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|  | | Nike continued its winning streak with its sixth win in a row as the Overall Coolest Brand at the 16th annual Sunday Times Gen Next Awards, announced online on 21 August 2020. The winners span 71 categories and are based on the outcome of research conducted by Yellowwood.read |
|  | | The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards has announced its 2020 finalists...read |
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| |  | Female thought leaders in the Covid-battered tourism sector share what Women's Month means to them and their hopes for the future of the industry... Read |  | CHERYL SAMBAZA The year 2020 has brought with it disruption and upheaval of proportions never before encountered by South African business, affecting both the public and the private sector alike... Read |  | Many flourishing tourism businesses saw their income dry up overnight with the arrival of Covid-19. The pandemic has dealt a particularly cruel blow to the women in the industry, who make up 70% of the workforce Read |  | JESSICA TENNANT Deirdre King, newly appointed MD at Jacaranda FM says it's critical for brands to demonstrate heart and that we ought to surround ourselves or build a team of people who will not allow a virus dictate how they run their business or do their job... Read |  | |  | SOLANI HLAYISI & BABALWA NYEMBEZI Part 2 of Solani Hlayisi, group account director at Wunderman Thompson and Babalwa Nyembezi, head of digital at Net#work BBDO's discussion about Women's Day and the role brands and corporates could play in meaningfully engaging with this day... Read |  | Women's Month is an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on women's achievements, including those in the workplace. Read |  | JUANITA PIENAAR TV and Jacaranda FM radio presenter Danny Painter tells us about her new venture, The Jo and Danny Show and how she wants to see more women in the driver's seat when it comes to the radio industry... Read |  | JUANITA PIENAAR Kriya Gangiah, founder of Kri8tive Media elaborates on her company's business offerings, share her personal tips on getting to the top in the digital marketing industry, specifically as a woman, and more... Read |  | Women leaders in the healthcare sector discussed possible solutions to drive gender equity, the need to achieve growth and foster innovation for better health outcomes across the continent as part of the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF) 2020 Dialogues series. Read |  | JESSICA TENNANT This week, we go behind the mask with Renay Tandy, public relations director and co-founder at Ngage - The Agency for Industry... Read |  | JUANITA PIENAAR Steph van Niekerk who is ranked No.1 Creative Director and No.1 Copywriter in South Africa for 2019, and who is the runner-up for Woman of the Year 2020, shares why she still thinks it's the work that matters and why it's the work that will get you where you want to be... Read |  | JESSICA TENNANT As part of our Women's Month content feature and in the build-up to our panel discussion with some of this year's Gerety Awards all-female South African executive jury members, taking place in September, Jessica Tennant, senior editor: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity interviews Havas Johannesburg's ECD Fiona O'Connor... Read |  | NICCI BOTHA With the decreasing costs of the renewable energy technologies, the industry is growing at an rapid rate and these technologies are of late considered the least-cost option in the power sector.... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE As one of Paxful's brightest young leaders, Tugba Abadan is helping the global next-generation peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin marketplace bring financial inclusion to the underbanked and unbanked... Read |  | DOLANA CONCO Women bore the brunt of economic hardship during the Covid-19 pandemic, research shows... Read | ISSUED BY ICANDI CQ |  | Although more women are now involved in the mining, it remains a largely masculine domain, and still lags behind many other industries when it comes to inclusion... Read |  | JESSICA TENNANT As part of our Women's Month content feature and in the build-up to our panel discussion with some of this year's Gerety Awards all-female South African executive jury members, taking place in September, Jessica Tennant, senior editor: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity interviews Duke's recently appointed ECD Suhana Gordhan... Read |
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 | BRENDAN SEERY Reach for a Dream: this campaign should touch your heart; Santam's false claims leave its customers crying 'onion' tears... Read |
 | ISAAC KWAME ADOM Head of strategy at FCB Wired in Gaborone, Isaac Kwame Adom writes why, for him, ads are like shoes. Both have a basic function. For shoes, it's to protect your feet from the elements. For ads, it's to impact audience attitudes towards a brand. Both can leave lasting impressions but, can also be entirely forgettable... Read |
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 | TERENCE T CHINYANGARE No matter how much things change, some things will stay the same. Your consumers might change how they communicate with you, but why they communicate with you will never change... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM The #DoBizZA Content Feature sponsorship will allow your organisation to be seen supporting local, homemade and homegrown heroes, across 19 sectors on Biz, in the month-long celebration of all things local... Read |
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| Film & Cinematography |
 | Ster-Kinekor has announced that they will be reopening cinemas from 28 August 2020... Read |
 | The KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission has announced the nominees for the 2020 Simon 'Mabhunu' Sabela KZN Film and Television Awards - which will take place online on 12 September 2020... Read |
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 | SYLVIA SCHUTTE Sylvia Schutte, MD of Stratitude lists four steps to obtaining, crafting and using valuable customer feedback... Read |
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 | MIMI NICKLIN Mimi Nicklin, author of the book, Softening the Edge writes that empathy is the secret path to deeply resonant and powerful campaigns... Read |
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 | AILEEN LAMB It's always been about making sure your investment is working hard, writes New Media's CEO, Aileen Lamb. In this game, you need to be able to prove what you've created has had a real commercial impact on your client's bottom line - now more so than ever... Read |
 | Sanef has announced that it plans to award the 2020 Nat Nakasa Award to the entire South African body of media professionals and journalists... Read |
| One Show Awards |
 | Kathleen Hall, chief brand officer at Microsoft, has been announced as the winner of The One Show 2020 CMO Pencil... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Marketing is no longer only about talking to consumers, it is about being part of the conversation. Content partnerships allow organisations to be seen at the centre of new networks and narratives... Read |
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| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Rereading Terry Pratchett's, The Truth, Bronwyn Williams was struck by a minor character who reminded her that every messy problem is a business opportunity in disguise and tells us how this side story is playing out in various guises around the world... Read |
| Research |
 | Businesses need to pay attention to a new customer as we enter Level 2 lockdown, says customer experience specialist Nathalie Schooling. Read |
 | BRETT ROGERS Brett Rogers explores the edges of culture and how things are changing, providing valuable insights for brands wanting to understand who and what is shaping culture... Read |
| Retail |
 | From toilet paper in Australia to pasta in Italy and condoms in France, countries have noted interesting patterns of demand in the world of fast moving consumer goods... Read |
 | NIC RAY The way consumers buy from and engage with grocery stores has changed. And as the Covid-19 crisis unfolds, consumer behaviour will evolve too... Read |
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 | CHRIS DOYLE In the land of CMS systems, the power to manage your social media publishing and online marketing lie in the hands of a few... Read |
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| D&AD Awards |
 | D&AD has announced plans for a virtual ceremony on 10 September that will celebrate the 2020 D&AD Pencil winners... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Today is World Entrepreneurs' Day and serves the purpose of creating awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Every year, 21 August marks World Entrepreneurs' Day. The purpose of this day is to create awareness of entrepreneurs and innovation throughout the world... Read |
 | JAMES BAYHACK Data, on its own, is quite inconsequential - a small moving part in a bigger operation. Only when it is made valuable and accessible can companies explore its true potential... Read |
 | Covid-19 has amplified the existential crisis facing the fossil fuel industries, and has potentially accelerated the global transition to cleaner energies, with far-reaching consequences for economies in sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
 | TALLA GUISSE Africa has come a long way in its digitisation journey from mobile telephony to broadband - connecting and digitising entire sectors economies, jobs, education, healthcare, government and societies... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Passionate about design thinking in the technology space, Paula Sartini is an analytical thinker that strives to solve business problems with innovative solutions... Read |
 | In many fields, women entrepreneurs are leading the way. In the digital marketing industry, one woman who started her business alongside her partner, is Zubeida Goolam... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This year, Bizcommunity, in partnership with Seedstars, is acknowledging African startups on World Entrepreneur's Day 2020 Read |
 | The South African alcohol industry has commited to invest no less than R150m in direct harm-reduction programmes over the coming year... Read |
 | DR MARIHECA OTTO Smart leaders know they need diversity of backgrounds, characteristics and ideas on all levels so that they can attract, retain and make the most of people's abilities... Read |
 | Despite many studies indicating that gender diversity contributes significant advantages, the percentage of women in senior leadership positions is declining, notes Yael Geffen, CEO of Lew Geffen Sotheby's International Realty... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Michanic is an innovative "Uber-like" technology platform that brings qualified and trustworthy car mechanics right to your doorstep, at a time that fits into your own daily schedule... Read |
 | JOHANNES MASITENG As the country moves to alert Level 2 of the national lockdown, more people will be out and about, meaning opportunities for criminals to strike are going to increase Read |
 | GivenGain, this month, aims to have gamers, musicians and anyone with a livestream doing it for good. Why? Because livestreaming for charity is big - really big, says the global charity crowdfunding platform... Read |
 | ANDREA NEL AND MORAG PHILLIPS The Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented times of change. The changed world we have experienced in 2020 translates in a number of ways... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Having trouble accessing your Gmail, Google Drive, or Google Meet? You're not alone... Read |
 | Against the backdrop of easing the nationwide lockdown to Level 2, SweepSouth has joined forces with Airbnb... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This Women's Month, Professor Bridgette Gasa, newly elected chair of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, shares insights into how the foundation is contributing to an equitable South Africa... Read |
 | KIRSTEN EISER & SHANE JOHNSON The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) which came into force on 1 July 2020 places several obligations on employers in terms of managing employees personal information... Read |
 | HELENE SMUTS Some of the defining characteristics of a woman are the very qualities that we look for in great leaders - empathy, collaboration and problem solving... Read |
 | According to Craig Mott, Cape Town regional sales manager for the Rawson Property Group, home offices are certainly taking off in popularity... Read |
 | The Supplementary Budget delivered by the minister of finance in June showed that a projected shortfall in tax revenues is expected to be around R300bn for the 2020/2021 fiscal year... Read |
 | Despite progress made on the gender rights front since South Africa's first democratic elections, a lot of work remains to be done, says Onyi Nwaneri, human rights lawyer by trade and CEO of Afrika Tikkun Services... Read |
 | The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2019/2020 revealed that there are four times more early stage entrepreneurs in South Africa than established business owners... Read |
 | JOHNNY JOHNSON Julian Barnes starts his novel, Levels of Life, like this: You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE "The best way to protect yourself and avoid possible cyber scammers is to always be vigilant and never give out your private or personal information", says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa... Read |
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