2012 CLIO Awards - SA winners

NEW YORK, US: The awards evening for the winners of the 2012 CLIO Awards, one of the world's most recognised awards competitions honouring excellence in advertising, design and communications, was held last night. Among the winners - out of more than 11 000 submissions from around the world, were a number of South African entries. 16 May 2012 12:31

Which ads are winners? Your brain knows better than you do

[Stuart Wolpert] Advertisers and public health officials may be able to access hidden wisdom in the brain to more effectively sell their products and promote health and safety, UCLA neuroscientists report in the what is reputed to be the first study to use brain data to predict how large populations will respond to advertisements. 30 Apr 2012 08:08

D&AD: Spoek Mathambo gains In-Book for music video

LONDON, UK: Work from the US and France has taken the top marks in the Music Video category at the 50th annual D&AD judging event taking place this week at London's Olympia Exhibition Centre. However, South Africa's Orange Films was among the entries awarded In-Book status for Control by Spoek Mathambo. 18 Apr 2012 09:36

Loeries expand into Africa with new category

A new category for the 2012 Loeries, 'Rest of Africa and the Middle East', will be officially launched on Thursday 19 April 2012 at 6pm at the Sierra Lounge, 2nd Floor, Yaya Centre, Argwings Khodek Road in Nairobi, Kenya. 5 Apr 2012 12:08

Cannes Lions: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Juries

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place from 17-23 June, has announced the members of a further four juries: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Lions. South Africa is represented on the Design jury (Shelley-Ann Atkinson, Grid Worldwide Branding & Design) and on the Film jury (Catherine Ireland, Amplified). 30 Mar 2012 07:54

Ncube urges use of social media to grow brands

[Fortune Moyo] Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trevor Ncube has challenged the business community to embrace various social media available to improve their business brands. 19 Mar 2012 13:30

Doing media business in Africa, the colourful continent

[Celia Collins] Africa is often perceived as being aggressive and unstable, with only the bad aspects highlighted. Many South Africans seem reluctant to get involved up north. Celia Collins is one of the few South Africans in this industry who understands media on the African continent. She gives insight into the state of play. 19 Mar 2012 11:49

Intergrating Pinterest into email marketing campaigns

[Wikus Engelbrecht] Much to everyone's surprise, at the turn of 2012 the runaway-hit social networking site wasn't Twitter, LinkedIn or Google+. it was in fact Pinterest, the latest social media craze that seems to have captured everyone's attention. 28 Feb 2012 17:10

Alliance Media wins airport advertising tender

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Alliance Media Botswana, has been awarded the contract for the indoor and outdoor advertising concession at Botswana's newly built Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. 28 Feb 2012 16:27

The Jupiter Drawing Room expands into Zimbabwe

The Jupiter Drawing Room, a globally recognised advertising agency that opened its doors in South Africa in the late 80's, on Thursday, 23 February 2012, announced that it signed a deal with an advertising agency in Zimbabwe to expand in the country. 23 Feb 2012 14:45

Global consumer confidence increases 1 point in Q4 2011

NEW YORK, US: Global consumer confidence increased one index point last quarter to 89, while Europe led confidence declines in 24 of the region's 27 measured markets, according to fourth quarter 2011 global consumer confidence findings from Nielsen, a leading global provider of information and insights into what consumers watch and buy. 8 Feb 2012 12:14

AFCON 2012: Samsung launch interactive, online events

Samsung Electronics, the long-time supporter of African football, is rallying fans across the continent to show their passion for the game by launching a series of interactive live and online events for fans to gather and share the excitement of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2012, taking place in Gabon-Equatorial Guinea. 31 Jan 2012 14:25

2012 Tabbie Awards open for nominations

CLEVELAND, US: The 2012 Tabbies call for entries is now available at the TABPI website, allowing all B2B magazine editors, publishers and art directors the opportunity to have their best work judged by their peers. Tabbies' partners include South Africa's SAFREA, and MPASA. [video] 26 Jan 2012 11:40

'Women in News' programme open for applications

The Women in News (WIN) programme, a leadership programme for African women working in media and launched by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) in 2010, is now accepting applications from women media professionals from either the business or editorial side of newspapers in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. 18 Jan 2012 11:04