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A-EXIM set for Kenya in June 2012A-EXIM, a trade fair focusing exclusively on the export and import industry will take place at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, from 15-18 June 2012. The trade fair reflects the global market in every sector - from ICT to infrastructure, agribusiness, transport... read more 1 Feb 2012 SatNav East Africa appoints MapITSatNav East Africa recently appointed South African digital mapping company, MapIT, as its Mapping Data Provider for East Africa. Established in 2011, the company is Uganda's pioneer in Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and GPS based consumer electronics. "We are very pleased to be working... read more 15 Sep 2011 New communications manager at AccessKenyaAccessKenya Group, a corporate data and infrastructure provider in Kenya, has appointed Kevin Keya as the new group communications manager following the departure of Nancy Imunde a few months ago. Keya who brings over five years experience in media and public relations joined AccessKenya after... read more 12 Sep 2011 Continental Outdoor Media, eighth best SME in Tanzania - surveyContinental Outdoor Media has been ranked eighth out of 100 SME's in Tanzania in a survey conducted by Synovate in East Africa. The survey, the brainchild of KPMG and The Citizen (in Tanzania), ranked Tanzania's businesses with a turnover of between Sh1 billion and Sh20 billion and was based on... read more 27 Jul 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 New journalism, communications program offered in KenyaThe 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 Radio Uganda dot Net network provides online coverage for 2011 Ugandan electionsRadio Uganda dot Net have announced that it will be providing updated coverage of the presidential elections in Uganda taking place on Friday, 18 February 2011. Updates will be provided via its network of FM stations which includes CBS Radio Buganda, Radio Simba, Kaboozi and Sapientia among others.... read more 17 Feb 2011 Luvi Ogilvy wins at Indian Ocean Creative Awards 2010Luvi Ogilvy, an Ogilvy Africa-affiliated agency was awarded seven gold awards at the Indian Ocean Creative Awards 2010 on Friday, 26 November 2010, with the Reunion Island branch picking up six and Mayotte winning one gold. Together they walked away with 10 awards in total. The awards ceremony was... read more 30 Nov 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 Prestige boards Air Seychellesclick to enlargePrestige Magazine, a South African luxury lifestyle magazine has expanded its regional coverage and distribution. The magazine will be placed on-board all Air Seychelles flights between OR Tambo and Mahe in the Seychelles.... read more 24 Jul 2009 Ethiopia orders press shake-upThe Ethiopian Broadcasting Agency has ordered all newspapers and magazines to re-register within three months. The regulatory body has also banned proprietors from holding editorial positions in their media establishments. The deputy director of the agency, Desta Tesfaw said the new guidelines would... read more 6 Mar 2009 Cellphone company launches BlackBerry in TanzaniaResearch In Motion (RIM), a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions, and Vodacom Tanzania, have announced that the BlackBerry solution is now available to Vodacom Tanzania subscribers throughout the country. The BlackBerry solution is designed to bring together innovative... read more 7 Nov 2008 Gambian cinema on the African Movie ChannelThe African Movie Channel features its first ever Gambian film this October, "Arrou" (Prevention), an award-winning film from the stables of Vinasha Productions of The Gambia. Directed by Segun Oguntola, and starring Modou Musa Ceesay, Awa Gassama, Alagie Saihou Saar, Habibatou Jallow, "Arrou" won... read more 20 Oct 2008 Anfield Communications, Uganda's first sports marketing agencyclick to enlargeIn March this year, Anfield Communications, a marketing agency owned and established by a team of Ugandans was established. Aldrine Nsubuga, Anfield's chief executive officer took advantage of this gap in the sports industry in Uganda and were awarded the first Federation of Uganda... read more 23 Jul 2008 Kenyan agency receives international awardclick to enlargeKenyan marketing and public relations agency, Exclamation Marketing, received the International Star Award for Leadership in Quality and Excellence at a ceremony in Salons, Concorde of the Palais des Congres of Paris on 21 April 2008. The company received the award in the gold... read more 7 May 2008 Take a numberWarid Telecom, which open its doors to the general public on Monday has received an overwhelming response from all Ugandans across the country as they flocked to service centres to pre-register their preferred numbers in a bid to join the Warid family. In total over 80,000 thousand potential... read more 18 Jan 2008 Connecting commuters in Tanzaniaclick to enlargeThe latest Vodacom campaign in Tanzania creates high impact using airport walkways at Dar es Salaam International Airport, Tanzania's premier airport. “Vodacom have increased their visibility to great effect, targeting high-end local and international commuters”, comments Russell... read more 3 Sep 2007 Somaliland reporter freed after three daysAbdirahman Musse Omar of the privately-owned television station SLTV was released on 1 July 2007 after appearing before a court in Hargeisa, the capital of the northern breakaway territory of Somaliland. The authorities are not pressing any charges against Omar, who was arrested on 28 June on the... read more 5 Jul 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 Kenyan farmers connect to better pricesAfrica's small farmers often fall victim to local traders who dictate prices below market rates. But in rural Kenya farmers now have technology in hand that cuts out the middleman. Gretchen Wilson reports 25 Apr 2007 A truly mobile ad campaign for Z-Connectclick to enlargeTanzania's fourth cellular communications provider, Z (pronounced 'zee') has recently launched a new ad campaign, produced by through-the-line advertising agency, Roots Marketing Communications. The first campaign for Z's new CDMA mobile offering, Z-connect, is a communications mix... read more 5 Apr 2007 Journalists attacked in SomaliaOn 29 March 2007, five journalists were ambushed by armed men while on their way to cover a story in the region of Hiran, according to reports from the National Union of Somali Journalists. Mohammed Sheik Nur (stringer for Associated Press), Mohammed Ibrahim Isak (stringer for New York Times),... read more 3 Apr 2007 Ugandan SME exhibitionGuest speakers will offer advice and solutions for key concerns of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) at an interactive exhibition, to be held at the Uganda Manufacturers Association’s Show Ground, from 3 - 5 April 2007. Discussion topics will include strategic marketing/consumer insights,... read more 30 Mar 2007 Uganda to host 21st FAPRA conference in 2007The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) has confirmed that it will be hosting the All African Public Relation Conference in Kampala in June 2007. The theme and programmes for the conference will be communicated in due course, and updates will be available on www.fapra.org.... read more 10 Nov 2006 Standard Chartered sending SA team to Greatest Race on EarthInternational bank Standard Chartered South Africa recently announced its sponsorship of a South African women's team to compete in the third Standard Chartered Greatest Race on Earth 2006/7, a four-leg relay marathon contested over a period of five months in Nairobi, Singapore, Mumbai and Hong... read more 13 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 24/7 Pan African TV channel coming soonJournalism.co.za reports that a proposed 24-hour Pan African television channel, to be known as A-24, could be set up by next year. Kenyan-based company Camerapix says it will follow the format of pan-Arabic television channel, Al-Jazeera, and is intended to counter Western negative publicity of... read more 17 Aug 2006 |
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