[Walter Wafula] Ministers responsible for communication in the five East African Community (EAC) partner states have called for the swift creation of policies that will enable the region to migrate to digital broadcasting from analogue on schedule.
21 Nov 2011 12:40
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] AccessKenya Group, a corporate internet solutions and IT services provider has realigned its marketing strategies to increase interactivity with youthful internet users through targeted media campaigns in a bid to encourage fixed-price internet connectivity and increase the number of customers in the next financial year.
15 Nov 2011 10:50
Out of Home Media South Africa, the trade association for the out of home media industry, has welcomed Penny Black, a company specialising in large format billboards, as a new member.
14 Nov 2011 14:08
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Canon Middle East, a subsidiary of Canon Europe has re-entered the Kenyan market, taking on a more tactical and aggressive approach to its business development strategy in the country.
14 Nov 2011 09:44InMobi, the independent mobile ad network, has released its 3rd Quarter 2011 edition of the InMobi Mobile Insights report that provides insights on mobile advertising trends on the continent.
7 Nov 2011 11:57
[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
MIH Internet Holdings Ltd, on Monday 24 October 2011, announced that it has closed down the Kalahari Kenya and Kalahari Nigeria operations with immediate effect, following a strategic review of its investment properties.
26 Oct 2011 11:16
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Bharat Thakrar, CEO of Scangroup Limited, has been nominated for the
2011 All Africa Business Leader Awards in the Africa Entrepreneur of the Year award category. Thakrar has been recognised for his entrepreneurial skills in building Scangroup into a powerful pan African business. The awards aims at recognising business leaders and companies that have excelled in Africa over the last year.
18 Oct 2011 11:02
After entering into a distributor agreement with Kenya-based Ramco Printing Works Ltd, Z-Card Africa, Middle East, India and Turkey (ZAMI) launched Z-Card Kenya as its PocketMedia hub for East Africa on Tuesday 11 October 2011.
13 Oct 2011 10:19
[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Online video sharing site YouTube, has announced the launch of a Kenyan domain,
www.youtube.co.ke. YouTube Kenya will offer video content from around the world through a local interface that will promote the most relevant content to Kenyans. Already Kenyan broadcasters Nation Media Group, the Standard Group Limited, and Homeboyz Entertainment Limited are among the top YouTube channels viewed.
10 Oct 2011 10:21
[Carole Kimutai] Kenya's Public Relations sector is one of the fastest growing in the East African region; but a recent report on the practice of PR in Kenya has revealed serious gaps in the profession. The report highlights three areas of grave concern; a general deficiency in understanding of PR, lack of standardised training, and puny PR ethics, regulation and standards.
10 Oct 2011 09:45
[Walter Wafula] Nova Nee, a public relations agency in Kenya has set its eyes on the East African market amidst cut throat competition for accounts by established domestic and multinational firms in the region. Beth Maina-Mwaura, the firm's managing director spoke to Bizcommunity about the firm's plans.
21 Sep 2011 13:27
[Walter Wafula] Bizcommunity.com has suspended the article 'AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive' by Walter Wafula, published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, pending an investigation in the correctness of the facts. We regret any confusion caused.
21 Sep 2011 12:00
[Gregory Gondwe] A meeting of senior media gurus from five African countries, took place on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the
Highway Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, agreed to disagree on whether the media needs to be bed fellows with civil society to achieve either parts' objectives or not.
19 Sep 2011 10:37