Twyg is calling on fashion designers who implement sustainable and circular approaches, and who foster ethical practices, to enter its second annual Sustainable Fashion Awards...
3 Sep 2020
Julian Barnes starts his novel, Levels of Life, like this: You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...
Johnny Johnson 18 Aug 2020
12 Aug 2020
More in our series of powerful insights from marketing industry leaders Abey Mokgwatsane, managing executive at Vodacom SA and Africa and Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of the Loeries adding their voices to how together SA business and the creative communications sectors are creating a new "better normal"...
11 Aug 2020
Join Amasa Virtual Ignite Forum on 29 July 2020 at 4.30pm as we host Thebe Ikalafeng - founder, Brand Leadership Group to unpack purpose-driven conscious marketing...
Issued by Amasa 28 Jul 2020
The One Club has launched the One School, a free 16-week portfolio programme for young Black creatives...
21 Jul 2020
More in our series of powerful insights from the marketing industry leaders Mzamo Masito, CMO of Google Africa and Boniswa Pezisa, CEO of Net#work BBDO, pointing the way to futureproofing economies...
17 Jul 2020
Tommy Hilfiger, owned by PVH Corp., is launching the People's Place Program, which aims to advance the representation of BIPOC within the fashion and creative industries...
15 Jul 2020
Gareth Leck, group chief executive officer and co-founding partner of Joe Public United, Mpume Ngobese, managing director at Joe Public Connect and Khensani Nobanda, group executive: marketing and corporate affairs at Nedbank discuss the creative value chain, procurement and marketing working towards common goals...
14 Jul 2020
Havas partnered with Market Probe International to do a survey of people's attitudes towards change, particularly radical change. The study has shown that people demand radical change that makes a meaningful difference to the world around them and this is key for businesses to understand and act on...
9 Jul 2020
Sithembile Ntombela, head of marketing at Brand South Africa and Selae Thobakgale, chief strategic officer at The Odd Number Group and co-founder of The Strategy Network discuss the topic of where business and the creative strategy meet in the time of Covid-19...
29 Jun 2020
But even though brands are stepping up and making statements, the broader industries behind these messages also need interrogating. Decolonisation, for example, is rarely discussed in my field, advertising - and it needs to be...
Carl W Jones 29 Jun 2020
Manchester-based businessman Georgios Demetriou of Licence to Thrill Ltd (the Applicant) recently applied to register the phrase 'Black Lives Matter' under trade mark application no. 3497647 and 'I Can't Breathe' under trade mark application no. 3497640 at the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO). These phrases are associated with the current worldwide protests following the death of George Floyd in the USA.
Udi Pillay 25 Jun 2020
Simon Cook interviewed the president of the Titanium Lions, FCB's Susan Credle to hear her briefing for 2021...
Juanita Pienaar 25 Jun 2020
As African oil and gas countries struggle with Covid-19's devastating impact on demand, two international groups seem to be celebrating it...
NJ Ayuk 24 Jun 2020
Cosmo ad: refreshing, light-hearted look at a principled matter, while La Boucher gets it horribly wrong with insensitive 'All Wines Matter' campaign...
Brendan Seery 23 Jun 2020
In the first episode, industry leaders Thabang Skwambane, MD of FCB Joburg/Hellocomputer and Robbie Brozin, co-founder of global chicken empire Nando's, discuss the topic of liquidity and the economics of advertising. ...
22 Jun 2020
It is without doubt that the inclusion and representation of Black people in corporate South Africa continues to be an urgent matter that needs to be addressed...
Khanyisa Nomoyi 22 Jun 2020
Inequality, racism, hatred and bigotry. It hits home for us as South Africa because we've dealt with these types of pandemics before, and still do today. This isn't a political issue, it's an issue of basic humanity...
Issued by Grid Worldwide 19 Jun 2020
PepsiCo CEO and chairman Ramon Laguarta announced on Twitter the CPG conglomerate's commitment to doing their part to help dismantle the systemic racial barriers that block social and economic progress for Black people in the US.
17 Jun 2020
It is the youth that are steering us forward with unwavering conviction. They are not willing to wait for change. They're leading in the present...
Amy Pieterse, Issued by Ginkgo Agency 15 Jun 2020
#BlackOutTuesday: And why your brand could sit this one out...
Babalwa Nyembezi 5 Jun 2020
Blackout Tuesday was in some ways an ideal form of activism for non-activists, which may explain some of its enormous international popularity...
Jolynna Sinanan 4 Jun 2020
Over the past year or so, a surprising number of international brand owners have come under fire for offensive marketing campaigns, products, and brand names...
Kareema Shaik 15 Nov 2019
Millennials are already in their mid-thirties. It's time for brands and businesses to shift focus to the next generation, Generation Z...
Bronwyn Williams 17 Oct 2018
The 65th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity continued on 21 June, with the 2018 Innovation and Product Design winners announced during the Innovation award ceremony...
21 Jun 2018
We rely heavily on systems and tools that are fed by data collected and collated by humans...
Megan Sayle 7 Jun 2018
Helen Zille, the Premier of the Western Cape in South Africa, has made two startling claims about the water crisis in the province...
Joelien Pretorius 6 Feb 2018
This year has been a whirlwind of racist exposé after sexist exposé after: "How have they been running a business? Holy sh!t" exposé (part 1)...
Julia Breakey 19 Dec 2017
The second annual D&AD Impact Awards took place at Terminal 5 in New York City on Tuesday, 26 September and a total of 98 D&AD Impact Pencils were handed out on the night...
27 Sep 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Cannes Mobile award ceremony on 20 June 2017, where Native VML secured two Bronze Lions for Huffington Post's Stop the Cycle 360o mobile video...
20 Jun 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Cannes Direct award ceremony on 20 June 2017...
20 Jun 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Cannes Cyber award ceremony on 20 June 2017...
20 Jun 2017
The 64th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity hosted the Cannes PR award ceremony on 19 June 2017...
19 Jun 2017
It's not often that you get to create a new university from scratch...
Jess Auerbach 15 May 2017
The second set of D&AD Pencil winners have been announced, with an additional 10 South African entries making the grade in the final categories...
26 Apr 2017
NEW YORK - Recent high-profile advertising missteps by Pepsi and skin-care company Nivea underscored anew Madison Avenue's awkward relationship with racial diversity at a time when the United States is becoming less white...
10 Apr 2017
NEW YORK - Pepsi said on Wednesday it was dropping an ad featuring the supermodel Kendall Jenner that appeared to use the "Black Lives Matter" protests to promote the soda brand...
6 Apr 2017
Facebook has released its annual Year in Review, where users can see what was the top moments on the social media platform...
9 Dec 2016
How would you describe this year? The #2016in3words hashtag went viral globally over the weekend...
Louise Marsland 18 Jul 2016
Twitter turned 10 yesterday, 21 March, and the hashtag #LoveTwitter trended. Of course. Brands, celebs, football teams, news media and Twitter itself, reminisced on the good times...
Louise Marsland 22 Mar 2016