Grant Fraser has been appointed as the development director, sub-Saharan Africa at Aegis Media, where his key responsibilities will be to drive growth across our all five of Aegis Media's PowerBrands in the area. He will also be tasked with ensuring consistency in skills, as well as to help Aegis manage key client relationships across the region.
21 Feb 2012 12:05
Ghana's Saya Mobile is the latest mobile chat app out of Africa. IM and chat messaging clients are incredibly popular on the continent. Applications such as 2go and mobile social networks such as MXit have raised the bar on the possibilities in the mobile and social space in Africa.
21 Feb 2012 11:17Support for International Change (SIC), a Tanzania-based organisation and petroleum company, Engen, have partnered together to help drive its awareness campaign to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS and also to empower rural communities.
21 Feb 2012 10:33The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) condemns latest moves contemplated to stifle and control freedom of expression, freedom of information and independent broadcasting following the announcement of completion of Somali telecommunications and broadcast media bill by the Ministry of Information, Telecommunications and Posts of Transitional Federal Government (TFG).
20 Feb 2012 13:44HARARE, ZIMBABWE: A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said on Monday.
20 Feb 2012 13:03
[Wikus Engelbrecht] There are many statistics, research documents and reports on the growth and opportunities in mobile communications and marketing on the African continent. While those papers look grand and promising, what is the status of mobile use and adaptation to new mobile technologies among actual users, both in rural and urban environments?
20 Feb 2012 12:24
[John Boe] Unfortunately, the first two orders many new salespeople receive are "Get out and stay out!" It is only natural for your prospect to procrastinate when asked to make a decision involving money. As a general rule, people are hesitant to commit to purchasing a product or service until they have convinced themselves that they need it and are assured they are getting it at a fair price.
20 Feb 2012 11:26