new blogging platform called Maneno. The project started a year ago and is run by six people from different countries, spanning from Cameroon to America. Read more >>WEST AFRICAGambia: journalists freed
Six Gambian journalists who had been convicted of defamation and sedition were pardoned and released last week. They had been sentenced to two years in prison in August 2009 after calling on President Yahya Jammeh to recognise his government's responsibility for the unresolved murder in 2004 of journalist Deyda Hydara, an outspoken critic of Gambian media laws. Read more >>Mobile
AFRICAMobile TV in Africa: Alcatel-Lucent's solution
[Sylvain Beletre] In Africa, and just as preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup tournament are gathering momentum in most African countries, a few African mobile telephone operators signaled their intention to lead the market in the Mobile TV area. Some service providers across Africa have launched or are in the process of rolling out Mobile TV as a way to complement their multimedia audience and revenues. Read more >>AFRICACelpay to host mobile payments conference in Zambia
Mobile payments company, Celpay Zambia will be hosting a mobile banking conference in Zambia. The two-day conference will be held in Lusaka from 16 - 17 September 2009. Participants will include government, regulators, major technology companies, mobile network operators and major corporates from the SADC region. Read more >>AFRICAYvonne Chaka Chaka to open AfricaCom Awards 2009
The 2009 AfricaCom Awards ceremony takes place on 11 November, 2009 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, South Africa. According to the Com World Series, the 2009 event has received a record-breaking number of entries for the ten award categories. Read more >>Newspapers
ZIMBABWENew Zim dailies ready to hit the streets
[Dumisani Ndlela] The launch of at least three daily newspapers, including the banned Daily News, has been stalled by delays in the issuance of licences by government, but project promoters have already launched aggressive marketing campaigns to woo prospective readers. Read more >>Online Media
AFRICAMTN partners with Africa the Good News
The MTN Group this week announced its partnership with Africa - The Good News. Published by SA the Good News, Africa - The Good News is an online publication that aims to tell positive African stories from an African perspective. Read more >>Out Of Home
SOUTHERN AFRICAMauritius Tourism launches outdoor campaign
Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority has apppointed South African-owned Primedia Outdoor to manage its first outdoor advertising campaign using airport and freeway media platforms, to promote Mauritius as a holiday destination for South Africans. Read more >>Printing
ZIMBABWEZim: Newsprint producer bounces back
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's sole paper producer Mutare Board and Paper Mills (MBPM), which stopped production last year, has bounced back ahead of the launch of at least three daily newspapers in the country. Read more >>Public Relations
AFRICAKing Report III discussed at 2009 IABC conference
Lindi Engelbrecht, chief executive of the Institute of Directors (IoD), will be one of the keynote speakers at the 2009 IABC Africa conference to be held 8 - 9 October 2009 at Kievits Kroon Country Estate and Spa, Gauteng, South Africa. She will discuss the impact of the King Report III on the communication profession and the fundamentals around engaging stakeholders and the consequent business impact. Read more >>Radio
CENTRAL AFRICAJoy Radio wins case against state
[Gregory Gondwe] Courts have cleared Malawi's privately-owned Joy Radio which was shut down by government during the 19 May 2009 elections for allegedly airing campaign material during polling day contrary to the law. Read more >>Recruitment
AFRICAAfrican Virtual Job Fair to attract global talent
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND: Zebrajobs.com and the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) have launched the inaugural African Virtual Job Fair (AVJF) to support the recruitment needs of international companies and organisations doing business in Africa. The African Virtual Job Fair opens from 30 September 2009 - 31 December 2009. Read more >>Retail
SOUTHERN AFRICAEngen, Kenolkobil acquire Zim Shell, BP ventures
Engen Petroleum, South Africa's refined petroleum products company, and Kenolkobil, an indigenous African petroleum marketing company in the East and Central African region, have signed a sale and purchase agreement to jointly acquire all the shares in Shell Zimbabwe (private) and BP Zimbabwe (private). Read more >>AFRICABroll expands into Africa
South African retail broking company Broll is expanding into other African countries. The Broll footprint includes Namibia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria and most recently Mauritius and plans are underway to expand further into other African markets, according to Broll director of retail, Hilton Dukes. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASABMiller awarded licence in Namibia
Global brewing giant SABMiller Plc announced on Tuesday, 8 September 2009, that it had been granted a license by the Namibian government to brew and bottle beer in Namibia. Read more >>CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi: Bata Shoe Company turns 115
[Gregory Gondwe] The Bata Shoe Company is celebrating its over 115 year survival in the business of making footwear by refurbishing its 32 shops across Malawi - a venture that will cost K50 million. Read more >>TV
AFRICAMultichoice secures capacity on Intelsat 20
PEMBROKE, BERMUDA: Multichoice have signed a long-term, multi-transponder agreement for satellite capacity with Intelsat, a worldwide provider of fixed satellite services. The agreement extends and expands MultiChoice's existing contract on the Intelsat 7 satellite at 68.5º E to the follow-on satellite, Intelsat 20 (IS-20), which is slated to be launched in early 2012. Read more >>ZAMBIAZAMBIA: State warns My TV for airing Muvi TV content
LUSAKA: The Zambian government on 5 September 2009 warned My Television (My TV) and other satellite broadcasters operating in Zambia, to desist from providing a broadcasting platform to other radio and television stations whose frequencies are restricted to specific areas. Read more >>Youth Marketing
SOUTH AFRICAWorld Literacy Day reintroduces serials
PARIS, FRANCE & DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is providing the world's newspapers with an eight-part serialised story for publication around International Literacy Day, yesterday, Tuesday, 8 September 2009, to help parents and teachers instil a love of reading in young people. Read more >>| Company news |
2010 FIFA World Cup
SOUTH AFRICAFresh stories from Africa on the road to 2010 and the World Cup - Africa Media Online
This month not only saw the first African qualification for Africa's first FIFA World Cup, but the first of what will be hundreds of multilingual articles, photographs and audio recordings made available through an ambitious programme to help the rest of the world see through African eyes. Read more >>Public Relations
SOUTH AFRICAClosing date for applications for course around the corner - hurry and book now! - Quo Vadis Communications
There are only three more weeks left until the start of Quo Vadis Communications' Organisational Communications course begins in Cape Town. The six-day course runs over two sessions of three days each, with the first session beginning on 28th September. Read more >>| People on the move |
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