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The One Club for Creativity's Creative Week 2018 has come to an end. Here's how SA scored at the award ceremonies held throughout the week...read |
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Leigh Andrews Focus was on the film industry last week, with Roman Polanski negating the importance of the #MeToo movement, branding it 'mass hysteria'. Pledge to stand with Sisters Working in Film and TV (Swift)'s #ThatsNotOK...read | The second of two award nights for One Show 2018 is done and dusted, having taken place at Cipriani Wall Street earlier on Friday, 11 May, with South Africa bringing home a further 2 golds, 4 silver, 7 bronze and 26 merit awards and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris named South African agency of the year...read |
Jessica Tennant Returning from retirement after having worked at Bytes Technology Group for many years, the last five of which he served as CEO, Rob Abraham recently commenced his position at Kagiso Media as interim CEO...read |
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| Ann Nurock As The One Club for Creativity's Creative Week 2018 gets underway, I sit down with CEO Kevin Swanepoel for a catch-up on their developments over the past year... read |
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| Ann Nurock Three top creative directors, Amee Shah (Droga5), Justine Armour (72andSunny) and Laddie Peterson (Wieden + Kennedy New York) together with I-Hsien Sherwood (Ad Age) discuss, "The power of creating your tribe" at The One Club's Creative Summit... read |
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| Global winners of the Young Ones Student Awards, Brief and Portfolio Competitions were announced as part of The One Club for Creativity's Young Ones Education Festival, with five SA entries making the grade... read |
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| Ann Nurock Lauren Bloom and the AAA School of Advertising CT have been awarded 2 Bronze Cubes at The One Club for Creativity Student ADC awards... read |
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| The colours of the 515 winners of the 97th global ADC Annual Awards were revealed on the first evening of the One Club for Creativity's Creative Week, held on 7 May 2018 at Industria in New York's Meatpacking District, with a Silver Cube coming home to SA... read |
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| The first of two award nights for One Show 2018 is done and dusted, having taken place at the Ziegfeld Ballroom earlier on Wednesday, 9 May, with Africa bringing home 1 silver, 4 bronze and 12 merit awards... read |
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| Alex Johnstone Recent research has highlighted that the abundance of food cues - smells, sounds, advertising - in our environment is one of the main causes of overconsumption... read |
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| IDidTht's April SA Film Reel Monthly Craft Awards were judged by Peter Khoury, CCO at TBWA Hunt Lascaris and chairperson of the Creative Circle, who selected Chicken Licken 'Sbu 2.0' by Greg Gray from Romance for Direction Craft... read |
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| D&AD Impact has announced the implementation of the first D&AD Impact Council, made up of over 70 leaders from across the creative, social entrepreneur and NGO space... read |
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| Damon Stapleton This is one of my favourite pictures of New York. It shows the density of the place. As I am taking a picture of the graffiti, in that split second of focusing, a yellow cab and a man on a motorised wheelchair drifted into frame... read |
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| South African creative director Wes Phelan recently picked his favourite African advert for Africa.film, a new site showcasing Africa's best videos... read |
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| Richard Shotton The most effective ad of all time was by De Beers. And part of its success was through the smart application of a simple psychological bias. A bias that you can still apply today... read |
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| Nadia Hearn In today's vast ever-changing marketplace, it has become vital to connect any business with its brand, or brand story. Brands that define clarity on their purpose, financially outperform others without... read |
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| Jessica Tennant Grid Worldwide launched its #HopeJoanna campaign on Freedom Day (Friday, 27 April) highlighting the highs and lows of the past 30 years in an effort to convey a message of hope and a sense of optimism to all South Africans... read |
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| Louise Hefer I've been working on a brand within the Baby Care category for a couple of years now, and I've always thought that I have a good insight into moms and how to be relevant to them... read |
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| Wynand Smit Every year, online retailers market their Mother's Day promotions, but many continue to do so with what appears to be little regard for what their customers want or need... read |
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| Pieter Bensch The six steps that African businesses can take to comply with new European Union data privacy laws... read |
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| Corporate social investment has the power to unleash "the generosity of strangers"... read |
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| Nicole Biondi From 16 to 20 April, I joined over 1,000 people from more than 59 countries (majority Global South) in Nusa Dua, Bali for the 2018 International Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Summit... read |
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| Andrew Ridl With the digital signage market becoming more saturated and competitive, and as consumers place more stock in mobile options for information delivery, it becomes imperative that a premium is placed on content that is both engaging and memorable... read |
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| Mastercard and Unilever break down barriers to growth for micro entrepreneurs with first-of-its-kind digital lending platform... read |
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| Robin Fredericks Working with destinations around the world on their digital strategies, Cook and his team have been witness to how tourist boards, government and private sector associations adapt and grow in the travel space... read |
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| David Butt It's important to understand that blockchain, like any technology, requires an ecosystem to support it. If you want to future-proof your business, now is the time to start understanding blockchain and proving the case for its use... read |
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| Bronwyn Williams How the technology behind the global crypto-craze is redefining the internet, the global economy and the next wave of digital disruption... read |
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| Gil Sperling How virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies are reshaping how consumers experience brands and the world around them... read |
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| Darren Mansour Whether as the result of its easy accessibility or the fact that it is, indeed, much more cost-effective than traditional marketing, digital marketing is still suffering the wrath of its loose reputation as the cheaper solution to its traditional family members... read |
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| Business leaders agree that collective action is required from all sectors to address youth unemployment and education... read |
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| Forty-five entrepreneurs have been selected by Heineken South Africa and its partners to participate in the 2018 Orange Corners entrepreneurial programme... read |
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| Tom Jackson Startupbootcamp Africa has signed a formal partnership with the Google Cloud Startup Programme, which will offer startups selected for the Cape Town-based accelerator more than $20,000 worth of tech support... read |
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| Conferences and events have a significant impact on the communities and the environment where they are hosted - some good, some bad. What is the right way to address sustainability? read |
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| Cape Town has been named as the number one meetings destination in Africa for the tenth consecutive year... read |
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| Glenn van Eck Organising events in other countries poses challenges in innumerable forms and can develop into situations which often require diplomacy and tact... read |
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| Actors and directors from the African diaspora in Europe fight for a place in the film world... read |
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| To coincide with Europe Day, the European Union will launch the second film festival in Liberia... read |
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| Poisonous Roses by Egyptian director Ahmed Fawzi Saleh has won Best Feature Film at FCAT 2018... read |
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| Danette Breitenbach All magazine categories - Consumer, B2B, Custom and Free Magazines declined on the prior year. All the categories also declined on the prior quarter, except for Free Magazines which remained static... read |
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| Efforts by the government, citizens and tourism industry have emerged as best practice for sustainable water management and promoting "water-wise tourism" in the face of climate change... read |
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| Jessica Tennant Lukanyo Mnyanda recently returned to South Africa from Bloomberg in Edinburgh to join Business Day (where he worked as economics editor after graduating) this time as editor, succeeding Tim Cohen... read |
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| Danette Breitenbach Despite a decline of 4.4 % on the prior year, the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) total newspaper circulation increased by 0.8% on the previous quarter, bucking the prior quarter's trend of overall declines... read |
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| Juanita Pienaar Everyone is creating online video nowadays and by doing this, bypassing traditional channels, serving hundreds of millions of people their lively forms of content. At a recent Heavy Chef event, Danilo Acquisto shared some secrets of creating successful online video strategies... read |
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| Juanita Pienaar At a recent Heavy Chef event, Danilo Acquisto elaborated on the secrets of creating successful online video strategies... read |
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| Ogilvy takes home top honours at second African SABRE ceremony as the African public relations industry celebrates the best campaigns... read |
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| Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been voted Africa's most reputable and ethical individual, while Gift of the Givers and Botswana were recognised as the most admired organisation and country on the continent... read |
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| Never before has the PR industry had such significant opportunity to create rapid change. But is the industry demonstrating innovation in tackling its growing list of challenges? Thought leaders debated important points at this year's In2Innovation Summit... read |
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| Lynn Joffe It's always quite intimidating to attend a conference in a foreign land... read |
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| Call for papers for the 19th PAMRO All Africa Media Research conference... read |
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| Wonderland Collective has released the findings of the annual National Website Benchmark Survey that they have created in order for website owners to be able to compare their website performance and strategy to the industry as a whole... read |
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| Maroefah Smith Social media has completely changed the modelling industry. A model's origin story is now based on Instagram... read |
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| Sam Swaine According to 2017 statistics, Snapchat user uptake is winding down and its rival platform, Instagram is proving Snap to be a bantamweight when it tipped the scales at 700 million users in 2017... read |
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| Michael Vlismas The world of sports sponsorship is often limited to the two main players in this game - the brand and the successful sports star or team it is aligning itself with. And the fan watches from the sidelines... read |
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| With video content and streaming influencing viewing habits on the African continent, TV Connect Africa has evolved into the Africa Video Forum stream... read |
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| CNBC Africa receives award for best business journalism in Nigeria... read |
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| Bronwyn Williams Generation Alpha, made up of children born from 2010 onwards, has already attracted the attention of marketers and start-ups around the world... read |
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| Ruth Cooper The inaugural Women in Africa Forum took place during World Travel Market Africa 2018, which was held at the CTICC in Cape Town. Hosted by Women in Travel CIC founder Alessandra Alonso, the forum aimed to highlight the importance of women entrepreneurs in Africa... read |
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| Louise Marsland Africa's new digitised youth population, Generation Z, will define Africa's digital future and these are the skills they will need to do it... read |
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| Leigh Andrews There's no denying Africa is the place to be. Business is booming, international investors are interested, and there are deals for the taking, if you know how to secure them. Here's how to do so, effectively, from both the corporate/sponsor and startup perspective... read |
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| Natalia Rosa There's an energy and dogged determination one feels when visiting Nigeria for the first time. It's that palpable can-do, roll-up-your-sleeves, hurry-up-and-wait atmosphere that is simply intoxicating... read |
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| Sindy Peters First announced in 2015, Growthpoint Investec African Properties (GIAP) is finally off the mark, commencing operations in the pan-African real estate market. read |
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| Leigh Andrews This #AfricaMonth, we find out what's really going on behind the selfie with Bogosi Motshegwa, strategic planner at Net#work BBDO... read |
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| Cinemark has announced the list of local talent who will be making decisions and rewarding the cream of the creative crop in the south of France from 18-22 June... read |
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| Cinemark has announced the Young Lions competition winners that will represent SA at Cannes Lions this year... read |
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| Issued By Loeries The deadline for submissions to the Loeries Africa Middle East has been extended by two weeks to 31 May... read |
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| Burundi ordered a six-month ban on the broadcast operations of international networks, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Voice Of America (VOA)... read |
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| According to Waspa, the ongoing shift to mobile and Android's open source appeal has seen increasing attacks on mobile users through malware and ransomware inadvertently downloaded at app stores... read |
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