AFRICANew magazine to bridge sports gap in Uganda
[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

AFRICAJournalists important to Africa's digital revolution
[Proffesor Ndawonde] Grahamstown: Journalists should be at the frontline in advancing the digital revolution in Africa, Deputy Minister of Communications, Radhakrishna Roy Padayachie said on Monday, 8 September 2008. 9 Sep 2008 13:59

AFRICA‘Good old' Grahamstown welcomes Highway Africa 2008
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] It's Highway Africa time again and the little, old, and serene town of Grahamstown, 131km from Port-Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, has been ‘invaded' by more than 700 media practitioners from more than 40 African countries and other parts of the world, meeting here to discuss the burning issue of citizen journalism in today's fast-changing media environment. The conference opened today, Monday, 8 September 2008, at Rhodes University and will end on Wednesday. 8 Sep 2008 11:02

AFRICAEnterprise magazine moves into SADC
The African Renaissance programme has received a boost with the launch into the SADC region of the monthly black business publication, Enterprise magazine. 1 Sep 2008 10:14

AFRICAAfrican Vibes magazine to launch digital edition
African Vibes Communications Inc will be launching the digital edition of its flagship publication, African Vibes magazine, with a free special digital issue of the magazine. 30 Jul 2008 09:57

AFRICARugoho-Chin'ono, CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2008
Hopewell Rugoh-Chin'ono, from Zimbabwe, has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2008 Awards ceremony. 21 Jul 2008 10:12

AFRICAIs wild Africa disappearing?
With features devoted to animal icons, rainforests and oceans, the August 2008 issue of Africa Geographic measures Africa's conservation successes, failures and challenges. 18 Jul 2008 15:15

AFRICADiageo Africa Business Reporting Awards winners
LONDON: The winners of the 2008 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards were announced last night, Thursday, 3 July 2008, at a gala ceremony in London. Now in its fifth year, the awards honour business journalism focusing on Africa, thus attracting contestants from around the globe. 4 Jul 2008 10:53

AFRICALaunch of MediaClubSouthAfrica.com
The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa, custodian of Brand South Africa, today, Wednesday, 21 May 2008, launched MediaClubSouthAfrica.com, a web-based media service for all who want to track the country's progress and achievements in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup and beyond. The launch took place at the International Media Forum South Africa (IMFSA) which opened in Bryanston today. 21 May 2008 10:49

AFRICASA newspapers face distribution veto in Zim
[Dumisani Ndlela] The distribution of South African and other international newspapers could be banned or restricted under measures meant to limit their import into Zimbabwe. 16 May 2008 07:07

AFRICAGovernment bans issue of French weekly
The Algerian government banned the distribution of the 4 May 2008 issue of the Paris-based news weekly Jeune Afrique, which has an article on the local region of Kabylie. 12 May 2008 14:21

AFRICAGovt seizes Ethiopian magazine, imprisons publisher
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

AFRICAAfrica magazine group still growing in circulation
IC Publications 2007 ABC audit shows a rise of 8.6% for the fourth consecutive year. 2 Apr 2008 12:49