In an hour long special on Africa Prime, exclusive to CNBC Africa, Godfrey Mutizwa will chat to Oprah Winfrey about her Leadership Academy for Girls which opened its doors in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2007. Winfrey was recently in South Africa to celebrate the graduation of the first group of... read more 17 Jan 2012
The Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa will open its doors to over 6 450 pre-registered attendees for this year's annual AfricaCom event, a significant increase on 2010. Organisers of Africa's largest ICT, media and telecoms conference, Informa Media & Telecoms,... read more 8 Nov 2011
The Loeries Travelling Exhibition sponsored by Adobe will visit North-West University, 25 August -2 September 2011, for its fifth consecutive year and will be hosted by the Potchefstroom Campus' Graphic Design Subject group. The exclusive exhibition will display work across all areas of brand... read more 15 Aug 2011
The Presbyterian University of East Africa School of Communications Studies and The Centre for Art and Media Entrepreneurship in Africa (CAMERAFRICA) in Kenya have partnered to offer an Executive Diploma in Journalism and Communications Program starting March 2011. The curriculum is designed with... read more 2 Mar 2011
Early bird registration for PRISA's national conference "Africa on Top - a bold new vision for the public relations and communication profession," closes on 29 September 2010. The conference will be held on 20 October at Gold Reef City, Johannesburg. The keynote address is by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos,... read more 23 Sep 2010
Uruguay: In existence as a virtual community since 1990, APC's leitmotif is building and strengthening online networks for social change. The 2007 Annual Report describes the challenges encountered building networks to influence international internet policy so that more people have reliable and... read more 5 Aug 2008
Long-distance education provider Intec College is now offering an e-Citizen course covering Internet navigation and operation, from training on social media (blogging and podcasting) to banking and submitting tax returns online, reports IOLjobs. For more, click here.... read more 1 Feb 2007
Applications for the new annual Newspaper Association of South Africa President's Bursary for a post graduate diploma in media management close 15 November 2006. For more information on the course at the Sol Plaatje Media Leadership Institute at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, go to... read more 30 Oct 2006
Rhodes University, with R5 million funding and institutional support from the South African Reserve Bank, is setting up an African Economics Journalism Centre (AEJC) aimed at improving the quality of economics and business journalism in South Africa and elsewhere in Africa. The AEJC will offer... read more 29 Sep 2006
Endeavor, the global non-profit organisation which supports high-impact entrepreneurs in developing countries, invites budding and established entrepreneurs to hone their skills at its first annual conference on 29 August 2006, in Sandton, Johannesburg. Guest speakers include Edgar Bronfman of... read more 23 May 2006
Staphcor has undergone a brand transformation and is now known as Creative Planet, offering the following new services:
All creative candidates will now be tested on Apple Mac on the various Freehand, Photoshop & Quark.
Creative candidates will be screened to ensure that they can scan,... read more 12 Sep 2004
Vega, The Brand Communications School's Diploma in Communications Management has been accredited by The Council for Higher Education and has been submitted to The Department of Education and SAQA for registration. 3 Aug 2004
MAPPP-SETA, the industry SETA responsible for the facilitation of education and training in the media, advertising, publishing, printing and packaging sector, has a new look. The new image was designed by Interactive Africa, a Cape-based marketing and media consultancy. MAPPP-SETA strives to train,... read more 11 Jul 2004
According to Sharon Bradshaw of SETA (Sectors' Education and Training Authority), companies in the media, advertising, publishing and packaging industries with fewer than 50 employees will be able to benefit from a skills development cash grant. She says that they could either be refunded the cost... read more 3 Mar 2003
TBWA Hunt Lascaris (and its group companies) has become the first ad agency within the Marketing Chamber of Services SETA to be granted learnership funding to develop and implement a learnership programme. The agency got the campaign rolling this month in Gauteng by welcoming 45 new learners. 11 Dec 2002
According to The Sunday Time Work-in-Life Survey 70% of work-seekers use the Sunday times as their first point of reference. While Middle- and top-level job seekers, are catered for in the Business Times' Careers section, this week will see the launch of Metro Jobs, a classified listing of jobs... read more 10 Sep 2002