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There are thousands of radio stations around the world -- the medium is thriving in both developed and developing nations where internet-radio and the traditional format prevail respectively.
And while stations' broadcasting goals may vary from entertainment to news to education to marketing, they all share the unifying challenge of managing and scheduling their broadcasts, in an effective and timely manner, to reach the millions of regular radio listeners worldwide.
Interestingly, there has been an explosion in the number of radio stations ... 
Countries around the African continent have a chance to do something really special when it comes to news innovation. With a highly mobile literate population and growing middle classes, these countries have the chance to shed the weight of old media far more readily than countries with more developed economies.
Without support however, the chances of those innovations surviving and prospering are fairly slim. That's where competitions like the Africa News Innovation Challenge come in.
The challenge, which recently announced ... 
With Mimiboards, Umuntu Media is re-imagining the humble noticeboard. You can think of a Mimiboard (pronounced me-me board) as a geographically sensitive, virtual noticeboard. Just like their real world counterparts, Mimiboards are relevant to enclaves within larger communities -- some say "hyper-local". But, that's where the similarity solemnly ends.
The fact that Umuntu Media, founded in 2009 by Johan Nel, received a US$1 million seed investment late last year, without any revenue to speak of, tells you that the Cape ... 
TREND., launched last week, will track and publish consumer data and trends across the media, advertising and marketing communications industry. Visitors can look forward to original, in-depth trend reports combining local and international research contextualised for the South African market with interviews with thought leaders and experts.
The trend watching, market intelligence and research online portal is the brainchild of industry editors and publishers, Louise Marsland and Herman Manson. TREND. is a free resource and is targeted at the media, as ... 
Google has just announced the finalists in its African News Challenge, a project aimed at strengthening and transforming African news media.
Forty digital journalism projects have been shortlisted as finalists from a pool of 513 applicants. The applications screened by a technical review panel that evaluated which projects have the best potential for strengthening and transforming African news media.
Short-listed finalists include proposals to improve data-driven investigative journalism and the security of journalists or their sources, as well ... 
Michelle and I attended a Silicon Cape event this week where Sarah Rice shared her experiences as a public relations consultant for rock-star companies like personal finance management site 22seven and African instant messaging giant Mxit.
Rice sowed valuable advice on relationships between startups and the media onto a hotbed of Cape Town’s bright up-and-coming startups and a lot of what was said resonated with me, especially the part that affects my job the most, communication with startups. The communication usually ... 
This is very interesting. Let's say your business has successfully expanded into the UK with some help, and you're ready to let the market know about your product. What's the best way to get the word out? Good question. May we suggest having a look at Pressat, a press release distribution and online publishing service.
To start, Pressat -- developed by Manchester agency Atmedia -- will take your press release and distribute it to targeted media outlets across the UK. ... startups | entrepreneurship | startup-news | ecommerce |
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