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 | Investec has appointed Abey Mokgwatsane as the group's chief marketing officer... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA At this year's Loeries, Grey South Africa celebrates two winners in the highly competitive 'Young Creatives Award' - Tyler Lambert and Kevin Radebe... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa is proud to announce the establishment of The Ogilvy Molefi Thulo Bursary Fund. The bursary will celebrate the memory of industry giant Mo Thulo... Read |
 | Darling Films' executive producers Lorraine Smit and Melina McDonald were announced as the Loeries' Hall of Fame inductees on day two of Loeries Creative Week 2021, marking the first-ever dual inductees... Read |
 | Khensani Nobanda was awarded the 15th annual Loeries Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award... Read |
 | TikTok has come on board as the Loeries 2021 Media Innovation category partner... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY AAA SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING The AAA School of Advertising is calling on the industry to come and celebrate its 2021 graduates at its fun-filled annual student showcase... Read |
 | NIC SIMMONDS, ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK The vast array of creative industry titans, both individuals and companies, to have fallen on the wrong side of moral history in the last 10 years may be a profoundly illuminating sign of the state of leadership in these spaces... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NINETY9CENTS 99c, the full-service, integrated advertising agency based in Cape Town and Johannesburg, took top honours at the inaugural Effie Awards in Johannesburg on Thursday, 14 October 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU FoxP2 is proud to announce another Gold win for their #16DaysofLight campaign for 1st for Women at the 2021 inaugural Effie Awards South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY VDX.TV VDX.tv, a global video advertising technology company has released its 2021 Holiday Video Advertising Guide "Navigating consumer shopping expectations this season" for brands and retailers. Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Coronavirus: Savanna, Checkers take clever advantage of pandemic; Risky undertaking pays big dividends in entertaining TV adverts... Read |
 | The finalists for the 2021 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards are out. The winners will be announced at an event taking place on 24 November 2021... Read |
 | The One Club for Creativity has broadened the scope of its support for the global creative community with the addition of gaming as a new dedicated discipline for The One Show 2022... Read |
| Covid-19 |
 | From today young people aged 12 to 17 years old can register and get vaccinated Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY SPROUT PERFORMANCE PARTNERS Contrary to popular belief, SEO is all about the user. There is a misconception that SEO is for search engines and if you want to rank higher you must cater to what search engines want. That's not entirely true... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KINETIC EVENTS Customer experience (CX) experts from some of the most recognised and successful brands on the continent, including Multichoice, Woolworths, Shoprite, Superbalist, African Bank, DHL and Rand Merchant Bank, will share their successes, failures and lessons learnt during the next edition of CEM Africa Summit, taking place from 10-11 November 2021... Read |
| Design |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Betina Swart and Kelly-Grace Gibberd form the delightful mom and daughter duo behind South African fashion label Me & B... Read |
 | A number of key public, private and NPO stakeholders are joining forces to initiate a "Made in Cape Town" movement... Read |
 | The #WeDesignSA initiative presents an installation that shows how even in the toughest times South Africa's creative community can come together... Read |
| Digital |
 | YouTube has announced a roster of 54 artists, songwriters and producers selected to join the #YouTubeBlack Voices Music Class of 2022. Among the acts from Australia, Brazil, Canada, USA and the UK are eight African artists based in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya... Read |
 | The South African Future Trust (SA Future Trust) is shining a spotlight on the resilience of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) who continue to do #Nomayini... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY AFDA Afda is proud to announce the launch of the Afda book, an online publication created by Afda co-founder Garth Holmes and published by Art Africa Publishing... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA Topco Media has partnered with Wipro for the 18th annual Standard Bank Top Women Conference, which took place on 6 and 7 October 2021... Read |
 | JOHNPAUL WAITES, ISSUED BY WORX GROUP Live or face-to-face event experiences are a reality again... Read |
 | The IAB's 31st and second to last episode of the year takes place 21 October with key insights from the IAB's Digital Influencer Marketing Committee on the latest definitions and guidelines... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | This year's annual Jozi Film Festival took place between 1 and 10 October, with limited physical screenings at The Bioscope, an on-demand digital platform for all 10 days, as well as free online screenings... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA During October we celebrate Transport Month and Marine Month, and in this edition of Public Sector Leaders you will find a bouquet of articles covering not only these themes... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY TBWA Yellowwood managing director joins the mother body as chief strategy officer, while retaining her position at the strategic marketing agency... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA South Africa's leading content marketing agency has taken a big bite of the Big Apple, with its work on Woolworths TASTE receiving special recognition... Read |
 | Lil-Lets launched its 'Be You. Period.' campaign to help bust stereotypes and broaden representations around menstruation... Read |
| Media |
 | South Africa's most outstanding food and health writers for 2021 were announced on Friday, 15 October 2021 at the 32nd annual Galliova Awards... Read |
 | Find out who made it as The Immortal Awards announces the finalists and shortlist for Middle East and Africa... Read |
 | MTN has once more raised its hand as it decided to support the Association of Independent Publishers (AIP) and the South African National Editors' Forum... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Johannesburg, 21 October 2021. Women can be the baddest and smartest gangsters when they put their minds to it... Read |
 | As South Africa prepares for the municipal elections, the state of local government is once again in the spotlight. A new data portal built by News24 shows the crisis... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY INDABA BILLBOARDS & MEDIA When Indaba Billboards & Media opened its doors in 2018, the agency's founders recognised the value of latent high-traffic high-visibility zones in townships as ideal channels to share brand messages with a fast-growing, bustling mass market... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KEYS COMMUNICATIONS The townships of South Africa are the biggest consumer database in the country, and there lives the entire spectrum of consumer profiles and levels... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | EMILY STANDER We speak with Palesa Madumo, CEO of Vuma Reputation Management, about the role of PR and what it takes to be successful... Read |
 | MIRANDA LUSIBA The idea that content is king is not new - there is now a greater emphasis on developing compelling content than ever... Read |
| Printing |
 | CHRIS DE BEER It's refreshing to see economic recovery reflected in first-quarter unit sales of multifunction printers, copiers and scanners in Southern Africa... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS "The apartheid government was very good at promoting white fear of black people and black fear of white people, the disingenuous but incredibly effective strategy of divide and rule." ~ Ian Fuhr, Cultureneering Read |
| Radio |
 | EMILY STANDER Find out why Nando's has announced the termination of their sponsorship of The Burning Platform with immediate effect... Read |
| Research |
 | KAREN PHELAN, ISSUED BY ADVERTISING MEDIA FORUM Many will remember 2013 as the start of the collapse of single source data in South Africa. We watched with disbelief the collapse of single source data and the demise of Saarf (SA Advertising Research Foundation)... Read |
 | Despite the backdrop of Covid-19 and the nation's longest recession in nearly three decades, South Africa has recorded an 8% rise in brand value to $175bn... Read |
| Retail |
 | Retail formats and experiences have become the new stock, says Kayleigh Fazan, founder of the International Retail Academy... Read |
 | The V&A Waterfront is anticipating an increase in visitor numbers this festive season and plans are underway to give them a creative African welcome that reflects the spirit of the continent... Read |
 | Retailers looking to capitalise on this year's Black Friday will need to ensure that they keep their customers happy... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ISSUED BY ARORA ONLINE TikTok is taking over the world. It's the fastest growing platform on earth with 689 million monthly active users. It is the future with 62% of TikTokkers between the ages of 10 and 39 years old... Read |
 | PHILIPPA DODS, ISSUED BY MELTWATER With over 4 billion social media users worldwide, every minute 350,000 tweets are sent, 4,100
clicks on sponsored Instagram posts, 21 million snaps created and 694,000 videos viewed on
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 | According to The Verge, Facebook might change its company name to align with its focus on building the metaverse... Read |
| Behind the Mask |
 | EMILY STANDER We speak to Insaaf Khan, chief growth officer at VMLY&R, about her work, her life, and what she believes drives success in adland... Read |
| D&AD Awards |
 | D&AD has unveiled the briefs for the 2022 New Blood Awards, inviting emerging creatives to respond to briefs set by some of the world's leading brands... Read |
| Africa |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The modernisation of the ATM through a vendor agnostic approach is being driven by industry-wide initiatives... Read |
 | MARKO REIS The insurance industry is rapidly shifting from being product-led to being service-led to deliver a holistic CX... Read |
 | Africa's Achilles heel remains the limited access to diagnostics, particularly locally manufactured RT-PCR-based tests... Read |
 | ROGER LONG The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic not only affected people and communities, but also impacted commercial property values across the world... Read |
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 | ALEXANDER WINNING South Africa needs an extra 4,000-6,000MW of generation capacity to eliminate the risk of scheduled power cuts, Eskom said on Monday... Read |
 | The hikes in diesel and illuminating paraffin would be the largest in South African history Read |
 | Many SMEs are torn between needing to end a difficult year on the best possible note by making sure marketing messages hit the mark or investing in capex that will put them ahead of the pack when 2022 starts... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Ubuntu startup fund is a crowd funding mobile app developed to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit in South Africans... Read |
 | GERHARD HARTMAN Now that your business has navigated what we hope is the worst of the pandemic, you might be ready to start thinking about growth again... Read |
 | VIRESH HARDUTH South Africa is full of dynamic startup businesses - from marketing and consulting freelancers, to hair salons, small bakeries, bookkeeping, tax practices, and more... Read |
 | The Firstwatch Whisky Entrepreneur's Challenge is back, this time bigger and better than before... Read |
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