Airtel to invest in Rwanda

Manoj Kohli, CEO international and joint managing director of Bharti Airtel, has met with the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to discuss the telecommunication company's progress in the country. The courtesy visit comes two months after Airtel launched operations in Rwanda, expanding Airtel's footprint on the continent. 28 May 2012 10:18

SA soapies join AfricaMagic

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] South African made soap operas Generations and Isidingo will from today, 28 May 2012 start airing on AfricaMagic Entertainment, Channel 128, according to a media release from MultiChoice Malawi. This is weeks after the revision of the channel line-up of AfricaMagic by M-Net Africa which has pioneered continental TV brand for viewers. 25 May 2012 14:39

Brand Africa - flexing its muscles in the 21st century

[Thabani Khumalo] In the year 2000, marking the close of the 20th century, the World Bank published a report provocatively entitled, Can Africa Claim the 21st Century? Seeking to answer this question, the report said: "The question of whether Sub-Saharan Africa can claim the 21st century is complex and provocative...Our central message is: Yes, Africa can claim the new century." 25 May 2012 12:04

University graduates create social network

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Barely four months after bringing into the ICT market a search engine they call 'C-Finder', Mzuzu University Bachelor of Science graduates, Kondwani Chimatiro and Daniel Chiwinga, have brought another ICT innovation with a social network platform, almost designed to work as international social network set-up called 'Sahebo'. 25 May 2012 10:56

CNBC Africa opens office in Mozambique

CNBC Africa, a CNBC International franchise owned by Africa Business News, has entered into a joint venture with Mozambique's state broadcaster, Televisão de Moçambique (TVM), and will open a bureau in Maputo. CNBC Africa's country bureau representative will be Sunnyboy Mshengu. 24 May 2012 11:35

ABLA 2012 takes place this week

The fourth edition of the African Business Leadership Award (ABLA 2012) will take place on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, at the Frangipani Gardens in Arusha, Tanzania. The award dinner ceremony, held in collaboration with a group of African private sector institutions, is part of the agenda of this year's African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meetings. 28 May 2012 10:54

Ugandans join league of great brains

[Titus Kakembo] Three Ugandans comprising, Abraham Temu, Edward Agaba and Abubakar Musuuza are part of the 2011-2012 league of Acumen East Africa Fellows Program. Since it was launched in July 2011, the inaugural class has been meeting to learn about the unique social change projects that each of them are implementing. 28 May 2012 09:10

Comztek to distribute Kaspersky Lab products across Africa

Comztek, an African communications distributor, has announced that it has signed an agreement with security specialist Kaspersky Lab, to distribute Kaspersky Lab products to its 2000 plus African reseller base. 28 May 2012 08:51

[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 22: Marketing comedy locally

Find out how the marketing of comedy in South Africa has changed with social media and get some tips for producing live shows by listening to the Biz Takeouts podcast of this week's Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show which airs every Wednesday 5pm-6pm streamed live via 2oceansVibe Radio. [twitterfall] 25 May 2012 11:34

Airtel partners with GYADI to empower youths

Airtel Nigeria has partnered with Global Youth Awareness & Development Initiatives (GYADI), a non-governmental organisation, to host an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Summit which takes place today, 25 May 2012 at the Golden Royal, Independence Layout, Enugu State, Nigeria. The summit aims to empower youths in Enugu to succeed in their chosen career and business endeavours. 25 May 2012 09:37

Airtel Uganda announces new calling rates

Airtel Uganda has announced its new harmonized calling rates to all African destinations, cutting costs for Ugandans who communicate with family, friends and business associates across the continent. 24 May 2012 14:03

CAF unveils TV figures for CAN

Confederation of African Football (CAF), yesterday, 23 May 2012, unveiled the TV figures of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2012 that was co-hosted in Gabon - Equatorial Guinea. 24 May 2012 13:48

Identity: Still the ultimate hot potato for Africa's artists

[Rebecca Davis] Is there anything that African artists agree on? At a sometimes fractious panel discussion convened as part of the Open Society's 'Money, Power & Sex' conference on Wednesday, it was hard to discern any common ground shared by some of the continent's prominent cultural figures. 24 May 2012 10:42