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Namibia Tourism to launch mobi-site

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:06:00 +0200

Namibia Tourism is launching a mobile website with an introduction to Namibia and all its tourist attractions. Prospective travellers to Namibia and keen mobi-site "surfers" can view the weather, attractions of the country, travelling tips and requirements to travel there.
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Zim: Internet survives fall in media demand

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:18:00 +0200

The internet survived a slump in patronage or visibility that affected all the other media in Zimbabwe from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008, the Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services (ZAMPS) survey has revealed.
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Madagascar: The keyboard could be mightier than the gun

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:54:00 +0200

ANTANANARIVO: "Do people outside care what is really happening here in Madagascar?" asked 'Tahina, sitting in a café while security forces fired shots into the air to clear gangs of looters from the streets of the capital, Antananarivo.
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eMarketing textbook finds its way to Kenya!

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:13:00 +0200

Tourism and online marketing have always been a likely couple. With the 2010 Soccer World Cup happening in South Africa, the need for local tourism agencies and service providers to catch up with eMarketing trends has increased evermore.
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Global internet innovators at Africa's first international E-Tourism conference

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:46:00 +0200

Johannesburg: World leading online experts will be speaking at Africa's first international e-tourism conference next month, giving presentations at the two-day conference from 1-2 September, on how Southern Africa's tourism sector can harness the potential of the web, especially in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Are you an email addict?

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:41:00 +0200

According to AOL Mail's fourth annual Email Addiction Survey, 46% of email users said they're hooked on email (up from just 15% last year) and 51% check their email four or more times a day. One in five said they check their email more than 10 times a day and some even, for crying out loud, check their emails while in church. Granted, the survey is an American one, but are African's so different? Are you an email addict?
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Zimbabweans use blogs, text messages for info

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:05:00 +0200

Posted on the "This is Zimbabwe" blog, they show charred, lacerated limbs and blank eyes staring out from the face of the official, Gift Mutsvungunu, frozen in a death grimace. A note accompanying the pictures says the picture quality is bad because the photographer was shaking with fear.
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SABC crisis reaches boiling point

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:17:00 +0200

From ‘Mighty SABC' to ‘Mickey Mouse SABC', South Africa's public broadcaster has become a laughing stock, and its reputation and credibility dented by a succession of dodgy suspensions, intense infighting, political manipulations and rebellion. As CEO Dali Mpofu's career in Auckland Park seems to have come to an abrupt and sad end, more than 100 managers are now calling on President Thabo Mbeki to intervene to protect the institution against what many call a ‘hit-and-run' and ‘soulless' board.
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Launch of MediaClubSouthAfrica.com

Wed, 21 May 2008 10:49:00 +0200

The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa, custodian of Brand South Africa, today, Wednesday, 21 May 2008, launched MediaClubSouthAfrica.com, a web-based media service for all who want to track the country's progress and achievements in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and beyond. The launch took place at the International Media Forum South Africa (IMFSA) which opened in Bryanston today.
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Hackers target Herald website

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:07:00 +0200

The website of Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper was hacked over the weekend - an apparent backlash by Zimbabweans who have been openly plotting to “jam Zanu PF communications” on internet chatrooms.
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