Bizcommunity, ready for 2010 With about three days to go till 2010 FIFA World Cup festivities and matches get underway, people around South Africa are showing their support by donning car mirror gloves, decorating shop windows and dressing up the office as well as homes and waving their flags like never before. Bizcommunity too is joining in the fun with the sound of a miniature vuvuzela announcing lunch-time and flags and balls showing off our soccer fever. We'll be hosting some fun country-specific lunches and will have a betting pool going in-house. We're definitely feeling it, but are you? What are you or your company doing to get into the football swing of things. Feel free to send your fun-filled images celebrating the arrival of the world cup on African shores to gallery@bizcommunity.com. See you at the FIFA Fan Fest on Friday! Congratulations to South African design firm, CopperCoast on winning the Best of Continent/Africa award in Wolda '09!Ciao, Sindy Peters, Africa editor
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 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] President Jacob Zuma put aside his family troubles for a while yesterday, Sunday, 6 June 2010, to have a joyful moment with local and international journalists, whom he addressed at his Pretoria presidential guesthouse on the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 PRETORIA: Video reports from all 64 matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa will be broadcast in International Sign, on FIFA.com, said the world football governing body on Thursday (3 June 2010). Read more >> JOHANNESBURG: The Local Organising Committee and FIFA say the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert to precede this year's opening of the World Cup will go ahead as planned. Read more >> [Eric Mashaba] NELSPRUIT: The Border Control Operational Coordinating Committee in Mpumalanga will put in place extra measures to prevent possible congestion at the province's busiest ports of entry during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more >> JOHANNESBURG: FIFA President Sepp Blatter will this morning officially open the R978-million International Broadcasting Centre (IBC) situated near the Johannesburg Soccer City Stadium. Read more >> PRETORIA: SA President Jacob Zuma says he hopes that the honour and responsibility of hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup will contribute to peace and development on the African continent. Read more >>Advertising
 After The Zimbabwean newspaper's battle with Mugabe's ZANU PF government made headlines around the world over the past year, The Zimbabwean Trillion Dollar campaign by TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg has won more than 50 global and South African advertising awards. This has raised the profile of the newspaper beyond its "wildest dreams". [video] Read more >> Entrants are invited to submit their portfolio for the Loeries 2010 Young Creatives Award. The winners receive a Gold Loerie, as well as an all-expenses paid trip to an international award show of their choice. Read more >> [Adele Shevel] Telkom is heading the log when it comes to advertising expenditure ahead of the World Cup, followed by McDonald's and MTN. Read more >>Branding
 [Walter Wafula] To flourish and compete favourably against other East African companies, firms with operations in Uganda have been encouraged to build strong brands as the region moves into the common market. Read more >>Design
 South African design firm CopperCoast's iLove logo, designed by creative director Pierre Joubert, has been awarded the Best of Continent/Africa Award in the Worlwide Logo Design Annual 2009 (Wolda '09) competition. The logo was awarded for its original concept and design excellence after being selected by a three-tier jury. Read more >> Global Education, an international specialist youth agency, briefed boutique design studio Santana Graphix at the end of April 2010 to provide a new look for its stationery, electronic signatures, posters and flyers specifically created for an upcoming international education conference and generic print advertisements. Read more >>Digital
 Tech4Africa, the web, mobile and emerging technology conference, will be hosted in Johannesburg, South Africa at The Forum 12-13 August 2010. The event aims to bring together Africa's digital thought-leaders and provide a global perspective to the African context. Registration is currently open. Read more >>[Alistair Fairweather] Like any zeitgeist, social media has attracted its share of charlatans and snake oil merchants, all peddling their mastery of this mysterious and complicated new medium. But when it comes time to measure the actual results, they pile on the jargon and then skip town with your fat cheque. Read more >> [Nur Bremmen] Seedcamp, a European micro-seed fund that invests in early stage startup companies, will be jetting into Johannesburg later this year to identify African startups for potential investment. Read more >>  SAN FRANCISCO: A group protesting Facebook's privacy policies said Monday more than 30,000 people had heeded its call to quit the social networking giant. Read more >>[Catherine Parker] If you're panicking about not being onboard the social media marketing train, the bad news is that it's unlikely to slow down anytime soon. There are good reasons why social media is so popular as a business tool. When executed correctly, it can affect your business hugely, whether that means improved online brand sentiment, website visits or product sales. Read more >> Eventing
 The shortlist of finalists for the third edition of the African Business Awards has been announced. The winners will be announced at a gala dinner at the Grosvenor House hotel in London, UK on Monday, 21 June 2010. Read more >>CAPE TOWN: Frost & Sullivan will be hosting an online analyst briefing on Thursday, 10 June 2010 at 3pm CAT. The briefing plans to look at the infrastructure backlog in Southern Africa and highlight key investment opportunities across the region. It also plans to provide insight into projects in information and communication technologies, power generation, transportation and water. Read more >>The Abuja Hilton Hotel in Nigeria today, 3 June 2010, hosts the pre-World Youth Conference for the African continent, to discuss the African common position amongst other youth development issues within the continent. The official World Youth Conference (WYC) will take place in August 2010 in Mexico. Read more >>JOHANNESBURG: The inaugural African Leadership Retreat (ALR) will take place from the 4-13 July 2010 over eight days, at venues in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg in South Africa. Read more >>Exhibitions
 Africa Fashion Week starts on 30 June 2010 at the Sandton Convention Centre and the four-day event features more than 27 designers from Guinea Bissau, Nigeria, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, Somali, Tunisia, French Comoros, South Africa, Mozambique, the US and the UK. Read more >>Media
WASHINGTON, DC: The National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) has partnered with the World Policy Journal to launch an essay contest to identify innovative solutions to the problem of food insecurity in the rural regions of Africa. The competition is part of NPCA's Africa Rural Connect online program. Read more >>PORT LOUIS: Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern about the Mauritian government's discriminatory behaviour towards La Sentinelle media group. The latest example was the exclusion of La Sentinelle's journalists from a news conference by the finance minister late last month. Read more >>NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda and his administration to halt the ongoing harassment of the nation's independent newspaper The Post and its award-winning editor Fred M'membe. Read more >>[Dumisani Ndlela] Pressure is now mounting on Zimbabwe's inclusive government to move with speed towards registering new broadcasters after the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) registered four daily newspapers last week. Read more >> ABIDJAN: The 'Gender in media management in the post-crisis and post-electoral period" seminar organised by the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in collaboration with the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), ended late last week. Read more >>Mobile
 [Jeremy Daniel] Despite providing access to Facebook Zero in seven African countries where it operates, international mobile service provider MTN has no plans to make the data-charge free version available to South African mobile users any time soon. Read more >> [Stafford Thomas] Few Ugandans have access to a bank branch or an ATM. But most do have a cellphone within easy reach - and this reality is driving the world's fastest-growing mobile payments service, MTN's Mobile Money. Read more >>Online Media
 The winners of the 2010 Museke Online Africa Music Awards (MOAMAs) have been announced. Lizha James, Dama do Bling, Amr Diab, Ralph Anselmo and Perola have emerged multiple winners of the inaugural awards. The winners were selected based on African music fan votes. Read more >>Production
The selection for this year's edition of the Durban International Film Festival Talent Campus Durban has been finalised. Those selected will also have the opportunity to attend screenings and events at the 31st Durban International Film Festival (DIFF). DIFF 2010 takes place 22 July - 1 August and Talent Campus Durban happens 23 - 27 July. Read more >>Radio
ANTANANARIVO: Ten Radio Fahazavana employees, including six journalists, in Madagascar were placed in pre-trial detention in a prison in the capital on 27 May on charges of threatening state security and inciting revolt. They had been held in police custody since a 20 May raid on the station, which has since been closed. Read more >>Retail
BRUSSELS: The organisers of the AgriBusiness Forum, EMRC and the Ugandan government, are inviting interested stakeholders, businesses, organisations and brands from the agro-food, food security, agri-business, sustainable development and African agricultural sectors to support the upcoming event. The event is scheduled to take place 3-6 October 2010 in Kampala, Uganda. Read more >>Advertisement:
PRETORIA: The 25th Africa-France summit held in Nice was an opportunity for South Africa to strengthen relations based on shared interest and mutual trust, says the SA presidency. Read more >>Uganda's wetlands - lying in Dokho, three kilometres from the Eastern Uganda town of Mbale have provided drainage and prevented flooding during rainy seasons for centuries. Communities living in these areas traditionally depended on food crops like cassava, millet, maize grain and bananas. Read more >>[Adele Shevel] Shops are stocking up on additional suntan lotion, painkillers, headache tablets and energy drinks ahead of the World Cup. Read more >> PRETORIA: The 25th Africa-France Summit has started in Nice, France, with 40 African leaders, including President Jacob Zuma, in attendance. Read more >>TV
 Koowee, the multi-language children's television channel in Africa is aimed at children under the age of six. It was conceptualised by M-Net to be the first multi-lingual kids channel in Africa. Read more >> Beyond Markets launches on 7 June 2010 in the prime time evening slot, 8pm to 9pm, and will be seen in the 6am to 7am slot from 8 June replacing Business AM. Hosted from Johannesburg by Lerato Mbele and from Lagos by Wole Famurewa, Beyond Markets aims to provide a platform for African leaders and experts to discuss issues influencing business. Read more >> [Dr Nikolaus Eberl] As the European football leagues wound up their 2009/10 season recently, events took a tragic turn in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, when hundreds of Fenerbahçe supporters poured onto the pitch after the final whistle was blown to briefly celebrate their team's 18th league title. Read more >>
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 Vision Africa market research company in Namibia has appointed Stefanie Kühn as a Research Executive. Stefanie was the best marketing and business management student at North West University from 2006 to 2008 consecutively, and completed her honours as the top BCom student. Read more >>
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