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The best advice for start-ups looking to get their business off the ground Dancing with gorillas may not seem like logical advice, but it's exactly what Dr Shameen Prashantham advises you do to get your business off the ground - no actual animals involved, it's all about start-ups partnering with large companies, in particular multinational corporations, to their best advantage... 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 CEP 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 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".  | Weekly top stories |
|  | [Sophie Baker] Biz4Afrika spoke to highly respected researcher, Dr Shameen Prashantham, about how to get your business off the ground, what advice he has for SME's in Africa and how you can 'dance with gorillas'... read more>>
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 | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed David Thomas, Mike Wronski and Suzanne Stevens... read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Millward Brown Millward Brown's Best Liked Ads list celebrates South Africa's favourite TV commercials, and South Africa has spoken. The most enjoyed and best-loved TV advert of 2014 is Cadbury's Triplets... read more>> | | |
 | The Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) will feature an inaugural European African Film Festivals Award, a special prize dedicated to East African filmmakers... read more>> | | |
 | Matthew le Cordeur CAPE TOWN: A San Francisco-based tech business guru says Africa has the potential to create a new wave of global software entrepreneurs... read more>> | | |
 | 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>> | |  | The Afreakan Dream, a registered NPO will be hosting a summit on 24 June 2015 at Langhams Lifestyle Estate, Sandton to explore 'What is the African Dream?'... read more>> | | |
 | Tawanda Musarurwa Telecel Zimbabwe has appointed Angeline Vere as its new chief executive, she becomes Telecel Zimbabwe's fourth CEO in five years... read more>> | |  | Adeyemi Adepetun Sixty seven per cent of Africa's population, estimated to be about 1.13 billion, now has mobile phones... read more>> | | Chris Arsenault | | |
 | Peter Adamu Online media discourse stole the show at the Media Institute of Southern Africa and Law Association of Zambia public discussion with Lusaka lawyer Marshal Muchende saying online journalists ride on anonymity... read more>> | | |
 | The IPRA Public Relations World Congress is a major event in the PR calendar, bringing together PR agencies, in-house PR managers, public affairs directors, marketers from the corporate sector... 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>> | | |
 | From the talks in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Africa, it is clear that external investors are attracted to the African continent and it is indeed open for business... read more>> | | |
 | Cameroon is one of Africa's best-kept secrets. The investment opportunities are wide open - from agriculture and renewable energy to retail developments, believes Africa strategy advisor for Moore Stephens, Jeff Blackbeard, who recently met with Cameroonian Prime Minister, Philémon Yang... read more>> | | |
 | Namibians can now opt to use a local social network, which has been developed by a Namibian for Namibians. Described as Namibia's own social network, Namhook was developed by 22-year-old Gerson Mangundu... read more>> | | |
 | KHARTOUM: The print-run of Al Ayam newspaper in Khartoum was confiscated on Saturday. Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services also seized copies of Al Youm Al Tali newspaper on Friday... read more>> | |  | President of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) Néji B'ghouri said Prime Minister Habib Essid pledged to uphold freedom of press and equip media with the means needed to accomplish their mission independently. read more>> | | |
 | Rebecca Mushota Zambia's transition from analogue to digital will breed a healthy competition in the broadcasting sector, Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Chishimba Kambwili has said... read more>> | |  | Stanley Nkhondoyachepa LILONGWE: Malawi will meet the June 17 digital migration deadline in phases with the first phase covering Mzuzu and Zomba and the remaining parts... 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>> | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: Ello, the ad-free social network that gained prominence last year with an invitation-only launch, announced on Thursday that it was opening to the public with an application for iPhone users. read more>> | |  | The winners of the fourth annual Facebook Awards recognising the best creative work on Facebook and Instagram in the last year, have been announced... read more>> | | | | | More International | |
|  | Bernadette Kissane The building blocks for future developments in e-tailing are emerging in sub-Saharan Africa, as a growing middle class and young population create a demand for products that store-based retail simply cannot meet, due to a lack of shopping malls and gridlocked cities... read more>> | | | More Africa | |
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 | Top global entrepreneurs have identified six key learning areas, the short-term or part-time study of which can help entrepreneurs to adopt new viewpoints, uncover new solutions and increase their chances at success... read more>> | |
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| | | VAS AfricaInforma - 30 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2015, Johannesburg Africa ComInforma - 17 Nov 2015 to 19 Nov 2015, Cape Town | | |
| W. Edwards Deming "Quality is pride of workmanship." Brenda Ueland "I learned that inspiration does not always come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic, striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time." Michael Crichton "It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important." |
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