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|  | JESSICA TENNANT Mike Sharman is a serial entrepreneur, perhaps best known as the founder of Retroviral, which has made more brands go viral globally than any other agency in Africa. He is a speaker at this year's Nedbank IMC...read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY FACEBOOK This month's Marketing Mastermind is Jordan Wallace, CEO of Gorilla Creative Media. He discusses The Huletts National Humthem... Read |
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| |  | IMRAN SALIE Young and inspirational, Niyaaz Isaacs holds the secret to creating a South African YouTube channel that sticks... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE As part of our #YouthMatters feature, we chat to Letlhogonolo "Tlhogi" Ngwato, PR lead at Grey Africa... Read |  | CHARLES SIBOTO The winter chills are settling in across the country, load shedding looms large and Malume Cyril called the dreaded family meeting... Read |  | MONDE TWALA Unmistakably, the youth need to be able to simultaneously take up space and find a space for themselves in society... Read |  | EMILY STANDER We spoke to Dillon Khan about storytelling, African stories and the importance of youth in the creative industry... Read |  | EMILY STANDER Nicole Glover, head of digital and social media at Penquin, is a passionate and goal-orientated young professional... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE As part of our #YouthMatters series, we chat to Shivad Singh, founder and CEO of Head Start Education... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE As part of our #YouthMatters series, we chat to Kim-Lee de Vries, marketing director at Bateleur Brand Planning... Read |  | EMILY STANDER Passionate about the world she works in, Ondela Mlandu has come from journalism and writing roots up the ladder to where she is now... Read |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Chidi Nwaogu, serial tech entrepreneur and cofounder at Publiseer and Savvy, has been nominated as Techpreneur of the Year at the 2021 FOYA Awards... Read |  | ROBIN FREDERICKS As part of our #YouthMatters series, we chat to Portia Phohlo, sustainability researcher at Woodlands Dairy about her love of soil science, who inspires her and where she sees herself in the next five years... Read |  | PAT MAHLANGU The idea of interacting with digital natives can be intimidating for companies and organisations, but there is simply no way out of this... Read |  | ROBIN FREDERICKS As part of our #YouthMatters feature, we chat to Oratile Seabela, founder of integrated public transport mobile app solution, Malii... Read |  | EMILY STANDER Linda Baqwa is the account manager for Streamline Retail Hub... Read |  | With almost one in every two young people in the South African labour force without a job, there can be little doubt that youth unemployment has reached critical levels in the country... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Clockwork received five solid nominations at the annual IAB Bookmark Awards - the benchmark for tech, digital and leading edge innovation... Read |
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 | The winners of the Warc Awards for Effectiveness has been announced... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY VDX.TV VDX.tv's Tim Sleath discusses household targeting's role alongside other identity solutions and how advertisers can create an effective household strategy for their campaigns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO Howard Audio collaborated with agency Abnormal on attention-grabbing scripts that illustrate the concept 'You're doing it wrong, if you don't go with Weelee'... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Cruising to an Orchid; Liberty's powerful, thought-provoking response to North Face attack... Read |
 | Cresta Awards for 2021 has surpassed entries for the whole 2019 season... Read |
| Branding |
 | ISSUED BY BRAND SOUTH AFRICA Brand South Africa announced the launch of the Play Your Part Awards 2021, a nine-category award programme that is working to celebrate citizens who have demonstrated unparalleled care... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Promise Group led the way for South Africa at The One Show Awards of 2021... Read |
| Cannes Lions |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy Cape Town and the Rape Crisis Trust were recognised at the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, during Monday evening's awards announcement, receiving a Silver Lion in the Print: Not-for-Profit category... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Grey Africa and WPP-Liquid were recognised at the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, receiving South Africa's first Digital Craft Lion for Savanna Cider's "Decolonise Autocorrect" creative campaign... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DISTELL Savanna's unique #DecoloniseAutocorrect campaign has been awarded for both Direct Use of Mobile and brought home South Africa's wantlha ka dinako Cannes Lion... Read |
 | Degree Inclusive, a deodorant created by Wunderman Thompson for Unilever's Degree Deodorant brand, has won the Innovation Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY STARBRIGHT Leadtrekker is a CRM system with multiple functionalities that will give your team the tools it needs for brilliant communication to your prospects and teammates... Read |
| Design |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The creativity of designers is a valuable resource that must be nurtured if African countries are to grow their fashion industries into competitive global players, says SA Fashion Week CEO Lucilla Booyzen... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY BRAVE GROUP Brave Group is excited to announce an increasing investment into digital resources for the Motherboard team... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TQ GROUP Smart companies are using anonymous video analytics (AVA) in innovative ways to enhance consumer experience and personalise product offerings... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PUBLISHER'S TOOLBOX Following on from the release of the official League App in March, MLR and PT SportSuite announce the next phase of the partnership's digital fan engagement strategy for 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SPROUT PERFORMANCE PARTNERS Digital marketing needs to evolve to keep up with the pace of answering client needs and brands need to adapt to become customer-centric... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Zambia-born former banker, author and entrepreneur Edwin Ngwane has created a platform that gives consultants, freelancers, unemployed graduates, semi-skilled and skilled individuals access to markets... Read |
 | Here are some of the tips that youth panellists shared at the recent Youth Digital Skills Forum hosted by Facebook and Digify Africa... Read |
 | Video marketing has risen in popularity to become one of the most efficient methods for businesses to deliver their marketing messages and, more importantly, to expand their companies... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MAIL & GUARDIAN The Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans Winner's Live Virtual Reveal will be held on 24 June 2021 at 7pm SAST... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MAIL & GUARDIAN Thursday, 24 June 2021 saw the presentation of the 15th installment of the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans Awards... Read |
 | JOHNPAUL WAITES, ISSUED BY WORX GROUP After reeling for weeks and dismissing it as 'just a short-term thing', we soon realised this wasn't a blip but a very real, long-term challenge... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The Top Empowerment Virtual Conference, taking place on the 15 and 16 July, is the ideal platform to leverage strategic partnerships with the American Chamber of Commerce, the British Chamber of Business, ProductivitySA and BPESA... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Flux Trends hosted another episode of their Tribes series and focused specifically on 'tribes' which emerged post-pandemic and the place of the younger generation... Read |
 | DJ DINO BRAVO With most company's meetings, conferences and events going online, it's hard to believe that you'd still have a place for entertainment in those digital settings.... Read |
 | The international committee of the All African Music Awards (Afrima) announced the 2021 event calendar at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking the opening of Afrima 2021... Read |
 | D&AD has announced the details of the New Blood Digital Festival 2021... Read |
 | The One Club for Creativity has announced the diverse jury of 88 top creatives from 38 countries for the global Young Guns 19... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | GIBSON NCUBE Social media and internet forums function as an important space of contestation for issues relating to queer identities. This is evident in reactions to two fairly recent queer-themed African films, one from South Africa - Inxeba/The Wound - and the other from Kenya - Rafiki... Read |
 | Nigerien filmmaker Aïcha Macky won the The Adiaha Award for her film Zinder. The Ladima Foundation presented Macky with the award at the 2021 Encounters South African International Documentary Festival... Read |
 | New York Festivals and The Female Quotient (FQ) has announced a partnership with ANA in the launch of the 2021 NYFA 'SeeHer Lens' Award.... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE In the year of virtual conferences, the Nedbank IMC in 2020 was critically acclaimed - the one to beat - and this year, the action continues with the conference themed "Marketing. The Movie"... Read |
 | ROAN MACKINTOSH Although it was already on a positive trajectory, Covid has catapulted digital marketing to a much more strategic position within local organisations... Read |
 | The collective of queer creatives conceptualised and produced the campaign to ensure all messaging was fully inclusive of the LGBTQI+ community... Read |
| Media |
 | JOE HAMMAN When I first started working in the PR & Communications industry, people would talk about the 'thud factor': the sound that a clippings book makes when it hits a client's desk... Read |
 | HOWARD FELDMAN It's getting more and more difficult to separate fact from fiction... Read |
 | The MultiChoice Group has extended its partnership with the Youth Employment Service to assist with the recruitment and training of 300 learners... Read |
 | The Facebook Journalism Project and Reuters have announced the launch of a free online training programme for journalists... Read |
 | Women in Music South Africa and Trace have announced their signing of a multi-faceted partnership deal... Read |
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 | ERNST WITTMANN Ernst Wittmann, global account director of Alcatel, lists seven exciting developments we can expect from smartphones in the year 2030... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY SA SHARES Search engine optimisation (SEO) is not a new or uncommon term in the world of online business... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HAVEYOUHEARD With podcasting, there's no barrier to entry, you can do it yourself or enlist the help of your 12-year-old, and you don't need fancy equipment... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY DISTRICT MEDIA GROUP District Media Group has launched its first digital site in the heart of the Sandton CBD... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Tractor launches webinar and free e-guide on how to leverage new technologies to deliver more impactful DOOH campaigns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KEYS COMMUNICATIONS For brands and products to win with this market, it is imperative that you follow the Keys Communications ethos and guiding principle of ABCD (asset-based community development)... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (OMT) has announced the recipient of the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award... Read |
| Production |
 | The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF), in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, has launched a €4m funding programme geared towards supporting creatives in Southern Africa... Read |
 | Triggerfish is calling for entries to the pan-African Story Artist Lab, sponsored by Netflix, which will allow pre-production artists the opportunity to establish their own voice as they bring African stories to life.... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams shares her insights after reading Pyramids by Terry Pratchet... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 Kaya 959 has announced the addition of broadcast dynamo Phemelo Motene to the station's lineup from 5 July 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Go behind the station with Kfm 94.5's station manager Stephen Werner... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM has partnered with Tracker to create a safe, virtual experience for families, teams and individuals to explore South Africa's most iconic locations... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ALGOA FM A Covid-19 activated resurgence in radio listenership in the Eastern Cape has continued into 2021, according to Algoa FM marketing manager Lesley Geyer... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SUM OF 21 ACADEMY Classic1027, in partnership with Sum of 21, is excited to introduce The Small Business Booster Programme. This innovative programme focuses on raising funds through enterprise and supplier development grants and channelling said funds towards brand and marketing campaigns to support SMMEs... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Broadcasting has secured two finalists for Station of the Year in the Commercial category at the annual SA Radio Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OFM RADIO As the pandemic continues to change our lives, the news writers will continue to learn along with our listeners and readers and report on it... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SMILE 90.4FM Smile 90.4FM has decided to warm things up by bringing the Christmas spirit to Cape Town's chilly winter weather once again... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE On 1 July 2021, Johannesburg's Northern Suburbs will be able to tune in to StarFM on the 91.9 frequency. This community station is youth driven... Read |
 | The Station of the Year finalists for The Radio Awards 2021, as well as three Bright Stars and Hall of Fame inductees, have been announced... Read |
 | The Broadcast Research Council of South Africa (BRC) has released a short update on the progress of the new RAMS (Radio Audience Measurement Survey)... Read |
| Research |
 | JOHN WATLING Accenture Africa's MD shares the new consumer types that have surfaced as a result of the pandemic, and how they differ according to changes in way of life, fears and concerns, hopes and desires... Read |
 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL Specialist researchers are currently undertaking the fieldwork that will result in a highly anticipated Agency Scope... Read |
 | Seventy-five percent of South African township residents prefer WhatsApp as a medium of communication compared to Facebook (17%), Instagram (2%) and Twitter (1%)... Read |
| Social Media |
 | With the Covid-19 crisis forcing more digital communication, social media adoption has accelerated. In fact, social media followers have grown by an average of more than 1.4 million each day... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY FOX NETWORKS GROUP National Geographic is making a splash this July with the ninth annual Sharkfest. The must-sea summer event swims onto screens with Shark Beach With Chris Hemsworth on Saturday, 3 July at 6pm (CAT)... Read |
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 | HEREWARD HOLLAND Commodity trader and miner Glencore said on Tuesday it will restart operations at the world's largest cobalt mine, Mutanda in south-east Democratic Republic of Congo, towards the end of this year and return to production in 2022... Read |
 | YAA AGYARE-DWOMOH Mining is one of Africa's most important industries. It has contributed significantly to economic growth, has been instrumental in the development of infrastructure and is a major driver for improved socioeconomic indicators ... Read |
 | THUSANG MAHLANGU Companies are facing a trio of Covid-19-related risks, which pose potential disruption and loses to business in 2021... Read |
 | COLIN DAVID REDDY & RALPH HAMANN There are growing expectations across the world for companies to show their commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR)... Read |
 | NIDHI NAGABHATLA & RAMAZAN CANER SAYAN Lake Chad's declining water level has been on the political agenda of the Sahel region since the 1960s. The water is shared by Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon... Read |
 | The Covid-19 crisis has revived discussions on localising vaccine manufacturing to the African region to reduce the dependence on imports... Read |
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 | MATTHEW LEIGHTON OneDayOnly's creative director explains why the business environment, and the world as we know, will remain changed... Read |
 | Eskom will implement a 1.5% salary increase from 1 July and adjust some employee benefits, defying union demands for a far larger hike and a claim the company was acting illegally... Read |
 | The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has announced the temporary closure of tax branches from physical visits as from 1 July, owing to the soaring Covid-19 infections currently sweeping the country... Read |
 | The tax season is about to open and, because you've probably spent a big chunk of the last year working from home, there may be potential deductions you could claim when filing your personal return... Read |
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 | TERENA CHETTY Terena Chetty, content and strategic projects manager at Africa Communications Media Group, identifies key areas of focus for youth development in Africa... Read |
 | SOROMFE UZOMAH Innovation is sometimes only associated with new products or technical renewals. However, business model innovations can be significantly more profitable... Read |
 | The commitment of the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) to empowering businesses owned and managed by Black women entrepreneurs has been given a major boost following an allocation of R141m by the dtic... Read |
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