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November 1 lands Mascom Wireless account and joins Africa's young emerging business leaders

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:11:00 +0200

November 1, the up and coming Johannesburg-based branding group, has landed the Mascom Wireless account. Mascom Wireless is the leading cellphone operator in Botswana, with its network coverage now spanning 80% of the population. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Cricket Australia tries to corner image market

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:42:00 +0200

Cricket Australia (CA), the governing body of one of Australia's favourite sports, is trying to force all photographers and agencies to sign a new contract before they enter the cricket grounds. Read full story... | Send to a friend

UBA aims to be Africa's sixth largest bank in 2010

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:00:00 +0200

According to the group MD and CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, the Nigerian bank's ambition is to become the 6th largest bank in Africa by 2010, with long term plans to mature as the leading African bank. Read full story... | Send to a friend

African nations agree to $1 billion Indian satellite project

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:04:00 +0200

A critical mass of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest $1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region's information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Music video project for Africa

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:00 +0200

Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Investor firm to acquire stake in Kenya bank

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:52:00 +0200

Equity Bank is set to become the biggest bank in Kenya in terms of capital base following plans by a Pan African based investment firm, Helios EB Investors to acquire over 90 million new shares. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Tobacco agreement terminated

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:21:00 +0200

Philip Morris International Inc. and British American Tobacco South Africa has terminated their Chesterfield licence agreement. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Emerging agency attempts to save the world

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:16:00 +0200

Led by owner and MD, Antoinette Prophy, the promising young communications agency, Afrofusion Communications (AFC), launched its first TV commercial for South Africa's Environmental Campaign, Indalo Yethu. After winning the pitch the challenge was to launch the campaign with a limited budget but a massive objective. Read full story... | Send to a friend

India bans Air Zimbabwe

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:40:00 +0200

India has banned Air Zimbabwe from to flying over its air space because of Zimbabwe's failure to sign an international aviation agreement, a cabinet minister told Parliament Thursday. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Joining forces for cool-drinks, cool music

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:01:00 +0200

The Coca-Cola Company and music channel MTV base have entered into a major marketing alliance that will partner the two brands on air, on-the-ground and on pack. Read full story... | Send to a friend