The 13th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) meeting and All Africa Media Conference, to be held from 21-24 August 2011 in Dakar, Senegal at the Le Méridien President Hotel, has announced its top panel of speakers.
4 Aug 2011 11:05
NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have expressed dismay following news reports in Iran indicating that furloughed journalists are being summoned back to prison while new journalists continue to be convicted on manufactured charges.
4 Aug 2011 09:48
[Donna Rachelson] Since writing my book,
Branding & Marketing YOU, I've come to realise that there is a lot of confusion about what the term "personal branding" actually means. There are many misconceptions floating about and I'd like to clear a few of them up, which is why I've put together this list of four things that personal branding is not.
3 Aug 2011 11:43
A24 Media have re-launched its newly designed website. The new website includes features such as advertising, a photography archive and media sales. It also introduces its new project "Africa: What's Your Story", an online social platform that seeks to give Africans a voice and promote transparency and accountability.
3 Aug 2011 10:32
Mobile developers and entrepreneurs with a start-up business, organisation or mobile ideas are invited to apply to become members of mLab Southern Africa, a new incubator for entrepreneurs and innovators with a focus on mobile technology.
2 Aug 2011 14:42
JOHANNESBURG: The fifth annual TBWA Africa Conference was held in Sandton, Johannesburg late last week. TBWA's head of strategic planning Mariska Oosthuizen's presentation on "The changing face of the African consumer" focused on market and consumer trends in a rapidly evolving and changing Africa.
2 Aug 2011 10:50
In response to recent reports by the United Nations on the famine crisis in Somalia, Vodacom launched earlier this week a donor relief campaign called "Relief for Somalia" that enables its customers to donate via SMS.
2 Aug 2011 10:39
[Carole Kimutai] Subscribers to DStv Access, Family and Compact bouquets across Africa can now watch African league football matches on SuperSport. Viewers are able to watch selected live soccer games with effect from Monday, 1 August 2011 following the launch of SelectSport.
2 Aug 2011 09:47ABUJA: Two pilot Border Information Centres, an initiative by the USAID West Africa Trade Hub, will be launched on Thursday, 4 August 2011 in Aflao, Ghana and Kodzoviakopé, Togo as a contribution to the implementation of the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS).
3 Aug 2011 11:46NAIROBI: Experts on infrastructure and market access have called on research organisations including the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) among others, to engage in evidence-based infrastructure and trade-related market access research to support rural development in Africa.
3 Aug 2011 11:21
LAGOS: Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria recently extended its Big Family Offer to postpaid customers as well as high-network individuals as it shifts to empower Nigerians to access innovative telecoms solutions at affordable rates.
2 Aug 2011 12:19
MOGADISHU: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has welcomed the release of the Hiiraan Online journalist by the Puntland government on Sunday, 31 July 2011 from Bosaso prison. Faysal Mohamed Hassan, a reporter for the local Somali website, Hiiraan Online was released on Sunday morning after the president of Puntland, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole pardoned him, after spending a month in jail.
1 Aug 2011 14:47
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