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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:24:00 +0200

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New MEA marketing director for Cadbury

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:17:00 +0200

Mike Middleton has been appointed category director, Chocolate for Cadbury's Africa, Middle East region, effective 1 November 2009. Brands under his care will include Dairy Milk, Lunch Bar, P.S. and Flake.
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AIG Uganda adopts Chartis as new identity

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:12:00 +0200

Chartis is the new name for the local subsidiary of insurance firm American International Group (AIG) in Uganda. The new identity which is derived from the Greek word for map, “underscores AIG's 90-year history as a successful global pioneer of insurance in various parts of the world,” according to Alex Wanjohi, MD, Chartis Uganda.
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Zimbabwean diamonds face ban

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0200

Zimbabwe faces having its diamonds suspended from international trading because of alleged human rights abuses by government security forces in the country's diamond fields.
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CNN TASK Group, UNWTO strike partnership

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0200

LONDON: CNN International, on Monday, 2 November 2009, announced the formation of a global strategic partnership between the CNN Tourism, Advertising Solutions and Knowledge (TASK) Group and the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
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Livemobile, Global MMA Awards 2009 finalist

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0200

JOHANNEBSURG: South African-based Livemobile has been selected as a finalist in the fifth annual Global Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) awards, and is the only African company to make it on this year's Europe, Africa and Middle East territory award categories.
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Internet good for newspaper industry - impreMedia CEO

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:57:00 +0200

John Paton, chairman and chief executive officer of impreMedia, a Hispanic news and information company in the US, believes digital news distribution "is the single best thing that has happened to our business in the last quarter century."
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SA short wins AiM film competition

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:37:00 +0200

A silent experimental documentary from South Africa won the second annual Africa in Motion (AiM) short film competition. Paul Emmanuel's 3SAI: A Rite of Passage was screened as part of the Africa in Motion Film Festival, held 22 October - 1 November 2009, at the UK African Film Festival, which takes place at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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'Worms infesting PCs worldwide'

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0200

A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms, malicious software that steals control or data.
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Sappi to close Usutu Pulp Mill in Swaziland

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:01:00 +0200

Global pulp and paper group Sappi on Friday announced its intention to close its Usutu Pulp Mill and restructuring of forestry business in Swaziland in response to market conditions and forest fire damage.
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