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Africa: Media leaders to meet at AMLC 2010
JOHANNESBURG: African media executives are preparing to meet in Tanzania from 26-29 September for the 2010 Africa Media Leadership Conference (AMLC). This year's summit plans to focus on identifying and developing 'Sustainable media business models in the digital age'.
Zim: Adma aims to stem decline in standards
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Advertising Media Association (Adma) is to hold an advertising seminar in the country amid growing concerns over a slump in standards that has resulted in the violation of advertising ethics.
Kenya: Safaricom signs 4G technology deal

[Carole Kimutai] Safaricom and Huawei Technologies have signed a three year strategic partnership that will see Safaricom use Huawei as its vendor of choice for the supply of its core network requirements, and roll out of the 4G network, at a cost of KSh12 billion. 1 Sep 2010 09:51


African finalists in Loeries 2010

DDB Mozambique and Kenya's Scanad are finalists in the 2010 Loerie Awards. All the finalists were revealed late last week and are available on the Loeries website. 30 Aug 2010 12:37




CPJ Blog: A lesson for South African media: Look to Kenya

[Tom Rhodes] The chorus of voices opposing the South African government's proposed Protection of Information Bill and state-backed ombudsman continue to grow. South Africa's Business Day estimates the press produces three articles per day opposing what many journalists see as an attempt by the ruling party to muzzle investigative reporting. 24 Aug 2010 08:31


Mobile money transfer takes root in Kenya

[Carole Kimutai] Three years after Kenya's Safaricom launched its mobile money transfer service, MPesa, the company now has more than 11-million customers with money transfer worth KSh525-billion as of July 2010. The number of MPesa agents countrywide has risen to 19 502. 16 Aug 2010 10:52


Kenya's mobile money innovation boom

[Erik Hersman] Kenya is quickly gaining a competitive advantage in the mobile payments space. Led by mobile operator giant Safaricom with their Mpesa product, the market locally sees huge value in mobile money transactions. Add to that a regulatory system that is relaxed enough for innovation to be encouraged, and you have a great space for interesting things to happen. 10 Aug 2010 07:31


Best of South Africa 2011 - bringing SA's best brands together

The Best of series publishing concept is a home-grown South African success story which now covers the globe, with these B2B coffee table books currently being published in over 45 countries from Australia to Chile, Kenya to Britain, Belgium to Egypt ... and beyond. 6 Aug 2010 06:43


Media influences Kenya's referendum poll

[Carole Kimutai] With just hours before Kenya's constitution referendum to be held on 4 August 2010, research has cited the media as the main source of information about the contents of the proposed constitution. 4 Aug 2010 09:49


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