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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer at CNN chats about the evolution of the media landscape; the impact of technology on the consumption of news and the future of news journalism in a tech-driven world...read |
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|  | GRANT LAPPING Even with the good news about successful vaccine trials around the world, we're most likely still months away from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Consumer behaviour is far from returning to normal...read |
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 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP Tastic Rice's new TVC from FCB Joburg is a beautifully cast and shot reminder of people's innate generosity, and how much that generosity shapes our everyday lives... Read |
 | ISSUED BY 365 DIGITAL Anzu.io, the world's leading in-game advertising platform, has announced a collaboration with Moat by Oracle Data Cloud to provide impression delivery and General Invalid Traffic (GIVT) measurement across its platform... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Innovation: Brand shows it is comfortable in its own skin; By putting itself in the background, carmaker shows essence is the same as that of chess... Read |
 | Gerety has announced a brand refresh and new website along with its 2021 jury, featuring Odette van der Haar, CEO of The Exponential Company and presenter of Business Beat South Africa as the South African representative... Read |
| Biz Takeouts |
 | Yaseen Salie, bio-energy analyst and DiBiCoo project lead at GreenCape, explains the latest innovations in the biogas sector as well as some of the goals and examples of the DiBiCoo project... View |
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 | Marielle Hurter, the water sector analyst of GreenCape, explains the purpose of the Green Business Support Services Directory... View |
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 | ISSUED BY LEVERGY Today's millennial and Gen Z consumer is looking to business to play a major part in the worldwide recovery and are basing more and more purchasing decisions on the value global brands are giving back to the world... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY AFRICA TEEN GEEKS In partnership with Apodytes and Unicef South Africa, Africa Teen Geeks is running a free holiday coding and robotics classes from 4 to 22 January 2021. Classes will be conducted virtually in Zoom, the Ms Zora platform and YouTube... Read |
 | JAMES STENT Only a massive global rollout of an effective vaccine can end the Covid-19 pandemic in the short term. The vaccine is being rolled out in the United Kingdom and United States... Read |
 | The South African government is hoping to rollout its Covid-19 vaccine programme as early as next month... Read |
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 | WYNAND SMIT The world has certainly changed in 2020 and so have customers. But as a business, have you? Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Track-and-trace applications are being rolled out around the world to contain the spread of Covid-19, but how much privacy will we have to sacrifice in the fight to stay alive? Jason Kpodo-Tay asks... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU While it goes without saying that the global pandemic dominated search, we asked Freddy Hornsby, senior performance account manager, and Marco Martin, SEO account executive, both from iProspect South Africa, what else piqued the search interests of people across SSA in 2020... Read |
 | SIZWE DLAMINI For many years, companies have been collecting data for digital marketing. However, as digital technology evolves and grows at a colossal rate, data analytics too have had to adjust to innovate the brand marketing approach that is being embraced... Read |
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 | JOHN PAUL WAITES, ISSUED BY WORX GROUP Recently we had Jay Shetty - best-selling author of Think Like a Monk and social media mega-star - join us virtually from his Los Angeles home. How cool that we can do that today. The session was genuinely enlightening, but his closing remarks really stuck with me... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY The 2020 South African Comedy Awards celebrated the best in the comedy industry at the Soweto Theatre on 12 December... Read |
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 | South African filmmaker, Rapelang Ntamu, has been announced as the winner of the Jozi Film Festival (JFF), Save the Children South Africa, and Discovery Rise 2020 filmmakers competition... Read |
| Magazines |
 | Chef and former editor of True Love magazine, Dorah Sitole passed away on Monday, 4 January 2021, at 67 years old... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY MARKETING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS The Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) is pleased to announce that it will be introducing three Leadership Awards to its catalogue of accolades... Read |
| Media |
 | Journalist, writer, editor and founder of South African-based digital Indian news service Indian Spice, Naufal Khan died of surgery complications on Sunday, 20 December after a long illness... Read |
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 | Digital signage has become a fantastic form of communication and advertising, particularly during the pandemic as businesses struggle to stand out in a sea of sameness... Read |
| Recruitment |
 | ISSUED BY SALT RECRUITMENT Salt, the global digital recruitment agency specialising in consulting, creative, HR, marketing, sales and technology roles is continuing to expand its offering into Johannesburg, South Africa's 'City of Gold'... Read |
| Research |
 | Decode Communications has released its latest piece of research, the South African Government Leaders on Twitter 2020 Report... Read |
| Social Media |
 | WIEHAHN DIEDERICHS Facebook has launched its "JoziPlug Community Guide", making Johannesburg the first city in Africa to join the global community guides initiative... Read |
 | ASHLEIGH KLEIN The video live-streaming app Periscope will shut down next year following a number of issues plaguing the app. The announcement was made in a Medium blog post this week... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LEVERGY A successful vaccination programme has helped restore the planet to relative normality. But the pandemic's mark on the worlds of sport and entertainment has left an unmistakable legacy. It wasn't that Covid-19 was a game changer, though. More that it was an accelerant, a terrible fuel to a rocket whose destination was already set... Read |
| Streaming |
 | WIEHAHN DIEDERICHS Streaming giant Netflix has released South African viewing habits for the year, along with the most popular South African content on the platform... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | JESSICA TENNANT This week, we go behind the mask with Vanessa Dossi, social media manager at Digitas Liquorice... Read |
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 | Robyn Peterson, chief technology officer at CNN chats about the evolution of the media landscape; the impact of technology has on the consumption of news and the future of news journalism... View |
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 | MATILDA MOYO Africa faces its worst economic recession in 25 years, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
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 | In a statement on Monday, 4 January 2021, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) said the price of 93 (ULP and LRP) will go up by 43 cents, while that of 95 (ULP and LRP) will increase by 40 cents... Read |
 | Domestic and regional airline Airlink has announced that it is adjusting its flight schedule of early morning and evening departures so that customers can comply with South Africa's new curfew... Read |
 | CEO of Galetti Corporate Real Estate John Jack looks at upcoming trends within the changing landscape of corporate real estate... Read |
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 | SANDISIWE SHOBA The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown has been devastating for young entrepreneurs. But despite the harsh economic climate some are still hustling and finding innovative ways to keep their businesses alive... Read |
 | ANDREW WEINBERG The rise in the amount of knowledge sharing and mentoring by businesspeople through partnerships with SMEs and entrepreneurs in order to help them survive and succeed has been, and continues to be, a silver lining in the overwhelming Covid-19 cloud... Read |
 | If 2020 is anything to go by, it's clear that the ability to adapt and transform as a small business is necessary for survival. To help SMEs prepare for the year ahead, here are some of the most important trends that businesses should be aware of in 2021... Read |
 | Enygma Ventures has announced its final investment of 2020 into PremierCredit, an online microlending platform operating in Zambia and Zimbabwe... Read |
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