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Why? Because we Cannes! Last week saw the annual celebration of creativity in communications, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, take place in Cannes, France. Congratulations to all the South African agencies and production companies who were shortlisted and of course those who walked away with Grand Prix, Gold, Silver or Bronze Lions to add to, or begin, their Cannes Lions collection. Your hard work has paid off! Check out our Cannes Lions special section to see all the winning work. Other top stories from the past week include Louise Marsland's latest internet trends; Juliette Attwell's BizCareers column on the power of your LinkedIn profile; and eNCA's Africa Editor, Chris Maroleng, who resigned. Cuan Chelin gives some advice on building brands in emerging markets and reckons that the emerging market consumer exhibits characteristics that differ to that of the further developed economies. Last but not least, if you missed last week's Biz Takeouts episode with Mike Saunders from Digitlab, listen to the podcast which is now available. Have a great week! Cheers! Ilse van den Berg, Editor: Marketing & Media Africa (@Biz_Africa)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". | Weekly top stories |
| The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity announced the final winners of the 2014 awards on Saturday, 21 June 2014. South African agencies Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg and Net#work BBDO each walked away with a Bronze Lion. (video) Read more >>
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| | Last night saw the announcement of the winners of the Cyber, Design, Product Design, Press and Radio Lions. South Africa won awards in the Design, Press and Radio categories and Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg took home a Grand Prix Award. (video) Read more >>
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| | At last night's award ceremony for Media, Mobile and Outdoor, South Africa was honoured with one Gold Lion, two Silver Lions, and seven Bronze Lions in the Media and Outdoor categories. (video) Read more >>
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| | The winners of the Promo & Activation, Direct, PR and Creative Effectiveness Lions were announced yesterday, 16 June 2014. South Africa had a total of three awards winners in the Promo & Activation category. (video) Read more >>
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Louise Marsland As we know, the dizzying speed of change on the interwebs has led to fundamental changes in commerce, communication and the consumption of information and entertainment content. Read more >> | Juliette Attwell In this week's BizCareers column we look at how to use your LinkedIn profile effectively, as well as the pitfalls of job-hopping. Read more >> | eNCA has announced that its Africa Editor, Chris Maroleng, has resigned after six years at the broadcaster to pursue a career in the corporate sector in South Africa. Read more >> |
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 | On the last Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show we chatted to Mike Saunders, CEO of Digitlab. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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 | The panel for the Print, Outdoor and Collateral Media for Loeries 2014 has been selected. Read more >>
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 | Hando Sinisalu, Best Marketing International South Africa's 'Street Store' entry brought home Gold for SA in this year's Cannes Lions. Read more >>
|  | With South Africa making the cut in four of the five categories, herewith the Cyber, Design, Product Design, Press and Radio shortlists. Winners in these categories was announced on Wednesday, 18 June 2014. (video) Read more >>
|  | The Branded Content & Entertainment, Film and Film Craft shortlists have been released, with South Africa featuring in two of the three categories. Winners was announced on Saturday, 21 June 2014. Read more >>
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 | Cuan Chelin The growth in emerging markets gives millions of consumers new spending power, opening them up to a flood of product choices and communication channels, further exaggerated by the potential of digital platforms. Read more >>
|  | Pan-African brand consultancy, Wunderbrand, has expanded its offerings by acquiring television and animation production studio Voltaire. Read more >>
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 | Created by artist Jepchumba of African Digital Art, the new Arterial Network African Creative Economy Conference (ACEC) website is designed to facilitate the browsing of Arterial Network's past conferences and makes accessible the presentations of each edition. Read more >>
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 | Government leaders, policy makers, and technology industry players gathered recently in Maputo, Mozambique to develop policy recommendations that will drive down the cost of internet access in Mozambique - the first SADC country to be working with the Alliance for Affordable Internet. Read more >>
|  | Nigeria's World Entertainment TV, in partnership with AccuWeather's Display Systems and Services division, will install four StoryTeller Interactive Touchscreen News Solutions in its network headquarters. Read more >>
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 | Tiffany Markman Yup, that's right. You heard us*. PowerPoint - mostly - stinks. And it's time to take back your PowerPoint power, because Microsoft is trying to take it away from you. Read more >>
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 | The 2014 Pan-African Profile Awards for science and technology journalism have been launched, and this year there is an emphasis on bringing in the public and working with journalism departments at universities to improve science and technology journalism skills. Read more >>
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 | Customers can now transfer money to their Orange Money account directly from their BNP Paribas account, or vice versa using their mobile phones. Read more >>
|  | Issued by PriceCheck PriceCheck CEO, André de Wet, and MTN Group Chief Commercial Officer, Pieter Verkade, have jointly announced a second co-branded app deal, this time for Nigeria. Read more >>
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 | Sex and relationships drama series, Shuga, has now been developed by MTV Base and MTV Staying Alive Foundation into a radio drama, ShugaRadioNaija. Read more >>
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 | Authors from Regent Business School According to the UNCTAD, Africa offers the highest return on direct foreign investment in the world. However, as much as Africa has much to offer in terms of trade, the business environment is littered with legal, political, social and economic challenges. Read more >>
|  | Authors from Regent Business School As mentioned in part 1 of this series, just as Africa offers enormous opportunities for business, there are also risks of doing business. Read more >>
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 | Real-time mobile survey platform, GeoPoll, has released initial findings on World Cup television audiences in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, representing ratings from more than 300 million African citizens. Read more >>
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|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Two arch rival US newspapers, the Washington Post and New York Times, agreed to work together to find ways to improve interaction with readers online. Read more >>
|  | Henry Buell RIXEYVILLE, US: The direct sales industry has changed very little over the last few decades, incorporating new technologies as they have developed, rather than evolving their business practices to capitalise further on existing markets. Read more >>
|  | OTTAWA, CANADA: Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry announced the release of new "enhanced security" for its popular BBM messaging service, aiming to win back corporate users with high security needs such as banks. Read more >>
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|  | Jan-Jan Joubert Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has published policy proposals requiring commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to farmworkers. Read more >>
|  | University attendance for black South Africans remains low, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). Read more >>
|  | Ralph van Niekerk and Nick Pemberton South Africa's exchange control rules require that a South African resident wishing to assign intellectual property to a foreign entity must obtain prior approval from the South African Reserve Bank. Read more >>
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|  | Brian Berkman Slack packing, or hiking with someone else transporting your gear and checking into accommodation along the way is gaining popularity with folk who love the great outdoors but not enough to sleep under it. Read more >>
|  | Brian Berkman If you're used to staying at top-end private game lodges in Kruger's Sabi Sands and paying upwards of R8,000 a night you might be disappointed with Gondwana - a fynbos and big-five reserve in Mossel Bay, in the Cape. Read more >>
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| We're an advertising company located in Lagos, currently in search of expatriate with open mind to contribute to overall objective of the organisation. Read more >>
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| Jim Rohn "Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune." Winston Churchill "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." |
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