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COMMUNICATIONS-NIGERIA: Investors Shy Away From Telecoms Sector
Nigeria's telecommunications sector is one of the least developed in Africa and according to key players in the sector, inconsistent policies and poor incentives from the government have kept investors away.MEDIA: Kenya Puts A Spanner in Plans For Regional TV and Radio
In a surprise move, the Kenyan government cancelled a radio and television licence issued to the East Africa Television Network (EATN), just two days after the network had announced plans to go on air later this year.MEDIA-EAST AFRICA: Regional TV and Radio Venture Planned
By the second half of this year, more than 80 million listeners and viewers in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will be the target audience for the first regional venture in radio and television broadcasts.COMMUNICATIONS-GHANA: Bringing the Internet Closer to the People
The average Ghanaian does not have a computer, but they will soon have access to the information superhighway thanks to the new initiatives by several Internet Service Providers to bring information to the people.MEDIA-ETHIOPIA: Begins to Shut the Door on Foreign Journalists
Foreign journalists based in Kenya Friday sent a letter of protest to the Ethiopian government against new guidelines which, they say, will make it harder for them to cover the country.KENYA-MEDIA: Public Media Shuts Out Public Opposition Voices
The Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), which is publicly owned, appears to have adopted a deliberate policy of marginalising the voice of opposition political leaders during the run-up to elections, a leading human rights group here says.SOUTHERN AFRICA-MEDIA: Paying Lip Service to Press Freedom
Six years ago, the member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) signed a declaration in the Namibian capital of Windhoek committing themselves to "promoting an independent and pluralistic African press".SOUTHERN AFRICA-MEDIA: Surviving in an Unfriendly Market
Armed only with a borrowed computer, some stationery and 800 Rands (about 174 U.S. dollars), Lawrence Keketso and seven others started a weekly newspaper four years ago.SOUTH AFRICA-MEDIA: A Thin Line Between the Private and the Public
A report by a local newspaper that the late communist party leader Chris Hani had an extra-marital stint the night before his death has re-ignited the debate on whether the media in a new South Africa should focus on leaders' private lives.SOUTH AFRICA-MEDIA: Press Upheld Apartheid Policies
In the early 1980s, when journalist Jon Qwelane received a call about a Black man who had stabbed his wife to death, hanged himself and left seven destitute orphans, his news editor told him to leave the story.ZIMBABWE-MEDIA: Opening of the Airwaves Still Seems Far Away
Despite rapid technological advances and government's shedding of its control in other sectors, broadcasting and telecommunications remain giant monopolies in Zimbabwe.ZIMBABWE-MEDIA: Women in the Ghetto, Again? //REPEATING//
Almost two years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Zimbabwe's media has reverted back to the 'women's page' in newspapers and magazines as its answer to bringing women's voices and concerns into the media.ZIMBABWE-MEDIA: Women in the Ghetto, Again?
Almost two years after the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Zimbabwe's media has reverted back to the 'women's page' in newspapers and magazines as its answer to bringing women's voices and concerns into the media.ZIMBABWE-MEDIA: No Joy Yet From Joy TV
It has been two weeks since JOY TV made its debut by buying a huge slot of air time on the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation's (ZBC) second channel, but some viewers are yet to be delighted by the new station.SOUTH AFRICA: Community Radio Struggles for an Identity
For almost all their lives the vast majority of the people in this sprawling, formerly blacks- only settlement have never had a say in the content or format of what they hear on their radios.NIGERIA: Government Seeks to Tighten its Grip on the Press
A constitutional proposal to establish a Media Commission has provoked widespread protest from editors and journalists who seek more professional freedom.AFRICA-TELEMATICS: From Oral Tradition to Screens and Keyboards
May 14 -- Africa is striving towards full membership of the Global Information Society (GIS), but experts are debating whether the world's poorest continent is ready for the information explosion.NIGERIA-MEDIA: Monitored Every Step Of The Way
Nigerian journalists can be arrested and detained at the drop of a hat, and the government even monitors their movements when they travel abroad.SOUTH AFRICA-TELEMATICS: In the Fast Lane of Chip-Card Technology
The world's first multi-functional chip-card was unveiled Wednesday in South Africa where bankers hope it will help curb rampant white-collar crime and put the country at the cutting edge of the telematics revolution.AFRICA-MEDIA: Continent Battles to Communicate with Itself
Picture this scenario: somewhere in Southern Africa a person spends two whole days manually sending out a bulletin to about two dozen subscribers by fax.ZIMBABWE-COMMUNICATION: Internet Offers An Alternative Voice
Behind their computer screens all across the globe, Zimbabweans meet every day on the World Wide Web (WWW) to discuss and debate issues which are not so freely discussed in their home country.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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