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

2012 African Banker Awards shortlist announced

The African Banker Awards has released the shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 30 May 2012, which makes its debut in Africa. This year's event coincides with the annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meetings in Arusha, Tanzania 24 Apr 2012 16:14

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

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

Speakers from five continents to address World Newspaper Congress

KIEV, UKRAINE / PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: The speaker line-up for the 64th World Newspaper Congress and 19th World Editors Forum could hardly be more international, with speakers from North America, Europe, Africa, Asia and South America on the podium when the global summit meetings of the world's press is held in Kiev, Ukraine, next September. Among the speakers is Trevor Ncube, deputy executive chairman, Mail & Guardian, South Africa. 20 Mar 2012 08:37

South Africa's YoungGuns excel

NEW YORK, US: The organisers say that 2011 was YoungGuns biggest year since the event started out recognising young talent in 2000, and once again, in an international competition against the world's best, South Africa showed it has what it takes to compete successfully. 13 Dec 2011 13:54

Bookings down? Or is London already full?

IOL says that tourism operators in Britain - who have been expecting a flood of bookings ahead of the 2012 Olympics - say there has been a 90% drop in bookings as a result of the global economic recession. 16 Nov 2011 11:00

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

Bizcommunity

Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

Global experts convene in SA to discuss intellectual property, innovation

South Africa and other developing countries are in hot debate about how best to grow their economies through innovation and the development of intellectual property. 7 Sep 2011 11:17

BRICS stimulate Angola's economic awakening

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] From a sleeping giant disabled by the ghosts of war, socio-political intolerance, neo-colonialism and human exploitation, Angola has risen to become one of Africa's emerging economic heavyweights and is now at a crossroads of history. Research shows that BRICS - Brazil, (the main culprit), China, India, and lately South Africa and to a minor extent Russia - feature strongly in the list of countries that are driving Angola's rise to the riches. 24 Aug 2011 11:32

SA in Stevie Awards honourees

DUBAI, UAE: Organisations and individuals in 35 nations, including first-time winners Bahrain, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, have been announced as Stevie Award winners in The Eighth Annual International Business Awards, claimed to be the world's only international, all-encompassing business awards program. SA companies featured in a number of areas... 12 Aug 2011 10:31

2011 Tabbie Awards winners

CLEVELAND, US: The 2011 Tabbie Awards featured nearly 400 entries, with nominations coming from the US, Canada, the UK, India, New Zealand and South Africa. Judges were once again impressed by the quality of the submissions. One of the two 2011 Scholarship winners hails from SA, too. 22 Jul 2011 11:18

SADC Summit 2011 to be held in Luanda

The SADC Summit will take place from 16-17 August this year in Luanda, Angola. This annual event provides an opportunity to profile the region as an entirety through the established SADC Summit Report. 1 Jul 2011 13:18