the Research community of East Africa

Press harassment hinders Niger's development, watchdogs warn

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:32:00 +0200

Press freedom groups agree that an increase in arrests, intimidation and harassment of journalists in Niger is impeding development in one of the poorest countries in the world. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Data breaches more expensive every year

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:10:00 +0200

When an organization loses a customer's, employee's or citizen's personal information, the fallout burns everyone involved. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwe can't calculate inflation

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:48:00 +0200

Zimbabwe is so short on consumer goods, the government can't even calculate inflation, the chief statistician said on Tuesday. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Journalists consistent in their online use and preferences

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:04:00 +0200

According to the Arketi Group 2007 Web Watch Survey, 84% of journalists say they would use, or already have used blogs as a primary or secondary source for articles. Read full story... | Send to a friend

PAMRO documents Africa's varied media landscape

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:31:00 +0200

The country reports from the members of the Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) shed some light on media in Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Bizcommunity.com launches expanded retail offering

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:32:00 +0200

Bizcommunity.com has entered into a strategic partnership with ActivRetail, online resource hub to the fast moving grocery industry, to boost the offering of its online FMCG retail news and product information daily news service launched to the industry in Africa in July this year. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Demand for business intelligence technology set to soar

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:23:00 +0200

Knowledge is power, and as businesses come to realise the value of business intelligence (BI) and seek to grow the amount and scope of the information they require, so the BI technology market will be driven by commoditization and ubiquity of digital data. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Have you asked your pharmacist?

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:54:00 +0200

This article refers specifically to some do's and don'ts when working with the South African pharmaceutical industry, but there are many aspects of it that can be applied to other industries as well, throughout Africa. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Ugandan science and technology researchers to get $2.2 million

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:42:00 +0200

Institutional research teams have an opportunity to be in line for at least $2.2 million (over Ushs3.8 billion) in grants, for writing excellent scientific and technological research proposals that can help Uganda achieve a science and technology-led growth, instead of agriculture. Read full story... | Send to a friend

PAMRO's lakeside conference looks to the future

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:01:00 +0200

The recent PAMRO 2007 conference held on the shores of Lake Malawi achieved a number of successes, not least of which – thanks to a great deal of input from delegates – was a critical look back at nine years of achievement. The opportunity was also taken to pinpoint a number of challenges for the organisation in the future. Read full story... | Send to a friend