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Pierre Odendaal selected for African Cristal Festival jury

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:45:00 +0200

Pierre Odendaal, chief creative officer at McCann Johannesburg, South Africa, has been selected to adjudicate the African Cristal Festival. The event takes place from 11-14 April 2013 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and is the first ever Pan-African summit for communication and media.
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Search for bravest women journalists

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:33:00 +0200

WASHINGTON, US: The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is seeking nominations for its 2013 Courage in Journalism Awards and Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Microsoft launches the 4Afrika Initiative

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:40:00 +0200

Microsoft Corporation on Tuesday, 5 February 2013, introduced the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, a new effort through which the company will actively engage in Africa's economic development to improve its global competitiveness.
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African News Innovation Challenge winners announced

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:12:00 +0200

20 digital journalism projects have earned US$1 million in funding and technical support as part of the African News Innovation Challenge (ANIC).
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West Africa Cable System officially launched

Fri, 11 May 2012 11:48:00 +0200

West Africa Cable System (WACS), the fibre optic cable set to meet demand for fast, efficient broadband in Africa, which links Southern and Western Africa to Europe, commercially launched today in Cape Town, South Africa.
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MTN launches 3G services in Cote d'Ivoire, Benin

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:25:00 +0200

MTN subscribers in Cote d'Ivoire and Benin will soon take off at full throttle as 3G licences were awarded to MTN in both countries recently.
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MTN boosts African Opera Mini users

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:52:00 +0200

A special version of the Opera Mini mobile web browser, launched by MTN and Opera Software last year to MTN's subscribers, has been met with great enthusiasm by MTN customers across the 15 markets where it's available. In just twelve months, MTN subscribers have increased their use of Opera Mini by 1665%.
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Social media, popular revolt: cure against African dictators?

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:14:00 +0200

The events and developments of the past six months in Africa have demonstrated that the rise of social media has not only revolutionised the business environment, but also redefined the political scene by shaking the foundation of dictatorship, lack of service delivery and corruption for the first time since the dawn of independences.
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African people disillusioned with leadership - Moeletsi Mbeki

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:56:00 +0200

"African people - like me - are completely disillusioned with the performance of their leaders because of what they have done and what they are doing, and for me these people should not be called leaders, but rather the elite," Moeletsi Mbeki, brother of former South African president Thabo Mbeki and chairman of the SA Institute of International Affairs, said, speaking at the CNN-MultiChoice media forum currently taking place in Bryanston, Johannesburg, today, Friday, 24 June 2011.
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Press freedom celebrations tempered with concerns

Wed, 04 May 2011 09:13:00 +0200

Yesterday, Tuesday, 3 May 2011, was the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, begun in Namibia as the Declaration of Windhoek, a statement of principles calling for a free, independent and pluralistic media throughout the world. Celebrations around the world were tempered with concerns about the erosion of press freedom and in South Africa, the SA National Editors' Forum (SANEF) called on Government to review its proposed legislations that has seen SA downgrade from 'free press' to 'partly free'.
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