BBA 7 brings double housemates

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Multichoice Malawi announced on 24 January 2012 that the Big Brother Africa housemates of Season 7, will go in the house in pairs, where they will choose whether to pair with spouses, friends or family. 25 Jan 2012 13:24

Uganda's wildlife set for the screen

[Walter Wafula] Uganda Wild At Heart , a television show which comes to screens in February 2011, is set to promote tourism and wildlife conservation in Uganda. 18 Jan 2012 13:32

Kenya: Bank sponsors business reality show

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] CfC Stanbic Bank will sponsor a television reality show, CfC Stanbic Bank Magnate, which seeks to find and nurture Kenya's future entrepreneurs. The business reality show, which started yesterday, Thursday 27th October 2011, will air on national television broadcaster Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) and Kiss TV. 27 Oct 2011 16:56

Production firm to screen film on Uganda's first Olympic medalist

[Walter Wafula] VeryMuchSo Productions, a British film production company, is set to screen a film about the life of Uganda's first Olympic champion, John Akii Bua, for the first time in Kampala on 18 October 2011. 6 Oct 2011 11:02

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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

SuperSport to broadcast Uganda Soccer League

[Walter Wafula] SuperSport viewers across Africa will be able to watch the Ugandan football league games starting in September on the back of an agreement between MultiChoice Africa and the Uganda Super League (USL). 23 Aug 2011 09:20

Airtel launches TVC to inspire soccer stars [video]

Airtel Africa recently launched a Pan-African television ad, created by Ogilvy Africa in Kenya, that aims to inspire youth to pursue their passion for football, by participating in the Airtel Rising Stars tournament. 16 Aug 2011 14:41

SA, Kenyan photographers win at Photoafrica contest

TARIFA: Photographers from South Africa and Kenya picked up awards at the fourth Photoafrica contest, which took place within the eighth African Film Festival of Tarifa in Spain. 14 Jun 2011 10:08

Kenyan film industry to get a boost

[Carole Kimutai] A creative content task force has been formed to spearhead the promotion of the residual capacity and economic potential of Kenya's broadcast and film industry. The initiative by the Kenya ICT Board is expected to promote Kenya's underutilised creative content economy. 20 May 2011 07:39

Loeries 2011 opens for entries, categories revised

The Loerie Awards launched its 2011 campaign, Tuesday 15 March 2011, entitled "Don't hate. Create", created by Draftfcb and supported by a mobisite and specially developed augmented reality apps, linking digital technology to the printed media, along with a revamp of its award categories. 15 Mar 2011 13:19

Writers festival hosts 21 prominent writers

The 14th Time of the Writer international writers festival will be held from 14-19 March 2011, hosting 21 prominent writers from a dozen different countries in Durban, South Africa for a week of literary dialogue and exchange of ideas. 28 Feb 2011 08:15

[2011 trends] Post-production: less about tools, more about talent, service, delivery

[Tracey Williams] 2010 was all about the FIFA World Cup, so 2011 will be about brands re-establishing themselves and promoting themselves by their own intrinsic qualities. In post-production, it is becoming less about the tools (as that outdates itself so quickly) and more about the talent, service and delivery. 21 Jan 2011 10:49

[2011 trends] It's a Wild. Wired. Wellthy. World!

[Gisele Wertheim Aymes] The recent global recession has changed our world forever. In a new digital age, characterised by oversupply and too many product types in almost every market, the challenge for companies will be to locate and capture pools of high-profit demand and be able to move with speed and flexibility to take advantage of them. Here are 11 trends for 2011. 18 Jan 2011 14:17

Vodacom: we're not having it

[Bonnie Ramaila] It took me a while to make up my mind about Vodacom's 'Surf for Free' ads - it wasn't until I read a 'gossip and chart' report received via some SMS info service, to which my cellphone-geek daughter subscribed me. I don't normally pay attention to the gossip bit, but it turns out that I share the same sentiments as Sir Elton John, but regarding our ad industry lately. [video] 5 Nov 2010 13:54