KFC to open 130 stores in Africa in 2012
Restaurant chain will increase number of outlets to over 1,000 in continent over the next 12 months
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MasterCard opens East African headquarters
Global payments firm launches offie in Nairobi, Kenya
Direct flights to China strengthens African trade route
South African Airways launches non-stop 15 hour flights from Johannesburg to Beijing
MTN extends partnership with Ericsson in Ghana
Deal covers network operations, field maintenance and optimisation for an additional year to 10 million subscribers in the country
SA regulator blocks TV porn channels
ICASA refuses application from TopTV to broadcast three sexually explicit channels on pay TV
UNICEF launches appeal for Horn of Africa help
Organisation says a third of the year's funds will go towards humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa
Mobile tweeting driving Africa's Twitter growth
First ever pan-African study of micro-blogging site shows that over half of tweets are sent from a mobile by users aged between 20 and 29
Emirates SkyCargo bolsters African cargo services
Flights from Dubai to Zambia and Zimbabwe added to flight network
Africa is 'the most attractive' region for investors
Survey by Economist Intelligence Unit reveals that institutional investors view the continent as the best place to invest
Orange offers Africans free access to Wikipedia
Mobile network to provide free access to online encyclopaedia in 20 African and Middle East countries