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

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

Airtel ranked amongst Top 100 Global Brands

Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, announced that they have reached an overall ranking of 71 in this year's BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list. 24 May 2012 10:22

MTN places in BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2012

MTN has become the first and only African brand to make the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2012, debuting at position 88 in the annual survey. 22 May 2012 14:11

Enhancing CEM through ICT solutions

The Customer Experience Management Africa Summit, hosted by Kinetic Events, to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on 2-3 August 2012 will bring together Africa's industry leaders and provide a platform to build relationships, share ideas and most importantly, to do business. 14 May 2012 11:24

[Thought Leadership Digibates] 05: Marketing, media trends

The focus of the online media marketing sector discussion at the fifth Thought Leadership Digibate, recently hosted by Aegis Media in conjunction with Bizcommunity.com in Johannesburg, centred around the 2012 Biz Trends Report which was released earlier this year. 11 May 2012 15:21

NCC ranks Airtel as best quality service operator

Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has been ranked the best operator for good quality of service by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the Commission's Audit Report for March and April 2012. 11 May 2012 14:39

IBS appointed to distribute Haier products

Haier Group Corporation, the global home appliances brand, has appointed International Business Systems (IBS) as it's authorised distributor in Egypt, it was annonced yesterday, 9 May 2012. The new partnership enables Haier to offer its extensive home appliance and consumer electronics products to the Egyptian market. 10 May 2012 11:33

Standard Bank to grow bancassurance in Africa

Standard Bank plans to aggressively grow its bancassurance business in Africa over the next three to five years as it intensifies its operations to take advantage of the growth potential of the continent, says Charmaine Scott, Standard Bank's head of Bancassurance in Africa. 9 May 2012 11:14

MTN Group's subscriber base strengthens

MTN Group recorded 170 573 000 subscribers at 31 March 2012. This is a 3,7% increase for the quarter from 164 501 000 subscribers recorded at 31 December 2011. The group delivered a satisfactory performance notwithstanding continued high levels of competition in key markets. 7 May 2012 12:00

HTT awarded 'Africa Loans Deal of the Year' by The Banker

Helios Towers Tanzania (HTT), a subsidiary of Helios Towers Africa (HTA) and reportedly the first tower company in Tanzania, has been awarded 'Africa Loans Deal of the Year' by The Banker magazine. The award follows the completion in December 2011 of HTT's US$85 million equivalent deal. 3 May 2012 14:03

Oxfam's bras without borders

[Khadija Patel] In the latest drive to save Africans from the perils of life on the ever-dark continent, British charity Oxfam has launched the Big Bra Hunt campaign. No, they are not hunting down Blighty's biggest bras. Instead, Oxfam is calling on British women to donate their unwanted bras to charity - for the betterment of Africa. 2 May 2012 13:37

Retail outlet opens multimedia store

[Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai] Kenyan retail outlet Nakumatt Holdings is opening a multimedia store that will be branded as Planet Media and is reportedly valued at KSh 25 million (USD 312 000). The store will feature Kenya's largest selection of books, toys and entertainment mediums including music and movie CD's and DVD's alongside a fully fledged interactive gaming section. 2 May 2012 10:21

Rest of Africa drags down Altech full-year results

[Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd] Technology group Altech has reported a 27% decrease in adjusted headline earnings per share, from 529c to 388c, on poor performance from its operations in West Africa and continuing underperformance of its businesses in East Africa. 25 Apr 2012 09:52