Lighthouse is a white-label game and content platform that allows brands to engage with their customers in a way that unites digital and real-world experiences...
Glenn Gillis, Issued by Irvine Partners 4 hours ago
The Solidarity Fund is asking South Africans to come together in its new integrated marketing and communication campaign...
Kantar's Worldpanel division has launched a new consumer panel in South Africa. The new panel tracks 6,500+ households to bring fast, accurate and granular insights for a complete view of SA consumers...
Issued by Kantar 28 Apr 2021
South African healthcare workers were found to be at high risk of contracting hepatitis B, even though a vaccine can provide life-long immunity...
FoxP2 has brought Sello Leshop into its fold as strategic planning director effective from 1 April...
Issued by Dentsu 8 Apr 2021
At the end of 2020, there was a strong hope that high levels of vaccination would see humanity finally gain the upper hand over SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19...
Salim Abdool Karim 6 Apr 2021
Derek Cikes, commercial director at part-payment platform Payflex, outlines some of the key pandemic-led changes to the retail landscape over the past 365 days...
Issued by Payflex 26 Mar 2021
Plastics SA, in conjunction with the South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO), recently released the annual South African Plastics Recycling Survey...
The Heineken Africa Foundation and Heineken SA have partnered with WaterAid in its drive to tackle the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases, as well as significantly broaden access to clean water across the continent...
Issued by Heineken South Africa 19 Mar 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in many fault lines emerging in our societies. One of the key ones is that of behaviour change...
Jay Bhagwan 18 Mar 2021
The workplace can make a big contribution to reducing their employees' risk of non-communicable diseases through relatively inexpensive adjustments to the work environment...
Darcelle Schouw and Bob Mash 29 Jan 2021
A major takeaway from the pandemic is that it permanently changed consumer behaviour, both online and offline, and marketing professionals, businesses and organisations need to adapt to this behaviour change...
Desirée Gullan, Issued by G&G Digital 15 Jan 2021
Achieving the desired levels of sustainability has proven to be more challenging for many businesses since the onset of Covid-19...
Kavita Pema 11 Jan 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic brought the global tourism industry to a screeching halt in 2020. With vaccines starting to be rolled out, there is hope international travel can resume soon...
Joseph M. Cheer, Colin Michael Hall, Jarkko Saarinen 29 Dec 2020
Whether you're in an industry that took a knock during the pandemic or one that was busier than ever, 2020 has been a trying year for most small business owners...
Selina Bieber 21 Dec 2020
Successful, resilient brands have a strong brand personality, human attributes that make them relatable and encompass the essence of what they stand for. They convey an emotion or perception...
Lara-Anne Derbyshire, Issued by Boomtown 7 Dec 2020
After a stringent three-phase tender process, HelloFCB+ has been awarded the Western Cape Government (WCG) marketing communication account...
Issued by Nahana Communications Group 3 Dec 2020
Whilst an economic recession might mean cutting costs and reducing prices to some; others are taking the opportunity to compete with established enterprises...
Michelle Coetzee, Issued by ERSBio 1 Dec 2020
Vehicle dealerships will still have important roles to play in the rapidly changing global mobility environment. This is the conclusion of a panel discussion at the recent Hypermobility 2020 virtual conference...
Jik assists SA government in making public clinics safer...
Certainty that South Africa will not return to a hard lockdown - irrespective of Covid-19 infection rates - would stimulate economic activity by unlocking business investment projects and consumer spending plans...
For the fifth consecutive year, Facebook is sponsoring the student category at the Loeries in order to champion diverse, young creative talent...
New York Festival's AME Awards has opened up entries for the 2021 competition with new categories that include Health & Wellness, Pharma, Digital Devices, and Socially Conscious Content...
Tuffy has partnered with WWF SA to drive education, awareness and behaviour change around plastic waste...
Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes Covid-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats, which may have been passed to humans via pangolins or another species...
Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020
Kantar's Covid-19 tribes, an offshoot from wave six of the global Barometer study into how the pandemic affected consumer behaviour, attitudes and expectations across 60+ markets including Kenya and Nigeria, reveals what marketers need to consider to better reach consumers in these sub-Saharan markets...
Issued by Kantar 28 Oct 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge that no one could have anticipated. It has had a wide-reaching impact on all industries across the globe, and the South African mining sector is no exception...
Mxolisi Mgojo 27 Oct 2020
Small, practical messaging campaigns on pesticide toxicity can lead farmers to choose safer, less-toxic pesticides...
The Africa Cyber Security Culture Conference, an event that explores cybersecurity culture in Africa and shares best practices for organisations and individuals on the continent, returns on 11 November 2020...
Noncommunicable diseases account for about 71% of the 57-million deaths reported around the world every year. Most of these deaths are caused by diabetes, cancers, heart disease and lung disease...
Razak M Gyasi 12 Oct 2020
Locust outbreaks are driven by unusual climatic conditions...
Frances Duncan 8 Oct 2020
There are eight steps that auditors should follow during the audit to add value to the client and enhance the chances of detecting fraud...
Hayley Barker Hoogwerf 5 Oct 2020
The coronavirus has had an interesting impact on our consumer behaviour, with large swathes of the world's population changing their well-worn habits within a few short weeks...
Issued by Borderless Access 28 Sep 2020
A new podcast series has launched this September featuring stories about water across South Africa, and the water heroes and activists behind them...
South Africans are paying a high price for the prolonged lockdown and consequent devastation of the local economy with levels of emotional distress nearly as high as at the start of the lockdown five months ago...
Andrea Rademeyer, Issued by Ask Afrika 3 Sep 2020
On Women's Day, 9 August, township taverns in South Africa will roll out a programme to help combat gender-based violence and femicide...
As Covid-19 cases continue to rise in South Africa and across the world, vast quantities of plastic waste are also rising...
Dr Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa 29 Jul 2020
JLL's recently released 2019-2020 South Africa Investment report provides insights on key investment trends observed following the impact of Covid-19...
According to the United Nations' recently published annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, tens of millions have joined the ranks of the chronically undernourished over the past five years, and countries around the world continue to struggle with multiple forms of malnutrition.
During a recent run in Newlands Forest, Cape Town, I encountered a few runners and walkers without masks. When I asked one of them where his mask was, he replied: "I'm running outdoors and if you don't like, stay at home."...
Steven Robins 15 Jul 2020
Fundamental research is critical to support the mining industry and others in dealing with the impact of Covid-19...
The effect of Covid-19 and lockdown on children and youngsters have been a case for debate and study, from lack of access to data or devices for online learning to the mental health issues. It has also stirred many sectors not to "go back to normal" but to "build back better"...
South Africa needs to adopt a more localised and differentiated approach in the next phase of its management of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Kaymarlin Govender, Ayesha BM Kharsany, Gavin George & Sean Beckett 9 Jun 2020
An understandable response to the economic fallout of Covid-19 is for governments, industries and businesses trying to predict the path that the global economy will take in the coming months and years...
Gerhard Zeelie 9 Jun 2020
During this time of uncertainty, consumers are looking to brands because they are intrinsic to every sphere of a consumer's life. Brands should use this opportunity to find different ways of engaging their buyers...
Sindiswa Masuta 5 Jun 2020
The latest quality Covid-19 science on schools and children, evidence that physical distancing, masks and eye protection work, herd immunity and what it means for South Africa and more...
GroundUp and Spotlight staff 5 Jun 2020
The coffee industry has seen a number of changes and challenges over the years, but none on the scale and magnitude of the Covid-19 pandemic...
Stacey Moss 2 Jun 2020
Breaking through by changing behaviour...
Issued by eatbigfish 1 Jun 2020
As we prepare for a new phase in business globally; we're seeing accelerated key digital experience trends including online payments, telehealth and e-learning...
Viresh Hargovan 29 May 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to a new kind of African consumer who is already displaying fundamental shifts in consumption and purchase behaviour...