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Kenya: Publisher suspends two magazine titles

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:10:00 +0200

East African Magazines (EAM) announced early last week the suspension of Adam and Twende. Adam is slightly over two years in the market and was targeted at the male readership while Twende was a travel magazine.
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Kenyan journalist nominated for climate change award

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:02:00 +0200

Kenyan journalist Steve Mbogo from the Business Daily newspaper has been nominated as one of the 15 winners of various categories of the Earth Journalism Awards that rewards excellence in climate change reporting.
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Tanzania: Police summon journalist for interrogation

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:03:00 +0200

DAR ES SALAAM: Police in the Singida region in Tanzania summoned and interrogated freelance journalist Jumbe Ismailly on 19 November 2009, from 11am to 1.09pm on allegations of defaming the regional commissioner Parseko Kone. He was released and told that he would be called again as part of an ongoing investigation against him.
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Kenyan satirist ruffles politicians' feathers

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:37:00 +0200

NEWSWATCH: Kenyan satirist, Godfrey "Gado" Mwampembwa, is causing major waves amongst politicians in the East African country with his creation, The XYZ Show, according to Mail & Guardian Online.
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Radio summit for programme and station managers in Africa

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:19:00 +0200

Dear Fellow Broadcasters

There are expressions that say "iron sharpens iron", and that it takes a "diamond to polish a diamond". We also believe that in the field of broadcasting excellence breeds excellence.
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MTN Uganda pursues data expansion

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0200

Data is expected to be the next revenue generator for MTN Uganda as ARPU (average revenue per user) slows down due to declining consumer spend triggered by the global economic downturn, says Themba Khumalo, MTN Uganda CEO.
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IFJ condemns attacks against media in Somalia

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:32:00 +0200

MOGADISHU: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the upsurge of attacks against journalists and news media organisations in Somalia.
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Kenya: Residential broadband service boosts company sales

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:02:00 +0200

AccessKenya Group, Kenya's first publicly-listed ICT company has announced that it has achieved its year-end customer target numbers nearly two months ahead of schedule. It has 3000 customers now signed up to its residential broadband service, Access@Home, and over 3100 customers contracted for its corporate broadband service, Broadband Max.
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FIFA World Cup trophy arrives in Kenya

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:42:00 +0200

NAIROBI: The Coca-Cola and FIFA World Cup Trophy has arrived in Kenya, where it was received by President Mwai Kibaki in the capital, Nairobi.
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Somali livestock sales boosted

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:06:00 +0200

Sales of Somali livestock have seen a sudden increase over the past few days since Saudi Arabia lifted a nine-year ban on imports of the kind from Somalia last week.
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