AFRICAHR organisations must adopt social networking - Gartner
STAMFORD: Despite the fact that social networks and software are significantly changing organisations' marketing and web strategies, relatively few human resources (HR) organisations have grasped the effect that they have on the employer brand. This is according to a recent report from Gartner. 11 Dec 2008 10:05
AFRICANamibia: High Court backs labour rights
Namibia's high court has ruled that labour agencies should be prevented from hiring out workers on a short-term basis to larger firms. 5 Dec 2008 09:33
AFRICAKenya: Sex for jobs in export processing zones
NAIROBI: At the gates of one of Kenya's export processing zones (EPZs) men and women push and shove each other, trying to get their national identity cards taken by the guards. 25 Nov 2008 10:16
AFRICALack of HR development hampers telecom industry in Africa
African nations are pushing for human resource development in the telecom sector to enhance growth, according to speakers at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) workshop in Zambia this week. 20 Oct 2008 11:40
AFRICASwazi king tells graduates to go
King Mswati has directed Swaziland's college graduates to leave the country to find employment, admitting that a lack of jobs at home gives them no alternative. 10 Oct 2008 07:13
AFRICAEnablis expands into West Africa
Following the launch of its operations in East Africa, Enablis, a member-driven entrepreneurial network, is spreading its reach into Western Africa with a US$1million injection from Microsoft. 8 Oct 2008 09:35
AFRICAIncreased political participation among African women
[Alina Haddad] Millions of African women's progress is challenged by their everyday realities of hunger, violence, exclusion, sickness, and discrimination. According to the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), most African women are worse off today than they were a decade ago. 29 Sep 2008 09:25
AFRICAGoogle offers lead jobs to East Africans
[Walter Wafula] Google, has invited technology experts in East Africa for its top jobs. The world's largest search engine is looking for country heads for its Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda offices according to news from its human resource office. 25 Sep 2008 10:20
AFRICAClimate change can create job opportunities in Africa
Utilising the many sources of energy in Africa is the best safeguard against the negative effects of climate change. This was a key message from the international conference on climate change and employment in Nairobi, staged by the Africa Commission. 22 Sep 2008 11:39
AFRICACall for making decent work “a reality in Africa”
High-level participants of the Monrovia international workshop, held on 10 September 2008, called for practical strategic partnerships between African countries, tripartite constituents, civil society organisations and development partners to make decent work a “reality in Africa.” 11 Sep 2008 09:50
AFRICAMalawi trade union body clashes with Chinese investors
[Gregory Gondwe] Barely nine months after Malawi entered into diplomatic ties with China, Chinese investors visiting Malawi because of the ties, clashed with the Malawi Congress of Trade Unions (MCTU) over working conditions of local employees. 20 Aug 2008 12:36
AFRICAChild labour in cocoa industry
With the fears that the multi-billion dollar cocoa industry may have consigned the Harkin-Engel Protocol to the dustbin of history, there seems to be no end to the suffering of the poor children working in about two million cocoa farms in West Africa. 20 Aug 2008 12:15
AFRICAThe growing threat of job site scams, Part two
Internet fraudsters are making increasing use of small job boards -- such as those advertising jobs teaching English as a foreign language -- to practice their scams. To match their increasing sophistication, internet security firms also are trying out some new tricks. 21 Jul 2008 11:36
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