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Sweets instead of change? Would you accept sweets instead of change after a round of shopping? I certainly would not and I'd like to think most people would think the very idea preposterous, but these are the circumstances that Zimbabweans must endure as retailers in the recovering country refuse to take coins from banks. Retailers are not willing to accept the South African rand coins at the official exchange rate from banks and are essentially holding the economy and consumers to ransom. Hopefully finance minister, Tendai Biti finds a solution to this tedious problem that's holding the country back from making essential progress.
Late last week WAN-IFRA announced Dawit Isaak, founder of Eritrea's first independent newspaper, awardee of the 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom. It is saddening to note that Isaak has been imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001 for nine years without being formally charged and without trial; his whereabouts are unknown. Eritrea is the lowest ranked country in the world for press freedom and the biggest jailer of journalists. Wherever you are on the continent, spare a thought for Isaak, and those still striving ahead with journalistic integrity under repressive regimes. Wherever you are, you're better off than those working in the media in Eritrea. Long live the free press... Cheers, Sindy Peters, Africa editor Responses to this column welcomed in our online editor's column archive. Send all your Africa marketing news africanews@bizcommunity.com. Top stories
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Dawit Isaak, founder of Eritrea¹s first independent newspaper, who has been imprisoned for the past nine years without charge or trial, has been awarded the 2011 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). WAN-IFRA has called on Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki to immediately free Isaak. 
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on Gabonese authorities to free a journalist who was jailed early last week for failing to pay exorbitant damages stemming from a 2004 civil libel suit. 
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called upon authorities in Ethiopia's northeastern region of Afar to release a journalist who has been held without charge since 11 September 2010. 
KAMPALA: CBS radio station in Uganda resumed normal broadcasting late last week after being closed for a year.The Ugandan government closed four radio stations amid rioting in Kampala in September 2009. 
Rocketseed has established a significant footprint across Africa with more than 150 active resellers across the continent in 11 countries: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mauritius, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Cote d'Ivoire. 
Itumeleng Khune, the South African football team's goalkeeper has been named the African ambassador for shoe polish brand, Kiwi. The Kiwi campaign, which also features 800m runner and world record holder, David Rudisha, as the East African ambassador, launched late last week. 
Fashion Business Angola, a fashion and beauty expo will take place over four days in Luanda, Angola from 9-12 December 2010. The event will be held during the International Fair of Luanda (FIL) exhibiting designers from around the African continent as well abroad. 
Timothy Balding, director general for Global Affairs of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), has left the organisation. Balding had been CEO of the World Association of Newspapers before the July 2009 merger of WAN with IFRA, the news publishing service and research organisation. 
WASHINGTON: Google, which has had strained relations with some US newspaper publishers, announced on Tuesday (26 October 2010) it was donating five million dollars to encourage innovation in digital journalism. 
MTN Business, a wholly-owned division of telecommunications company MTN, on Wednesday (27 October 2010) celebrated the integration of UUNET Kenya into its stable, through a rebranding exercise to MTN Business Kenya with immediate effect. 
Mobile telecommunications giant MTN Group said on Thursday (28 October 2010) that it recorded 134.471 million subscribers at September 30, 2010, up 4% for the quarter from 129.214 million previously. 
MTN has been shortlisted for multiple awards in four categories at AfricaCom 2010, the annual telecoms conference in Africa, to be held in Cape Town, 10-11 November 2010. 
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has announced its new board of directors for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The election of the new board members comes after over a month of nominations in which more than 200 members voted. 
Google has launched a new question and answer service across Africa that will also be integrated into search results on Google Search. Google Bazara, which means 'taskforce' or 'council' in Swahili, offers user-generated advice on almost any topic. Users can create profiles, send messages, follow others, rate answers and receive points for asking and answering. 
The winner of this year's Short Film Competition at the 2010 Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival is The Abyss Boys, written and directed by Jan Hendrik Beetge from South Africa in 2009. The Afrikaans film with English subtitles was described by one of the judges, Zina Saro Wiwa, as "confident, bold, beautifully acted." | International news |
UNITED STATESUS shoppers still cautious
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LONDON, UK/NEW YORK, US: According to Informa Telecoms & Media's new quarterly market status report, femtocells now outnumber conventional outdoor cell sites in the United States, marking a major milestone in the evolution of mobile networks. Major operators continue to deploy femtocells and employ new consumer propositions. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMUK: October sees rise in consumer confidence
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SAN JOSE, US/JOHANNESBURG, SA: At Adobe MAX, Adobe's worldwide developer conference, Adobe Systems Incorporated announced it is collaborating with six leading digital advertising companies to define two new full screen ad formats for smart phones that support Adobe Flash Player 10.1 software and/or HTML5. Read more >>UNITED KINGDOMGlobal mobile advertising revenues will be worth US$3.5 billion in 2010
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WASHINGTON, DC, US: The Centre for Public Integrity, one of the United States' oldest and largest non-profit investigative news organisations, has received unanimous approval from its board of directors to embark on a new strategy aimed at generating more accountability reporting, new audiences, and earned revenues in the digital marketplace. Read more >>COSTA RICACosta Rica's living billboards
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SOUTH AFRICATwo VW's in top car finals
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Volkswagen has two contenders for the coveted title 2011 South African Car of the Year. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAVery sexy, very sporty Megane
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The French do sexy very well.... Fashion, women, wine, food, and now also a new and very exciting range of Renaults with names such as Twingo Gordini, Clio RS 20th Special Edition and the Megane RS Sport and Cup cars. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICANew car hire at Lanseria
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SOUTH AFRICACT etourism summit challenges tourism industry to embrace social media
Cape Town has just successfully hosted the 2010 eTourism Africa Summit (25 and 26 October) held at the CTICC. Cape Town Tourism partnered with South African Tourism to sponsor the forward-looking event. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAMango ranked top LCC
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SOUTH AFRICAWorld meet Zef - Die Antwoord $O$
[Ruth Cooper] It suddenly struck me, while listening to Die Antwoord's debut album $O$, that perhaps one of the reasons why they have become so popular is because of the fact that they are so anti-indie, so anti-hipster, so anti-trendy. And zef really could be described as being the antithesis of indie-hipster coolness. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICALife As We (Don't) Know It
[Zeenat Ebrahim] People expect happy endings and that's what we give them but is this really 'Life As We Know It?' Do the tragic circumstances of an accident leaving an orphaned baby in the care of their respective best friends hold a reality spectrum for falling in love? Anyway, that aside, this is a pleasant romantic comedy with a predictable outcome but one that we can enjoy. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAChaotic Cairo
[National Geographic Traveller] From the air, its baked-earth colour makes the desert look crudely pixellated, but up close its details are dazzling, says National Geographic Traveller's Nicola Jackson. Curvaceous minarets levitate above blocky modern architecture, horns honk and heady wafts of jasmine drift through the exhaust fumes. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAHalf of a Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
[Daphne Cooper] Let me confess straight away that this is just half a review - or more accurately, a review of only half the play (all 75 minutes of it). Maybe it was because I had a bit of a cold brewing, but whatever the reason I simply could not face another hour of the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAVanilla Ice and MC Hammer in 90s' dance party
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