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Zim advertising awards go ahead despite lack of new campaigns

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:04:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's Advertising Publicity Club is organising its annual competition for the advertising industry, despite a dearth of new campaigns due to an economic crisis that has stunted growth and limited new advertising campaigns in a once vibrant sector. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Global banking software company lands multimillion dollar deal

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:38:00 +0200

Temenos AG of Switzerland has signed a US$4.62 million (KSh 323.4 million) agreement with Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA) for the installation of a new core banking system. CBA has been using the iFlex product, Microbanker as its core banking system since 1995. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Internet displaces radio as fourth biggest ad medium

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:04:00 +0200

In the US, Internet ad revenues are set to pass radio's for the first time, according to eMarketer, a firm that tracks and analyzes spending trends across various media. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nigeria launches DVB-H mobile TV

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:55:00 +0200

Nigeria has beaten South Africa in the roll-out of the DVB-H mobile TV... Details Nigeria, MultiChoice Africa's local business partner in Nigeria, has launched Africa's first commercial mobile broadcast TV service in the city of Abuja. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zapped! Lightning strike sparks iPod safety debate

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:51:00 +0200

A Canadian jogger happened to be carrying an iPod at the wrong place at the wrong time. Read full story... | Send to a friend

World's 'lightest' notebook PC on the way

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:59:00 +0200

Toshiba Computer Systems Division has announced the launch of a new notebook PC with optical disc drive - the ultra slim Portege R500. The company claims the new product, which weighs in at 779 grams, is the world's lightest. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Rwanda's knowledge revolution

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:45:00 +0200

There was again, the same look - a combination of concern and disbelief — when I told a colleague that I'd been working in Rwanda. After all, what do we in the outside world know about Rwanda? A small country with a history of unspeakable violence and ethnic division, perhaps, but a place of opportunity? A leader of Africa's march into the 21st century? Rwanda? Read full story... | Send to a friend

Addressing Africa's 'Missing Link'

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:05:00 +0200

Making an international phone call or connecting to high-speed internet is beyond the reach of the average citizen of East and Southern African countries* in part because the region is not connected to the global optical fiber broadband infrastructure. The ‘missing link’ explains why the region accounts for less than one percent of the world’s international bandwidth capacity. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar secure funds for hi-speed internet

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:56:00 +0200

Kenya, Burundi and Madagascar have secured a $164.5 million (approx R1.17 billion) loan from the World Bank to help roll-out high-speed internet networks. Read full story... | Send to a friend