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Get your #WomensMonth and #Loeries2017 fix on Biz! Making headlines this week is the news that Tanja Lategan, former CEO of Primedia Online, has just been appointed as MD at Creative Spark, which was acquired by the M&C Saatchi Group in 2015. Lategan, who comes with 14 years of digital experience, will steer the digital agency through its next phase of growth in delivering powerful ideas for a digital world. We wish her all the best this #WomensMonth and going forward! With social media such an integral part of digital, Tiffany Markman also explains why she proposes barriers to Facebook entry, such as a comprehension captcha, narcissism altimeter and anti-assholery gauge. While it's a light-hearted read you're sure to nod your head in agreement and hopefully the overarching message will resonate with those who don't think before they post or comment on Facebook. . Event-wise, this is set to be one of the busiest weeks of the year with Ask Africa's Icon Brands Insights Conference taking place in Johannesburg and the Steam Symposium as part of the Open Design Cape Town Festival today; the CXA Awards in Cape Town on Tuesday; the CEM Africa Summit taking place of Wednesday and Thursday in Cape Town; Popimedia's Women Leading Profit-Driven Marketing workshop and GIL Africa both taking place in Cape Town on Thursday; and Friday seeing the Fairlady Women of the Future Awards and start of the Loeries events, with Creative Week Durban's annual highlight, the DStv Seminar of Creativity. Keep an eye out for all our coverage. Starting with the Loeries, I found out more from Native VML's #LadiesofLoeries - software engineer Phillipa Hickman and copywriter Karmen Wessel. Both are judging the digital crafts category at this year's Loeries Awards, and feel strongly about the need for better female representation in the creative industries. Keep an eye on our Loeries Creative Week special section for all the latest updates! Juanita Pienaar also chats to graphic design lecturer, Jacqueline Beling, about her talk at the Steam Symposium on the challenges women are facing in the design industry today as well as why the integration of creativity and design to the Stem subjects (science, technology and maths) is so important and how the youth can benefit from this symposium. You can also visit our Digital Marketing special focus section or download a copy of the eBook for an overview of all the content curated by Louise Marsland. Enjoy! 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 |
|  | Creative Spark has announced the appointment of new managing director, Tanja Lategan (former Primedia Online CEO), who will steer the digital agency through its next phase of growth and ramp up the company's integrated marketing offering... read |
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Juanita Pienaar Graphic design lecturer, Jacqueline Beling shares how she feels about the challenges facing women in the design industry today, why the integration of creativity and design to the Stem subjects is so important and how the youth can benefit from the Steam Symposium... Read | Leigh Andrews Native VML software engineer Phillipa Hickman and copywriter Karmen Wessels, digital crafts judges for this year's Loeries, share the need for women to have an equal say in order to produce fully thought-through work. Read | Tiffany Markman I propose for Facebook some actual plug-ins - integrated functionalities - that I think users would appreciate. A comprehension captcha. A narcissism altimeter. An anti-assholery gauge. These, and others, should be a barrier to entry: if a user cannot pass the test, he or she cannot use the platform... Read |
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|  | Lauren Hartzenberg With a career spanning 40 years, designer, icon, businesswoman, mentor and all-around creative Marianne Fassler remains a formidable force in fashion... read | |  | Tivania Moodley A female duo is taking on the world of foreign exchange by becoming game-changers in this male-dominated field... read | | Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God | |  | In South Africa, only 28% of senior management positions are held by women... read | |  | Lufthansa Airlines chats to Maira Madeleine Nolte, a Lufthansa flight attendant, about the importance of flight attendants, providing insight into what the profession really entails... read | |  | Martin Myers Songstress Ernestine Deane celebrates her return from Europe on Wednesday, 9 August 2017, with her first full-length concert in the Mother City with an all-female band in honour of Women's Day. read | |  | Ruth Cooper Local fashion label Ruff Tung will be launching their new inclusive collection at the upcoming Mercedes-Benz Joburg Fashion Week. The collection aims to create quality garments for women of all sizes. read | |  | Christelle Colman Despite all the progress in equality and women's rights, the gender pay gap is still a very big issue... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Kate Shepherd is one of those accomplished individuals who seems to have been born ready to succeed. She's founding owner and creative director of Something Different, a décor and design business in the events industry that she started in a home office when she was just 18, confident at having spotted an unfilled niche in the wedding market... read | |  | Leigh Andrews Not one to do things by half measures, Nidhika Bahl shares her success story to date and how Joyce Meyer changed her life... read | |
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 | Pranjali Singh To grow your practice and to get the desired results out of your marketing efforts, you need to avoid these healthcare marketing mistakes... read | |  | Cara Shepherd Here are five of the most useful and impactful tactics that will help marketers and brands get the most out of influencer collaborations... read | |  | Nike is using its Air VaporMax campaign to celebrate a group of visionary women who are reshaping sports and fusing it with culture... read | |
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Issued by AMASA | |  | Jessica Tennant Something Facebook Africa's regional director, Nunu Ntshingila finds interesting having spent much time in advertising is that despite there being no shortage of women in the industry, there don't seem to be nearly enough in leadership roles... read | |  | Jessica Tennant On the eve of Women's Day, women in advertising gathered to start a conversation that will hopefully inspire generations to come... read | | Phillip Britz, Issued by Urban Espresso | |  | Brendan Seery I still think the logo of insurance giant Santam is one of the best. It is a simple yellow umbrella over the company name, which is in blue... read | |  | Bryen Farrell Pittner Advertisers can and need to tap into insights about the Millennial generation to earn respect from consumers... read | |
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 | Adam Howatson Consumers are increasingly putting business ethics at the top of their list of considerations when spending their money, which means brands need to work harder to convince consumers that they are worthy... read | | Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library | | Issued by Kantar TNS | | |
 | Chantel Botha Chantel Botha chaired the CXA judging panel for the 2017 awards and acknowledges the companies and individuals who put themselves out there to be considered for the prestigious award... read | | |
Issued by On the Dot | |  | Blue Ribbon has launched the Mmmm Yum Kidz Tuckshop, a programme to teach learners the practical fundamentals of business... read | | |
 | Agencies, designers and companies from 50 countries entered their works in the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2017... read | |  | Germari Steenkamp A case for designing digital experiences that are inclusive to disabled audiences... read | |  | Juanita Pienaar Open Design's Steam Symposium speaker, Kristóf Fenyvesi elaborates on why the integration of art and design to traditional Stem subjects (maths, science and technology) is so important, why South African youth can benefit from the Steam Symposium and his vision for the future of 'Steam education'. read | | |
 | Richard Mullins Businesses that succeed in the digital age will be those that drive digital transformation from the top as a strategic imperative... read | | |
 | Live Mag, an online magazine is looking for 12 young South Africans between the age of 18 - 25 years to train into multimedia content producers... read | | |
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 | Township trade magazine Spotong is celebrating Women's Month by hosting its annual Women in Business event this month... read | |  | The Pan African Media Research Organisation (Pamro) has confirmed the speakers for the 18th All Africa Media Research Conference... read | | |
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 | The public hearings on the proposed amendments to the South African Copyright Act of 1978 have indicted that considerable thought is needed before the proposed Bill can become workable and enforceable in a modern digital economy... read | | Issued by Independent Media | | |
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Issued by Ornico | |  | Thoriso Kolobe Thoriso Kolobe lists several challenges her PR agency faced by offering its services exclusively to SMEs... read | |  | Leigh Andrews This #WomensMonth, we go behind the selfie with Tracy Jones, managing director at Positive Dialogue Communications, who dubs herself “a technophile out of necessity.”... read | |  | Khangelani Dziba Do PR students really extract value from the course work at varsity or is it a complete waste when they are introduced to the world of work? read | | |
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 | NEWSWATCH: On Saturday, IOL's content wasn't shareable on Facebook due to an unknown error still being investigated, which resulted in the publisher's content being marked as spam... read | | |
 | How quickly and effectively marketers respond and adapt to ongoing consumer feedback has become a new determinant of brand performance, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council in a survey report... read | |  | Danette Breitenbach The ABC figures for Q2 released this morning contained few surprises with press and magazines declining over Q1 and over the prior year... read | | |
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 | iflix has secured additional $133 million funding, led by Hearst, following on its successful global rollout of its service in emerging markets, including Africa... read | | | | |  | NEW YORK - US media group News Corp on Thursday reported a loss in the past quarter, hit by declines in advertising and writedowns at its global newspapers... read | |  | NEW YORK - Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it is launching two new streaming television services including one for its ESPN-branded sports channel, while ending its deal with Netflix as it shifts towards direct content distribution... read | |  | SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and potentially to streaming providers like Netflix... read | | | More International | |
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