Top company and news stories 21 May 2018 - 21 May 2018By Jessica TennantAnn Nurock chats to Fernando Machado, head of brand marketing of Burger King, winner of the coveted Penta Pencil and Client of the Year and more at The One Show The jury presidents for the Loeries 2018 have been announced The Loeries recently extended its deadline for entries to 31 May The shortlists for the 2018 Sunday Times Literary Awards for the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction and the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize have been announced Avatar Cape Town has won the integrated 2018 campaign for H&M; produced its first TV commercial for H&M's winter range: Own your Slay The Odd Number has been appointed the lead agency for the Wimpy account Louise Marsland covered Robyn de Villiers' talk at the APRA conference in Botswana on ethics and reputation management, and looking for the opportunities in Africa Marsland interviewed Brian Tjugum, MD of Weber Shandwick's EMEA social impact practice on purpose-driven communications in Africa following his talk at the Holmes Report In2 Innovation Summit in Johannesburg She also spoke to Fox Networks' recently appointed Evert van der Veer about his new role Also in line with #AfricaMonth, contributor Brett St Clair questions whether African businesses are ready to become disruptors, while Natalia Rosa shares her views on travel marketing across the continent The IAB has launched a campaign that strives to allow all South Africans basic access to the internet Hellocomputer has partnered with Umuzi to establish a creative programmer learnership The National Arts Festival is launching a new programme for the inaugural Creativate Digital Arts Festival I interviewed #Newsmaker Nicholas Lawrence from Tuks FM, who won Best Breakfast Presenter at the 2018 Liberty Radio Awards just one year in I tell Paola Chellew and Lia Mundell's #StartupStory of Open Line Communications Prior to tomorrow's Ads24 Food for Thought, I found out from brand manager Marise van der Lith what to expect from this year's event In this week's #FairnessFirst, Leigh Andrews covers the #CannesYouSeeUs trends at the Cannes Film Festival, this year featuring diversity front and foremost Jessica Tennant | Jessica TennantJess is Senior Editor: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity.com. She is also a contributing writer. moc.ytinummoczib@swengnitekram |