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Afro-optimism, or more specifically, the African growth mindset is a greater sense of optimism that, despite challenges such as electricity and water that the continent faces, is in stark contrast to a growing Western degrowth mindset of pessimism about the future, and Africa.

“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.

At the recent Effies SA, hosted by the Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA), the Grand Effie was awarded to Halo, for its campaign for its client, Pineapple.

Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with future thinker and Flux Trends partner, Bronwyn Williams.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with Ndeye Diagne, the managing director West, East and Central Africa at Kantar.

The Bacardi Holiday Club, South Africa's finest all-inclusive music festival, took place on 3-5 March at Welgelegen Manor.

On 7 March, 650+ people gathered in Kirstenbosch Gardens to witness the Birth of Endless Summer, which is the backdrop of The Endless Summer, the most-watched documentary of all time (in any genre), which was published in 1965.

The apparel brand, Alpha Industries, marked the opening of its first flagship store in South Africa by inviting over 100 guests to tour the space in Sandton City.

South Africans can now buy the new BMW X1. With its appearance and functional versatility, it offers a sense of freedom and independence during everyday driving and longer journeys. The X1 sDrive18i and sDrive18d will be followed in early 2023 by the all-electric BMW iX1 xDrive30e.

The new edition of the BMW 3 Series is now on sale in South Africa, with a refreshed look and noticeable advancements in digitisation, control/operation and equipment.

The atmosphere on the street and in the stands at the ninth season and fifth round of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship race was electric. The event took place on Saturday, 25 February, finally delivering the dream of a Cape Town E-Prix and the most exciting motorsport event of 2023 thus far, while promoting the future of zero-emission technology. The Cape Town leg of the Formula E street racing series, which since 2014 has been held in some of the world's most iconic cities, saw a field of world-class drivers and motorsport stakeholders take on the 2.8km, 12-turn track with breathtaking Cape Table Bay, Signal Hill and Table Mountain backdrops....

Qhakaza Mohare, the chief operations officer at Digify Africa, a youth-led organisation at the forefront of shaping Africa’s digital future, tells us about the Digify Pro Online program and its benefits to those looking to get into the tech space.