Global insights for the African continent
This week, we draw international inspiration as John Beale shares special insights from the recent
Festival of Media Global 2015, which took place in Rome. Two main trends set to still hit the continent are the fact that programmatic is still shrouded in confusion, and TV is threatened by digital - off our shores, at least.
If it's award-winning work you're looking for, you're in luck as all the Cannes Lions winners have been released, and we've paid special attention to winning work that came from the southern tip of the continent
here.
Remember to click through to our
Cannes Lions Special Section for all the category winners' lists in full, as well as our exclusive interviews with winners and judges.
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 | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed David Ferguson, Styli Charalambous and Nic Haralambous... read more>> |
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 | South African agencies brought home a handful of Cannes Lions trophies this year... (video) read more>> |
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 | James Hurford Show people how you can solve their problems and help them reach their dreams, and you'll capture their hearts and minds. read more>> |
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 | The 4th Customer Experience Africa Summit will take place from 22-23 July 2015 at the Westin Cape Town and will offer an educational conference programme, technology workshops... read more>> |
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 | Zurah Nakabugo Egypt plans to build a smart village in Uganda, which will attract a number of investments, from IT to hospitality... read more>> |
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 | E-Tech Africa - a technology focused conference - and the first event of its kind in South Africa, takes place on 1 and 2 July at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Johannesburg. read more>> |
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 | KAMPALA: African nations need to learn to reap the full benefits of the Internet, if they hope to gain any substantial value from the technology. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Mortimer Harvey Mortimer Harvey Africa Middle East has been appointed as digital agency in Egypt for the Sofitel Winter Palace in Luxor and the Sofitel Legend Old Cataract in Aswan... read more>> |
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 | Ben Gasore MTN Rwanda has appointed Gunter Engling the new chief executive officer (CEO). Engling replaces Ebenezer Asante who moves to MTN Ghana as CEO, a statement from the firm indicates. read more>> |
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 | New data from Juniper Research has revealed how Service Providers are benefiting from the boom in mobile money transfer services - with $2bn in revenues forecast for this year and $4bn annually 2018... read more>> |
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 | Technology has become the friend of out of home (OOH) advertising, and media owners in Africa have converted every challenge into an opportunity to benefit the medium... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews CSA (formerly Celebrity Services Africa) communications director, Davin Phillips lets us in on the power of the Instagrammer and what PR and communications is actually all about... read more>> |
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 | Sophie Baker Networking is important to build relationships and increase your circle of contacts. These contacts can help you, refer you to people (or refer other people to you) and teach you valuable lessons... read more>> |
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 | Louise Robinson There is no doubt that Africa is on the up-and-up. Africa has the necessary elements to be a dominant, global, economic region. Its economy is the fastest growing of any other continent... read more>> |
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 | Representatives from 25 companies from the services sector and creative industries are currently on a trade mission to Accra lead by Wesgro read more>> |
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 | Musa Msane In the early 90s I sat in the Communication Science class and in the late 90s I sat in the Advertising specialisation class. Both in these instances it was drummed into my mind that 'mass media is dead, long live niche media!... read more>> |
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 | Kenya joined the community of nations that have successfully migrated from analogue to digital television broadcasting, whose deadline was 17 June 2015... read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: In its bid to become a power in music streaming, Apple is devoting its vast resources to create what it hopes will be a first truly global radio station. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google on Monday launched an online lab where journalists can learn or sharpen Internet Age reporting skills... read more>> |
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 | CANNES, FRANCE: WPP, DailyMail and Snapchat today announced the establishment of Truffle Pig, a joint content marketing venture combining the best of global agency, newsroom and social media talent... read more>> |
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 | Nthambeleni Gabara WALVIS BAY, NAMIBIA: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries that are still using the analogue broadcasting signal are committed to migrate to digital broadcasting by June 2016... read more>> |
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 | PRETORIA: The resolutions adopted at the 25th African Union (AU) Summit, held in Sandton, at the beginning of the month, have been welcomed by Cabinet... read more>> |
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 | Gerrie van Biljon Many excellent business ideas never get past the spreadsheet stage and into the real world simply because entrepreneurs fail to connect with individuals or investors with enough capital and risk appetite to help implement them... read more>> |
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 | The internet of things is driving the need for organisations to transform into digital businesses and this is disrupting business operations like never before... read more>> |
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 | "Did you know that it costs more to gain a new customer than to have a devoted one? So, why then are budgets, in general, spent more on attaining new customers' attention...?" read more>> |
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SOUTH AFRICA - Valter Adão appointed new leader of Deloitte Digital Africa - more info
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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 |
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Vince Lombardi "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will." Robert H. Schuller "Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." Nikos Kazantzakis "In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can." |
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