Irrespective of the industry you're in - be it marketing, finance or healthcare - data is pretty important these days...
Shaune Jordaan 30 Mar 2021
Well-known creative consultant Ahmed "Mr Nando's" Tilly has joined forces with marketing and brand experience experts, CWDi as they reposition the agency...
Evan-Lee Courie 11 Mar 2021
Chris Soal, an emerging South African artist, uses unconventional found objects such as toothpicks and bottle caps in conjunction with concrete and other industrial materials...
Evan-Lee Courie 2 Mar 2021
The events of 2020 reshaped the world in ways we never thought possible, turning us all into homebodies overnight and fundamentally restructuring our approach to work, travel and interpersonal interaction. Nowhere was this seismic shift more apparent than in the digital media space...
Kirsten van Rooyen 12 Feb 2021
When the V&A Waterfront approached Old Friends Young Talent (OFyt) for a creative campaign that would let people know that their gift cards are available to purchase online, the agency knew that this is a much bigger brief than just an announcement. After all, the V&A Waterfront is much more than just a mall.
Issued by Old Friends Young Talent (OFyt) 28 Jan 2021
TikTok and VaynerMedia London's new #SeaShanty TV ad celebrates online creators and the first major trend of 2021...
Following a strategic and creative pitch, Lactalis SA has awarded its integrated marketing communications on its Parmalat, Melrose and President Cheese brands, excluding media planning and buying, to HelloFCB+...
Issued by Nahana Communications Group 21 Jan 2021
This week Kaya FM receives the prestigious award for reaching 100,000 subscribers on the worldwide streaming channel, making it the station with the most active YouTube subscribers in the country...
Issued by KAYA 959 1 Oct 2020
The advertising industry has certainly grown over the past two decades seeing the changes in technology and the way consumers consume media in general, fragmentation upon fra-g-men-ta-tion...
Issued by Advertising Media Forum 26 Aug 2020
The coronavirus will dominate our lives for the foreseeable future. But we now have sight of slightly less rigorous restrictions and business is going to have to slowly resume as people find new ways to do what needs to be done. The sooner we adapt to doing things differently, the sooner our economy will recover...
Lorna Mangel 15 May 2020
The meat industry has been forced to come up with creative solutions throughout different value chains to combat the effects of this global pandemic...
Claudi Nortjé 8 May 2020
Following the announcement of the inaugural IAB SA Front Row winners, announced online during this year's Bookmarks, we interviewed them on what the initiative means to them and what they hope to get out of it...
Jessica Tennant 13 Apr 2020
Call blocking by South Africa's biggest network operators is negatively impacting many local telecoms customers who are finding they cannot always successfully complete phone calls...
Dentsu Aegis Network sub-Saharan Africa has launched Dentsu Data Labs - this specialist division will lead the way in data intelligence and consultancy, marketing technology and audience insights...
Issued by Dentsu 17 Mar 2020
Coca-Cola is leveraging its sponsorship of the English Premier League with an integrated campaign currently running in Nigeria...
Issued by Nahana Communications Group 27 Feb 2020
After launching South Africa's first distilled alcohol-free botanical spirits in 2018, Vermont Vergin SA launched two ready-to-drink (RTD) botanical cocktails at the end of 2019...
Issued by Pyrotec 24 Feb 2020
According to Broll Property Intel's latest Kenya Office Market Snapshot H1:2019 report, a creative approach to leasing deals is helping innovative landlords offset the challenges of high vacancies in an overstocked Nairobi office market...
BabyYumYum has appointed Tanya Kovarsky as its new business strategist and implementer...
The top 20 ads have an overwhelming South African flavour, with local ad agencies leading the way. The brands in the ranking reflect "a day in the life" of our consumers, they are all very relevant and relatable, with some great South African humour coming through...
Issued by Kantar 10 Jul 2019
Dangote Industries shows its commitment to empowering Africa in new CNN campaign...
The New York Festivals Radio Awards has announced its 2019 winners...
According to The Future of Jobs and Skills report, the most in-demand occupations found today did not exist 10 or even five years ago, while an estimated 65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in completely new job types that don't yet exist...
Esben Stærk Jørgensen 9 Apr 2019
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) has announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual Webby Awards. Among those recognised this year in the Advertising, Media & PR categories are South Africa's Net#work BBDO and TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris...
UCT's Graduate School of Business Bertha Centre has partnered with key stakeholders in the community of Philippi to turn the building of a wall into a first step towards building social cohesion and trust...
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 5 Feb 2019
I grew up believing in the forward trajectory of progress in science and medicine - that human health would continue to improve as it had for hundreds of years...
Gerry Wright 19 Nov 2018
The brands in the latest ranking reflect "a day in the life" of our consumers, they are all very relevant and easy to relate to...
Issued by Kantar 11 Oct 2018
King James the Second (II) has been hard at work rebranding and repositioning global pet wellness brand, Bob Martin after winning the SA business in a three-way pitch earlier this year...
Having dusted off the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity cobwebs, VM DSGN's designer and creative director Vumile Mavumengwana talks us through his experience on this year's design awarding jury and what it's really like being a South African in Cannes...
Leigh Andrews 19 Jul 2018
Recent analysis of the BrandZ global database shows many brands aren't seizing opportunities to disrupt with fewer than one in 10 brands growing between 2014 and 2017...
Issued by Kantar 20 Jun 2018
Data and content will be the two factors that continue to drive innovation for African brands across the continent...
Cathy Ibal 8 Jun 2018
Marketplaces, online platforms, customised offerings, virtual fitting rooms and other innovations are all examples of the "phygital" transformation of fashion retail...
Céline Abecassis-Moedas and Valérie Moatti 25 Apr 2018
Bizcommunity.com's 18 trends for 2018 from BizTrends2018 trend analyst, curator and editor, Louise Marsland...
Louise Marsland 3 Apr 2018
The 2018 Warc 100, an annual global index of the world's top marketing campaigns and companies based on their business impact has been released...
Forget about Harry and Meghan, the match of the century is advertising and research, with data playing cupid...
Natalie Otte, Ilse Dinner, Issued by Kantar 8 Jan 2018
Going into 2018, we need to give the word disruption the respect it deserves...
Graham Deneys 3 Jan 2018
African countries are forging ahead to complete negotiations for a continental free trade area between 55 countries by early next year...
Calestous Juma 2 Jan 2018
Creativity. Intangible but immensely powerful within the events sector. But despite its power, it's tough to gauge, difficult to define and sometimes hard to find. And few realise how important creativity is in pulling off unreal events that deliver real results...
David Limbert 21 Dec 2017
Emirates has launched a $15m campaign to inspire travel and promote the airline's network of global destinations. We go behind the scenes of the campaign with Boutros Boutros...
Cari Coetzee 24 Oct 2017
Advances and innovations in technology have given advertisers the tools to create innovative and complex imagery in their creative applications for out of home (OOH) advertising. Nevertheless, the requirements for good OOH remain the same, beginning with the ABCs of accuracy, boldness and clarity.
Issued by Primedia Outdoor 18 Aug 2017
The retail sector is one of the toughest to operate in, especially for a small business, as South Africans' discretionary spend narrows and consumers feel the pinch...
Topping this year's Apex Awards table, Joe Public received two silvers and a bronze, all within the Change category, across three hardworking integrated campaigns...
Issued by Joe Public United 11 Jul 2017
Bankmed has appointed New Media Publishing to publish Bankmed Bounce magazine. New Media will be producing two printed magazines per annum, with a print run of over 115,000 copies...
Issued by New Media 19 Jun 2017
South Africa needs novel technology, and innovative and creative approaches to combat postharvest losses in order to reduce food waste...
The 2017 Prism Awards took place at a ceremony at The Park House of Events on 6 May 2017 and I chatted to some of the gold winners...
Juanita Pienaar 18 May 2017
How design thinking can assist business leaders in making the right decisions about digital transformation...
Brett Parker 4 Apr 2017
Local digirati shone at the recent IAB Bookmark Awards 2017. Here's some feedback from Nona Creative's founder, Gordon Angus and UX strategist, Kerry Beetge-Schutte...
Leigh Andrews 24 Mar 2017