Facebook is inviting community leaders from South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to apply for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program...
Facebook has launched its "JoziPlug Community Guide", making Johannesburg the first city in Africa to join the global community guides initiative...
Wiehahn Diederichs 28 Dec 2020
As preparations get underway for the fourth Agency Scope study to begin in May 2021, Johanna McDowell, Scopen partner and director for the UK and South Africa notes that some of the trends seen in the global research will be a barometer for the pressures, proficiencies and pandemic recovery in South Africa...
Johanna McDowell 24 Nov 2020
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic changed the global landscape into alien territory. On 26 March 2020, South Africa initiated lockdown and the last six months have created both opportunities and challenges for NGOs in South Africa...
Issued by MANGO-OMC 2 Nov 2020
#ImStaying NPC together with The Lions Den launched the #ImStaying Entrepreneur Movement...
Facebook expands its third-party fact-checking programme to 10 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa...
Rising property tax rates, water restrictions and increases in the cost of water and electricity, combined with high unemployment rates and uncertainty over land expropriation all make for a challenging sell for real estate agents...
Issued by LexisNexis 14 Aug 2019
Africa's young population could be its greatest asset in an age where many other regions in the world are aging as a result of declining birth rates...
Ime Archibong 14 Aug 2019
Facebook celebrates one year of NG_Hub, its flagship hub space in the heart of Yaba, in partnership with CcHub...
I never like to weigh in on trends or predictions because, among many other reasons I've given before, human beings are generally awful at predicting the future...
Brett Morris 18 Dec 2018
Facebook Africa has launched third-party fact-checking in partnership with Africa Check and AFP to help assess the accuracy of news in South Africa and reduce the spread of misinformation...
Facebook introduces Community Leadership Programme winners for Africa...
Facebook gets behind African entrepreneurs in a 'celebration of tech' week as part of its sponsorship of TechCrunch's Startup Battlefield Africa...
Fastjet has become the airline with the largest Facebook community in Africa. The airline's Facebook pages for Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia collectively passed the 1.1 million followers mark...
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is rolling out a new video service offering professionally produced shows in a challenge to rivals such as YouTube, and potentially to streaming providers like Netflix...
At the annual F8 developer conference, held in San Jose, California, African developers shared the stage with Facebook and developers from around the world...
Facebook annual event attracts thousands as new tech revealed...
Lancewood Cheese is a key ingredient in that most revered of local pastimes: the braai. It was a natural step, therefore, for Lancewood to sponsor the popular reality TV series, Ultimate Braai Master...
Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel 12 Apr 2017
A new 'Community Help' feature provides a forum at the leading social network where assistance can be offered to victims of floods, earthquakes, fires or other kinds of natural or accidental tragedy, according to Facebook vice president of social good Naomi Gleit...
Facebook worked with partners in Nigeria and Kenya to bring its safety resources to life and promote online safety and bullying prevention...
The website of Times Media's East London-based Daily Dispatch newspaper, DispatchLIVE, has a bold new look, following an extensive redesign...
Today, 9 February 2016, is 'Safer Internet Day, which has the theme 'Play Your Part for a Better Internet'...
Facebook announced 16 million people in Nigeria visit Facebook every month with 100% of them coming on mobile. Each day, 7.2 million people visit Facebook with 7 million on mobile...
Started on a shoestring budget, the local DoggyDo app shows that if there's a will, there's a way - a strong design-centric way, if you're anything like Shani Judes, who founded and developed the app...
Leigh Andrews 29 Jan 2016
The financial assistance provided by the EdTech Global Foundation will be the first in a series of philanthropic partnerships moving forward...
Which brand in South Africa holds the enviable position as having the best Facebook page in the country? HaveYouHeard's joint managing director, Jason Stewart, takes you through his thinking when he's asked the same question by a client...
Jason Stewart 22 Dec 2014
Since Facebook has implemented the changes to its algorithm feed limiting the organic reach available for pages, people, and more, businesses have been...
Craig Steyn 1 Aug 2014
South African brands are being swindled into spending money, time and effort on Facebook because of the hype and encouragement spread by 'social media gurus' as well as the world's infatuation with this sexy medium.
Jason Stewart 21 May 2014
Stephan Botha of PMG division ProActive explains that, in Africa, to rise above the clutter a fully integrated approach is key and this includes the ever-growing use of social media.
Stephan Botha, Issued by Provantage Media Group 14 May 2014
The full line-up for the forthcoming fairytale carnival-themed We Are One Colour Festivals in Cape Town and Joburg this March has been announced and it contains some of South Africa's most cutting-edge and talented DJs.
The AMASA Roger Garlick Awards, sponsored by DStv Media Sales, announced Mindshare as the overall victor of this year's Roger Garlick Awards at the MOST Awards. Also impressing the judges was Gloo, being awarded an AMASA Gold.
Issued by Amasa 5 Sep 2013
The recent Spur TVC, made by the Haas Communication Collective of Cape Town, was ranked the best-liked across all TVCs broadcast last year, by Adtrack, Millward Brown's proprietary advertising testing system that evaluates the impact and liking of all brand advertising in South Africa amongst the public. The survey evaluated 1500 ads. [video]
Trying to describe what L&P tastes like is tackled in a distinctly kiwi way this week in the new Saatchi & Saatchi campaign for L&P. The kiwi brand has launched four new 15-second TV spots with the 'Bit Different Aye' campaign, which follows an online competition on its Facebook page.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Wrigley's 5 Gum partnered with the film release of X-men First Class to launch a new flavour and online game.
Karin Botta: Another prevalent theme at SXSW was content marketing - something that we are all talking about and including in most 2012 digital strategies. I went to two panels that addressed this topic in different ways: ‘brands as patterns’ - from a design point of view, and ‘multiplatform storytelling’ from a film, entertainment and marketing point of view.
trigger/isobar goes to SxSW 19 Mar 2012
A website upgrade and an active and interactive presence on Facebook and LinkedIn has Profmed, the medical scheme for graduate professionals, talking to young, internet-savvy professionals.
Dental care is one of the most often neglected aspects of healthcare, simply because people don't like to go to the dentist and because looking after their teeth just never seems like a medical emergency. Make an effort to maintain your good dental health - it's worth it.
Graham Anderson 8 Sep 2011