The theme of the third annual Makhulu Polane t-shirt design competition - which opens today, Monday, 18 August 2008, for entries - is ‘Funny-Galore'. Not only will the funniest, smartest, coolest design will win R20 000 in cash, it will be sold in all Big Blue and Kitsch & Kool stores nationwide for two months. 18 Aug 2008
Over the past decades, the free flow of investment to emerging markets has brought significant economic opportunities for the first time to many people around the world. As the flow of money takes new routes and reaches more people, the latest Global TGI data may be used to compare and contrast attitudes towards wealth, success and satisfaction around the world. 18 Aug 2008
“Cracking the Digital Code”, Tony Koenderman's series of workshops about online marketing, has been restructured into a single 1½-day conference in response to public demand. The programme is unchanged, but now will take place 18 - 19 September 2008, finishing at lunch time on the second day. 18 Aug 2008
Awards second year in a row! AFDA students have done it again! The Best Student Film Award went to Sindiswa at the recently held 2007 South African Film and Television Awards held at Gallagher Estate. 16 Aug 2008
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) yesterday, 14 August 2008, urged the federal government to investigate on-going ‘Experience Freshness' secret parties being organised by the British American Tobacco Nigeria to promote its Pall Mall cigarette brand. 15 Aug 2008
Bodyform announced yesterday, 14 August 2008, a pledge of fundraising and marketing support to help provide vital sanitary supplies to the women of Zimbabwe, in partnership with ACTSA (Action for Southern Africa) and its 'Dignity! Period.' campaign. 15 Aug 2008
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO), launched its newly designed "African Collective Administration Development Strategy" extending its reach further across Africa. SAMRO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK) last week to enhance the growth of copyright development on the continent. 15 Aug 2008
Zambia's new mining fiscal regime, which came into effect on April 1 this year, is said to have bolstered the country's revenue. 15 Aug 2008
Chicago: Western media coverage of Africa focuses primarily on disease, starvation and war and African leaders making strides to advance their countries with ambitious economic initiatives, medical advancements and technological projects are often ignored, said officials from the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). 15 Aug 2008
Direct and digital marketing agency Wunderman has won the Barloworld Logistics account with immediate effect, it was announced yesterday, Thursday, 14 August 2008. 15 Aug 2008
Under the latest ICANN's policy, who would like to bid the highest amount for the exclusive global rights to the new domain suffix .dubai? Such a suffix will create a powerful domain root that will corner some 180 services underneath it, like go.dubai, hotel.dubai, job.dubai, cars.dubai or fly.dubai. Who would be the next global cyber-branding leader of this new millennium? 15 Aug 2008
On an infamous Friday in 1993, Marlboro rocked the business world by slashing the price of its premium brand - a mini-crash ensued as all brands were suddenly deemed brittle. ‘Marlboro Friday' has since proved to be a wobble rather than a seismic shift as brands have continued to command healthy and often increasing profit margins over a sustained period. The recent launch of search engine Cuil (28 July 2008), although seemingly innocuous, again raises some Marlboro Friday-type questions around the value of brands, this time in the Web 2.0 economy. 15 Aug 2008
New Media (NMP) has made various strategic changes to its décor hub through various promotions and new appointments to the editorial team. The hub currently includes consumer title Visi and customer titles Plascon Colour and Woolworths World. 15 Aug 2008
Discovery Channel on DStv has been ranked the most trusted brand according to the Brand Trust Index 2007, Discovery Networks EMEA announced earlier this week. Discovery Channel ranked higher than many well-known local and international brands in the survey, which was conducted last year by Ipsos Markinor through 3500 face-to-face interviews. 15 Aug 2008
They've done it again: the UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing that brought you the Wildfire and the groundbreaking Black Diamond research projects has launched its latest study on the ‘Prime Time' generation which shows that South African marketers, unlike their European and American counterparts, are ignoring one of the most lucrative markets around. 15 Aug 2008
“Global trends are moving towards advertising online rather than traditional media.” So says Andre Beyers, former marketing head of Vodacom and now chairman of Eyeballs Mobile. The new company recently launched the first phase of its mobile handset advertising platforms - an unobtrusive, strictly opt-in platform that allows advertisers to reach their target audience directly through compatible cellular phones. 15 Aug 2008
SAN FRANCISCO: In commemoration of US swimmer Michael Phelps' historic achievement of winning 10 Olympic gold medals, setting the all-time record for most career Olympic gold medals, Visa, yesterday, Thursday, 14 August 2008, released a special edition commercial. Visa has been a Worldwide Olympic Partner for more than two decades. 15 Aug 2008
Yusuf Abramjee, head of Primedia's Crime Line, received a Special Recognition Award from Matla A Bana, an NGO involved in the fight against crimes involving women and children, at its annual awards ceremony in Johannesburg earlier this week. 15 Aug 2008
Zimbabweans are turning to fuel coupons as a new form of "currency" after struggling to find local money, which continues to lose its value steeply. 15 Aug 2008
Malawi's finance minister, Goodall Gondwe has conceded that the sale of Air Malawi has flopped after the prospective buyers found the airline unviable. 14 Aug 2008
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