Africa Movie Academy Awards winners announced

Airtel Nigeria demonstrated its commitment to the development of the creative industry in Africa as it joined organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) to honour, reward and celebrate accomplished African movie stars at an awards ceremony held at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos on Sunday, 22 April 2012. 24 Apr 2012 15:39

Airtel, AMAA welcomes stars to Nigeria

Telecommunications services provider and official sponsor of the eighth Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Airtel Nigeria, the government of Lagos and organisers of the awards, have welcomed stars to the country for the pan African movie festival. 23 Apr 2012 10:38

Airtel to sponsor Africa Movies Academy Awards

Airtel Nigeria been unveiled as the official sponsor of the African Movies Academy Awards (AMAA), scheduled to take place on 22 April 2012 at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. 16 Apr 2012 10:24

Increase in entries for AMAA's

The African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) received a total of 328 entries from across Africa, an increase of 108 entries in 2011. This includes 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and six animations. 43 entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent. 14 Mar 2012 11:10

M-Net partners with Thema TV

M-Net, the South African pay-television channel, has been sub-licensed the rights of its Africa Magic content to international distributor Thema TV in a partnership that will see a selection of Nollywood content translated into French, to be broadcast to the French-speaking regions of Africa. 20 Sep 2011 16:47

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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

Award-winning "Viva Riva!" opens in Southern Africa

The award-winning gangster thriller feature film "Viva Riva!", directed by Congolese Djo Tunda wa Munga, is set to open in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland on 7 October 2011. 14 Sep 2011 12:20

EES wins Cape Town Film Studios contract

Electrical Engineering Solutions (EES) has been awarded the contract to project manage the information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure, from construction to operational service provisioning, for Cape Town Film Studios (CTFS), claimed to be South Africa's first major, Hollywood-style film studio in Cape Town. The R430-million project will be fully operational by the end of 2010. 1 Apr 2010 09:40

ACP launches film production support programme

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) presents the ACP-EU Support Programme for the ACP Cinema and Audiovisual Sector. The Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and the European Union have designed a new support programme for the ACP audiovisual sector, ACP Films (ie. cinema and television). ACP Films is managed by the ACP Secretariat and financed by the 9th European Development Fund (EDF). 25 Apr 2008 11:00

CNBC Africa confirms Ormerod resignation

Business TV news network CNBC Africa confirmed the departure of COO Trevor Ormerod to Primedia yesterday,Wednesday, 5 December 2007 in a press statement, also confirming that current head of programming, Gary Alfonso, will be taking over as acting COO until a final decision is made regarding the position. 5 Dec 2007 13:21

Ormerod quits CNBC Africa

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] CNBC Africa COO Trevor Ormerod is leaving the television business channel to take up a post at Primedia, sources close to the television network told Bizcommunity.com yesterday, Tuesday, 4 December 2007. 5 Dec 2007 10:02

Music video project for Africa

Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. 22 Nov 2007 14:43

PAMRO documents Africa's varied media landscape

Recent country reports from the members of the Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) shed some light on media in Africa. 5 Nov 2007 11:31

IRIN release new film about slum life in Kenya

[Walter Wafula] Integrated Regional Information Networks also known as IRIN has released Slum Survivors, a new film about the lives of Africans living in slums. The film was unveiled mid last week according to the organisation's website. 30 Oct 2007 09:07