The Marketing & Media community of Africa

2010 mobile advertising boom in SA, Africa?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:00 +0200

<>There is a clear indication that the South African mobile advertising sector is headed towards a massive boom as the 2010 FIFA World Cup draws near - thanks to the phenomenal growth of the continent's cellphone market and soccer passion.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

Africana range available on website

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:48:00 +0200

<>A wide selection of Africana is among the nearly 200 books offered by the AuctionExplorer online book auction which started mid last week. Books include tomes on the history of the Cornish miners on the Witwatersrand at the turn of the 20th century, and on the Viedge family, who for generations were traders in the Transkei, as well as books by Denys Reitz and Percy Fitzpatrick.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

No new bids for African assets: Zain

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:35:00 +0200

<>KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's telecom giant Zain group denied reports that it has received new offers for the purchase of its operations in 15 African nations.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

Calling community heroes

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:10:00 +0200

<>The 2010 Jet Community Awards, which have opened for entries, will recognise community projects and grass roots organisations in four categories. With more than R1m in prize money, the competition is open to entries from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland, with the proviso that winners are obliged to reinvest their winnings into their community building initiatives.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

africapractice to manage Google PR in Africa

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:03:00 +0200

<>JOHANNEBSURG: Google has appointed africapractice, a pan-African strategic communications consultancy, to manage its PR campaigns in the sub-Saharan countries of Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and South Africa.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

Oasys signs agreement with ZITF

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:05:00 +0200

<>The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is hosted in Bulawayo and draws about 100 000 visitors over three days. Brian and Kevin Kennedy, respectively chief executive and managing director for Oasys Innovations signed a joint agreement with Daniel Chigaru, ZITF general manager, naming Oasys as the preferred infrastructure provider for the fair.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwe's sole newsprint plant remains closed

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:51:00 +0200

<>Zimbabwe's sole newsprint producer, Mutare Board and Paper Mills (MBPM) will remain inactive due to the low prices of paper, forcing newspaper publishers to import from South Africa.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

2010 World Newspaper Congress speakers announced

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:15:00 +0200

<>Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri will open the World Newspaper Congress, World Editors Forum and Info Services Expo 2010, to be held in Beirut, Lebanon, 7 - 10 June 2010. The congress is themed "In search of the new business model," while the theme of the forum is, "The new information ecosystem: Link, share, cooperate or die."
Read full story... | Send to a friend

JUMA decries withdrawal of state advertising

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:52:00 +0200

The Journalists Union of Malawi (JUMA) has decried the Malawian government's decision to withdraw state advertising from certain media institutions in Malawi. In a letter addressed to the Information and Civic Education Minister Leckford Thotho, JUMA president Levi Zeleza Manda has appealed for government to rescind the advertisement ban in some private media institutions.
Read full story... | Send to a friend

Emerging markets at the fore - BMI report

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:35:00 +0200

<>According to a newly released report, Emerging Markets Take Centre Stage: A Dramatic Shift in Purchasing Power, from country risk specialists Business Monitor International (BMI), the next decade will see a dramatic rise in the spending power of the emerging markets (EM) consumer.
Read full story... | Send to a friend