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Africa's top journalists honouredSouth African Sam Rogers has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards ceremony. The awards are a truly representative of the continent, with shortlisted entries and winners coming from all around the continent. The awards celebrate the achievements of the members of the continent's "Fifth Estate" for whom that very same continent is often a place of great danger. Indicative of this is the tribute paid to nine journalists who paid the ultimate price to bring the news of what's happening to the public. It is clear, however, that while we pay tribute to them, we can rest assured that given the quality of the entries into the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards, those who gave their lives did not die in vain. So, we salute them, and we also salute those who continue to work to bring the news and the truth to public attention. Often they do so under very trying conditions - and sometimes at the risk of their very lives.
Kwaheri, 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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Around 90 000 additional tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be made available for public sale across all 64 matches from Friday, 28 May 2010. 
MTN's recently launched Compass and Hummba.com are offering users point-of-interest guides in the 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities, with Hummba.com signing up Bennie McCarthy and Matthew Booth as brand ambassadors. Hummba is a social media platform that connects travellers with its free audio guides. 
For the fourth consecutive year Mango is offering discounted flights to everyone attending The 2010 Loerie Awards in Cape Town. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis and prices are only applicable while capacity is available.  |
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ZIMBABWEZimbabwe pays for "brand opportunity" from Brazilian team visit
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe has splurged an undisclosed amount of cash to lure the Brazilian national football team into the country ahead of the FIFA World Cup which kicks off in South Africa on 11 June 2010. Read more >>Advertisement:
AFRICABuilding Brand Africa through its strengths
[Thabani Khumalo] Africa is a continent rich in natural and human capital resources, but its biggest asset by far is the diversity, warmth, friendliness, generosity, humility and humanity of its people. This was the inspiration for the official slogan of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, 'Ke Nako. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'. Read more >>CSI
SOUTH AFRICALast call for Jet Community Award nominations
The annual Jet Community Awards competition closes for entries on Monday 31 May 2010. Read more >>Digital
AFRICAAfrica's plugging the technology gap with help from India
Investment in information technology can help Africa to improve governance, overcome poverty and deal with critical infrastructure gaps, taking India as an example, the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 (WEF) said. Read more >>AFRICAFive things you should know about Facebook privacy
[Anna Malczyk] Facebook has received a lot of negative attention recently because of the changes that have been made to the social network's privacy and sharing settings. Users have become concerned that their private information is being shared without their knowledge and permission. Read more >>UGANDAUganda: Free Facebook on MTN
[Walter Wafula] MTN, Uganda's most subscribed mobile telecommunication company has announced that it will offer use of the Facebook platform for free. The announcement comes on the back of a landmark partnership between MTN Uganda and Facebook the world's most popular social networking site. Read more >>Exhibitions
SOUTH AFRICAFestival to market Africa during World Cup
[Nthambeleni Gabara] The kick-off of the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 11 June will coincide with the inaugural Festival of Africa. Read more >>Media
AFRICAIn-house communication directors' association launched for Africa
More than 80 communication directors from companies, associations, government institutions, NGOs and universities recently gathered at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg to found the African Association of Communication Directors (AACD). This new network of in-house communication professionals from across the African continent will promote a dialogue and allows for the sharing of knowledge across the field of communications, setting qualified standards for the industry. Read more >>AFRICASA's Sam Rogers is CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010
South African Sam Rogers has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards ceremony. Rogers, executive producer of Factuals - Crime and Investigation Unit, e.tv, won for her story Curse of the Nobody People, which was chosen from among 2074 entries from 40 nations across the African continent. Read more >>MALAWIMalawi needs a mass communication university
[Gregory Gondwe] One of Malawi's members of parliament has said the country needs a mass communication university, which could be the only way to improve the country's democracy. Read more >>ZIMBABWESix newspapers get licences to publish in Zimbabwe
After years of being able to only read the party line followed by goverment mouthpieces, Zimbabweans might soon be able to read balanced reports on the state of their country and other issues. Read more >>Mobile
AFRICAAfrican nations oppose Bharti's Zain purchase
[Sure Kamhunga] A number of African governments could delay plans by Bharti Airtel to celebrate its US$10,7 (about R80.8 billion) purchase of the African mobile phone assets of Zain after having either conditionally approved the telecoms sale or ordered a review of the transaction, it was reported on Friday. Read more >>AFRICAKuwait's Zain starts measures to close African sale
Kuwait's Zain telecom said on Thursday it has begun procedures to finalise the sale of its operations in 15 African nations to India's Bharti Airtel for US$10.7 billion (about R80.8 billion). Read more >>MALAWIZain Malawi to Show UN's Ban-Ki-moon its project
[Gregory Gondwe] Zain Malawi has announced that it will on Sunday, 30 May 2010, be taking the visiting Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-Moon to two places in the country where there are Millennium Villages to assess progress that Zain Malawi and partners Ericsson have made in applying telecommunication technology as a catalyst in reducing poverty. Read more >>AFRICABharti encounters African resistance to Zain purchase
[Sure Kamhunga] A number of African governments could delay plans by Bharti Airtel to celebrate its $10,7bn purchase of the African mobile phone assets of Zain after having either conditionally approved the telecoms sale or ordered a review of the transaction, it was reported on Friday (21 May 2010). Read more >>Newspapers
ZIMBABWESA newspaper in court for Zim report
Lawyers for the Mail & Guardian (M&G) on Monday described the government's contention that two eminent SA judges were sent to Zimbabwe in 2002 as special envoys on a confidential diplomatic mission as "nonsense on stilts". Read more >>Online Media
EGYPTIslam Online... offline
One of Egypt's most popular online media sources, Islam Online, has gone offline following a dispute between employees and management. Read more >>AFRICAAfrican soccer site launches soon
A website focusing on African soccer and its players worldwide will be launched by football star Andre Dede Ayew, son of Abedi Pele, this week. The website plans to provide live football, interviews and news coverage across Africa. Read more >>Production
AFRICAWinners of Tarifa African Film Festival announced
The awards for the seventh edition of the of the Tarifa African film Festival were made on 29 May 2010... Read more >>Research
AFRICADatabase 360 unveils new African resource
CG Consulting's Database 360 has unveiled its latest African database of companies and executives throughout the continent. The data available includes corporate data across various business verticals with contacts for the offices of IT, finance, CEO, HR etc. Read more >>Retail
NAMIBIANamibia stands up to EU 'bullying'
[David Cronin] BRUSSELS: Tensions between the European Union and Africa have once again erupted, with Namibia accusing the Brussels elite of resorting to bullying tactics in trade negotiations. Read more >>AFRICAEMRC Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission successful
BRUSSELS: Brussels-based EMRC recently concluded its 7th Africa-Israel Agricultural Trade Mission, promoting partnerships towards the sustainable economic development of Africa. A select group of 32 African entrepreneurs and officials from Angola, Benin, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Senegal, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Côte d'Ivoire travelled to Israel where they were immersed in the Israeli agro-industry and agro-food sectors over five days. Read more >>TV
MALAWIMalawi Television dissolved
[Gregory Gondwe] The government of Malawi has announced the dissolution of the Malawi Television Limited (TVM) whose functions will be integrated into the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). Read more >>MALAWIMACRA starts processing TV & radio licences
[Gregory Gondwe] The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has started processing 36 different types of sound and television broadcasting licences. Read more >>| Galleries |
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