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JESSICA TENNANT
Executive producer Simoné Bosman recently founded creative production company, Osu, lending her son's name of Japanese origin which means to push, persevere or strive. read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Professional African women have been underrepresented on the internet until now. This international women's month, Dove, Getty Images and Girlgaze launched the project #ShowUs stock image library, aimed at shattering beauty stereotypes, while Ellipsis and Picha collaborated to create their #MelaninModern stock images of professional African women. Here's why media and advertising alike need to get in on the action...read
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NATALIE MCCRAE
I have a question for you: Is it enough for businesses to believe that as long as they are acquiring customers, retention will take care of itself? And at what point do you begin to put measures into place to avoid "best intentions and poor execution" becoming a yoke around your business's neck?...read
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HLUMELO NDONI
Woolies recently struck gold and landed its brand in the ever so elusive club of brands going viral, their response to catching lighting in a bottle (pun intended) was amazing and showed exactly how brands should embrace content creators in the digital space...read
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Advertising
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Following on from his stint as a juror for Cannes Lions 2018, creative director and designer of VM DSGN Vumile Mavumengwana is the only SA juror selected for this year's White Square Ad Festival. Here, he explains what he's most looking forward to from the judging experience and the impact of the global creative community recognising Africa and South Africa in particular... Read
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The Clio Awards has announced its jury for the 2019 Awards, boasting a 50/50 gender-balanced ratio with a jury formed from creatives from 28 countries around the world and five jurors from South Africa... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
An 'awesome Onion' for DNA Brand Architects and one to Volvo for good measure, for allowing shotgun PR to happen... Read
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GARETH LECK
The impact of creative solutions on mankind is undeniable, but you may ask what this has to do with advertising... Read
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The World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) has called on all brands globally to hold social media platforms to account in light of recent failures to block dangerous and hateful content... Read
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MICHAEL ZYLSTRA, ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
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Branding
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SARAH DEXTER
There appears to be an increasing focus amongst brands these days on delivering short-term results - a desire to deliver the "right" bottom line for this month/quarter/cycle, despite numerous studies suggesting that this is detrimental to the long-term health of a brand... Read
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KHANGELANI DZIBA
Khangelani Dziba lists key brand building and sustenance lessons to be learned from Bonang Matheba's unveiling of the new House of Bonang MCC... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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WYNAND SMIT
Is loyalty from customers still an expectation? Probably not... Wynand Smit from Inovo reckons it's more about building relationships, and that takes special insights to get right. That's something businesses have in common across the continent... Read
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CSI
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MARLEZE VAN LOGGERENBERG
The rise of the prosumer - a trend that has been gathering momentum in Europe in recent times - could well be the answer to a multitude of challenges faced in Africa... Read
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Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs), and the AU Agenda 2063... Read
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Dove has taken action with Getty Images, Girlgaze and women around the world to create Project #ShowUs - the world's largest stock photo library created by women and non-binary individuals to shatter beauty stereotypes by showing women as they are, not as others believe they should be... Read
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Design
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There is pervasive potential in the Internet of Things as it brings change to industry and automation... Read
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Winners of the Rise in the City international architecture competition for affordable housing in Maseru, Lesotho were announced earlier this month... Read
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"It's not a building, it's not a sculpture, it's not an artwork, and yet it has scale and relevance to all of those typologies..," said Stuart Wood, a senior designer at Heatherwick Studio, the design firm behind temporarily named Vessel... Read
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Digital
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JESSICA TENNANT
Publicis Machine recently appointed Gareth McPherson as agency MD, this in addition to his appointment as chief creative officer... Read
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SERGIO DOS SANTOS
Whenever you think about gambling, you usually imagine yourself hitting the jackpot at a slot machine in the casino. However, what if gambling covered more than just a chance at winning a tangible prize? Does South African law recognise the possibility of gambling for virtual-items? Read
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ISLA GALLOWAY-GAUL
Digital assistants and smart rooms with environmental systems will soon be so sensitive to our workplace needs that they will feel like conscientious colleagues eager to meet our every command... Read
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STEFANO MARUZZI
The journey of digital transformation starts with creating your own online identity. This is creating a place of your own online, starting with a website, and letting people know who you are, what you do, and what you offer... Read
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RONELLE BESTER
Digital transformation has changed how we communicate with our customer, colleagues and friends. The digital age demands a new kind of communications leader... Read
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DESIREE GULLAN, ISSUED BY G&G DIGITAL
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Pop symptoms of a headache into a search engine and it will come back with a myriad of diagnoses, varying from a sinus headache to a tumour... Read
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Direct Marketing
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Education
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GLENN GILLIS
Thanks to accelerated technological change, no company can hope to survive if it doesn't properly equip its employees to deal with the challenges of the contemporary workplace. Workplace education is no longer a nice-to-have, it's a necessity... Read
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Entrepreneurship
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The application process for the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) is now officially open to African entrepreneurs from all sectors, age groups, and countries in Africa... Read
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ISSUED BY ENTERPRISES UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA
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Events & Conferencing
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AfricaCom has introduced AfricaTech, a new event brand dedicated to propelling Africa towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution... Read
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DORINE REINSTEIN
Did you know that almost 80% of knowledge workers worldwide work at least one day of each week remotely? By 2020, analysts expect that more than 1,3-billion people will work remotely... Read
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The 9th Annual South African Council of Shopping Centres Research Conference, a mainstay event on SA's shopping centre and retail industry calendar, is set to take place at the Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg on 3 April... Read
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Exhibitions
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
This year sustainability was a golden thread throughout Propak Africa 2019, with many exhibitors embracing good environmental practices... Read
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The introduction of the first ever Green Stand Awards at Africa's at this year's Africa Travel Indaba ties into South African Tourism's promotion of responsible tourism... Read
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The third annual South African International Tattoo Convention (SAITC) will be held at The Lookout at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town from 29-31 March 2019... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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The Bokeh South African International Lifestyle and Fashion Film Festival is inviting all aspirant creative talents to enter the Emerging Creative Talent competition and stand a chance to win R50,000... Read
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Marketing
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Media
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JESSICA TENNANT
Wayne Bischoff recently rejoined Mediamark as CEO, having previously held the position of sales and marketing director at what was then Radmark and Digitalmark. Read
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TAWANA KUPE
Democracy and social progress die without science and fact-based knowledge. Science and facts are the foundational basis for rational and logical disputation and the possibility of reaching some truths. Fake news, on the other hand, is a calculated assault on democratic freedoms... Read
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Applications to 2019 Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalism Fellowship now open... Read
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GLENDA DANIELS
South African media has been criticised on social media for its initially superficial and underwhelming coverage of the massive floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi in the wake of the devastating Tropical Cyclone Idai... Read
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The 6th Edition of the International Association of Sports Press (AIPS) Africa Congress will be held in Accra, Ghana... Read
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Mobile
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Cell C in partnership with Facebook has unveiled the first public access Wi-Fi hotspots and is now live at the University of the Western Cape (UWC)... Read
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Waze users in South Africa can now project the app's real-time traffic and navigation service onto the touch screen in Ford vehicles... Read
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Online Media
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The new website, African City Guide has launched connecting travellers to African cities and what they have to offer... Read
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PR & Communications
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KELLI MATTHEWS
Here's what a company needs to do to restore the public's trust... Read
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ROBERT GENTLE
Powerful, integrated and effective... Read
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CHRIS MOERDYK, ISSUED BY CHRIS MOERDYK
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Production
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Radio
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Research
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TONY SPONG
I became curious about curiosity when I came across a nice article in the Guardian that pointed out how unhelpful the expression 'curiosity killed the cat' was to children's development. Why would you want to encourage someone to be less curious? Read
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There are interesting shifts in African manufacturer and retailer business priorities and a growing appreciation for the fact that no one-size-fits-all approach is enough to ensure ongoing success in sub-Saharan Africa... Read
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Marketing is finally moving beyond the "make it pink for the female market" strategy and acknowledging that, as well as shopping for themselves, women tend to control family finances, and also make purchasing decisions on behalf of those in their care, including children and elderly family members... Read
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Retail
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MAROEFAH SMITH
The key to building and sustaining the trust of the online consumer is to focus your business entirely on them, says Platinum Seed's Bradley Elliott... Read
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LARA-ANNE DERBYSHIRE
A glimpse into Mind(set) and meeting the South African shopper in the moment... Read
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Social Media
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IME ARCHIBONG
Strengthening safety, encouraging free expression - these are Facebook's goals for a new content Oversight Board which it will workshop in Kenya next month... Read
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Streaming
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Vox Africa has launched a new travel show hosted by UK comedian Eddie Kadi... Read
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TV
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Kwesé Free TV, becomes the first free-to-air terrestrial broadcaster to be licensed in South Africa since e.tv received its license 21 years ago... Read
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Cannes Lions
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Cinemark has announced a call for entries for the Cannes Young Lions competition (Film category), seeking young, local talent to showcase on a global stage... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Michelle Beh, MD and strategy director at the Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town and panel moderator at the IAB SA's most recent Insight Series event... Read
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One Show Awards
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Cam Blackley, CCO of M+C Saatchi Sydney and One Show 2019 Integrated judge certainly tasted the rainbow with this audacious anti-ad, and selected it his One Show 2019 pick of the day... Read
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BBDO NY creative director and ADC Advertising judge Carolyn Davis was drawn to "You Make, We Transfer", a collaboration between California-based Stink Studios and WeTransfer... Read
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Humberto Polar, CCO of Grey Mexico and One Show 2019 Film judge selected Apple's "menagerie of colour and music" as his One Show 2019 pick of the day... Read
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Matthew Curry, CCO of BSSP in San Francisco and One Show 2019 Film judge liked how the spot made the culture of vanity seem okay, and thus made it his pick of the day. Or is that the greatest pick of all time?... Read
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#TechBytes is a nine-part video mini-series that shares nine simple steps any business can apply to generate qualified leads... Read
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AKINWALE GOODLUCK
Mobile money has changed the face of financial services forever. It has driven significantly greater financial inclusion in emerging markets around the world, positively impacting whole communities and economies... Read
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Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster, is expanding its activities in Ethiopia... Read
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State security last week arrested documentary filmmaker Zenzele Ndebele after a used police teargas cannister from a protest was found in his car... Read
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Viral Nation agency wins Influencer Marketing Award for "Best Large Influencer Marketing Agency" globally for 2019... Read
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NDUBISI ONWUANYI
There's been a spate of building collapses in Lagos, Nigeria. In some cases, people have died. In one instance a building had been marked for demolition at least three times... Read
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will tomorrow launch an online trading platform which will link registered small, medium and micro enterprises' (SMMEs) access to supply chain opportunities of large South African corporations... Read
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BRENDAN MCARAVEY
Our work is becoming ever more digital. No matter if you're an office worker, doctor, lawyer, warehouse clerk, or truck driver... Read
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DAVE JOYCE
Digital transformation is the future of any business. If you aren't on the path towards a digital environment, you're probably already behind... Read
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