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Heading on the highway to Africa Coming up soon on the African events calendar is Highway Africa, the conference that hosts the continent's cream-of-the-crop journalism professionals as well as the budding newbies looking for some inspiration and a few tricks of the trade. On the agenda this year is how to operate in the globalised world and the new rules of engagement. If you can tear yourself away from keeping up with 2010 FIFA World Cup festivities and matches from 5-7 July, then you'll be happy to note registration for the annual event is now open. Word on the retail street across Zim and South Africa is that Pick n Pay is set to acquire a larger portion of shares in TM Supermarkets as part of a recovery plan for the Kingdom Meikles group which, like most retail groups in Zimbabwe, took quite a financial knock during the free fall of the Zim dollar. The deal at the moment is very hush-hush and is being kept between executives. Apart from newly launched TopTV going up against DStv, another battle is brewing. It seems South Africa might not adopt the digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) standard for terrestrial television as agreed in 2006; the country may very well go with Japan's integrated services digital broadcasting (ISDB-T) standard instead. One of the major problems lies in the fact that the SADC's choice needs to be unanimous to avoid cross-border radio spectrum interference, but not only is ISDB-T more expensive it could delay digital migration across the continent even further. On a happier note, the workers who were involved from the start in building the 2010 stadiums will be rewarded with two tickets to one of the World Cup games. Now that's a nice way of saying thank you for all your efforts in making an Africa dream now a reality. Well done FIFA and the 2010 LOC! Ciao, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news to africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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Africa investor (Ai) and Interbrand-Sampson have released the results in the African Brand Investment Survey and Index. The research outlines what investors think about Africa, and what Africa's countries should be aware of when jostling for investment. 
South Africans who still wish to purchase 2010 FIFA World Cup tickets will be relieved to know that a few thousand additional tickets have gone on sale. 
FIFA and Control Room, on Tuesday, 4 May 2010 announced the final line-up of African and South African artists for the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert. Freshlyground, Hugh Masekela, the Mzansi Youth Choir, the Soweto Gospel Choir, as well as African hip hop artist K'Naan, have been added to the line-up to perform at Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg on the eve of the opening match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. 
Ogilvy & Mather and Scangroup have partnered in creating the sub-Saharan African venture, Ogilvy Africa. The partnership is via a share swap transaction, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval. Ogilvy & Mather will exchange its shareholdings in its operations outside South Africa for a combination of Scangroup shares and cash consideration. 
Shahir Zag, chief creative officer at Y&R Middle East & North Africa (MENA) will join the Advertising and Integrated Campaign judging panels for the 2010 Loerie Awards. 
LONDON: The M&M Awards 2010 is now open for entry submissions with two new categories, Best Nation / Place Branding Campaign and Best International Communications Strategy added for this year's event. The entry site for awards will open on 26 May; the deadline for submitting all entries is 16 June. 
MTN, starting this week, launched a month-long sms campaign throughout its operations in Africa and the Middle East aimed at garnering global support for the 1GOAL: Education for All initiative. The 1GOAL campaign seeks to accelerate access to education to 72 million children worldwide by 2015. 
“Greg Quinton's creative wisdom, years of design and judging experience on numerous global juries, and Black D&AD Pencil says it all. We are very privileged to have someone of Greg's calibre on board,” says Gaby de Abreu, founding member of both Switch Design Group and the Brand Design Council, commenting of the confirmation of Quinton as jury chairman of the communication design judging panel for The 2010 Loerie Awards. 
Organisers of the African Business Awards, African Business magazine and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), have extended the entry submission deadline for this year's awards to 10 May 2010. Submissions are invited from companies based in Africa, including corporate headquarters or branch offices of international companies. Submissions for multiple awards is permitted. For more information and to enter, go to 
The Loeries Travelling Exhibition, sponsored by Adobe, is taking a detour from its journey around South Africa to make a stop in Gabarone, Botswana from 10 - 14 May 2010, at the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology. Both Adobe and the Loeries will be offering complimentary Adobe workshops at the various destinations around the region. 
Registration has officially opened for the 14th annual Highway Africa Conference. Taking place at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, 5 - 7 July 2010, the conference is the world's largest gathering of African journalists. This year's theme is 'African voices in the global media space'. 
Highway Africa has set up its own social networking platform, The Network, on the Highway Africa website. The platform, created for journalists and media professionals, aims to connect delegates with other like-minded individuals. Registered members of The Network can share stories, ideas and discuss the state of the media in general, and more specifically media in African countries. 
EduNetworks' inaugural Mobile User Experience conference has been postoned till after the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with possible new dates being 28 - 29 July 2010. The conference was due to take place this month at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Updates and a revised programme schedule will be posted on the 
Mark Contreras, chairman of the Newspaper Association of America and SVP of the newspaper division of The E. W. Scripps Company, will speak at the 2010 World Newspaper Congress in Beirut, Lebanon, from 7 - 10 June, addressing how digital has engulfed the US media industry. 
Z-Card Africa, Middle East, India and Turkey (ZAMI) has been contracted by Nigerian-based human resources outsourcing company, Strategic Outsourcing Limited (SOL), to produce 10 000, six-panel, credit card-sized Z-Cards. 
Absa has launched Islamic banking in Tanzania through its subsidiary the National Bank of Commerce (NBC), in line with its strategy of expanding its offering in Africa. It will offer the options of a cheque account and saving account with an embedded funeral plan. Christo de Vries, NBC's MD, said this new service is part of its business banking strategy to provide innovative products to meet the needs of the market. Though this service will mostly appeal to our Muslim clientele, it is open to everyone regardless of their faith. 
Research In Motion (RIM) is category sponsor for the Digital Journalism Award and, in addition, is providing the winners of each of the major categories with a BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone. 
CNBC Africa is crossing live to Tanzania for the 20th World Economic Forum on Africa, held in Dar es Salaam, from 5 - 7 May 2010. The business news channel is providing coverage of WEF, the annual economic, political and business-focused event. The meeting is hosted by Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete and explores the theme 'Rethinking Africa's growth strategy'. | International news |
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