ITWeb Africa launches new website

South Africa's technology publisher, ITWeb on wednesday, 9 May 2012, launched its new ITWeb Africa website which will provide news, insight and analysis for Africa's ICT sector, at the Hyatt Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg, South Africa. 9 May 2012 13:41

Reuters makes final call for KSM Awards, announces seminar

[Walter Wafula] Thomson Reuters, the global news and information company has made the final call for entries to the 2012 Kurt Schork Memorial (KSM) Awards which will take place in London in November, and made the announcement of a seminar on reporting on terrorism and global security. 3 May 2012 11:41

Can you hear your brand?

[Lars Deutsch] Audio Branding comes to Africa... Audio branding, also known as sound branding or sonic branding, is the use of sound to reinforce brand identity. Sound branding is increasingly becoming a vehicle for conveying a memorable message to consumers by taking advantage of the powerful memory sense of sound. 16 Apr 2012 12:08

Cultural leadership training for Southern Africa

An initiative of the African Arts Institute, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, the Southern African Training Hub will host a three-year programme in cultural leadership, governance and entrepreneurship will be launched in Johannesburg, South Africa during May 2012. It will host candidates from Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa. 3 Apr 2012 11:04

Parliament to summon Shamu over media reforms

[Jennifer Dube] A parliamentary committee on the media has resolved to summon the minister of Media, Information and Publicity, Webster Shamu, after he defied an instruction by principals in the coalition government to implement media reforms. 2 Apr 2012 09:59

ForgetMeNot Africa launches mobile app competition

Zimbabwean app developers will see their unique ideas for SMS-based mobile applications launched to more than three quarters of the country's 7.7 million mobile subscribers this week at the JumpStart Community event taking place in Harare from tomorrow, 27 March 2012. The app competition will enable winning developers to earn revenue from their apps, which will be launched across Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's network of 6 million subscribers. 26 Mar 2012 10:22

Ncube urges use of social media to grow brands

[Fortune Moyo] Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube has challenged the business community to embrace various social media available to improve their business brands. 19 Mar 2012 13:30

EU set to fund parallel media structures

[Tendai Mugabe] The European Union says it is prepared to fund parallel media supervisory structures if it believes the Zimbabwe Media Commission's mandate is compromised. 15 Mar 2012 15:22

Mobile News for Africa Grant Scheme launched

PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has launched its 2012 Mobile News Grants and Training Scheme, providing newspaper companies in Sub-Saharan Africa an opportunity to develop or expand their mobile platforms. 13 Mar 2012 10:17

Free to air satellite TV vital

[Albert Nhamoyebonde] Reports that millions of viewers of free to air satellite television will not be able to watch their favourite programmes are very disturbing. 12 Mar 2012 12:26

MISA criticise 'empty' media reform promises

[Alex Bell] The Zimbabwe Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has criticised 'empty' promises of media reform made by the country's coalition government. 8 Mar 2012 13:44

Govt in no hurry to reform the media before elections

[Clifford Chitupa Mashiri] As Zimbabwe's 'media reform ultimatum' draws near, there is nothing to show that media minister Webster Shamu will implement key media reforms, which could bring the long awaited freedom in the country's media space. 5 Mar 2012 12:59

Zimbabwe: Keeping it at the cutting edge

[Dumisani Muleya] Our management at Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of three national newspaper titles, recently made changes at NewsDay and the Zimbabwe Independent to refresh the editorial teams and give them a bit of zing. 27 Feb 2012 13:06

Alliance Media

Alliance Media wins airport advertising tender

[Issued by Alliance Media] Alliance Media Botswana, Botswana's largest billboard company has been awarded the contract for the exclusive indoor and outdoor advertising concession at Botswana's newly built Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. 27 Feb 2012 12:14