The Kuwa Ajabu Foundation ("be extraordinary") is a non-profit organisation which empowers and builds sustainable capacity in the form of job creation for young, unemployed people across Africa. Affiliate partners include the UN, Women In Finance, Menprow and the fully black-owned Blue Rain... read more8 Apr 2011
Journalists in exile
Over the past six years, the Committee to Protect Journalists has documented 243 cases of journalists who have been forced to flee their home country to avoid harassment and imprisonment. On average, three journalists a month make this escape, with less than 15% of them ever seeing home again.... read more20 Jun 2007
Activating future stars
Exp. Momentum Zambia, a leading brand activation and sponsorship agency, were asked to project manage the Celtel Star Search recording process under the leadership of project director, Justin Howard, and Evans Muhanga, marketing director of Celtel. The initiative is said to be biggest musical talent... read more30 May 2007
African ICT Achievers Awards winners announced
Zambian Glory Mushinge of the Media ICT Network for Development (MIND) walked away with the Excellence in ICT Journalism in Africa award at the eighth Annual African ICT Achievers Awards held last week at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. South African Vinny Lingham of IncuBeta received... read more29 Nov 2006
R1 million giveaway marks end of Africa tour
Metro FM celebrated its twentieth birthday last week by giving R1 million to lucky listener Neelen Jeffries from Eesterus in the east of Pretoria at Maropeng, The Cradle of Humankind. The party brought to a close the station's "I Am An African" tour, in which it broadcast from 11 countries in 20... read more27 Sep 2006
Pepping up the board
click to enlargeFollowing the two recent appointments of Marcus Banga as marketing director and Louis Brand as commercial director, PEP Limited's new board of directors is now complete. PEP currently operates 1345 clothing stores in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia,... read more25 Apr 2006
SABC CEO to head Saba
The group CEO of SABC, Peter Matlare, has been elected president of the Southern African Broadcasting Association (Saba). He will be taking the place of Duncan Mbazima, director general of the Zambian Broadcasting Corporation.
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RETOSA appoints public relations representative
New Cape Town communications consultancy Next Generation Communication has been apÂpointed the sole Public Relations Agency in Southern Africa for the Regional Tourism of Southern Africa (RETOSA). One of the essential duties of Next Generation will be to consistently update the travel trade and the... read more26 Oct 2001