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Creative inspiration, past and present Three South African agencies struck financial marketing gold at The Midas Awards® for the World's Best Financial Advertising. I chatted to Tom Cullinan, creative partner at The Jupiter Drawing Room (Johannesburg); Devin Kennedy, ECD at King James; and Adam Weber, ECD at Joe Public about what it takes to get financial advertising right, as well as where SA creative truly shines when compared on a global playing field like this. Next, Barbara Cooke shares the highlights of SAARF and AMPS from 1974-2016, remembering how it all began and mourning its demise, from the initial planning discussions nearly 50 years ago in the boardroom in the Sandton offices of then-Lindsay Smithers through to the final reports set to be published in March 2016... In another 'birth story', I found out how the recent merger of NAB and Habari Media is an agency revolution, as it's the relative new kid on the block, run by old hands with all the necessary experience. Danette Breitenbach also takes us on the journey of a reimagined Africa, with insight into how VIMN Africa has transformed the way the world sees Africa over the past decade from images of hunger, poverty and war to a continent of vibrant colours, music, culture and talent. Here's to a productive 'almost final work week of the year'! PS: Our Out of Home Special Focus PDF is now available for download, click here... Comment online in our ed's column archive. Go mobile with apps and m.bizcommunity.com. Engage with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+. Subscribe to YouTube and via RSS. Send all your African marketing and media news and event invitations to africanews@bizcommunity.com, exclusive opinion pieces to contributors-africa@bizcommunity.com and international news to internationalnews@bizcommunity.com. Read "How to contribute to Biz, from op-ed pieces to news". | Today's top stories |
|  | [Leigh Andrews] Financial marketing's not easy. Especially when your work's being judged on a global scale, as just happened with this week's announcement of winners in The Midas Awards® for the World's Best Financial Advertising... read
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| | Danette Breitenbach Over the past decade VIMN Africa has transformed how the world sees Africa from images of hunger, poverty and war to a continent of vibrant colours, music, culture and talent... Read |
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 | Issued by Red Cherry Media Touch Africa is a section 21, non-government organisation whose primary mission and vision is "making school a better place". Touch Africa administers the flagship CSI project of AVBOB, the Container Library Project... read | | |
 | Issued by BSK Marketing BSK Marketing recently hosted a Stokvel Expo at Pick n Pay at Maponya Mall in Soweto where close to 300 stokvel members from Soweto and Orange Farm attended... read | |  | Issued by XZIBIT The creative lead for the exhibition stand was inspired by the natural purity of Bains Cape Mountain Whisky, bringing through the feeling of rejuvenation, refocus and reconnection... read | |  | Issued by SSQ Exhibitions SSQ Exhibitions, a design and project management agency that specialises in the exhibition industry, launched their official company podcast on YouTube on Thursday, 3 December... read | | |
 | Qaanitah Hunter Controversial Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has launched an audacious bid to take command of the SABC in a move that would put the public broadcaster under direct state control... read | |  | The Africa Leadership Initiative (ALI) Media Fellow Program, offered to journalists in senior leadership positions in media houses, has selected its second class of candidates for its two-year program... read | | |
 | Issued by SoulProviders BBM, one of the most prolific messaging apps in the world, has launched an exciting new competition in South Africa which represents a greater goal - to engage with and empower young designers... read | |  | Huawei Technologies has announced the launch of Business Enablement Systems (BES) in South Africa... read | |  | Candice Goodman, Issued by Mobitainment Simply put gamification is the use of game thinking and game mechanisms in a non-game context. These were the key success factors in the recent multi-award-winning Red Bull Kas'Lami Tembisa campaign... read | |  | Issued by So Interactive The importance of mobile marketing is growing exponentially and no more so than when speaking to an audience of outrageous consumers between the ages of 18 and 24, Zappa Sambuca's primary target market... read | | |
 | The recently released Ask Afrika Youth Brands Awards identified the top 21 brands that are used loyally amongst those aged 15-34, irrespective of background and living standards... read | | |
 | Cecilia Mohlala We have evidence of how powerful social media is to the masses, and in the recent incident of a television programme, it has become even more evident what the rage can do to a reputable institution... read | | |  | Launched in 1954, Cannes Lions has met its goal - to provide everything needed to successfully campaign for creativity including the connections, the education, the benchmark and the inspiration... read | | | More International | |
 | SSQ Exhibitions, a design and project management agency that specialises in the exhibition industry, launched their official company podcast on YouTube on Thursday, 3 December 2015. The podcast, otherwise known as the "SSQuadCast" is aimed at educating members in the industry and interested parties on the company's methods of operation and introducing key internal role players to the public. Further to that, it will create a more engaging level of information distribution through the incorporation of audio and visual. - View/Rate | |
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