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Get set for our best Cannes Lions coverage yet! June has been a wonderful month for Danilo Acquisto. He's a Good Hope FM weekend DJ, but soon you'll see him on TV, as he's expanding his repertoire to all ' talk journalism' with his recent win of the Presenter Search on 3. If that's put you in inspired, award-winning mindset, display your digital smarts at the 2015 Smarties Awards, set to take place as part of this year's Loeries Creative Week in Durban on Thursday, 13 August. Entries into the Smarties close tomorrow, so get cracking! Then, if you're looking for global inspiration, you're in luck because as of today, Cannes Lions 2015 officially kicks off. We've had a week of expectations and highlights of years past, now get ready, as Lions CEO Phillip Thomas says " The best is yet to come!" The Cannes Lions Pharma and Health & Wellness winners were announced on Saturday, and we also have all the finalist shortlists as soon as they're released, along with the award ceremony results and exclusive insights from Ann Nurock, attending as our first ever media correspondent on the ground in Cannes. Click through to our Cannes Lions Special Section and don't forget to follow Ann on our Twitter account, as well as our Facebook and Instagram pages on the #bizatcannes hashtag for more! Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
|  | [Leigh Andrews] Ever wondered what it takes to become a TV presenter? Danilo Acquisto, known to many as Good Hope FM weekend DJ, was recently announced as winner of the Presenter Search on 3. He gives us some insight into the presenter's balance of TV and radio... read more>>
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Leigh Andrews This year's Loerie Awards will have something sparkly and new to attract you to all things mobile - the second iteration of the local Mobile Marketing Association (MMASA)'s Smarties Awards... Read more >> | Leigh Andrews Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals, shares his absolute Cannes Lions highlight from the Awards' 62-year history and gives us a glimpse of what to expect from this week's Cannes Lions programme... Read more >> | A total of 86 Pharma and Health & Wellness Lions were presented in the second year of the 2015 Pharma and Health & Wellness Lions competition... Read more >> |
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 | Kevin Kleynhans, Issued by The Mouse that Roared Have you ever heard of Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, aka PewDiePie? Look him up. He's one of the biggest stars on Youtube right now. Love him or hate him, teenagers are watching and sharing his brief, surreal videos by the thousands every day... read more>> | | |
 | Danette Breitenbach Most of us are familiar with Eugene, the face and voice of Nedbank's retail division. More recently Nedbank launched a campaign for its business banking division... read more>> | | |
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 | The United Nations (UN) will launch its new 'global goals' to end poverty, injustice and climate change through sustainable development on 25 September 2015 in the presence of 193 leaders... read more>> | | |
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 | Issued by Search Online Consulting Search Online Consulting would like you to be part of a project to provide nine laptops for use to support operational and developmental undertakings to enhance the skills development and therapeutic support of children under the protection of the Abraham Kriel Childcare Organisation. read more>> | |  | Issued by OFM Radio OFM, the sound of Central South Africa, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kagiso Shanduka Trust, thereby firmly committing itself to improving education in the Free State... read more>> | | |
 | Tiffany Markman A lot of the digital copy out there is badly written. Okay - a lot of it is crap. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that well-planned, well-structured, reader-friendly and carefully proofed text pretty much guarantees higher conversion... read more>> | | |
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 | The GSMA Mobile 360 Series - Africa will take place 7-9 October 2015 at the African Pride Crystal Towers Hotel & Spa in Cape Town. Registration for the 2015 event opens 6 July... read more>> | | |
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 | Issued by Ndalo Media The Powerhouse feature of Destiny's July issue profiles Stacey Brewer, the founder of SPARK Schools - an education model that has successfully cracked the conundrum of high-quality education at a low cost... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Oomph! Africa African outdoor and brand strategy specialist, Max de Jong, recently joined the Oomph! Media Group as Sales and Marketing Director... read more>> | | |
 | Unilever's Foundry program may be the most comprehensive and systematic effort yet to tap into start-ups, as it has vetted 3,000 startups in marketing, research and data science in its first year... read more>> | |  | Issued by AMASA The Advertising Media Association of Southern Africa is presenting a workshop designed to equip delegates with the fundamentals of media planning with a focus on mobile... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by IABC Africa Region The International Association of Business Communicators has announced the Excellence and Merit winners of the 2015 Gold Quill Awards programme, which recognises business communication excellence globally... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Howard Audio Lately, Howard Audio has been commissioned by brands seeking corporate songs and campaign anthems. Here are three corporate anthems that did the trick for the brands they highlight... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by United Stations The industry sat up and took notice recently when specialist radio sales house, United Stations, hosted the inaugural Gagasi FM Immersion at its headquarters in Houghton... read more>> | | |
 | Jannie Hofmeyr, Issued by TNS South Africa This story begins in the United States when car ownership exploded in the 1950's. In 1956 Russia kicked off the space age with the Sputnik. Car design followed with tail fins designed to look like rocket ships... read more>> | | |
 | Louise Marsland Our clothes as well as our food will in all likelihood be grown in labs in the future. The latest fashion trend, bio-fashion, uses the living cultures of micro-organisms such as yeast, fungi and algae to produce fabric, reports Native VML... read more>> | | |  | LOS ANGELES, USA: WikiLeaks on Thursday released 276,394 new documents from the hack of Sony Pictures in what could be a further embarrassment for the Japanese media and electronics group. read more>> | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: Twitter said Friday it was testing a new way to use the messaging platform for shopping by promoting "products and places" in its feeds, as it looks to boost revenues. read more>> | | James White | | | More International | |
|  | Nthambeleni Gabara The Gugulethu Youth Development Council (GYDC) says it plans to establish a community radio station for the youth of Gugulethu in Cape Town. read more>> | |  | President Jacob Zuma has appointed the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). read more>> | | | More Government news | |
| - Kirsten Leeuw to head TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris strategic planning team - more info
- CubicICE welcomes new account manager - more info
- CubicICE appoints digital service manager - more info
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| | | Business writingContinuing Education at University of Pretoria - 22 Jun 2015 to 24 Jun 2015, Pretoria Media managementAAA School of Advertising - 21 Jul 2015 to 4 Nov 2015, Johannesburg Brand managementAAA School of Advertising - 22 Jul 2015 to 5 Nov 2015, Johannesburg | |  Increase the impact of what you do by learning how to effectively use social media tools to market your organisation or yourself at our one-day social media course. Read more >>For the 2015 Youth Marketing Strategy Conference, Trendwatching has come on board and will be providing two speakers, Boning Bough from the USA will be the third international speaker. Read more >> Email Marketing 2015, can you do better? With inbox clutter driving down opening rates what can neuroscience in email marketing do that will dramatically fast forward your e-marketing success? Read more >> | | |
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