Bytes targets Angola, Zimbabwe

[Thabiso Mochiko] Despite growth in electronic communications printing is still widely used and demand is expected to remain. 22 Feb 2011 11:28

Spikes Asia confirms 2011 festival dates, venue

SINGAPORE: The organisers of Spikes Asia have announced that the 2011 Festival will take place 18-20 September and will return to the Suntec, Singapore, with the awards ceremony taking place at the Esplanade Theatre. 21 Feb 2011 10:54

What's new in print?

PARIS, FRANCE/DARMSTADT, GERMANY: Phillip Crawley, CEO and publisher of The Globe and Mail in Canada, is among the senior international newspaper executives who will be talking about product innovation at the annual WAN-IFRA Printing Summit, to be held in Mainz, Germany, the birthplace of modern printing, 6-7 April 2011. 15 Feb 2011 08:06

Lisbon to host Eurobest 2011, 28-30 November

LISBON, PORTUGAL: The 4th Eurobest Advertising Festival, one of Europe's leading awards and annual events for creative advertising and communications, will be held from 28-30 November this year in Lisbon, Portugal. 9 Feb 2011 09:03

Dubai International Print Award 2011 winners

DUBAI, UAE: Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Chamber's Printing and Publishing Group (PPG), has announced the award winners of the fifth 'Dubai International Print Award 2011' during a gala dinner held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Dubai. 8 Feb 2011 08:32

Dubai Lynx juries announced

DUBAI, UAE: The 4th Dubai International Advertising Festival, a leading festival and awards for creative advertising and communications in the Middle East and Africa, has announced the 2011 juries. South Africans on the juries are Bridget Johnson, Ogilvy Johannesburg and Richard Hart, Disturbance Design, Durban. 1 Feb 2011 10:08

Cannes Lions 2011 registrations open

LONDON, UK: Cannes Lions registrations are now open and delegates wishing to attend the 58th International Festival of Creativity, to be held in Cannes 19-25 June 2011, can register online at www.canneslions.com. 12 Jan 2011 09:44

Dubai Lynx Festival 2011 dates, new venue

DUBAI, UAE: The Dubai International Advertising Festival in 2011 will take place over two and a half days, 27- 29 March and the Dubai Lynx Awards, honouring North Africa and the Middle East's best work in advertising and creative communications, will be held on 30 March. Both events will take place for the first time at the Arabian coast resort, the Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai. 12 Nov 2010 06:53

Cannes Lions to launch Creative Effectiveness category in 2011

LONDON, UK: The organisers of the 58th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival have announced the launch of the Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lions in 2011. Creative Effectiveness Lions will honour creativity which has shown a measurable and proven impact on a client's business - creativity that effects consumer behaviour, brand equity, sales, and where identifiable, profit. 28 Oct 2010 11:01

Last chance for the scoop on your magazine's strengths

CLEVELAND, US: TABPI has re-launched its popular annual resource, the Magazine Critique Service. The MCS is a program intended as a first step for b2b magazines interested in gauging their current performance. 28 Oct 2010 07:41

The Cannes Report 2010

The 2010 Cannes Report, providing the official rankings of agencies by category, regions, countries and even cities based on their performance at the prestigious Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has just been published. As well as the most awarded Advertisers, new to this year's Cannes Report are rankings of creative directors, art directors, copywriters and directors based on the Lions won in 2010. 25 Oct 2010 12:44

African finalists in Loeries 2010

DDB Mozambique and Kenya's Scanad are finalists in the 2010 Loerie Awards. All the finalists were revealed late last week and are available on the Loeries website. 30 Aug 2010 12:37

Print Services Group acquires SystemX Swaziland

SystemX, distributor of Xerox products and solutions in Swaziland, has been bought by the Print Services Group and is now the exclusive distributor for Xerox in the country. The deal was finalised in December 2009. 19 Feb 2010 09:26

Zimbabwe's sole newsprint plant remains closed

[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's sole newsprint producer, Mutare Board and Paper Mills (MBPM) will remain inactive due to the low prices of paper, forcing newspaper publishers to import from South Africa. 8 Feb 2010 12:51