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AFCON 2012: Samsung launch interactive, online events

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:25:00 +0200

Samsung Electronics, the long-time supporter of African football, is rallying fans across the continent to show their passion for the game by launching a series of interactive live and online events for fans to gather and share the excitement of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2012, taking place in Gabon-Equatorial Guinea.
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Ghana: MTN renews Ericsson as managed services partner

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:36:00 +0200

MTN, the telecommunications company with a presence in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, have announced the extension of its managed services agreement with Ericsson for operation in Ghana.
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Howzit MSN expands into Africa

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:10:00 +0200

Howzit MSN, a web portal in South Africa has expanded its reach into the rest of the continent with the launch of a dedicated channel for Africa. This move is in response to the growing demand of internet users for locally relevant content and from advertisers for advertising inventory that reaches a pan-African market.
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Airtel Money re-launches in Ghana

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:36:00 +0200

Airtel Ghana, last week, re-launched its mobile money platform, under a new brand name Airtel Money, which has been positioned to provide customers with an efficient alternative to cash transactions and provide millions of Ghanaians with access to banking services for the first time.
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Ghanaian journo nominated for intl prize

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:48:00 +0200

Nominees for the 2011 Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism have been announced by the European Commission (EC). Ghanaian journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, an investigative journalist at the privately owned, Crusading Guide, is among the list of nominees released by the EC.
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MTN-TransferTo partnership well underway

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:15:00 +0200

TransferTo and the MTN Group last week announced that the implementation of their International Airtime Transfer (IAT) partnership in MTN operating companies is well underway.
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Pixel Foundry to launch Pixel Africa

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:04:00 +0200

Pixel Foundry, a photographic services agency based in South Africa, has announced that it will be expanding operations in Africa, with new divisions across Nigeria, DRC and other growing markets throughout the sub-Saharan region.
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AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0200

Bizcommunity.com has suspended the article 'AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive' by Walter Wafula, published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, pending an investigation in the correctness of the facts. We regret any confusion caused.
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[Highway Africa 2011] Making the media work with the civil society

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:37:00 +0200

A meeting of senior media gurus from five African countries, took place on Saturday 17 September 2011 at the Highway Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, agreed to disagree on whether the media needs to be bed fellows with civil society to achieve either parts' objectives or not.
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Swedish firm exits Africa pay TV market

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:34:00 +0200

Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB), a Swedish digital terrestrial pay TV operator has sold its ownership in its lcoal subsidiary to Digital Broadcasting Uganda, to pursue other markets.
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