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A kiosk for every occasion

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:34:00 +0200

Point-of-sale advertising with a sales platform ideally suited for rural Africa? Look no further than our Kiosk Range. With an emphasis on portability and value-for-money, our various kiosks are a great investment for point-of-sale, events and informal trading.
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Starfish Mobile International launches in Malawi

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:08:00 +0200

Starfish Mobile International, an African Wireless Application Service Provider (WASP), has partnered with Telekom Network Malawi (TNM), an African mobile network provider, in launching and strategically driving TNM's Mobile Content business and services in Malawi.
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Starfish Mobile kicks off 2009 Confederations Cup mobile trivia game with MTN Swaziland

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:26:00 +0200

With the kick-off of the much anticipated FIFA 2009 Confederations Cup, Starfish Mobile has teamed up with MTN Swaziland in launching the “Send Me To The Soccer Competition” promotion to test the local fans' general knowledge soccer skills.
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Green brand energy

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:15:00 +0200

What is it? "Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form, such as electricity, using wind turbines." (Wikipedia).
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Alliance Media goes Shaggy!

Tue, 19 May 2009 12:12:00 +0200

Orange, the iconic global cellular brand, is bringing the popular singer ‘Shaggy' to Botswana for a concert on the 21st of May 2009.
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Alliance Media scoops award for best outdoor advertising company in Namibia

Tue, 12 May 2009 15:01:00 +0200

At a grading of all outdoor advertising companies in Namibia, Alliance Media was awarded the highest possible ranking, the Gold Award for being the best outdoor advertising company in Namibia at the prestigious PMR Awards ceremony in Windhoek last week. The event, held at the Windhoek Country Club was well attended by Namibia's leaders in industry, the public sector and members of the public.
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Botswana: Publishers challenge Media Practitioners Act in court

Tue, 12 May 2009 11:11:00 +0200

Botswana publishers, on 6 May 2009, registered a statutory notice with the attorney general and the Ministry of Communications Science and Technology, challenging the Media Practitioners Act of 2008.
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The 4th Maputo International Advertising Festival - festival programme

Wed, 06 May 2009 15:06:00 +0200

The 4th Maputo International Advertising Festival honours and recognises advertising agencies and producers and other communications companies from any part of the world, and particularly from the southern African and Indian Ocean regions.
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Botswana media head down the Zimbabwe path

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:55:00 +0200

GABORONE: The Media Practitioners Act (MPA) and the Intelligence and Security Act (ISA) recently enacted by the state “as a way of bringing accountability to the media” and safe guarding sovereignty have been described by journalists here as draconian legislatures that trample on democracy by muzzling the media and usurping basic civil rights.
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The 4th Maputo International Advertising Festival - fact sheet

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:40:00 +0200

Golo (Mozambique), Joe Public (South Africa), LV Ogilvy (Reunion-France), Executive Center and Orion (both from Angola), sabiOne.com (England) and McCann Ericksson (Portugal) were the agencies to inform the organisation of their interest in taking part in the 4th Maputo International Advertising Festival, which will take place on 25, 26 and 27 May this year, promoted by AMEP - the Mozambican Association of Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations companies.
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