Apex Communications Ltd becomes Apex Porter Novelli

Apex Communications Limited, a communications consultancy firm based in Kenya, has become a network partner of public relations firm Porter Novelli and will from now on be known as Apex Porter Novelli. 7 Dec 2011 12:09

Internships: making the right choice

[Charl Thom] It's that time of the year when the inboxes of HR departments and agency execs start overflowing with internship applications. Beginning your career with the right agency is arguably one of the most important decisions you'll make. As a starting point, consider culture, courage, vision and brand as a non-negotiable. 30 Nov 2011 12:42

International design competition offers ticket to Olympics

The 'Typographic Games', a graphic design and typography competition on the theme of sport has opened for entries, offering a coveted ticket to the 2012 Olympics in London for the top medallist. 17 Nov 2011 10:19

South African on 2012 One Show 2012 judging panel

NEW YORK, US: More than 25 of advertising's most influential and respected professionals - including Ross Chowles, of Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town - have been selected to judge the One Show, claimed to be the premier international awards competition. 14 Nov 2011 07:57

2011 YoungGuns Award Party for SA?

NEW YORK, US: The awards party taking place in SA? Well, it could happen... The 2011 YoungGun of the Year organisers have announced that in 2011 the YoungGuns Award Party will be staged on the winner's home turf... 11 Nov 2011 06:45

Icograda appoints new African rep

At the biennial general assembly of the International Council of Communication Design (Icograda), held in Taiwan last week, the council elected Switch ECD Gaby de Abreu as Africa's new representative on its executive board. He was nominated for this role in his capacity as representative of the Brand Design Council of South Africa, which has now been incorporated within the new Brand Council of SA (BCSA) . 8 Nov 2011 09:40

Early bird bookings open for Design Indaba Conference

The 2012 Design Indaba Conference, always a sell-out, has opened for bookings for the event taking place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 29 February to 2 March 2012. There is an early bird discount available until 5 December 2011. 2 Nov 2011 08:37

Managing promotional resources: are TV broadcasters getting it right?

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] TV broadcasters need to apply the basic tools when managing their promotional resources if they are truly committed to achieving desired results. Objectives, strategy and tactics would have to be carefully designed to achieve specific goals. This emerged late last week at PromaxBDA Africa 2011. 1 Nov 2011 12:07

SMART goals keep you focused

[John Boe] It's been said that people who don't have written goals end up working for people who do. The human mind is in many ways very similar to the software in your computer, in that it requires detailed programming to make it work. Just as your computer is worthless without its programming software, so is your brain without written goals. 27 Oct 2011 13:56

Loerie Awards Travelling Exhibition ends in Windhoek

The Loerie Awards Travelling Exhibition, sponsored by Adobe, will be making its final stop a stop at the 99FM Playhouse Theatre in Windhoek, Namibia from 9 - 11 November 2011. The exhibition, hosted by DV8 Saatchi & Saatchi will exhibit the winning works from The 32nd Annual Loerie Awards (2010). 21 Oct 2011 16:00

Z-Card launches in Kenya

After entering into a distributor agreement with Kenya-based Ramco Printing Works Ltd, Z-Card Africa, Middle East, India and Turkey (ZAMI) launched Z-Card Kenya as its PocketMedia hub for East Africa on Tuesday 11 October 2011. 13 Oct 2011 10:19

Loeries CEO Andrew Human steps down

BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Human will end his tenure as CEO of The Loerie Awards at the end of February 2012, stepping down after seven years at the helm, it has just been announced on Friday, 7 October 2011. 7 Oct 2011 11:58

The potential of African identity in advertising

[Anton Crone] Too often, as marketers and creatives, we wait for some justification of talent, some confirmation of a sure-fire winner, and most often we look to the West - for inspiration, for a formula. All we need to do is look around us. After all, the West is already looking to Africa for inspiration. [multimedia] 6 Oct 2011 15:30

Steve Jobs: a "ding in the universe" today

[Anice Hassim] A few months ago, I had the privilege of watching a "Steve-note" live, as Steve Jobs introduced iOS 5.0, Lion and iCloud at Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference in San Francisco. As he entered, the room erupted in an outpouring of love as 5000 developers and Apple people paid homage to an icon of our age. 6 Oct 2011 13:54