[Walter Wafula] As one of activities to commemorate Uganda gaining independence from the British in 1962, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in partnership with the government will recognise the Top 50 Brands at an awards gala in Kampala on 16 August 2012. Over 100 local and international brands have been nominated to participate in the contest following the call for nominations in July.
10 Aug 2012 10:08
[Donna Rachelson] The world has caught Olympic fever and South Africans are glued to their TV screens thanks to the likes of Chad Le Clos, Cameron van der Burgh and the lightweight men's four rowing team, who have bagged three gold medals at the London 2012 Games.
8 Aug 2012 13:09
The publishers of IT News Africa have launched
African Innovator magazine, a quarterly magazine dedicated to the coverage of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and its impact on Africa.
8 Aug 2012 11:04
[Walter Wafula] New Vision has displaced
Monitor Online as the most visited local website in Uganda following its redesign. The website which is the online version of
The New Vision print newspaper in Uganda regained the top spot last week after the revamped version was uploaded.
7 Aug 2012 13:44
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria in partnership with CNBC Africa and business news and financial information source, Forbes, have announced that they will stage this year's edition of the All Africa Business Leaders' Awards (
AABLA).
7 Aug 2012 12:23
Transparency International and the hosts of the 15th International Anti-Corruption Conference (15th IACC) invite young journalists working in the sub-Saharan Africa region to be part of the anti-corruption conference to be held in Brasilia, Brazil from 7-10 November 2012.
7 Aug 2012 10:52
[Chemory Gunko] Of the many benefits of an open source content-managed website platform, like Joomla, easily the most obvious - and powerful - is that it takes the power out of your agency's hands, and puts it back into yours.
10 Aug 2012 08:57Zimbabwean artist, Kudzanai Chiurai has been announced as the winner of the second annual FNB Art Prize.
8 Aug 2012 15:21CNBC Africa will be screening the first episode of a new series called 'The African Dialogues', a discussion of issues and topics impacting society and business in Africa. The first dialogue touches on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 4 and 5, which targets the reduction of the rate of child mortality rates and improving maternal health.
8 Aug 2012 12:31The National Press Council (CNP), the statutory regulatory body, on 3 August 2012 suspended Simplice Allard, editor-in-chief of privately-owned pro-Gbagbo newspaper
Le Temps from writing for a one month period.
8 Aug 2012 11:37
PALO ALTO, US: South Africa's untapped brains trust and knowledge network of expatriate assets around the world will soon be activated to help the country be more competitive in realising a better return on innovation and entrepreneurship across both the private and public sectors.
8 Aug 2012 09:32African journalists now have an extended two weeks to create and submit a compelling radio story on the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
7 Aug 2012 16:22
The arrival of new submarine telecommunications cables starting in 2009, paired with government investment in the national telecommunications backbone, has spurred a revolution in Tanzania that has seen the cost of internet connectivity drop to as little as US$0.15 a day on a prepaid service.
7 Aug 2012 14:26
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