[2012 trends] Social media marketing and the youth

[Bradley Maseko] The following is a breakdown of 12 social media marketing trends for 2012 with regards to how businesses will target the youth market. The emphasis for businesses/brands in 2012 will be to avoid becoming subject to the "Social Media Burnout Effect". 10 Jan 2012 14:23

MTN shares on offer

MTN Zakhele shares opened for sale to the public on 30 August 2010. For details and to collect copies of the prospectus, prospective Black investors may go to their local Post Office or MTN outlets throughout South Africa. The public offer was launched at the MTN Service Centre in Protea Gardens Mall in Soweto, Johannesburg. 31 Aug 2010 09:28

Creating fearful shoppers

[Carole Kimutai] High cost of basics worries consumers. 14 Apr 2008 13:31

Kenya gets GOtv on DVB-T2 technology

[Carole Kimutai] The new pay TV provider, GOtv, which recently launched in Uganda, officially launched the digital terrestrial television service in Kenya last week and went live on 14 September 2011. The new pay service is aimed at giving Kenyan TV lovers access to news, children's programming, documentaries, series and movies. 19 Sep 2011 11:10

DStv launches US$2 pay channel in Kenya

[Carole Kimutai] After weeks of watching grisly images of chaos and violence, television viewers in Kenya now have more reason to keep glued to their television sets. 5 Feb 2008 09:45

[2012 trends] Five African digital trends for 2012

[Dawn Rowlands] Africa is a mobile-first digital environment with 55% of the continent's 1 billion people having mobile phones. In South Africa mobile internet penetration is 70%, whilst desktop internet penetration sits at only at 11%, whereas in Nigeria mobile and desktop penetration are both over 20%. 24 Jan 2012 12:27

GOtv now in Uganda

Africa's first commercial operations using the next generation Digital Video Broadcast standard - DVB-T2 - rolled out with the launch of GOtv in Uganda on Monday 29 August 2011, following the launch in Lusaka, Zambia on 29 June 2011. 30 Aug 2011 15:43

Five Uganda FM radio stations go live on the Internet

[Edris Kisambira] JumpTV Inc., a broadcaster of international television and sports programming over the Internet, has began streaming Uganda's top five radio stations live via www.jumptv.com. 28 Sep 2007 12:42

Stanbic Bank moves forward, closer to customers

[Walter Wafula] Stanbic Bank Uganda has changed its slogan - “Inspired. Motivated. Involved”, to “Moving forward” in a bid to recognise its customers and serve them better. The bank made the change last week in Kampala, making Uganda the third nation in which the new tagline has been adopted. 18 Aug 2009 10:05

McDonald's to open restaurants in Zimbabwe

[Dumisani Ndlela] US-based fast food giant McDonald's has cast its sights on Zimbabwe, 11 years after its initial plan to start restaurants in the country failed due to an unprecedented economic and political crisis. 16 Aug 2010 09:20

[2012 trends] Brand purpose to take lead in brand strategy

[Travis Spence] A critical juncture in brand marketing has arrived. It is led by the internet and the technology changes this brings, along with consumers - who, as we all know, have changed forever. 24 Jan 2012 12:26

Star Times reduces pay TV costs

[Walter Wafula] Star Digital TV, a new television company, has yet again reduced the cost of acquiring digital pay TV services in Uganda. The company has lowered the service to US$44 (Shs100,000) from about US$53 (Shs120, 000) for 40 channels last month when it officially launched its services as Star Times. 4 Nov 2010 09:16

[2012 trends] Media industry encountering unprecedented challenges

[Angela Quintal] The fragmentation of the media and the mind-boggling range of sources of information available to readers, from Wikipedia to Google and the social networks, have conspired to cause publishers of print media to re-evaluate their roles, much as the horse-drawn carriage industry was forced to with the arrival of the internal combustion engine. 27 Jan 2012 14:28