 | IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS  Dr Dawie de Wet The success of the mobile market and the rapid adoption of the smartphone is often listed as a reference and motivation as to why large-scale satellite networks can be successful in Africa - a "if they can do it, we can do it" type of thinking... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Jessica Tennant] Johannesburg-based strategic communications consultancy F/NE, with its reach into Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe, recently partnered with GlobalHealthPR (GHPR), the world's largest independent health and science communications agency partnership, in order to expand the network's presence and capabilities in Africa... |
 | LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT  Greg Cline Globally in 2017, unsustainable low rates, bigger vessels, and soft demand dominated the import sector, particularly from a shipping perspective. This has resulted in industry consolidation and a race for dominance... |
 | AUTOMOTIVE  Photo by Alessio Lin on Unsplash According to McKinsey, technology-driven trends will revolutionise how industry players respond to changing consumer behaviour, develop partnerships, and drive transformational change... |
 | RETAIL
[Lauren Hartzenberg] If you're searching for proof that retail as we know it is changing, look no further than Shanghai's 24-hour, unstaffed, self-driving grocery store... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Danette Breitenbach] Technology, and the speed of technology, and skills are two of the country's CEOs most significant business concerns which also include cyber threats. This was the finding of PwC's most recent Annual Global CEO Survey... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Jade Amic - Native VML’s creative group head and chair of the Bookmarks 2018's ‘innovative engineers’ jury panel. This year, we'll see the 10th ever IAB Bookmark Awards taking place after the fourth Digital Summit on 1 March in Johannesburg. With award judging underway, I got some behind-the-scenes insights with Jade Amic. She's VML's creative group head and chair of the Bookmarks' 'innovative engineers' jury panel... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Lebo Madiba] There is real concern at both business and individual level about how rapidly the digital technology environment is changing... |
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[Danette Breitenbach] PwC's 21st Annual Global CEO Survey was recently released locally, following its global release in Davos at the World Economic Forum (WEF), with an emphasis on South Africa... |
| [Advertising] In Flying Fish’s new TV commercial the brand encourages South Africans to brew out the seriousness of their everyday mundane adulting habits, and brew in some play. |
 | [Music] K.O releases the music video for single, MS2 (Mission Statement 2). |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Mike Saunders] Establishing your narrative is important because it becomes the lens that you view success through, it directs and guides almost all the decisions you make as you develop your personal brand... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Tyler Greer As a global strategist, I've spent a lot of January talking about the biggest trends in digital media and marketing for 2018... |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA
[Devon Meerholz] Devon Meerholz writes about a scenario when the client asks (demands) that two erstwhile competing agencies work together... |
 | [Advertising] Peter Khoury, Chief Creative Officer explains "this is a song created by a Proteas supporter David Bryant. It was inspired by the fab 4 song created by the Liverpool supporters for members of their team. Standard Bank loves what he has done for our very own world class 4 fast bowlers and as official sponsors of the Proteas is trying to help him spread it". |
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[Bronwyn Williams] Perhaps as a reaction to the disillusionment of adulthood, the millennial generation is looking back to the comforts of childhood brands and media as a balm for their collective pre-mid-life-crisis... |
| [Sport] Opposite The Other release their brand new single and music video for ‘Everybody Knows’. |
 | TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY  Image: OSABEE Various tech solutions, diversification of services by hotels, and the surge of millennial travel are just some of the highlights that marked 2017. The question is, will these continue to dominate in 2018? |
 | MARKETING & MEDIA  Neri Oxman © Noah Kalina. Architect, designer and inventor, Neri Oxman, has been announced as one of the speakers at this year's Design Indaba Conference 2018... |
