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CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008 finalists
Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Competition were announced today, 15 May 2008, by Azubuike Ishiekwene, Chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition, now in its 13th year, received a record 1912 entries from 44 countries throughout the African continent, including French- and Portuguese-speaking Africa. 15 May 2008 16:04

Government bans issue of French weekly
The Algerian government banned the distribution of the 4 May 2008 issue of the Paris-based news weekly Jeune Afrique, which has an article on the local region of Kabylie. 12 May 2008 14:21

Al-Jazeera bureau forced to stop broadcasting Maghreb news programme
Moroccan authorities have decided to stop the pan-Arab satellite TV news station Al-Jazeera from broadcasting a daily news programme covering the Maghreb countries (Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria) from its studios in the Moroccan capital Rabat. 9 May 2008 11:59

Nedjma strengthens its multimedia leadership in Algeria
[Laeed Zaghlami] Nedjma "star", Algeria's third private mobile operator has reinforced its innovative and multimedia leadership in Algeria. From 15 January 2008, subscribers of Nedjma will enjoy extra services with Zhoo portal. 21 Jan 2008 10:29

Reshuffles in the Algerian Public ICT
[Laeed Zaghlami] Algeria's minister of ICT, Boujemaa Haichour has appointed Mouloud Djaziri as Algerie Telecom's (AT) new director general. This comes one week after he accepted the retirement of the director general of Mobilis Hachemi Belhamidi and the appointment of Belhamidi's replacement, Lounis Belharat. 14 Jan 2008 07:33

Bank takes 140 African traders to Hong Kong
[Walter Wafula] Standard Charted Bank PLC is sponsoring 140 small and medium enterprise African traders to attend the 2007 World SME Expo in Hong Kong, as part of its new annual SME Trade Corridors' initiative. 7 Dec 2007 12:01

UBA aims to be Africa's sixth largest bank in 2010
According to the group MD and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, the Nigerian bank's ambition is to become the 6th largest bank in Africa by 2010, with long term plans to mature as the leading African bank. 5 Dec 2007 09:00

African nations agree to $1 billion Indian satellite project
A critical mass of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest $1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region's information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. 30 Nov 2007 12:04

Algeria Telecom launches 48 calls centres
[Laeed Zaghlami] Algeria Telecommunications, the country's public operator of telecommunications services, is to establish 48 call centres to increase the number already in operation. 28 Nov 2007 11:52

Music video project for Africa
Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. 22 Nov 2007 14:43

Four young Kenyans become mobile reporters
“This is a great opportunity to promote responsive journalism and democracy in Kenya,” says Munene Kilongi. He is standing in a street in Nairobi while he is sending his report on the elections in Kenya from his mobile phone. 22 Nov 2007 06:56

Eepad invests in education
[Laeed Zaghlami] The Algerian education system will soon benefit from a large ICT facility being provided by the country's private Internet Service Provider (ISP) Eepad, the general manager of the ISP, Nouri Harzellah, recently announced. 20 Nov 2007 13:38

Swedish agency offers training opportunities to African journalists
[Walter Wafula] The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency has announced vacancies for the 2008 Seminar on Journalism and Democracy at the Institute for Further Education of Journalists, Fojo in Sweden. Journalists from six African countries, including; Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Rwanda, and Somalia are eligible for the course. 19 Nov 2007 10:39