The Production community of Botswana

CNBC Africa to open bureau in Rwanda

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:07:00 +0200

CNBC Africa is expected to open its ninth African bureau in Rwanda as it continues to widen its African reporting footprint. The bureau in partnership with Rwanda TV and the Rwanda Development Board, will be based in the Rwandan capital, Kigali and opens for business in September 2012.
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Across Africa with two smartphones

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:23:00 +0200

When two friends decided to go on a motorcycle tour around Southern Africa, they filmed it on their Apple iPhone 4 and Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphones and produced a documentary of their adventure.
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Sentech loses high court battle

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:57:00 +0200

South African state-owned broadcast signal distribution company Sentech has lost a high court battle with e.tv sister company eBotswana over the piracy of television signals in Botswana.
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Award-winning 'Viva Riva!' opens in Southern Africa

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:20:00 +0200

The award-winning gangster thriller feature film "Viva Riva!", directed by Congolese Djo Tunda wa Munga, is set to open in South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland on 7 October 2011.
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Loeries 2011 opens for entries, categories revised

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:19:00 +0200

The Loerie Awards launched its 2011 campaign, Tuesday 15 March 2011, entitled "Don't hate. Create", created by Draftfcb and supported by a mobisite and specially developed augmented reality apps, linking digital technology to the printed media, along with a revamp of its award categories.
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Writers festival hosts 21 prominent writers

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:15:00 +0200

The 14th Time of the Writer international writers festival will be held from 14-19 March 2011, hosting 21 prominent writers from a dozen different countries in Durban, South Africa for a week of literary dialogue and exchange of ideas.
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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.
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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.
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Zimbabwe's freight industry faces ‘collapse'

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:12:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's freight industry is operating at under 30% of its capacity - an unsustainable rate that could see the industry collapse. Observers say the main reason is for the low operational level is the currently crippling rate of exchange for the local currency.
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Search for the Face of Africa begins

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:09:00 +0200

The search for fresh modelling talent begins this month as TV channel M-Net and mobile phone company Nokia start holding open castings for aspiring models in Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Gaborone, Johannesburg, Kampala, Kigali, Lagos, Luanda, Lusaka, Nairobi and Windhoek.
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