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MIKE ABEL
Strive to own a small part of something extraordinary and not a large part of something ordinary, writes Mike Abel... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Ignatius Sehoole, CEO of KPMG SA's honest keynote presentation at the 8th annual CEM Africa Summit was a highlight for many. He said, "We know where we are, we know how we got here, and we have started our journey of renewal. Our ongoing task is to re-establish trust of the SA business community and society." Here's how they're doing so...read
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In celebration of Women's Month, Apple Music has unveiled specially-curated playlists and the country's most-streamed female artists...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
It's no secret that it's hard to make your break in advertising, especially in SA, where a large part of the population was formerly excluded from participating in the industry altogether. That's where the One Club for Creativity's diversity boot camps come in...read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Tumi Voster launched a production agency in May this year alongside her second GRL PWR Series... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
For Jade owner Annemarie van Wyk, jewellery is more than just an ornamental piece... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
A mad dash to the school to find a missing child when the driver wasn't answering his phone inspired entrepreneur Tshidi Morabi to create LocTransie... Read
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AMY CARMICHAEL AND LEIGH CRYMBLE
Showing how much South Africans care about Caster Semenya wasn't the initial objective Amy Carmichael and Leigh Crymble had when they started their research... Read
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According to Stats SA, women have a higher unemployment rate in comparison to their male counterparts. In the first quarter of 2019, Stats SA said there are 29.3% unemployed women compared to 26.1% unemployed men in the country... Read
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South African Breweries (SAB) has unveiled a special beer for Women's Month. The limited-edition small-batch beer was designed and brewed by women... Read
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From preventative medicine to smart mobility to 5G, the 2020s will see significant trends driving global growth over the next decade... Read
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SINDY PETERS
Declared a national disaster, Namibia is facing a particularly severe drought that is ravaging all regions of the southern African country... Read
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Advertising
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Duke, Mark1 and Positive Dialogue have combined their collective agency expertise to form the Duke Group... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
The new Kia ad is pure homegrown excellence. But Japan Tobacco International gets an Onion for slick, but misleading, advertising... Read
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MARK BOTHA
The media landscape is changing rapidly and the way that media agencies are planning and buying digital media is ever-evolving... Read
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CATHERINE KRUGER
The debate around the issue of plain packaging once again highlights the value of product branding and its impact on brand value... Read
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The winners, including Nike South Africa's "Just Do It: Caster Semenya", of the inaugural Gerety Awards have been announced... Read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
The flames of a long-standing war between Microsoft and Apple were fanned on Wednesday when the former released an ad featuring the favourable opinions of an Australian man called Mackenzie "Mac" Book... Read
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Branding
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JOHNNY JOHNSON
There's a lot of emphasis on personal brand these days, which is not surprising given the power of social media networking... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Rashid Toefy, deputy director - general: economic operations in the Western Cape government, unpacked their mission of placing the customer at the heart of operations, how the corporate sector and government should collaborate for true shared value, and why they'll be part of First Thursdays on 1 August... Read
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BOGOSI MOTSHEGWA
There is no such thing as market saturation, just first-base thinking, writes Bogosi Motshegwa... Read
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GREG CHEN
There are a few basic things every business can do to ensure that its communication strategy is as effective as possible... Read
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"Personalisation extends beyond unconventional accommodation by individualising communication with travellers, understanding both who they are and why they travel." Read
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Design
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Young designer Kadi Matsaung has been chosen to feature at this year's Decorex Joburg - taking place at the Gallagher Convention Centre from 7 to 11 August - as the 2019 Emerging Designer... Read
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GXN Innovation, the independent research company of renowned Danish architecture firm 3XN, has envisioned mobile 3D printing robots... Read
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Digital
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ERNST WITTMANN
Virtual Reality (VR) has a long way to go before it bursts into the mainstream, but there are signs that the technology is starting to mature... Read
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OZ DESAI
There has been no shortage of predictions about how advances in artificial intelligence and robotics will replace humans in all kinds of jobs... Read
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Education
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Entrepreneurship
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Currently employing half of South Africa's labour force and contributing a third of its GDP, SMMEs seem to be the obvious solution to SA's high youth unemployment rate. The question becomes: how best to develop our youth as entrepreneurs...? Read
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Events & Conferencing
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Exhibitions
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Magazines
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Marketing
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Media
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ANDY WALKER
Cape Town's Metrorail train service announced in a communication with commuters on Tuesday that it will soon shutter its free SMS notification service... Read
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Mobile
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ALEX THOMSON
Today, owning DVDs and CDs seems like a quaint idea - why would you clutter your home with physical media when you can get the music or movies you want over the internet on a pay-per-download or subscription basis? Read
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The South African Value Added Tax Act Amended Regulations state that foreign suppliers of more than R1m pf "electronic services" over the preceding 12 month period are obliged to register for VAT in South Africa... Read
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Online Media
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Daily Maverick has announced that veteran cartoonists, Stephen Francis and Rico Schacherl, will be bringing satirical cartoon strip, Madam & Eve to Daily Maverick as of 1 August 2019... Read
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ANDY WALKER
Google's Chrome 76 browser is now available to all online and with it comes a good number of quality-of-life improvements... Read
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PR & Communications
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Tracy Jones, owner of Positive Dialogue Communications, elaborates on what the Duke Group partnership means for the firm and what she is most looking forward to as a result... Read
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Southern Africa Toastmasters is set to launch its first-ever Anglo-Francophone club in Johannesburg on Wednesday 31 July 2019 in Sandton, Johannesburg... Read
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Printing
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Radio
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Recruitment
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Research
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In South Africa's fashion retail sector, Pep Stores and Truworths score the highest in terms of customer satisfaction... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Kantar CEO Eric Salama presented an update on the new ownership structure and the opportunities under, Bain Capital (the firm's new owner), on a press call held on Thursday... Read
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Retail
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Infinite Foods, a distributor, licensor and manufacturer of plant-based protein products, has appointed Nqabisa Gabriel as its area sales manager... Read
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The Nigerian consumer landscape is set for a multitude of shifts. By 2025, 55% of Nigerians will live in cities or towns as a result of 50% growth in population in urban areas, which represents the fastest urban growth rate globally... Read
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CHRISTY TAWII
With a growing young population coupled with rapid urbanisation and fast-growing consumer expenditure, Africa offers attractive opportunities for entities wishing to expand into new frontier markets... Read
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Social Media
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Struggling to know when to post to Insta? Future Females co-founder Lauren Dallas let us in on a little secret during Meltwater's 2019 webinar on the what, why and how of Instagram marketing: For SA, the "commute hours" of 6am to 8am and 7pm+ are best for engagement. Here's what else you missed... Read
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ANDY WALKER
What was an exciting rumour just days ago, is now all but "confirmed"... Read
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Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) communicators at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto were the first to receive social media training with Decode Communications... Read
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Streaming
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
"Netflix and drive" might become a thing now that Elon Musk revealed upcoming support for the streaming service and YouTube on his Tesla vehicles... Read
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TV
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Jabulani Sigege, executive creative director at Hero... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With the year's biggest international award shows done and dusted, I chatted to the regional jurors ahead of the upcoming Loeries Creative Week. Next in the series is this year's Digital Communication juror Oje Ojeaga, also CEO/CCO at Up in the Sky, Nigeria... Read
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"How I Built This" dives into the stories behind growing SME's and the movements they built... Read
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CIPLA presents Samuel Japane, the birdman extraordinaire, in part 3 of the CIPLA Humancare series. View
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Zimbabweans living in South Africa may now send goods and groceries back home as Hello Paisa launched its Malaicha.com collection and delivery service app... Read
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Touted as the 'largest video game venue in West Africa', the Paradise Game Centre officially opened its doors on the first floor of Cosmos Yopougon, the new shopping centre in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on Wednesday... Read
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Our news is changing, our media is changing, and the very way in which we communicate is evolving... Read
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Kenyan headquartered DPO Group has acquired PayFast for an undisclosed sum in a deal that will give local business owners an easier way to accept payments in 18 African countries... Read
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MARIJKE VERPOORTEN, NIK STROOP & PETER VAN DER WINDT
Strong evidence links the mining of minerals to local conflict in several African countries. This is because minerals are prized by rebel groups and are a source of their financing... Read
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WIM DELVA
Many of the disruptive, game-changing innovations that are grounded in data science are intended to improve people's quality of life as well as the efficiency of processes and services... Read
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Nigerian authorities should immediately investigate the death of Precious Owolabi, a reporter for the privately-owned Channels TV, who was shot during a protest... Read
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Forbes Woman Africa announces First Regional Forum in Rwanda for businesswomen... Read
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The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of investigative reporter Erick Kabendera, who was forcefully removed from his home... Read
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The South Africa-Nigeria Business Chamber has rebranded from the SA-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, with a new strategy and look and feel... Read
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YOLISA PHAHLE
A diverse and culturally rich African continent is a bedrock for storytelling... Read
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D&AD has unveiled its list of 'Ones to Watch' for 2019... Read
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Without proper leadership, it would be impossible for an organisation to build and nurture its reputation. When measuring organisations' reputations, leadership and corporate governance play a fundamental part in how the organisation is being perceived... Read
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JOHN BOTHA
The World Health Organisation estimates that around 300 million people across the globe suffer from depression. This has become the leading cause of disability worldwide. It is evident that there are many reasons why employers need to be equipped to deal with depression at the workplace... Read
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According to the Central Energy Fund, fuel prices for August are set for changes with petrol up and diesel down... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Is achieving universal health coverage by 2030 a reality or a distant dream? Read
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The rapid rise of co-working the world over may just seem fashionable at the moment, but there are strong scientific reasons behind its rise in its popularity... Read
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Marcus Garvey "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." Norman Vincent Peale "Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all." Hero executive creative director Jabulani Sigege in this week's #BehindtheSelfie Steve Jobs "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." George Orwell "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." |
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