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Jessica Tennant Odette van der Haar, incoming CEO of J. Walter Thompson Johannesburg, tells us why she made the decision to leave the ACA SA (Association for Communication and Advertising) and what she aspires to achieve in serving the industry from an agency perspective...read |
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According to a survey released by We Are Social, South African women currently account for 47% of the country's e-commerce market...read | 
Mike Kann When faced with improving their direct marketing, many companies have turned to buying data lists. This can be a daunting prospect as there is always the chance of investing a lot of money in what could turn out to be a dud...read | 
Leigh Andrews Inclusion, equality and diversity have long been societal ideals, but there's no denying 'diversity fatigue' is setting in - and we're nowhere near the end goal yet. Here's why it's time to step away from the buzzwords and take action - literally...read |
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 | Susan Credle, FCB's global CCO, has been named chairwoman of the board of directors for The One Club for Creativity, as voted by club members and the current board... read |
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 | Cape Town's own Siphiwe SJ Myeza, director and partner at award-winning 7Films production company, has been selected to serve on The One Club for Creativity's Young Guns 16 competition jury... read |
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 | Brendan Seery There are times, in modern-day South Africa, when you feel as though you have woken up in some sort of Twilight Zone - where things are upside down, or not where you expect them to be... read |
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 | The Association for Communication and Advertising has announced that CEO Odette van der Haar has resigned after eleven years to join J. Walter Thompson Johannesburg, also in the position of CEO... read |
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 | Chantel Troskie For many, banking seems to be driven completing forms and then waiting for someone to tell them whether they qualify for a particular product. Living in a digital age, this is no longer good enough... read |
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 | 76% of CMOs believe their jobs are on the line if customer engagement doesn't satisfy digitally demanding consumers; only 10% can measure financial impact... read |
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 | Food Lover's Market aims to raise enough money to provide one million meals to vulnerable South Africans this May... read |
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 | NYC bodega owners and artists have launched a project to design totes highlighting the importance of reducing plastic waste and to send a message to the governor that New York needs a bag fee - not just a bag ban... read |
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 | Entries for the 2018 'sixth annual New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards are now open... read |
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 | Grant Fleming For businesses across the board, one way to get better returns is by improving efficiencies. For marketers, in particular, the million-rand question is how to build better databases and grow their audience... read |
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 | Senzo Dhlomo Digital is fast-changing how consumers interact with brands. We, as consumers, are more empowered than ever before by search engines and social media... read |
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 | Entries are open for Fairlady and Santam's Women of the Future 2018 Awards... read |
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 | Ellen, Die Storie Van Ellen Pakkies will be screened at the annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) in the USA, which will be held from 17 May-10 June 2018. read |
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 | International critics have voted for the best African films of all time. 'Touki Bouki' by Djibril Diop Mambéty tops the list of best African films... read |
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 | Marcus 'The Maltese Falcon' Brewster What can a marketing or communications worker expect to earn in Malta? New figures released in April by Eurostat give broad sectoral outlines across five areas of economic activity providing an indication of wages across the EU in general and the Maltese islands in particular... read |
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 | John Robison joined Yahoo in its startup phase and left the company when it was valued at over $100bn to become VP of IT operations at Netflix. A US engineering and tech expert, he shares why he recently joined the board of Xineoh, a South African AI startup... read |
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 | Shantel Morgan Shantel Morgan discusses blockchain in today's everyday life and media environment... read |
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 | The Forum of Community Journalists (FCJ) has announced the names of the judges for the FCJ Excellence Awards 2017... read |
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 | Funding available to science journalists in Africa to build capacity and produce science stories aimed at local or global markets... read |
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 | Guy Berger Africa's gift to the world - World Press Freedom Day every 3 May - keeps giving. Today, this freedom is possibly more relevant than ever... read |
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 | R2K has issued a statement reflecting on happenings over the past year (and current ones) affecting the media in South Africa and Africa as a whole, on World Press Freedom Day... read |
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 | Anjana Susarla When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake news posted on the social media site, he wasn't particularly specific about what that meant... read |
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 | Sarah Gooding This week a brand got dragged before a disciplinary committee to answer for the behaviour of its 'consumers', reminding us just how little control companies have over many of the forces driving their reputation. But technology will help to change this... read |
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 | The study outlines a number of key findings and trends among millennials who demand more adventurous travel experiences... read |
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 | Twitter indexes Kiswahili as one of its languages for #AfricanLanguagesDay and Africa Day... read |
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 | World Rugby's African association, Rugby Africa has appointed the APO Group media relations consultancy for Africa and the Middle East, as their global sponsorship agency... read |
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 | leigh andrews AfricArena panellists offered various case studies on doing business in Africa and explained why it's time to focus on partnerships and collaboration across the continent before setting sights off our shores... read |
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 | Louise Marsland A new generation is emerging across Africa who have never known life without the internet or social media. How will their consumer behaviour and spending patterns shape business and society in the future...? read |
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 | Winston Taylor Much of the distribution sector in sub-Saharan Africa still runs on pen and paper and an awkward mix of popular but business-inefficient communication channels... read |
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 | Rebone Motsa, Avis Rent a Car executive: commercial and licensees on corporate travel in Africa shares his thoughts on the business travel market, MICE destinations and the role government can play in making the country more attractive to corporates. read |
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 | leigh andrews Last week's AfricArena media event highlighted the continent's 'funding starvation syndrome', the African startup pyramid, and why we need to boost both the African startup gazelles and unicorns alike... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews This week we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with 'lord of the chance' and Loerie Awards MC of note John Vlismas, formally of Whacked Management and OGO Productions... read |
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 | Google has been announced as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2018 by the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity... read |
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 | Cannes Lions announced the 21 jury members set to judge the Pharma Lions and the Health & Wellness Lions awards at this year's Cannes Lions... read |
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 | Malaysia makes a clean sweep of Newspaper Breaking News Article category and India takes top three spots in Best in Newspaper Marketing at Wan-Ifra's Digital Media Awards... read |
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 | Snap Inc. is determined to make its camera-equipped sunglasses, developed for Snapchat users, a hit... read |
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 | The Warc Awards released a shortlist for the Effective Content Strategy category - a search for branded content strategies that can demonstrate a business outcome... read |
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 | NYF 2018 Global Awards unveils tiered pricing incentives, streamlines categories and expands competition's trophy opportunities to include Gold, Silver and Bronze Global Awards... read |
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 | Pep has launched a new service called Paxi (as in 'parcel taxi') which allows consumers, agents, suppliers, and institutions to send, collect, and return parcels to over 2,000 Pep store Paxi collection points... read |
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 | Old Mutual and Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa will be hosting an SBC Africa FastTrack in Johannesburg on 9 May 2018 as part of a global tour to source, grow, and scale the next generation of Africa-focused innovators... read |
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 | Warren Green The internet of things (IoT) is a digital revolution that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work... read |
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 | Tom Jackson "For a country with inadequate public transport systems and a general cultural aversion towards bicycles, the uptake in Namibia has been surprisingly good." read |
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 Join Meltwater for another insightful Biz Breakfast on Friday, 18 May. Dave Duarte will be sharing insights on the Art of Social Storytelling - this is not one to be missed. Read more >> |
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