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Putting Africa in the spotlightThe Loeries 2015 Creative Week in Durban took place this past weekend - view all the winners from Saturday and Sunday night, as well as all the coverage on the event in our special section. During the Unilever South Africa annual networking brunch, the FMCG company used the opportunity to showcase the work of four directors from the Academy for African Filmmakers (AAF), announced as winners at this year's Cannes in June. Meanwhile, Esther Karuku dives into the world of product placement in tv shows and movies, especially the emergence of this in Kenyan productions. The Vox Africa team take a closer look into the Kenyan government's very own advertising agency. Mid-last year, the media fraternity in Kenya was stunned that agencies would be directed to channel all their advertising media investments through a centralised body - the Government Advertising Agency. 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 |
Unilever South Africa hosted its annual informal networking brunch as associate sponsor of the 2015 Loeries Creative Week since 2013, this time around on Saturday, 15 August at California Dreaming Restaurant on Durban's beachfront... Read more >> | Esther Karuku A few months ago, I came across one of the best documentaries I have ever watched: The greatest movie ever sold. If you haven't seen it, look for it. Morgan Spurlock made a movie fully financed by product placement... Read more >> | Vox Africa Team Mid-last year, the media fraternity in Kenya was stunned by the edict issued by the Cabinet Secretary in charge of the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology... Read more >> |
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 | The Saturday night winners of the 37th Annual Loerie Awards, which took place 15 August 2015 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners! read more>> | |  | The Sunday night winners of the 37th Annual Loerie Awards, which took place 16 August 2015 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners! read more>> | |
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 | On the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Justin Gomes, ECD and Creative Circle Chairperson for FoxP2 Cape Town... read more>> | | |
 | The Convergence Partners Communications Infrastructure Fund (CPCIF) has invested $20m in a strategic, minority stake in Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN), a diversified fintech company with significant operations in Nigeria... read more>> | |  | Leigh Andrews Danny Aaron is Director of 3-Way Marketing, which in turn is part of the Benater Productions Group. He tells us all about the digital businesses under their scope, African expansion and their broad advertising mix, including airtime vouchers... read more>> | | |
 | Kennedy Kangethe Kenya Tourism Board Managing Director Muriithi Ndegwa says CNN advert deal remains suspended even after the apology from the US broadcaster. read more>> | |  | BBC World Service, which broadcasts to Africa in Arabic, English, French, Hausa, Kinyarwanda/Kirundi, Kiswahili and Somali, now offers brands the opportunity to connect with consumers in Africa through advertisements... read more>> | |
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 | Richard Mungai Safaricom Foundation has launched a start-up fund to raise seed capital for young entrepreneurs, the chairman Joseph Ogutu said yesterday. read more>> | | |
 | The Hospitality Investment Conference Africa, HICA 2015 has announced its speakers for its conference being held 9-11 September at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton. read more>> | | |
 | KTN News Anchor Nancy Kacungira has been awarded the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, the BBC announced. read more>> | |  | Standard Group's Roselyn Obala defeated the Star's Gideon Keter in an election on Friday, becoming the new chairperson of a journalists' association. read more>> | | |
 | Parris Mabel Akinyi Youth in Nairobi will be able to interact with their MCAs using mobile phone after an NGO launched a platform to facilitate participation. read more>> | |  | Charles Mburugu Today's customers are on the move, and they are taking their mobile devices with them. Mobile devices are undoubtedly important in the lives of millions of people across the world... read more>> | | |
 | Zeenat Moorad In line with its belief that the rest of Africa was a growth area, The Foschini Group (TFG) would open 10 stores in Kenya by March next year, CEO Doug Murray said on Wednesday, 12 August... read more>> | | |
 | The MTN Group is to sponsor the 2015 Highway Africa Conference, one of the largest annual gatherings of African journalists in the world. It takes place 30-31 August in Grahamstown. read more>> | |  | Jaguar Land Rover has secured its presence at the 2015 All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA) in partnership with CNBC Africa, as the Official Vehicle Partner of the East, West, Southern Africa and Finale ceremonies. read more>> | | |
 | Martin Mwita The Communication Authority of Kenya has started licensing of commercial Free-to Air Television services in the country, after digital migration which saw the switch off of analogue signals in February. read more>> | |  | All Africa Staff Writer MultiChoice Africa is delighted to announce that KTN News channel is now available to all DSTV subscribers in the East African region. read more>> | | |  | NEW YORK, USA: Dueling descendants of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix have reached a settlement after going to court over the rights to T-shirts and other merchandise bearing his image. read more>> | |  | Brussels has given Google an extension until the end of August to answer an anti-trust case alleging that it abuses its search engine's market dominance, a company spokesman said on Thursday... read more>> | |  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: His name may not ring a bell, but Google's new CEO Sundar Pichai has worked on some of the company's best-known products -- from the Chrome browser to the Android mobile software. read more>> | |  | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter lifted its character limit on Wednesday for direct messages between users, saying it would help make the private side of Twitter "more powerful and fun." read more>> | |  | Despite the entrance of Apple Music, ad-based music streaming revenue is expected to exceed $1bn by 2017, according to new data from UK-based Juniper Research. This is despite the declining numbers of players offering 'freemium' services... read more>> | | | More International | |
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 | It's always annoying to run out of battery power when you're not near a charger and a power point... read more>> | |  | South Africa has a leadership crisis, but this is not limited to government. Trevor Ncube, entrepreneur and publisher of SA's Mail & Guardian newspaper, recently addressed corporate leaders on their silence on key threats to the country's economic longevity... read more>> | |
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