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Zim hotels lure locals to make up for low international traffic

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:35:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's hotel groups have embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign to woo locals into their hotels and lodges, as international concern on the country's crisis remains a major threat to international tourist arrivals. Read full story... | Send to a friend

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

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

Seychelles tourism campaign gets a boost

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:28:00 +0200

CNN will deliver the Seychelles Tourism Board's first pan-European advertising campaign to an international audience, promoting the group of islands as a leading holiday destination. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Cricket Australia tries to corner image market

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:42:00 +0200

Cricket Australia (CA), the governing body of one of Australia's favourite sports, is trying to force all photographers and agencies to sign a new contract before they enter the cricket grounds. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Bank takes 140 African traders to Hong Kong

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:01:00 +0200

Standard Charted Bank PLC is sponsoring 140 small and medium enterprise African traders to attend the 2007 World SME Expo in Hong Kong, as part of its new annual SME Trade Corridors' initiative. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mobile service providers bag marketing awards

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:09:00 +0200

The big boys of Kenya's mobile telephone industry scooped six of 15 marketing awards during this year's Marketing Society of Kenya (MSK) Warrior Awards gala. The event was held at the Kenya International Conference Centre grounds on Friday, 30 November. Read full story... | Send to a friend

African nations agree to $1 billion Indian satellite project

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:04:00 +0200

A critical mass of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest $1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region's information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Future techniques in online marketing

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:49:00 +0200

Senior Editor in Charge of Adotas, Sarah Novotny summarizes key future trends in Online advertising as predicted by Dilip DaSilva, Exponential's founder and CEO. Excerpting from the summary, Novotny says there are six key trends identified in this release. 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