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ZambiaCategoriesRadio showsSpecial sectionsRelated sectorsIn the news | Spinlet presents Industry Nite in Feb 2013Industry Nite, presented by Spinlet, is a weekly event pulling together up and coming artists, established artists, record label execs, brand managers and fans in one venue for entertainment and networking. The next event takes place on 20 February 2013 from 9PM at The Oriental Hotel in Lagos,... read more 17 Jan 2013 Court grants Lonestar Cell MTN 'stay order'Lonestar Cell MTN has welcomed a court decision granting the mobile operator a "stay order" against the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA)'s resolution to suspend its operating licence. The regulator recently advised Lonestar Cell MTN that it would suspend its operating licence for two weeks... read more 6 Jun 2012 Standard Bank appoints head of transactional products and servicesStandard Bank Group has announced the appointment of Babatunde Macaulay as its new head of transactional products and services for West Africa. Hasan Khan, Standard Bank's head of transactional products and services in Africa, says Tunde, who will be based in Lagos, will have the core responsibility... read more 31 May 2012 Glo launches in GhanaNigerian telecommunications company, Glo officially launched in Ghana on 30 April 2012. Glo's launch has been a long time coming and henceforth, all 1.5 million Ghanaians who successfully reserved 023-3 and 023-5 Glo numbers can go to any of the 25 GloWorld Shops across the country to activate them... read more 2 May 2012 Gambia Press Union secures projectThe executive board of The Gambia Press Union (GPU) has announced that its request for the Media for Advocacy-Advocacy for Media Project from The Gambia Media Support Project (GAMES) was approved on 27 February 2012. The new project is a continuation of the Media Development Project-Professional... read more 29 Feb 2012 WAITEX 2012 - an export opportunityFollowing the success of the 2011 edition of Africa's Big Seven (AB7), Exhibition Management Services announced the launch of a new event, The West African International Trade Exhibition (WAITEX) which will take place from 8-10 May 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria. WAITEX follows a combined format of the AB7... read more 31 Aug 2011 Coca-Cola relaunches "Mystery Shoppers" in LagosCoca-Cola Nigeria has relaunched the Mystery Shopper campaign activation as part of its 125 years celebrations which was held recently. First held in 2010, the campaign uses experiential marketing tactics where several Mystery Shoppers around town surprise anyone found drinking Coca-Cola products... read more 20 Jun 2011 Looking for African women leadersThe 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 more 8 Apr 2011 DStv Ad Sales to host mini expo in NigeriaDStv Ad Sales plans to host an exclusive mini expo for their clients in Nigeria on 1 February 2011 at the Sheraton Hotel in Lagos to showcase the various DStv channels, plus the commercial TV offerings available across the bouquet. DStv Ad Sales sells airtime on 30 Pay TV commercial channels across... read more 24 Jan 2011 Western Union, United Bank for Africa expand relationshipThe Western Union Company and United Bank for Africa (UBA), a pan-African banking group with operations in 19 African countries, announced late last week that the Western Union Money Transfer service is now live across more than 500 UBA locations in Nigeria. This adds to their existing joint... read more 29 Nov 2010 Senegal to host 2011 PAMRO Meeting, All Africa Media Research ConferenceThe 13th PAMRO Meeting and All Africa Media Research Conference will take place from 21-24 August 2011 in the Francophone country of Senegal. The cost for the conference will be approximately R3300 excluding air travel and accommodation. For more information, go to www.pamro.org.... read more 16 Nov 2010 New sales exec for DStv Ad Sales NigeriaEsther Odoh has been appointed sales executive at DStv Ad Sales Nigeria. Odoh was formerly at Optima Sports Management International before joining the DStv Ad Sales team. Says Odoh: "I look forward to sharing the wealth of knowledge and experiences gained, especially those from the media industry."... read more 2 Sep 2010 Firehouse Group signs Arik Air International accountCommunications agency, The Firehouse Group, has signed the Arik Air International account; the partnership begins in June 2010. Arik Air International is a Nigerian commercial airline that has been operating daily flights to Lagos from Johannesburg since launching the route on 1 June 2009. "The... read more 10 Jun 2010 Still time to enter Loeriesclick to enlargeThe deadline of 31 May 2010 for Loeries 2010 entries, other than 2010 FIFA World Cup entries, has been extended to 14 June 2010 but does carry a 5% late fee. This means that all work flighted between 1 June 2009 and 14 June 2010 is eligible for entry. World cup- related entries have... read more 21 May 2010 Get ready for next World CupRugby World Cup 2011 (RWC 2011), being held in New Zealand for the first time since the inaugural event in 1987, opened for tickets on 27 April 2010. Teams representing 20 nations will compete in 48 matches across 13 host cities between 9 September and 23 October 2011. MasterCard Worldwide, as a... read more 28 Apr 2010 Loeries: 5% discount for early bird entrantsThe early bird deadline for entries into The 2010 Loerie Awards is 16 April 2010. Entries before this date will receive a 5% discount. The Loeries is open to work conceived and produced anywhere in Africa and the Middle East, including island states off the African coast like the Seychelles or... read more 8 Apr 2010 Women photojournalists called to enter international competitionSince 2000, the Association des Femmes Journalistes and Canon France, in partnership with the international Visa pour l'Image festival, and with the support of Figaro magazine, have awarded an annual prize for women photojournalists. Women photojournalists worldwide are welcome to enter the... read more 12 Mar 2010 Motherboard.TV documents chalkboard bloggerclick to enlargeMotherboard.TV, an online video network and community, recently travelled to Monrovia, Liberia to produce a five-minute documentary on Alfred Sirleaf, Liberia's blackboard blogger. Starting in 2000, Sirleaf's chalkboard blog has been going strong; readers line up in droves to read... read more 30 Oct 2009 US mobile operator gears up for 2010, AfricaEarlier this week, the US-based SMSStreamer.mobi brand by Cole Solutions began operating in the local market, with a promise to help make next year's FIFA World Cup a success by delivering quality 2010 content. It will soon launch a mobile service that is essentially the SMS version of social... read more 23 Oct 2009 Victoria N'dee Uwadoka, keynote speaker at BarCamp NigeriaVictoria N'dee Uwadoka will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday, 25 April, 2009. BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences open, participatory workshop events, with content provided by participants. Uwadoka works with Microsoft Nigeria as the... read more 24 Apr 2009 3bn Ivory Coast debt write-offThe International Monetary Fund will write off US$3 billlion of Ivory Coast's US$12.8 billion national debt. The decision comes after the fund agreed to lend another US$565 million to the country, on condition that the government reduces poverty and improves financial transparency. Ivory Coast... read more 2 Apr 2009 Justin Hartman to present at BarCamp Nigeriaclick to enlargeSouth Africa's Justin Hartman will be speaking at the BarCamp being hosted in Lagos, Nigeria. BarCamp is an international network of user-generated conferences open, participatory workshop events, with content provided by participants. BarCamps Nigeria will take place on Saturday, 25... read more 17 Mar 2009 Fresh look for the MFWAThe Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) recently launched its redesigned website: http://www.mediafound.org/. The MFWA is a regional independent, non-profit organisation based in Accra, Ghana. It acts as an advocate, promoting media rights and the freedom of expression, while monitoring any... read more 8 Nov 2007 W880i is phone of the yearclick to enlargeSony Ericsson's W880i walkman handset has been named best phone of the year at the 2007 Nigerian Telecoms Awards in Lagos, hosted annually by Logica Telecom Awards Limited. Other nominees in this category included the Nokia E61i and the Motorola V3. The W880i sports a brushed... read more 31 Aug 2007 Journalists in exileOver 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 more 20 Jun 2007 NBCC partners PR Africa on London trade exhibitionNigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) in collaboration with Pielle/Africa PR International are planning a week-long trade conference and exhibition to take place in London in July. The "Opportunity in Nigeria Investment" conference will, among other things, be aimed at presenting business... read more 30 May 2007 Get connected via mobile broadbandNigeria's second national operator, Globacom, has awarded Alcatel-Lucent the contract to install a wireless network in selected Nigerian cities, including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Benin and Ibadan. The network is to be based on UMTS/HSPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service/High Speed... read more 26 Apr 2007 Saatchi wins four awards in Nigeriaclick to enlargeSaatchi & Saatchi Africa scooped the top four awards at the Nigerian National Institute of Marketing Awards held in Lagos this week, walking away with Advert of the Year 2006 for Guinness FES (Stout Category), Sales Promotion of the Year for Guinness FES (Stout Category), Advert of... read more 30 Jan 2007 Comedian to host Spirit of Africa Music Video AwardsChannel O has announced that comedian David Kau will host the Channel O Spirit of Africa Music Video Awards, to be held at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Sunday, 15 October 2006. Kau will be assisted by the Channel O VJs who will be presenting the different awards in the 19 categories. Guest... read more 3 Oct 2006 R1 million giveaway marks end of Africa tourMetro 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 more 27 Sep 2006 |
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