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Media CEO threatens to cut publicity

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:12:00 +0200

There's every reason for companies to cut back expenditure to survive the effects of the current global financial crisis. However, Robert Kabushenga, chief executive officer of New Vision Printing and Publishing Company has warned companies in Uganda against chopping off advertising expenses from their budget because it will put their popularity on the line.
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Pastor threatens to sue Ugandan tabloid for defamation

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:33:00 +0200

The Red Pepper, a Ugandan tabloid newspaper has been warned against publishing defamatory stories about Pastor Isaac Kyobe Kiwewesi of the Kansanga Miracle Centre in Kampala.
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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.
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Four young Kenyans become mobile reporters

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:56:00 +0200

“This is a great opportunity to promote responsive journalism and democracy in Kenya,” says Munene Kilongi. He is standing in a street in Nairobi while he is sending his report on the elections in Kenya from his mobile phone.
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Kenyans welcome second full colour daily newspaper

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:51:00 +0200

It is barely six months since the first full colour newspaper Nairobi Star hit the news stands. Now Kenyan readers are welcoming yet another full colour newspaper - The Daily Metro. The first edition rolled off the press last week on Wednesday, September 26.
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APEX awards now Cape to Cairo

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:28:00 +0200

The Advertising Performance Excellence (APEX) awards have just increased in magnitude following a decision by the custodians of the awards, the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), to extend entry to the rest of the continent.
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Army chief's wife assaults journalist

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:43:00 +0200

The wife of the Zimbabwean army attacked a journalist covering opposition party activity in the capital.
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Botswana's BTC accused of using advertising spend to influence editorial

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:42:00 +0200

Government communications company is allegedly denying advertising to newspaper in retaliation for critical story.
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Zimbabwe's newspaper industry grapples with rising costs

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:45:00 +0200

Escalating printing and newsprint costs are conspiring to create a nightmare for the newspaper publishing industry in Zimbabwe, battling to survive under a volatile economic environment and legislative controls largely considered draconian.
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Zapiro zaps the competition

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:41:00 +0200

SA cartoonist who was detained by the apartheid regime – and is now being sued for defamation by a high-ranking member of SA's present ruling party – has seen off tough competition from other African cartoonists and won the Cartoonists Rights Network 2007 award for courage.
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