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NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the Democratic Republic of Congo's ban of a private broadcaster favourable to opposition presidential candidate Etienne Tshisekedi. The blocking and ban of the broadcaster since Saturday, 9 July 2011, is in violation of the country's press laws. 
NEW YORK: The reinstatement of Egypt's Information Ministry that was abolished in February 2011 constitutes a substantial setback for media freedom in Egypt, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday, 12 July 2011. 
NEW YORK: Two Central African Republic journalists were fined and released from custody Monday, 11 July 2011, after being jailed for weeks in connection with their coverage of public protests by retired military officers who say the government failed to direct European Union funds to them as intended, according to news reports and local journalists. 
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SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter marked the fifth anniversary of its public launch on Friday (15 July 2011) with a slew of statistics demonstrating the explosive growth of the real-time blogging service. 
PRETORIA: At 8.05am on Monday morning, 18 July 2011, South African school children all over the country sang "Happy Birthday" to former President Nelson Mandela as he celebrates his 93rd birthday. Approximately 12 million school children took part in this show of love to one of the most iconic leaders of our time. 
LUANDA: Senior Angolan cabinet members will head up a high-level government delegation addressing prospective investors at the annual Infrastructure Partnerships for African Development (iPAD) Angola investment forum which is taking place in Luanda from 13-16 September 2011. 
Mediatech Africa, the biannual advanced technology trade exhibition, will take place at the Coca-Cola Dome in Northgate, Johannesburg, from 20-22 July 2011. 
Consultancy and research company, Balancing Act, has released a new report entitled "Mobile apps for Africa: Strategies to make sense of free and paid apps" which analyses the nascent apps ecosystem in Africa while providing an analytical framework allowing African mobile operators or other stakeholders to decide on what strategy to adopt regarding mobile apps. 
JOHANNESBURG: Standard Bank has again been named Africa's top bank in The Banker magazine's 2011 rankings of the world's top banks by their Tier 1 capital. Standard Bank rose from 106th place to 94th place in The Banker's list of 1000 top banks in the world. 
Increased trade between African countries themselves is the key to unlocking the continent's economic growth potential, according to Standard Bank Group economist Jeremy Stevens. In a paper titled "Does Africa matter enough to Africa?" published on Monday, 11 July 2011, Stevens notes that only about 10% of African trade is within the continent. 
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: The 'Global IT Security Risks' survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab in partnership with B2B International, uncovered the employee activities that are most frequently subjected to restrictions. Social networks are seen as one of the greatest security threats, along with various forms of file sharing. 
| Company news |
Branding
SOUTH AFRICABranding for "Walmart's" Builders Warehouse - November 1
November 1 recently assisted with an in-store rebranding project at 80 Builders Warehouse stores across the country (including Builders Express and Builders Trade Depot) - a project that arose from the recent merger between American retailer Walmart and South African retailer Massmart. Read more >>Events & Conferencing
SOUTH AFRICALuanda Jazz wows with final artist line up - EspAfrika
Now in its 3rd year, the 2011 Luanda International Jazz Festival is to feature a final line-up of 19 musicians, including Macy Gray. Read more >>Out Of Home
SOUTH AFRICABillboards go wireless! - Alliance Media
Alliance Media has inserted a 3G dongle into some of their billboard sites in Kigali, Rwanda. The project is the brainchild of Nina Ndabaneze, Marketing Director of Tigo, Rwanda. Read more >>| Motoring |
SOUTH AFRICAAudi's cling and bling baby
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The compact A1 hatchback might be the smallest of the 105 different Audi models on sale in South Africa but far from being the runt of the litter it has enough grunt and cling to appeal to the lads and the kind of cootchy-coo coolness that the ladies love as much in cars as in their arm-candy gold-chained Chanel, purple Givenchy clutch and giant Louis Vuitton bags. Read more >>More Motoring news...
| Travel |
SOUTH AFRICAMilestone... Where getting a really good night's sleep isn't a millstone
[Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel] As markets around the world shrink with each daily announcement of another fiscal crisis, hotels, especially at the top end, have to be ever more competitive. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAOGH: Fit for a Governor
The Old Government House Hotel & Spa is Guernsey's first five star hotel. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICABushmans Kloof spa recognised with industry award
The spa at Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve and Wellness Retreat has been named among South Africa's finest spas in the 2011 Les Nouvelles Esthetiques Spa Awards. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICAEtihad to increase services to Erbil
SOUTH AFRICALufthansa opens its largest lounge worldwide
| BizLounge |
SOUTH AFRICAKylie puts on spectacular performance in CT
[Melanie Govender] Kylie Minogue gave Cape Town quite a spectacular show at the Grand Arena on her opening night. She arose as the ethereal Aphrodite from a golden shell on a magnificent stage with talented dancers and high flying aerialists. Building and designing that stage took 500 people and two huge 747's to transport to South Africa. Read more >>More BizLounge news...
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| New events to diarise |
- Tourism summit JT Communications - Johannesburg, 21 July
- Email/sms marketing and the law seminar Chetty Law Technology and Innovation Law - Johannesburg, 22 July
- Human resource management for supervisors LeMark Training & Development - Pretoria, 22 August
- Mobile entertainment Africa All Amber - Cape Town, 23 August
- Making the most of mobile marketing - Johannesburg, South Africa, 14 September
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| Quotes |
"What used to be cigarette breaks could turn into 'social media breaks' as long as there is a clear signal and IT isn't looking. ( via Mirnabard.com)" - David Armano
"An old adage has it that a picture is worth a thousand words. But research across many countries has taught us that the opposite is also true. One word can be worth a thousand pictures. The trick in advertising global brands is in finding the few pictures from those thousand that consumers everywhere can agree mean the same thing. (via Warc)" - Charles Young
"It's been said that advertising agencies aren't changing, they are being changed. (via Fuel Lines)" - Unkown
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