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UCT GSB's Foster-Pedley joins Namibia Business Innovation Project

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:54:00 +0200

Jon Foster-Pedley, senior lecturer in strategy at the UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), has been appointed creativity and innovation advisor to the Namibia Business Innovation Centre Project, a new initiative combining a science park, technology park and business incubator. Read full story... | Send to a friend

African footprint at 29th Durban International Film Festival

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:58:00 +0200

Cinema in all its diversity will once again be celebrated at the 29th Durban International Film Festival which runs from 23 July to 3 August with an expressive concentration of 71 South African films, and a further 38 films from the African continent. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Tanzanian band takes on Europe

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:07:00 +0200

The Ngoma Africa band, a Tanzanian band based in Germany has released a new single CD Apache Wacha Pombe, which means, “Apache stop over drinking alcohol”. And by all accounts, it's a hit in Europe! Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nigeria's FBI focuses on winning award

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:05:00 +0200

A Nigerian-based RnB artist, whose debut music video is on most music program's top charts across Nigeria, has been nominated for a top music award in Toronto, Canada. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Precious survivor of apartheid era for feature film

Mon, 26 May 2008 12:38:00 +0200

'Precious', a feature film based on the extraordinary life story of South African-born coloured Olympian Precious McKenzie MBE, is scheduled to begin shooting on location in South Africa later this year. Read full story... | Send to a friend

ACP launches film production support programme

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:00:00 +0200

The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) presents the ACP-EU Support Programme for the ACP Cinema and Audiovisual Sector. The Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and the European Union have designed a new support programme for the ACP audiovisual sector, ACP Films (ie. cinema and television). ACP Films is managed by the ACP Secretariat and financed by the 9th European Development Fund (EDF). Read full story... | Send to a friend

Malawi's Central Bank has to compensate girls for photographs

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:15:00 +0200

The Reserve Bank of Malawi has been ordered by the Malawi's office of the Ombudsman to compensate three girls for using their photographs on a K10 banknote in 1997 without seeking their consent. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Telling it like it is

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:06:00 +0200

Fleishman-Hillard, a leading global PR firm, recently announced its strategic partnership with Tell-Em Public Relations, one of East Africa's leading PR agencies. Carole Kimutai finds out more about the new alliance from Elizabeth Cook, Tell-Em's Public Relations General Manager. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Glitz and glamour in Togo

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:55:00 +0200

The football fraternity and the people of Lomé, capital of Togo, West Africa, won't forget the night of Friday 1st of February 2008. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Commercial over-fishing threatens coastal livelihoods in Mozambique

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:06:00 +0200

Artisanal fishing provides a critical source of food and income to thousands of Mozambicans, but the ever-increasing local and international demand for fish, combined with rapidly depleting stocks, is putting increasing strain on this way of life. Read full story... | Send to a friend