In an aggressive statement, Zain have accused Safaricom of sabotage after their request for a capacity increase on the Safaricom-owned interconnect link – necessary as Zain experienced congestion following its tariff launch – was not accommodated over night.
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Rwanda is fastidious in its country PR work, but a recent PR event resulted not just in tourism stories on gorillas, but also triggered some unintended discussion of the ethics and credibility of country rebranding. Andrea Bohnstedt speaks to Tim Pendry, a reputation management consultant, about how countries can credibly rebrand themselves.
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The print media in Uganda has not had to adjust to a new regulatory framework since the fairly benign Press and Journalism Act was passed in 1994. However, the proposed 2010 amendment bill threatens to increase the state’s power to interfere with and exert pressure on the press.
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