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
Lewis Hamilton, Johnnie Walker promote responsible drinking
click to enlargeMcLaren Mercedes F1 team driver Lewis Hamilton, and sponsor Johnnie Walker, are together promoting responsible drinking in Angola. The awareness campaign has been built on an outdoor advertising campaign with Continental Outdoor on strategically placed wall wraps, building wraps and... read more10 Feb 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
New leadership for Media24 Africa
Media24 Africa, a division of Media24, has appointed Glynis O'Hara as the editorial director of its Africa operations. O'Hara will assume editorial responsibility for Drum East Africa and True Love East Africa, True Love West Africa, Kick Off Nigeria, weekly soccer newspaper GOAL! and the soon-to-be... read more11 Jan 2006
Angola to get new TV channels
Angola has set up a commission to work on modifying the country's Press Bill to allow for the existence of television channels other than the existing State-related ones. The future Press Bill will also allow for the establisment of privately-run short waves radio stations, said Media Minister... read more11 Jun 2003
FCB Africa wins award in Angola
Executive Centre FCB, the FCB Africa agency in Angola, has won the 'Grand Prize TV Award' at the Angola Advertising Awards Ceremony 2003 held in Soyo early in May, for a commercial it developed for Savanna Cider. 14 May 2003
SA to help Angolan media
The SA ambassador to Angola, Tony Msimanga, said on Tuesday after visiting the Journalists Training Centre in Angola that the SA Government will be helping the development of the media industry in SADC countries by co-operating in the fields of technology and the training of media staff. 7 May 2003
Yfm extends range
Yfm has extended its field of broadcast and is now available on DStv's Channel 60 of the audio transmissions. Yfm can now be received in most of Southern Africa, including the whole of the RSA, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Southern Angola, Mozambique and parts of Zimbabwe. 6 May 2002
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