Everlytic Kenya

Everlytic becomes a member of M³AAWG, a global network of digital leaders

[Issued by Everlytic Kenya] In November 2012, Everlytic joined M³AAWG. A powerful global organisation working against spam, online exploitation and abuse, M³AAWG stands for the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group. The organisation addresses messaging abuse, sender issues and other challenges faced by the digital industry. 29 Jan 2013 10:32

Rocket Creative

Market leader or follower?

[Issued by Rocket Creative] Who could have said it better and with more authority than the iconic Steve Jobs that "innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower"? It is on this principle that Rocket Creative is built and the products the company designs and manufactures on a daily basis bears testament to this ethos. 29 Jan 2013 10:01

Churches slate porn TV

The South African Council of Churches (SACC) is "critical" and "unsupportive" of TopTV's application to broadcast three porn channels. 29 Jan 2013 09:42

Dusi marathon selects charities, early batch selection vital

The official race charities of the Unlimited Dusi canoe marathon have been selected for 2013. They are The Unlimited Child, SPCA and DUCT (Dusi Umgeni Conservancy Trust). 29 Jan 2013 09:27

Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

"Nothing to Lose" sets new world record for sales and attendance at South African launch

[Issued by Universal Church of the Kingdom of God] A world record-breaking number of 101,235 copies of "Nothing to Lose", the first in a trilogy of memoirs of Bishop Edir Macedo, founder of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) and owner of Record TV, the second largest TV station in Brazil, were sold at the launch of the English edition in South Africa this weekend (26 January 2013). 29 Jan 2013 09:25

Investigative journalism award opens for entries

Journalists are encouraged to enter the seventh annual Taco Kuiper Award, which celebrates outstanding examples of investigative journalism published or broadcast by South African media. 29 Jan 2013 09:12

Living Your Brand

tothePOINT small business marketing seminar set to kick off 2013 in Cape Town

[Issued by Living Your Brand] Specifically designed for small business owners who are looking to improve their marketing efforts, tothePOINT Small Business Marketing Seminar is set to kick off the new year in the Mother City on 4 March in a continuation and elevation of last year's successful inaugural event. 29 Jan 2013 09:02

FilmFest offers creative prelude to Design Indaba

The Design Indaba FilmFest 2013 is happening every evening at 8:30pm from 17 February to 3 March 2013, on the rooftop at The Bank in the Fringe District, Cape Town, as a prelude to Design Indaba. 29 Jan 2013 08:52

SAARF Joburg training sessions, RAMS release 6

The South African Audience Research Foundation (SAARF) will be conducting research training in Johannesburg in February and March 2013. The foundation also invites the public to attend the SAARF RAMS 2012 Release 6 on Wednesday, 13 February 2013. 29 Jan 2013 08:28

Crowdsourcing produces new 4ward-design logo

Using crowdsourcing, which works particularly well for any project that requires creativity instead of a large investment in time, 4ward-design has acquired a new logo, selected from some 200 entries. 29 Jan 2013 08:09

F.I.L.M Sallywood interns introduce Kwaai City

The Film Industry Learner Mentorship's (F.I.L.M) Sallywood interns from the 2012-2013 Sallywood MICT Seta Internship, is producing a fun and funky web-based program called Kwaai City. Broadly speaking Kwaai City features 'What's Hot' and by omission, 'What's Not' in the Kwaai City of Cape Town. (video) 29 Jan 2013 06:06

Online advertising is not just for clicks

[Attila Bernariusz] Web advertising sales teams that have focused exclusively on click-through rates as the major metric for success in online display advertising have done harm to the digital publishing industry. 29 Jan 2013 06:05

What will be shaping brands, the world in 2013?

[Stephanie Houslay] Making predictions in a world that moves as quickly as the one we live in today is brave and perhaps even a little foolish. But based on the way the world evolved last year, here are a few trends I expect to play out in 2013 and beyond. At the centre of these trends is the way that technology is giving the consumer more power to shape brands than ever before. 29 Jan 2013 05:12

It's 2018: What does your brand experience look like?

[Mbali Ndandani] Every business worth its salt has a three, five, or even ten-year strategy. This would typically include growth targets, market share, product innovations etc. It's a sign of a forward thinking business and fills shareholders with confidence that their hard-earned cash will be exponentially greater. 29 Jan 2013 05:08