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 | | YouTube announced the appointment of Alex Okosi as managing director of emerging markets for YouTube in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective April 2020...read |
|  | JESSICA TENNANT New York Festivals Advertising Awards announced Ahmed Tilly, CCO at FCB Joburg as one of the first 20 members of the 2020 NYF executive jury...read |
|  | JOSEPHINE BUYS In his state of the nation speech in 2019, President Ramaphosa pledged to ensure that within the next five years, every 10-year-old child would be able to read for meaning. I applaud this vision, but realise it's not without its challenges and government cannot do this alone...read |
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 | SIZAKELE MARUTLULLE Tricky as it can be to 'gaze into a crystal ball ', applying one's mind to what might come to pass is still a worthy undertaking. The shape and format of the marketing and advertising sector continues to evolve and as it ebbs and flows, I suspect more than predict that the CMOs existence as a marked person will prevail... Read |
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 | DOV GIRNUN For the retail sector as a whole - and for physical stores in particular - 2020 will be a year of reinvention... Read |
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 | ERICA ELK In the face of increasingly tough systemic and complex challenges, there is an emerging global trend in the public sector towards using a design thinking approach to unlock new and innovative solutions... Read |
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 | AVSHARN BACHOO Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of computers to learn, gain experience and make decisions, just like humans... Read |
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 | BRENDAN SEERY King Price's 'cultural appropriation' ad has the desired impact, and because of effective marketing, Alonso crash was a positive for Toyota... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY NINETY9CENTS Spur Steak Ranches in collaboration with hip hop artist, Early B, are bringing South Africans together this festive season with the brand's latest campaign titled "Spur is Everywhere"... Read |
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 | Although there are still no clear indicators as to when the long-awaited Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) will come into force, there have been some recent PoPI related developments... Read |
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 | Nominations are now open for The World Out of Home Organisation Awards and the organisation has announced that Katrin Robertson, CEO of BlowUp media will head the Organisation's panel of judges for its 2020 Awards... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY SOCIAL PLACES A new report underscores how increasingly important it is for local businesses to engage effectively with the rapidly-growing number of consumers who leave online reviews on multiple social media platforms... Read |
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 | Entrepreneurs who are starting new businesses are urged to carefully consider the legal status and type of business being registered... Read |
 | CATHERINE BLACK Artificial intelligence is our shiny new toy. We're dazzled by its potential to help us make our lives more efficient, more productive... just... better... Read |
 | FAAN COETZEE South Africa has 13 official public holidays and in 2020, enjoys 14 as one falls on a Sunday. Employers should consider the effect on the workplace and implement measures to address the impact on work... Read |
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