African opportunities in the digital era

ACCRA: The 2009 Africa Media Leadership Conference took place 4 - 7 October 2009 in Accra, Ghana. The media summit hosted 100 CEOs and editors-in-chief of African media who debated how their companies could harness and monetise youthful audiences, who are increasingly using mobile phones and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter to communicate and access news and information. 13 Oct 2009 08:44

INM Outdoor to get new head

Helios Investment Partners led a consortium that signed a definitive agreement to acquire INM Outdoor on 28 August 2009 from Independent News & Media (South Africa). The successful completion of the transaction will see the return of Barry Sayer to South Africa. 13 Oct 2009 08:34

Social media stats for South Africa

Affectionately called "Power to the People," Universal McCann's annual social media tracker Wave has mapped key changes in consumer uptake and usage of social media platforms for the past four years. For the first time, Universal McCann South Africa has been included in the latest research, Wave 4. 13 Oct 2009 08:16

Shoprite halts Zim investment plans

NEWSWATCH: South Africa's Shoprite has put its latest investment plans in Zimbabwe on hold according to a report on Mail & Guardian online yesterday, Monday, 12 October 2009, due to the unstable socio-economic and political landscape in the country. 13 Oct 2009 07:38

SABC clean up to start this month

NEWSWATCH: The long-expected clean up of the national broadcaster is expected to begin soon, reports Eye Witness News, which also reports that arts and culture minister Lulu Xingwana met a group of producers yesterday and said her department is determined to cure the ills within the film and TV industry. On the subject of the fees we pay to cellphone companies, ICASA appears to be aiming for an interconnection fee of 60c, but according to Business Report some analysts believe meeting the November 2009 deadline for cheaper interconnection fees between cellphone operators may be a tough call. 13 Oct 2009 07:37

Somali journalist awarded International Press Freedom Award

MOGADISHU: Mustafa Haji Abdinur, an Agence France Press (AFP) correspondent in Mogadishu and editor-in-chief of independent radio station Radio Simba, has won the International Press Freedom Award, administered by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). 13 Oct 2009 07:17

New signatories with MDDA

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) announced late last week the signing of a funding agreement with Capricorn FM, YFM and e.tv as part of the new broadcasting service licensees that commenced on 1 April 2009 for a period as long as the broadcast service licensees hold the individual commercial sound broadcasting license. 12 Oct 2009 14:04