Engen Petroleum Limited, one of South Africa's leading refined petroleum products company, will acquire Shell Petroleum Company Limited's downstream business interests in Lesotho and Zimbabwe, in terms of sale and purchase agreements signed in July 2008. 11 Jul 2008
Media24's Afrikaans tow- and camping magazine is now being published every two months. WegSleep, which started out as a supplement to Weg, became an independent quarterly magazine for the first time in January 2007. 11 Jul 2008
The government of Malawi, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have signed an agreement to support the development of the micro-finance sector in Malawi under a project known as Financial Inclusion in Malawi(FIMA). 10 Jul 2008
The first annual Kenya Trade Fair and Conference will take place 19 - 21 September 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. The initiative aims to create an ongoing platform and environment to build business linkages between South Africa and Kenya through expanded trade and business development opportunities for both countries. 10 Jul 2008
After two short runs of one month each in 2005 and 2006, Soweto Community TV finally went on air for a year in July 2007 to viewers in the South Western townships. But despite the success, the station's future is uncertain, as Soweto TV's broadcasting licence expired on 30 June 2008. 10 Jul 2008
Ethiopia has passed a new media law that bans censorship of private media and the detention of journalists, but which critics say maintains other threats to free expression. 10 Jul 2008
The Military Prosecutor General decided to release journalist and writer Abd Al Khaliq Farouq on 8 July after two and a half hours of questioning. However, Farouq was instructed to not address any issues related to the military without permission from the concerned bodies. 10 Jul 2008
Calling all Southern African journalists and media organisations. The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) with the Southern Africa Trust is inviting nominations for its 2008 Press Freedom Award. The deadline for entries is 12 August 2008. 10 Jul 2008
In the recent 2008 New York Festivals, The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg) scooped four Gold medals, a Silver and two Bronzes. New York Festivals, now in its 51st year, is an International Awards Group (IAG) company, recognising the world's best work in advertising and programming. 10 Jul 2008
CLEVELAND, US: The 2008 Tabbie Awards resulted were announced earlier this week, featuring more than 700 entries, with nominations coming from the US, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Ireland, Lebanon, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and the UAE. 10 Jul 2008
LONDON: Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) is growing rapidly and has the potential to be a multi-billion dollar market, taking advantage of the trend towards single process deals in human resources outsourcing. This is according to the latest report by independent market analysis firm Datamonitor. 10 Jul 2008
So what makes a truly brilliant experiential campaign? Peter Bidenko, creative director of Tequila in Australia and Loeries Experiential Judging Panel chair, and Nici Stathacopoulos, managing partner of proximity#ttp and assisting Experiential chair, took some time of their frantic Loeries judging schedule last week to discuss this. 10 Jul 2008
Newspapers have until 31 July 2008 to send in an entry for this year's World Young Reader prize. Now in its 11th year, the competition rewards great new initiatives for attracting young readers to newspapers. 10 Jul 2008
The SAB Environmental Journalists of the Year Awards, now in its 20th year, is calling for registrations. Each of the three awards carries a cash prize of R15 000 and a trophy. 10 Jul 2008
MUMBA, INDIAI: Indian telecom company OnMobile recently launched Ad RingBack Tones (AdRBT), or audio ads, which target individual subscribers with custom-made ads. A special feature of AdRBT is the fact that ads have the ‘undivided attention' of the consumer, while waiting for the other party to answer the call. 10 Jul 2008
The Advertising Media Association of South Africa (AMASA) invites media, marketing and advertising players to attend this year's annual workshop, entitled 'Consumer Connections Boot Camp' to be held at Little Switzerland, Drakensberg from 21-24 August. 9 Jul 2008
The Zimbabwe Advertising Media Association (ADMA) has abandoned its 30-day payment system for new payment terms for newspaper advertisements as inflation continues to escalate in the crisis-torn economy. A statement issued by the ADMA chairman, Pilate Machadu, said a meeting of the ADMA executive committee held on July 1, 2008 had unanimously agreed to reduce the payment period. 9 Jul 2008
A new initiative to develop Africa's tourism and travel sector was launched the week. For the first time in Africa, E-Tourism conferences will be held across the continent to assist Africa's tourism sector to better understand the internet and the range of online marketing opportunities now available, especially in the lead up to the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. 9 Jul 2008
Kick Off Online has launched an all new Kick Off East Africa website, Kickoffeastafrica.com, which will service mainly Kenyan, Ugandan, Rwandan and Tanzanian football. The new website joins the trio of Kick Off South Africa, Kick Off Nigeria and Kick Off Ghana on the magazine's portfolio. 9 Jul 2008
A rough guide to why food prices keep going up. 9 Jul 2008
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