AiM reveals short film entries

The fourth Africa in Motion (AiM) Short Film Competition has revealed this years shortlisted entries. Seven films from across the continent will compete for the prize, sponsored by The Africa Channel, as part of the annual film festival that provides African filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their work to an audience in the United Kingdom. 19 Oct 2011 10:52

Zambia gives TV licence to Malawian operator

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi's former president Bakili Muluzi's aspirations to run Joy-TV alongside Joy FM radio, which were thwarted when Malawi government switched off the television broadcasting, has been given a lifeline by Zambian government. 18 Oct 2011 10:04

Cartoonito to broadcast in Africa

Turner Broadcasting, a global media network, has announced that its creative preschool channel block, Cartoonito, is set to broadcast daily on Boomerang DStv channel 302, on African television. 13 Oct 2011 15:25

Next Thought Leadership Digibate to tackle proposed alcohol ad-ban

The second online Thought Leadership Digibate will take place on Thursday, 20 October 2011, in Cape Town and will largely focus on the OOH sector (including commuter and digital), with some insights into the current intention to ban alcohol advertising. Hosted by Aegis Media in conjunction with Bizcommunity.com, the panel debate by media/marketing heavyweights will be streamed live 9am-11am on online radio station The Taxi. 12 Oct 2011 14:14

Loeries CEO Andrew Human steps down

BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Human will end his tenure as CEO of The Loerie Awards at the end of February 2012, stepping down after seven years at the helm, it has just been announced on Friday, 7 October 2011. 7 Oct 2011 11:58

The potential of African identity in advertising

[Anton Crone] Too often, as marketers and creatives, we wait for some justification of talent, some confirmation of a sure-fire winner, and most often we look to the West - for inspiration, for a formula. All we need to do is look around us. After all, the West is already looking to Africa for inspiration. [multimedia] 6 Oct 2011 15:30

Steve Jobs: a "ding in the universe" today

[Anice Hassim] A few months ago, I had the privilege of watching a "Steve-note" live, as Steve Jobs introduced iOS 5.0, Lion and iCloud at Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference in San Francisco. As he entered, the room erupted in an outpouring of love as 5000 developers and Apple people paid homage to an icon of our age. 6 Oct 2011 13:54

Steve Jobs - he changed our world

[Walter Pike] If you visit apple.com today, Thursday, 6 October 2011, you will be greeted with a black and white picture with the title "Steve Jobs (1955 -2011)" - a simple elegant tribute to a legend, a master marketer who understood that the brand is built by the customers' experience and by what they tell their friends. He also understood how to look at the world and totally disregard the status quo and reinvent it afresh. 6 Oct 2011 13:24

A showcase of short films at iMPAC Festival

The iMPAC Festival, an annual short film festival event that provides a platform for the exhibition of African made student media that explores the synergy between sight and sound in the moving image, takes place from 6 October 2011 until Sunday, 9 October 2011, at The Bioscope, the independent cinema, in Johannesburg, South Africa. 6 Oct 2011 12:43

Pixel Foundry to launch Pixel Africa

Pixel Foundry, a photographic services agency based in South Africa, has announced that it will be expanding operations in Africa, with new divisions across Nigeria, DRC and other growing markets throughout the sub-Saharan region. 6 Oct 2011 12:04

Production firm to screen film on Uganda's first Olympic medalist

[Walter Wafula] VeryMuchSo Productions, a British film production company, is set to screen a film about the life of Uganda's first Olympic champion, John Akii Bua, for the first time in Kampala on 18 October 2011. 6 Oct 2011 11:02

Jobs' vacancy - Apple's genius dies at 56

[Richard Poplak] He invented all the devices you love, or insist you hate. Apple's founder has passed away at 56, and coming to terms with his legacy requires some tricky thinking. This is my personal tribute. 6 Oct 2011 09:42

Economic limitations hampering broadband development - IIC conference

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Delegates from various parts of South Africa and the rest of the world are currently meeting at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg, for the 42nd International Institute of Communications (IIC) conference, which aims at discussing, among others, issues of broadband development and digital services. 3 Oct 2011 13:01

Bizcommunity

The true story of Bizcommunity lies in the numbers

[Robin Parker] Since its inception a decade ago, Bizcommunity.com's subscriber base to its popular newsletters has grown to 241 000 subscriptions across Marketing & Media South Africa and Africa, Retail and Medical. Subscriptions to the new portals before the launch last week were already in the tens of thousands without any active marketing - the power of content. 26 Sep 2011 14:10