16 May 2016
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New editor for Bizcommunity AFRICA

It is a privilege to be back at the helm of a Bizcommunity media community as editor of the Bizcommunity.com Africa Media and Marketing portal. Previously, as editor of Bizcommunity South Africa Media & Marketing (2003-2008), we made history in South Africa by building the biggest media and marketing B2B community in Africa.
I hope to do the same with the Africa portal as we expand our content offering with daily newsletters from 25 May; new contributors from within the continent; a renewed focus on innovation and digital advances across Africa.
As Bizcommunity's trend curator and a journalist and editor in the media and marketing industry for over 20 years, I am well aware that the incredible innovation and creativity on the continent is vastly underreported and I am thrilled to be able to write again about African enterprise, sustainability and innovation for Bizcommunity.

Have a creative week!
Louise Marsland
Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.com


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Today's top stories
AFRICA
The opportunities in retail disruption
CEOs from Coca Cola, Nestlé, Tesco, Alibaba and more, to attend 60th Global Summit of the Consumer Goods Forum in Cape Town this year... read


AFRICA
Cheers! Vasari acquires KWV
Vasari acquisition of KWV set to transform African spirits market... read



Africa Month
SOUTH AFRICA
#AfricaMonth Newsmaker: Amanda Louw joins AdJoin Media

Beverley Klein

AdJoin Media has appointed Amanda Louw as head of publisher relations. Louw was formerly at AdClick Africa working with agencies, publishers, ad networks and ad-serving technologies... read
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MOROCCO
African Film Festival 2016 to screen 70 films in Tarifa and Tangiers
From 26 May to 4 June 2016, the African Film Festival - FCAT 2016 - will set up a bridge for dialogue between the Spanish and Moroccan shores of the Strait of Gibraltar... read



SOUTH AFRICA
#TRENDING: Will a robot take your job?

Louise Marsland

The disruption of work - from hiring, to new industries and the new skills required to remain relevant in the future - is going to be massive, says trend guru Dion Chang... read



RWANDA
Rwanda's vision of a cashless society
Government of Rwanda collaborates with MasterCard to fast-track Rwanda's 2020 Vision of a cashless society... read
AFRICA
African startups urged to participate in VIVA Technology Paris
Popimedia, wholly owned subsidiary of Publicis Africa Group, is encouraging local tech startups to participate in technology conference VIVA Technology Paris, running from 30 June to 2 July 2016... read
New events to diarise
Social Media in the Workplace
Law@work, UCT Faculty of Law - 19 May 2016 to 20 May 2016, Cape Town


Communications strategy and skill
Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) - 23 May 2016 to 25 May 2016, Johannesburg


Pitching
PRISA - 24 May 2016, Johannesburg


Benchmarking PR Fees
26 May 2016, Cape Town


Essentials of newspaper management
.Sol Plaatje Institute - 30 May 2016 to 3 Jun 2016, Grahamstown


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