CENTRAL AFRICAMultichoice elevates education in Malawi
[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi is set to establish 500 education resource centres in government secondary schools over the next five years. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi government through the ministry of education to implement the project. 1 Oct 2008 09:49

CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi Television in crisis
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Television (TVM) is in a crisis after having operated for two years without any financial assistance. TVM deputy director general, Chimwemwe Banda said they are failing to replace equipment while its TV crew operate at the mercy of news sources. 19 Sep 2008 11:12

CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi: Parliament refuses MBC and TVM funding
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's opposition parliamentarians have, for a second year running, refused to allocate any resources to the state broadcasters, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) and Television Malawi (TVM). 1 Sep 2008 10:36

CENTRAL AFRICAMalawi: GTV partners with a local bank
[Gregory Gondwe] The pan-African pay-TV satellite service GTV has partnered with National Bank of Malawi (NBM) to run a finance facility that will allow prospective clients acquiring GTV equipment and services. 12 Aug 2008 13:57

CENTRAL AFRICAMultichoice Malawi introduces new facilities
[Gregory Gondwe] Multichoice Malawi, a local digital satellite television service provider, has introduced new facilities, which its sales and marketing officer, Chimwemwe Nyirenda said would make it stand above its competitors in Malawi. 6 Aug 2008 11:36

CENTRAL AFRICAFour BBC Worldwide channels for DStv
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] BBC Worldwide Channels, in partnership with MultiChoice Africa, has said that it will launch four new channels - BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Knowledge and BBC CBeebies - from 1 September 2008 on the DStv platform to replace and build upon the success of its existing channels, BBC Prime and BBC Food. The announcement was made yesterday, Tuesday 10 June, at the Saxon Hotel in Sandhurst, Johannesburg. 11 Jun 2008 09:28

CENTRAL AFRICAAfrica's Olympic win
The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) has concluded an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to acquire the free-to-air broadcast rights for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The broadcast rights relate to 41 sub-Saharan territories excluding South Africa. 26 May 2008 14:43

CENTRAL AFRICAACP launches film production support programme
The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) presents the ACP-EU Support Programme for the ACP Cinema and Audiovisual Sector. The Secretariat of the ACP Group of States and the European Union have designed a new support programme for the ACP audiovisual sector, ACP Films (ie. cinema and television). ACP Films is managed by the ACP Secretariat and financed by the 9th European Development Fund (EDF). 25 Apr 2008 11:00

CENTRAL AFRICAMalawians like new TV bouquet
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawians are excited about what they have described as very affordable subscription fees for the newly introduced bouquet by pan-African pay-TV satellite service GTV. The service will cost them K1,480 (US$10.57) a month. 21 Apr 2008 10:53

CENTRAL AFRICANigeria's premier private broadcaster goes public
[Dan Oshodin] Daar Communications, owners of Nigeria's Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM, both of which made history as the very first private television and radio stations in Nigeria, has taken the broadcast network to the Nigerian Stock Exchange. 19 Mar 2008 10:31

CENTRAL AFRICARapid increase in radio and TV channels in Africa, says new report
A rapid increase in the number of radio and TV channels in Africa over the last three years has piqued interest in the continent by international media players. 29 Feb 2008 09:25

CENTRAL AFRICAApprentice Africa - let the business begin
Touted as the ultimate job interview, Africa's own version of the popular reality TV series The Apprentice launches tonight, 26 February 2008. 26 Feb 2008 15:05

CENTRAL AFRICABank sponsors Inside Africa
CNN International has announced Zenith Bank as the exclusive sponsor of its popular weekly feature programme, Inside Africa. 19 Feb 2008 06:14