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HARARE: Reporters Without Borders has condemned yesterday's arrest of Nevanji Madanhire, the editor of independent weekly The Standard, and Patience Nyangove, one of his reporters, as well as the charges of criminal defamation and "publication of false statements prejudicial to the state" that have been brought against them. 
NEW YORK: Police arrested Faysal Mohamed, a reporter for the Hiiraan Online website on Wednesday, 29 June 2011, in the port town of Bossasso in the semi-autonomous republic of Puntland, local journalists told CPJ. No official charges have been brought against him, although the deputy commander of the Bossasso District Police told journalists that Mohamed was arrested for publishing a "false news report" on Hiiraan Online. 
NEW YORK: The Sudanese government is continuing to aggressively target individual journalists and publications through contrived legal proceedings, politicised criminal charges, and confiscations, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Wednesday, 29 June 2011. 
NEW YORK: The Ethiopian government, on Wednesday, 29 June 2011, publicly accused an editor and a columnist of involvement in a terrorism plot, according to news reports and local journalists. Woubshet Taye, deputy editor of the Awramba Times newspaper and Reeyot Alemu, columnist for the weekly Feteh, have been held incommunicado under Ethiopia's far-reaching anti-terrorism law since last week. 
ADDIS ABABA: Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrests of two journalists working for privately-owned newspapers in the past few days. The latest victim is Reyot Alemu, a young woman reporter for the Amharic-language weekly Feteh, who was arrested on 21 June, two days after the arrest of Woubeshet Taye, the deputy editor of the Amharic-language Awramba Times. 
WASHINGTON: Google, the king of Internet search but a bust on the social front, launched its rival to Facebook on Tuesday (28 June 2011), a social networking service called Google+. 
Speakers from six continents are billed to speak at the South African internet industry's annual iWeek gathering, while the International Internet Industry Alliance (IIIA) and the Wireless Access Providers' Association hold their annual meetings simultaneously. Ramy Raoof, online media officer at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, is included in the line-up. 
GERMANTOWN: Global broadband satellite solutions and services provider Hughes Network Systems and its customer, Bharti Airtel, were named winners of the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Award for Satellite Voice and Data Innovation for their African Sotelma project. 
The International Women's Media Foundation has selected Jackee Budesta Batanda, a Ugandan journalist who has reported on the vicious acid attacks of women as "revenge crimes" and the targeted murders of albinos, as the 2011-2012 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. 
LONDON: Diageo announced the winners of the 2011 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards at a ceremony in London last night, Thursday, 30 June 2011. Now in its eighth year, the awards recognise journalists and news organisations that have excelled in quality business journalism and have presented fair and balanced stories about the continent's risks and opportunities. 
Johannesburg-based ITNewsAfrica has entered into an agreement with MSN Arabia and MSN Maghreb to provide specific content that is relevant to their audience. 
Johannesburg-based ICT publication, ITNewsAfrica and the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Global Broadband and Innovations portal have entered into a knowledge and resource sharing agreement, whereby ITNewsAfrica will contribute local and African news articles to the USAID's GBI web portal. 
MUMBAI: The African Press Organisation (APO) announced recently the opening of offices in Mumbai, India. The APO now offers Indian companies investing in Africa the possibility to use APO's communication tools including press release distribution and virtual press conferences. 
BRUSSELS: EMRC International's annual AgriBusiness Forum will be held this year in Johannesburg, South Africa from 16-19 October 2011, hosting some of the sector's international experts, industrialists, financiers, donors and bankers, SMEs, small holders as well as international organisations and civil society partners. The forum aims to address current agribusiness issues, encourage dialogue and best practices and enable business partnerships for Africa's agri-food sector growth. 
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: As a global sponsor of the McLaren Mercedes F1 Team, Vodafone enjoys exposure to millions of passionate racing fans worldwide. However, as the Australian F1 prepared to take place in Melbourne in 2010, Vodafone wanted to localise the event to connect with Australians. 
SANTIAGO, CHILE: comScore, Inc has introduced 
LONDON, UK: Hydra's One platform combines insights from natural search, paid search and social media to uncover opportunities digital marketers can apply to achieve optimal performance for digital spend. 
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: comScore, Inc has announced the launch of Video Metrix in Russia. The online video measurement service, 
HONG KONG: In Hong Kong, the infant milk formula (IMF) market primarily targets mothers with children up to three years old. This limits the target to 70 000 mothers, or 0.01% of the total population. With a 104% YOY growth in IMF advertising, competition for this segment is fierce. 
OXFORD, UK: A leading expert on Islamic brands is highlighting the untapped potential in Islamic markets which most companies are failing to exploit. 
TOKYO, JAPAN: Return on investment focused media agency ZenithOptimedia has released its 2011 Advertising Expenditure Forecasts revealing interesting shifts in global ad expenditure. Zenith reports that an estimated US$2.4 billion* was knocked off adspend as a result of the turmoil in the Middle East and the earthquake in Japan. | Company news |
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SOUTH AFRICATechnology and fashion meet music at FAB Expo in Kenya - Mi-Fone Marketing
As a brand that embraces functionality and fashion, Mi-Fone will be showcasing their range of mobile phones at the FAB Kenya Expo. Read more >>| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICANew vehicle sales heading for 500 000
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] June new vehicle sales were up 12.6% up on the same month last year and 8% ahead of last month according to figures released by the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (Naamsa). Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAFamily wagon or hatch hunter?
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] If you are cruising along in your cheeky little hatch and you see an SUV with a gaping Scooby-style air scoop on the bonnet looming in your rear-view mirror, don't snigger because this ain't just any El Cheapo backyard enhanced family transporter on the way to dropping the kids at school. Read more >>More Motoring news...
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SOUTH AFRICAWe'll have the Last Word, if you don't mind
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] The Last Word portfolio of guest houses epitomises all that is good about the boutique travel experience. These homes-converted-into-deluxe-stays provide such a high level of warmth and personal comfort that I'm hard-pressed to rather opt for a large, even five-star hotel when a Last Word property is as convenient. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAIn the swim
Regus finds fitness-fanatical South Africans hide swimsuits under corporate clobber... They also might be found to be hiding anything from embroidery work (yes, you read correctly) to a coffee machine (and you read correctly again). Read more >>More Travel news...
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAJon Savage launches SA Music Industry Podcast
Jon Savage, this week, launches his weekly SA Music Industry Podcast - a guide and tool aimed at helping South African bands, artists and industry people understand more about the music industry. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICASharing collective goosebumps at the International Ballet Gala
[Jordan Scott] I had thought myself not "the ballet type" being a rough and tumble kid and loving the script of a performance had me thinking that I would like it at most, but wouldn't find it extraordinary. However, I knew that the only way to find out would be to actually go. Little did I know I was completely mistaken as to how much I would actually enjoy it. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAUnforgettable Script
[Jordan Scott] We Capetonians have been incredibly lucky to receive so many amazing international bands lately and the Irish trio that graced the stage of the Grand Arena was no exception. I cannot speak for the Joburg folk, but the show The Script put on for us was something that I will never forget. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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