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Alliance Media awarded Superbrand status

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:24:00 +0200

Alliance Media has recently been awarded Superbrand Status by Superbrands, the world's largest independent arbiter of branding. The award has been made for the period 2012 - 2014.
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PRAU Excellence Awards announces winners

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:17:00 +0200

Uganda's annual PRAU Excellence Awards, the event that recognises public relations and communications excellence in Uganda, which was set to take place in November 2012, eventually took place on Friday, 22 March 2013 at Imperial Royale Hotel. This years event coincided with the East African Public Relations Conference (EAPRC) which took place from 20-22 March in Kampala, Uganda.
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NTV tops social media use in Uganda

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:41:00 +0200

Nation Television (NTV) is the savviest user of global social media networks in Uganda according to Top Corporate Brand on Social Media 2012, an online survey by HiPio.com, a social entertainment website in the country.
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All set for 2012 PRAU Excellence Awards

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:18:00 +0200

Uganda's annual PRAU Excellence Awards, the event that recognises public relations and communications excellence in Uganda, is set to take place on 23 November 2012. This years event will coincide with the East African Public Relations Conference (EAPRC) which will take place in Kampala.
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[PAMRO 2012] Day 3: Measuring ROI on social media

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:04:00 +0200

Day 3 of the 14th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) and All Africa Media Research Conference that ended on Wednesday, 29 August2012, in Kampala, Uganda included a session that explored ways to measure ROI on social media. "Companies need to know where to put their money, if it has to have an impact," noted Joe Otin, MediaCT director, Ipsos Synovate Pan-Africa, Kenya.
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Uganda names Top 50 Brands

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:40:00 +0200

As one of activities to commemorate Uganda gaining independence from the British in 1962, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda has identified and honoured its Top 50 Brands of the last five decades.
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Ugandan brands battle for post London Olympics shine

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:06:00 +0200

Looks like Season II of the London 2012 Olympics is taking shape in Uganda with big, small, popular and almost forgotten brands taking part in the 'Olympics brand championship.'
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Uganda to recognise Top 50 Brands

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:08:00 +0200

As one of activities to commemorate Uganda gaining independence from the British in 1962, the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in partnership with the government will recognise the Top 50 Brands at an awards gala in Kampala on 16 August 2012. Over 100 local and international brands have been nominated to participate in the contest following the call for nominations in July.
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New Vision regains top spot in Uganda's cyberspace

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:44:00 +0200

New Vision has displaced Monitor Online as the most visited local website in Uganda following its redesign. The website which is the online version of The New Vision print newspaper in Uganda regained the top spot last week after the revamped version was uploaded.
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Video streaming coming to Africa

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:45:00 +0200

LONDON, UK: Video streaming will be the next big wave of online content use in Africa. There are still considerable network challenges but... the level of existing use shows that once these issues are resolved, the volume of users will be in the millions. Russell Southwood spoke to the biggest player in the market, Google's YouTube. Elijah Kitaka explained how it sees the potential of video streaming being realised.
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