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Leading-edge news publishers join World Newspaper Congress programme. 11 Mar 2010 15:55
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The great mistake of today's business environment is to believe that digital can fulfil the role of marketing. It will not, Miles Young, global CEO of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, said yesterday, Tursday, 9 March 2010, in Johannesburg. 10 Mar 2010 11:09
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[Issa Sikiti da Silva] The great mistake of today's business environment is to believe that digital can fulfil the role of marketing. It will not, Miles Young, global CEO of Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, said yesterday, Tursday, 9 March 2010, in Johannesburg. 10 Mar 2010 11:09
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The 2010 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards have added sector-specific categories to reflect the important role that various industries play in economic development. Entries are free and can be on any platform - online, print, broadcast. The closing date for entries is 26 March 2010, with the awards ceremony being held on 1 July 2010 in Central London. 27 Jan 2010 12:57
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Isha Sesay, who hosts Inside Africa, CNN International's weekly look at political, economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa, will co-host the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, to be held in Kampala Uganda on 29 May 2010. 13 Jan 2010 08:26
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[Carole Kimutai] East African Magazines (EAM) announced early last week the suspension of Adam and Twende. Adam is slightly over two years in the market and was targeted at the male readership while Twende was a travel magazine. 25 Nov 2009 12:10
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[Walter Wafula] After selling his works to other publications for 14 years at an “unfair value”, Natty Dread Barbara is moving into selling and marketing his works through his own publication he has named Top Events. 7 Aug 2009 13:39
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[Walter Wafula] Sports Replay, a new home-grown glossy magazine has hit Kampala's streets, designed with diverse content for Ugandan sports fans. The publication was launched this September and is retailing at UGX2,000, ($1,2) in Uganda, the lowest price of a magazine of its quality on the market. 16 Sep 2008 13:57
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In a move that is widely believed to have been deliberately chosen to coincide with World Press Freedom Day, the Ethiopian government struck against the private press on 3 May 2008. Ten thousand copies of a non-political monthly magazine, Enku, have been impounded by police and the publisher and deputy editor of the magazine, Alemayehu Mahtemework, imprisoned. 6 May 2008 16:44
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Africa Interactive works together with local media talent in Ghana to put the Nike5showdown tournament in the picture. 29 Jan 2008 09:54
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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. 16 Jan 2008 07:32
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[Dumisani Ndlela] 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. 11 Jan 2008 07:04
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An attempt by an Egyptian judge to ban 51 websites to which he takes exception suffered a setback recently when a court ruled against him. 3 Jan 2008 09:46