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The 57th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place last night (23 May) in London, where six Black Pencils - the highest accolade in the creative industry - were awarded. We list the South African companies that were honoured on the night and walked away with a total of 15 Pencils... read
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Africa Month
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MORNE VAN DER MERWE AND WILDU DU PLESSIS
Baker McKenzie lawyers based in Africa, alongside the firm's global Africa specialists, as well as lawyers from our African Relationship Firms from across the continent, share their knowledge about what investors should consider when transacting in Africa... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mobiz is an innovative South African startup combining the ubiquity of SMS with the visual power of the web... Read
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Branding
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ISSUED BY BYDESIGN COMMUNICATIONS
Savanna has always been the maverick of the South African cider market. It's challenged the category norms with innovations like Savanna Loco - cider infused with Tequila flavour - and the rum-flavoured Savanna Blackbeard... Read
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CSI
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ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO
This year the Big Walk saw thousands of people join forces to support a meaningful initiative called Sole2Sole on 19 May... Read
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Digital
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ISSUED BY SO INTERACTIVE
As one of the leading institutes of its kind in Africa, the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies needed a website that truly reflected its passion... Read
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Entrepreneurship
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MOLLY FITZ-PATRICK, ISSUED BY RED & YELLOW
Talent developers now have the resources to stimulate meaningful changes that can transform the success of their organisations... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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"As we considered the global trend to integrate technology into show experiences - to use technology to create a best in class visitor experience - we noted that the innovations presented were already in play locally..." Read
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Marketing
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CHANELLE SEGERIUS-BRUCE
Intrusive, selfish, and egocentric marketing tactics no longer work in the way they used to. Clients see through gimmicks and turn their back away from companies that push unwanted products and services on them. So, what can the creative business owner do to replace this outdated form of marketing?... Read
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Mobile
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L'Oréal and Alibaba Group have joined forces to launch an AI-powered mobile app designed to diagnose acne, to be made available on Alibaba's Tmall and Taobao mobile app next month... Read
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Online Media
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ISSUED BY MEDIA24
News24 and Netwerk24 both shot the lights out with their coverage of the 2019 national and provincial elections, with News24 breaking all previous user and pageview traffic records... Read
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Promotions & Activations
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ISSUED BY BRAND FACTOR
If you were driving through certain intersections in Joburg in April, chances are you saw a rhino, a lion, a cheetah and a buffalo handing out flyers - and no, your eyes weren't deceiving you... Read
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Recruitment
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ISSUED BY MANGO-OMC
With an uptake of over 13,000 talent profiles and a 20-30% month-on-month growth curve over just nine months, WeCast is challenging the traditional talent agency industry model... Read
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Research
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MARIA PETOUSIS, ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA
Target Group Index (TGI) research had an astonishing year, achieving a 22% revenue growth... Read
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Retail
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GARY MORTIMER, FRANK MATHMANN AND LOUISE GRIMMER
There are some anecdotes just so good that almost every story about a particular economic principle begins the same. So too this article begins with cake mix... Read
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Social Media
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Having worked in the entertainment industry for over seven years Khathu Litshani has been called producer, brand influencer, MC, event organiser and businessman and is now working on Kooking with Khathu, in collaboration with Viva Nation TV... Read
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Sponsorship
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ISSUED BY TOTAL
The Total Group is a proud sponsor of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the title sponsor for the Total Africa Cup of Nations 2019 in Egypt, which will kick off Friday, 21 June... Read
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TV
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ISSUED BY SHOWMAX
Game of Thrones may be over, but HBO has much more awesome entertainment where that came from. Here are some top shows to note... Read
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Given its colonial past, Africa has not had the opportunity to engage with the positive aspects or benefits of capitalism, having been integrated into the international economy in a position of subservience... Read
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IDG exclusively appoints Turn Left Media in Sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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The Zimbabwean government is about to launch 24 television channels, where licences will be open to everyone to apply for... Read
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ONYI NWANERI
Africa's youth are the future of the continent and the philosophical principle of ubuntu can ensure a brighter tomorrow... Read
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JANE STEVENSON
Take a moment and write down the top three things that you should be doing in your position to bring value to your business... Read
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