Tanzania: Mount Meru Hotel to hire 276 staff

ARUSHA: The Mount Meru Hotel, which will open on 1 November 2010, plans to begin its commissioning procedures during the coming weeks when it interviews candidates for 276 permanent positions on its staff. 21 Sep 2010 08:12

CNN enlists top journalism students for iReport initiative

ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community. 16 Sep 2010 10:35

CIOs play a key role in security says Kaspersky Lab

Africa brings unique experiences and visions to IT and security. 7 Sep 2010 10:45

Worldwide web... it's a woman's world

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc yesterday, 29 July 2010, released a global report on women's online usage titled, Women on the Web: How Women are Shaping the Internet, which provides an in-depth analysis of the female Internet user, highlighting key trends by Internet activity, worldwide region and digital channel. 29 Jul 2010 10:46

Eaton Telecom launches in Tanzania

Eaton Telecom on Tuesday (27 July 2010) announced the launch of Eaton Towers Tanzania, claiming it to be the country's first independent mobile tower company. 28 Jul 2010 11:39

Game still in the pink of health

Game Stores has come a long way since it opened its first store in Durban in 1970 in cramped premises in the city's CBD, ringing up sales of R78 000 in its first month of trading. Its founders believed that shopping had become a tedious and boring pastime. They wanted to create a fun shopping environment and so conceptualised retailing as a game. The signature bright pink prevails to this day. 19 Jul 2010 08:43

AdReview... SA, SADC media facts 2010

In partnership with OMD, Tony Koenderman's AdReview is designed to provide expert and accurate media information covering South Africa and the SADC. The review covers Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 19 Jul 2010 06:57

Tanzania: National Bank of Commerce appoints new MD

The National Bank of Commerce (NBC), the Absa Group's Tanzania- based subsidiary, has announced the appointment of Lawrence Mafuru, as the new MD with effect from June 2010. 9 Jun 2010 06:49

Tanzanian awarded 2010 Courage in Journalism Award

WASHINGTON: Vicky Ntetema of Tanzania, Claudia Duque of Colombia and Tsering Woeser, a Tibetan living in China, will each receive the 2010 Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation. Mexican journalist Alma Guillermoprieto is the Lifetime Achievement Award winner. 11 May 2010 13:36

Applications open for Tanzania Media Fund fellowship

ARUSHA: The Tanzania Media Fund (TMF) is now accepting applications from journalists for its fellowship program. The application deadline is 31 March 2010. Those awarded will be given an opportunity to travel to different parts of the country to write on issues that could break fresh ground for media coverage in Tanzania. 19 Mar 2010 10:43

African applications invited for entrepreneurship MBA scholarships

Four entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa, who aspire to build and develop their business skills, will be fortunate enough to access scholarships which have been made available to study the 2010/11 Entrepreneurship MBA at the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS). 12 Mar 2010 11:52

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Gearhouse SA supplies 2010 Oriflame Diamond Conference

[Issued by Gearhouse SA] Gearhouse South Africa supplied full technical production - sound, lighting, AV and video, staging, sets, rigging and power - and one of their massive new In2Structures SupaDome venues for Swedish cosmetics multinational Oriflame's 2010 Diamond Conference. 10 Feb 2010 10:38

Tanzanian journalists re-launch union

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) yesterday, 9 December 2009, welcomed the re-launch of Tanzanian Union of Journalists (TUJ). 10 Dec 2009 08:34

Tanzania: Police summon journalist for interrogation

DAR ES SALAAM: Police in the Singida region in Tanzania summoned and interrogated freelance journalist Jumbe Ismailly on 19 November 2009, from 11am to 1.09pm on allegations of defaming the regional commissioner Parseko Kone. He was released and told that he would be called again as part of an ongoing investigation against him. 24 Nov 2009 08:03