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#LoeriesRankings2017 with... TBWA\Raad

Just when you thought the Loeries buzz was over, the Loeries' rankings are in! I chatted to some of this year's top-ranked creatives post-celebrations. We kick off with the ever-disruptive TBWA\Raad team, based in Dubai in the UAE...

#NewCampaign: Local Land Rover campaign features in Figaro Digital magazine

Figaro Digital recently featured Exponential's Land Rover campaign in their case studies section...

Sikuvile Awards 2017: Recognising the soldiers of the truth

The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalist of the Year 2017, City Press' Sipho Masondo, says he received death threats as well as bribes when he was working on the story that earned him the Award...

Winners of One Screen Short Film Festival announced

One Screen Short Film Festival announced 2017 winners at its annual awards and screening held on Wednesday, 18 October 2017, at the Sunshine Cinema in New York...

All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017 winners!

The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017 winners have been announced, with Investigative Journalism category winner, Suzanne Venter from Rapport winning the SA Story of the Year for Life Esidimeni...

#EntrepreneurMonth: Starting up the Girl Boss Hustle with Akro Capital

Janine Basel, CEO of Akro Capital, shares how the phenomenon of very few female entrepreneurs approaching them for funding led to the formation of their Girl Boss Hustle events...

#BODJHB: A disconnect between business and purpose

Trevyn McGowan, co-founder of Business of Design and the Guild Group, opened day one of Business of Design in Johannesburg this morning, reflecting on the past year, which has been an extraordinary year for them with new ventures and a massive amount of hiring in a short space of time...

#NewCampaign: Local Land Rover campaign features in Figaro Digital magazine

Figaro Digital recently featured Exponential's Land Rover campaign in their case studies section...

By Jessica Tennant 3 hours ago

Winners of One Screen Short Film Festival announced

One Screen Short Film Festival announced 2017 winners at its annual awards and screening held on Wednesday, 18 October 2017, at the Sunshine Cinema in New York...

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Minister Zulu to launch 22 On Sloane startup campus

The highly anticipated launch of 22 On Sloane, Africa's newest and biggest entrepreneurial campus, in Bryanston, Johannesburg, is music to the ears of many startups, entrepreneurs and inventors alike, not only in South Africa, but on the continent at large...

Issued by Global Entrepreneurship Network 2 days ago

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Sikuvile Awards' main winners

Hollard's new campaign gives insurance purchasers more reasons to celebrate

#BizTakeouts: Nick Stein chats bamboo clothing

Zang caffeinated chocolate launches an animated series to fight sleep

#EntrepreneurMonth: Supporting disadvantaged artists through the Grassroots Art Project

Poor working conditions, minimum access to beneficial networks and lack of skills and resources for promotion are just a few of the challenges that disadvantaged artists face when aiming to make viable careers from their creativity.

By Ruth Cooper 1 hour ago

#EntrepreneurMonth: Go out there and do something that you love

A startup born in a dorm room in 2007 is now a successful business with 36 stores around the country. To date, weFix has expertly repaired smartphones as well as tablets, laptops, and DJI drones for over 700,000 customers...

By Ilse van den Berg 4 hours ago

#BODJHB: Chris Weylandt on the basics of retail

On day two of the Johannesburg version of Business of Design, Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of Weylandts, the contemporary furniture and décor chain store, explained his tactics to competing or rather leading in the retail game...

By Jessica Tennant 53 minutes ago

Sikuvile Awards 2017: Recognising the soldiers of the truth

The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalist of the Year 2017, City Press' Sipho Masondo, says he received death threats as well as bribes when he was working on the story that earned him the Award...

By Danette Breitenbach 4 hours ago

Learn how to develop animated TV series for global distribution

Triggerfish is hosting a free webinar to help animators and storytellers across Africa to develop TV series for worldwide distribution...

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All the Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards 2017 winners!

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Techsys Digital appoints MD of new Johannesburg office

Techsys Digital has named Michael Krynauw as MD of their new Johannesburg office at The Zone in Rosebank...

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Football brings Italy together in Brent Harris' new ad

Egg Films' Brent Harris directed For The Love Of Sport, Sky Sports' epic new football ad, produced by Jon Ronbeck with Mapi Brambilla and Paolo Zaninello from AKITA Film in Italy...

Issued by Egg Films 5 minutes ago

Creative Circle releases updated 2017 interim rankings

The Creative Circle has released its updated interim rankings for 2017. This release adds the results from the Loeries, to those from Cannes, D&AD, and the One Show...

Issued by Loeries 1 hour ago

Heart FM launches Heart Cape Town Music Festival

Heart FM is set to host one of the biggest music festivals in the Western Cape on 10 February 2018 at the Newlands Cricket Stadium...

Issued by Heart FM 1 hour ago

Non-transparent commercial production affects all stakeholders

The US Department of Justice launched an investigation into agency bid-rigging in 2016. But transparency in commercial production remains a local issue as well...

By Bobby Amm, Issued by CPA 2 hours ago

Leading international experts present at FIBO Business Summit Africa

The world's leading international event for fitness, wellness and health, FIBO, comes to South Africa 7-8 November at Emperors Palace to host a launch - the first FIBO Business Summit Africa...

Issued by Reed Exhibitions 44 minutes ago

The secrets of influencer marketing

It's vital to understand that influencer marketing is a relationship, not a business transaction. This requires a strategic approach...

Issued by R-Squared Digital SA 23 hours ago

What are the legal implications of your company's social media use?

A new book, Social Media in the Workplace, published by LexisNexis South Africa, offers a much-needed guide to the legal and reputational risks inherent in social media use...

Issued by LexisNexis 23 hours ago

Kabelo Ncholo nominated for the Hennessy Businessman of the Year Award in the Big Time Strategic Group BBQ Awards

Kabelo Ncholo, the founder and CEO of Yourself Management, is a nominee in South Africa's most prestigious and longest-running black business awards ceremony...

Issued by Yourself Management 22 hours ago

Brand SA, FCB Africa finalists in 2017 City Nation Place Awards

Brand South Africa and its marketing partner, FCB Africa, have achieved finalist status in an international competition benchmarking and celebrating best practice in place branding vision...

Issued by FCB Africa 23 hours ago

A vital message

The Brand Film Co. (a member of The Brand Alive Group), in association with Perfect Directions and Salmon Motion Design, have created a highly compelling three-minute film for The Love Trust...

Issued by Brand Alive 22 hours ago

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Guerrilla IMC celebrates its 10th birthday with a new corporate identity

Out-of-home media owner Guerrilla-IMC is celebrating its 10th birthday this year. Founded in 2007 by media entrepreneurs Neil Clarence and Daryl van Arkel, the company has grown into one of the most inventive and resilient players in the OOH space...

Issued by Guerrilla IMC 16 Oct 2017

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#WorldFoodDay: Africa holds the key to feeding the world's population

Africa holds the key to feeding 9 billion people by 2050, Dr Akinwumi Adesina says during Norman Borlaug Lecture...

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Leapfrogging to innovation in Africa requires leadership, persistence

Innovation is key to supporting Africa's transformation, as trade, ICT and climate smart industrialisation, were a few areas that represent Africa's efforts to leapfrog through innovation...

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Harnessing design thinking to drive entrepreneurial impact, innovation

The lifespans of companies are fast becoming shorter. Uncertainty reigns. The only way to change and to shift into new spaces, is to develop strong cultures of innovation...

By Gilbert Saggia 1 day ago

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#EntrepreneurMonth: Chris Weylandt on the business of contemporary home decor design

Chris Weylandt, founder and CEO of furniture and decor retailer Weylandts, forms part of the impressive line-up at this year's Business of Design conference held in Cape Town last week and Johannesburg this week.

By Lauren Hartzenberg 1 day ago

What the 'Fearless Girl' statue and Harvey Weinstein have in common

In March of this year, State Street Global Advisors unveiled the “Fearless Girl,” a statue of a little girl installed to face Wall Street's famous “Charging Bull” statue. Her defiance was aimed at financial culture's historical exclusion of women in the financial industry, especially in leadership positions.

By Sarah Banet-Weiser 2 days ago

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