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The second episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on the informal economy, a key growth trend reshaping South Africa’s and Africa's economies. Often referred to as the grey economy, it is brimming with potential.

Afro-optimism, or more specifically, the African growth mindset is a greater sense of optimism that, despite challenges such as electricity and water that the continent faces, is in stark contrast to a growing Western degrowth mindset of pessimism about the future, and Africa.

“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.

At the recent Effies SA, hosted by the Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA), the Grand Effie was awarded to Halo, for its campaign for its client, Pineapple.

Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with future thinker and Flux Trends partner, Bronwyn Williams.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with Ndeye Diagne, the managing director West, East and Central Africa at Kantar.

The Castle Lite #HipHopHerStory concert, which only featured female artists such as Angela Yee, Roxanne Shante, Nadia Nakai, Moozlie, Gigi La Mayne and Rouge, took place at the Gallagher Convention Centre on Saturday 8 September 2018.

The Benmore Centre in Sandton, Johannesburg recently re-launched and celebrated with a 'hats and high heels' high tea party for their special guests.

Tsogo Sun celebrated 20 years since the opening of the Southern Sun The Cullinan and Southern Sun Waterfront in Cape Town. To mark the occasion, the hotel group held a special cocktail party at the Southern Sun The Cullinan Hotel on 5 September 2018.

Toya Delazy releases the official music video for ‘London Town’, off her third album, Uncommodified.

The Music Exchange (#MEX18) entertainment-economy-focused conference was held at the Academy Of Sound Engineering studio complex in District 6 and the Sun Square Cape Town Gardens in Cape Town from 1-2 September 2018.

SLE recently showcases its ALI vertical farm structure and HAIBO (Hitech Agricultural Initiative for a Beautiful World) app at the Southern Sun Cape Sun in Cape Town's CBD.