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Ogilvy South Africa was named Regional Network of the Year for the Middle East & Africa and Ogilvy Cape Town was named Regional Agency of the Year for the Middle East & Africa at the 2018 LIA Awards... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
It's tough enough being an entrepreneur. When you make a name for yourself in a tight industry that's typically dominated by the opposite sex, even more so. Here's how Tech Girl Sam Wright is setting the esports industry alight... Read
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SINDY PETERS
No fool in the slightest, Wendy Damon is the owner of Damp Control Cape. Not quite a rags-to-riches story, hers is still quite impressive... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
The hammam towel is a perennial Turkish accessory that's prized for its myriad of uses. Said to have been traditionally used in the super-hot Turkish baths, they needed to be durable and good at drying... Read
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SINDY PETERS
Using MagnaBoards - a 100% fire retardant material, Magnastruct is currently in the planning stages of launching a self-assembling, affordable informal dwelling called the The Square... Read
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Advertising
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BRENDAN SEERY
An Orchid because it's different. It's Clooney. And an Onion to Facebook for 'silver bullet' marketing miss, based on snooping... Read
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Future Tech Media today announced the acquisition of AdZouk, a programmatic supply side network that works with advertisers and publishers across the MENA region, effective from November 2018... Read
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Puma has selected Havas Media to manage its global media buying and planning, effective as of the beginning of 2019... Read
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ISSUED BY M&C SAATCHI ABEL
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CRM, CX, UX
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The annual AfricaCom Awards shortlist was released this week, ahead of the annual mega-conference and expo 13-15 November 2018... Read
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ANDRE VAN DER MERWE
Just 10% of tech startups survive, and the average lifespan of a tech company is six years. But how do you keep your customers? Read
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LOUISE ROBINSON
Up to 32% of any company's data is inaccurate and this can lead to revenue loss of up to 23%... Read
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ISSUED BY ALGOA FM
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Design
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Heavy Chef recently invited Jacques Oberholzer, co-founder of international UI / UX design agency, Now Boarding, to unpack how one goes about creating the ultimate mobile application... Read
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TOM LEE AND STEFAN LIE
For many people there is something irresistible about chocolate. But in the hungry rush to make it part of our bodies there is a missed opportunity to meditate on different gestural experiences... Read
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The National Arts Festival (NAF) has unveiled the five recipients of the 2019 Standard Bank Young Artist Awards (SBYA)... Read
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Design professionals and talents, agency heads and company representatives from 40 countries accepted their deserved trophies at the Red Dot Award: Communication Design 2018 held at the Konzerthaus Berlin in Germany... Read
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Digital
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Network BBDO is one of the IAB Bookmark Awards' top six-ranked digital agencies of the year, and so presented at last week's Digital Agency Showcase at Red & Yellow School. ECD Brad Reilly showed some non-digital work and others in the automotive space. Remember Raj and Raj 2? Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
In introducing Hellocomputer as one of the IAB Bookmark Awards' top six-ranked digital agencies presenting at last week's Digital Agency Showcase at Red & Yellow School, group MD Mark Tomlinson placed emphasis on being more human in these digital times... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Evan Milton of Ogilvy SA kicked off last week's Digital Agency Showcase with insights into what it means to be an advertising agency in these digital, connected times and shared the power of co-authoring brave work with brands... Read
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TED CHONG
This infographic takes a comparative look at Google and Facebook ads auction platform... Read
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CARMEN MURRAY
Carmen Murray interviews Herman Singh who unpacks the myths of disruptive innovation and explores what needs to be "spring cleaned" in our organisations to reap the blossoms of tomorrows profits... Read
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MICHAEL MILFORD AND GARY MORTIMER
Whether you do your shopping online or in store, your retail experience is the latest battleground for the AI and machine learning revolution... Read
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South African investor, Naspers has announced its plans to launch a R1.4bn startup fund to boost South African technology startups. Read
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At least 131 universities in 16 countries, including South Africa, have been hit by cyberattacks - with several well-known universities experiencing at least one phishing attack in the past year... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
"The biggest risk is not taking risks. That is the reality of today," says Kuseni Dlamini, Massmart and Aspen chairperson... Read
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Direct Marketing
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Entrepreneurship
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The grand finale of the third annual SA Teen Entrepreneur's programme found the young would-be entrepreneurs battling it out for the top spot at the Southern Sun Cape Sun on 20 October... Read
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ISSUED BY GEN AFRICA
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Events & Conferencing
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With some of the fastest growing cities in the world over the next 50 years, Africa will encounter many challenges... Read
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SINDY PETERS
Founded in 2009 by international volunteers Tom Walsh, Philippa (Pip) Wheaton and Kathryn Maunders, enke enables young South Africans who are passionate about driving social change to become the masters of their own destiny and make their mark. Read
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ISSUED BY GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE
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Film & Cinematography
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen shares a few thoughts with Safta-winning writer Neil McCarthy on writing the screenplay for the gangster tale Mayfair... Read
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen chats to writer-director Jerome Pikwane, a self-confessed cinephile who studied directing at the New York Film Academy about his supernatural thriller The Tokoloshe... Read
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Magazines
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GQ South Africa recently unveiled the winners of the 2018 Best Dressed Men of the Year Awards at the Mall of Africa in Waterfall City, Johannesburg... Read
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Marketing
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JESSICA TENNANT
Indie's new 'Mullets' campaign seeks to convince millennials that its insurance premium is something to care about... Read
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
At a time when both resultant cost and resource savings are scarce, the database review can be a key factor in competitive advantage... Read
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PROF. YLVA RODNY-GUMEDE
The 2018 Glass ceiling report on women in the South African news media shows that female journalists still battle sexist and patriarchal attitudes, lower wages, less opportunities for ascension to managerial positions, and are increasingly targets of online harassment... Read
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Media Freedom
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MARCUS 'THE MALTESE FALCON' BREWSTER
For a nation-state marked in the recent past by the assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on an island that is positioning itself as the future blockchain capital of the world, it was inevitable that both these strands would come together at some point... Read
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Mobile
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South Africa's Wireless Application Service Providers' Association (Waspa) has secured the services of a dedicated compliance manager to oversee the department... Read
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SIMON CAMPBELL-YOUNG
Every time an application is installed on a device, the user is asked to allow that app certain permissions... Read
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PR & Communications
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Bizcommunity.com chats to Scott Wilson, president Africa and Europe, Burson Cohn & Wolfe ... Read
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EUGENE YIGA
Book Dash is a non-profit organisation on a mission to make sure every child in South Africa owns 100 books by the age of five... Read
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Radio
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Standard Bank was crowned the country's most valuable brand at the inaugural BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable South African Brands when it launched at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Wednesday morning... Read
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ROBERT HARE
A seemingly small change in the tax law could have a big impact on cryptocurrency research and development (R&D) in South Africa... Read
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Africa's affluent millennials look to brands to make positive change, according to BBC survey... Read
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PETER LANGSCHMIDT
Reading, i.e. Digital and Print combined, consistently deliver the greatest ROI for every R1 spent than any other medium... Read
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Retail
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The Black Friday mega shopping phenomenon is more heyday than hype for South Africa's fast moving consumer goods retail sector... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
How honest can two artisanal dark chocolate makers be? That's the question Honest Chocolate founders Anthony Gird and Michael de Klerk tried to unpack at Creative Mornings... Read
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Social Media
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A set of mugs engraved with the phrases 'the maid' and 'the gardener' sold at a Pick n Pay store has sparked outrage on social media... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
The second part of World Wide Worx's Arthur Goldstuck's SA social media landscape presentation he shared with us at Marketing Mix's Social Media Landscape Briefing 2019 a few weeks ago... Read
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JOSH DA COSTA, ISSUED BY R-SQUARED DIGITAL SA
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Streaming
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TV
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NEWSWATCH: In an effort to turn the business around, the SABC announced on Monday that it will be going ahead with Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act... Read
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IRINA HERF
Put a jingle in your bell this year by tracking and optimising your Christmas TV advertising... Read
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Youth Marketing
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BELINDA KAYTON
Media strategist, Belinda Kayton, looks at the differences between Xers and millennials and highlights quite a few differences... Read
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KGOMOTSO MOKOBI, ISSUED BY HDI YOUTH CONSULTANCY
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Mo Matli, junior director at Fort Network... Read
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D&AD Awards
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The 2019 D&AD Awards are now open for entry, with eleven categories reimagined to highlight the best of the modern creative industries... Read
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Loeries Creative Week Durban
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The Loeries has released its annual Official Rankings which provide a comprehensive overview of the performance across the advertising and brand communications industry throughout Africa and the Middle East... Read
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One Show Awards
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YG16 awards ceremony honours 30 winners originally from 12 countries as top creatives age 30 and under... Read
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Pendoring
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Thirteen is lucky for some and last night it was certainly Joe Public's lucky number. The agency dominated the Pendoring Awards, taking home 13 golds plus the Prestigious Umpetha Award... Read
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The 2018 Pendoring winners have been announced at a prestigious gala event that took place at the University of Johannesburg's Art Centre earlier this evening... Read
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Google, in partnership with One Acre Fund, will train 100,000 Kenyan smallholder farmers in digital skills through a KSh100m grant... Read
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Warc has announced the winners of its Warc Prize for Asian Strategy 2018, a search for the best strategic ideas that have driven business results in Asia... Read
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To promote the international community's interest in global urbanisation and contribute to sustainable development around the world, 31 October marks World Cities Day... Read
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Yuppiechef triumphed at the inaugural Online Retailer of the Year awards, which recognises online stores in South Africa that grow trust amongst digital shoppers... Read
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McDonald's South Africa has committed to invest R3 billion into the country over the next five years, the company announced at the South African Investment Conference in Johannesburg... Read
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Noelene Kotschan, CEO and founder of PinkDrive has been recognised as one of Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government... Read
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Home to 12 of Eskom's coal-fired power plants with a total capacity of over 32GW, Mpumalanga tops the chart as the world's largest nitrogen dioxide (NO2) hotspot across six continents... Read
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