2012 African Banker Awards shortlist announced

The African Banker Awards has released the shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 30 May 2012, which makes its debut in Africa. This year's event coincides with the annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meetings in Arusha, Tanzania 24 Apr 2012 16:14

eLearning Africa Report shows ICTs transform education

Max Ahouéké, minister of communication and information and communication technologies of Benin, will this week present the results of the eLearning Africa Report, which shows the impact of new technology and improved connectivity on education throughout Africa. 22 May 2012 14:46

CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 finalists announced

The finalists in the 17th CNN MultiChoice African Journalist competition were announced today, 18 May 2012, by Ferial Haffajee, chair of the independent judging panel. This year the competition received entries from 42 countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa. 18 May 2012 11:49

CNBC Africa celebrates five years of broadcasting

CNBC Africa, the pan-African financial and business channel, will celebrate five years of continental business broadcasting across Africa on 1 June 2012. 16 May 2012 11:42

Airtel partners with GYADI to empower youths

Airtel Nigeria has partnered with Global Youth Awareness & Development Initiatives (GYADI), a non-governmental organisation, to host an Information Communication Technology (ICT) Summit which takes place today, 25 May 2012 at the Golden Royal, Independence Layout, Enugu State, Nigeria. The summit aims to empower youths in Enugu to succeed in their chosen career and business endeavours. 25 May 2012 09:37

Oliver Empowerment Awards

Prestigious Oliver Empowerment Awards measures action

Ten of South Africa's top captains of industry are currently scrutinising those organisations that are best integrating empowering business practice and delivering positive impacts in the marketplace, in the workplace and in the community. This is under the auspices of the prestigious Oliver Empowerment Awards which is hosted by Topco Media's annual empowerment publication, Impumelelo, which documents BEE success stories. From an impressive list of 60 finalists, winners in 16 categories will be selected and announced at a black tie event on Thursday, 3 May 2012, at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. 25 Apr 2012 15:30

Reuters makes final call for KSM Awards, announces seminar

[Walter Wafula] Thomson Reuters, the global news and information company has made the final call for entries to the 2012 Kurt Schork Memorial (KSM) Awards which will take place in London in November, and made the announcement of a seminar on reporting on terrorism and global security. 3 May 2012 11:41

Airtel scoops awards at Enugu Trade Fair

Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria scooped three awards for its outstanding performance as the 23rd edition of the Enugu International Trade Fair which recently took place in the Enugu State, Nigeria. 16 Apr 2012 10:00

Four Loerie Grands Prix this year

Four Grands Prix were handed out this past weekend at the 32nd annual The Loerie Awards, held for the second time at Good Hope Centre in Cape Town: King James once again in TV & Cinema Commercials for Allan Gray's 'Legend'; the VWV Group in Experiential: Live Events for the 2010 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony; Boogerman+ Partners Architects in Architecture & Interior Design for Soccer City aka FNB Stadium aka National Stadium; and Grid Worldwide Branding and Tonic Design in Design Mixed-Media Campaign for the Comair/British Airways SLOW Lounge. 4 Oct 2010 10:41

FIFA World Cup: 2.2m tickets sold, 500 000 still available

[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The 2010 FIFA World Cup is slowly but surely edging closer to a full stadium syndrome, with 2.2 million tickets sold so far. The remaining 500 000 tickets will go on sale on 15 April 2010 during the last ticket sale phase, which includes over-the-counter sales at designated FIFA ticketing centres nationwide, the organisers announced today, Friday, 9 April. 9 Apr 2010 13:30

APO, Richard Attias & Associates partner to promote New York Forum Africa

The African Press Organisation (APO) has announced the partnership with Richard Attias & Associates under which APO will provide media relations services to promote the New York Forum Africa to be held in Libreville, Gabon from 8-10 June 2012. 7 May 2012 12:19

Helios Towers delivers speech at 2nd Ghana Telecoms Summit

Helios Towers Ghana (HTG), a subsidiary of Helios Towers Africa and reportedly the first telecom towers company in Ghana, delivered a keynote speech at the 2nd Ghana Telecoms Summit in Accra last week. 23 Apr 2012 13:18

Uganda to host Africa's spectrum management workshop

[Julius Businge] Information and communication experts from all over Africa are meeting towards the end of this month in Uganda to brainstorm about spectrum management issues. 19 Apr 2012 13:25