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The Creative Circle has just announced its Overall Rankings and Annual Award 2018 winners... read
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CARMEN MURRAY
We can learn a lot from the Human Rights Day narrative - particularly that diversity should not be tolerated or simply managed, but rather accepted and celebrated on a grand scale...read
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"Terse, spare storytelling, very economical but very powerful" is how Fran Luckin, CCO of Grey Johannesburg and ADC 98th Annual Awards Advertising judge describes "The Truth Is Worth it", making it her ADC Awards pick of the day...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
I attended last week's #WinTechAfrica or Women in Tech Africa conference held at the Century City Convention Centre and walked away buzzing with motivation to do more and be more, especially if it means being the First, Only or Different (FOD). Here's what you missed...read
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Advertising
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Warc has found that of the $590.4bn spent on advertising worldwide last year, $144.6bn (24.5%) went to the Google and Facebook 'Duopoly', which equates to almost one in four dollars... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
And the Onion goes to... Chicken Licken, for its bullying tactics towards a vegan eatery... Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
"TV is dead. Have you seen that new John Lewis ad. Pretty cool..." Read
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Branding
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JESSICA TENNANT
Keval Ramraj was recently appointed as brand manager for single malts at Pernod Ricard SA. His career in marketing started with an internship at the Durban office where he worked his way up the ranks, and he's determined to take The Glenlivet brand to the country's number one spot... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The eCommerce Africa conference kicked off at CTICC on 19 March with a keynote session by Chantel Botha, founder of BrandLove, titled: 'More than a feeling, on why CX is the #1 competitive differentiator'. Here's what you missed... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Opening her presentation at Seamless Southern Africa, Edcon's Lauren King shared her understanding of customer experience... Read
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WPP held its first WPP Stella event in South Africa, as part of the company's commitment to developing its female leaders... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
You don't have to shy away from using your social awareness or 'wokeness' to grow your business. In fact, it might do better if you do... Read
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MICHAEL HATHORN, ISSUED BY GINKGO AGENCY
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The Sasol New Signatures Art Competition has opened entries for 2019. Sasol New Signatures provides a platform for unknown artists to break into the mainstream... Read
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Digital
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SOLOMON TSHIELO, ISSUED BY ALGORITHM AGENCY
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ARIHANT JAIN
In the FMCG market, South Africa has added 100,000 new traditional trade and modern trade stores to its retail universe over the last 20 years... Read
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New TomTom Telematics research highlights that a large number of SMEs are frustrated at workflow inefficiency and turning are to automation to improve productivity, communication and cost... Read
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MARIUS COETZEE
With the upcoming elections set to cost hundreds of millions of rands, South Africa needs to look to a future-proof, automated and digitised election process... Read
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In a data-rich world, business intelligence (BI) must move past static information and siloed analyses... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Anja Cavanagh from Focal Points elaborates on the importance of media analysis, the state of the industry and talks us through a few trends she predicts for 2019 and beyond... Read
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Entrepreneurship
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The 2019 Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) Awards, held at Emperor's Palace on Friday, 15 March 2019, celebrated the champions of transformation of the South African economy... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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Travel technology assumes a prominent role at this year's WTM Africa with a dedicated one-day event - the Travel Forward conference in partnership with e-Tourism Africa Summit on Friday, 12 April... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
In a talk titled 'Why your story matters', in the 'driving demand' track of the fifth eCommerce Africa conference, attendees heard from Mike Joubert, founder of the Billybo Group. Dubbed a godfather in SA brands and marketing, he walked us through the virtue of storytelling and why it matters, while shedding light through examples from some of the greatest commercial stories ever told... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
In today's world, almost everything we interact with online has an algorithm at its core. Algorithm Agency takes its name from the core principle that drives all search marketing... Read
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Media
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Youth from across the African continent are invited to share stories about the challenges they have faced with intra-continent travel... Read
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Media Freedom
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The Committee to Protect Journalists releases 'The Last Column' book to highlight the human cost of journalism around the globe. The book features the final articles and photographs of fallen journalists... Read
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Mobile
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
When you design for mobile, consider who you're building for. For the small percentage with beautiful, high-end phones, or for 61% of the market? Read
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JOSEPHINE WAWIRA
Africa is set to be the next big mobile market and the mobile economy is expected to generate more than $150 billion by 2022 to Africa's GDP... Read
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EDUARDO ALEJANDRO MARTÍNEZ CESEÑA, JOSEPH MUTALE, MATHAIOS PANTELI, AND PIERLUIGI MANCARELLA
Access to reliable and affordable electricity brings many benefits. It supports the growth of small businesses, allows students to study at night and protects health... Read
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Online Media
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COLLEEN MURRELL
In an appalling example of the latest technology, the gunman reportedly livestreamed his killings on Facebook. Amplifying the spread of this kind of material can be harmful... Read
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ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR
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PR & Communications
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Production
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JAMIE FIELD
The producer role is one of the most sought-after in the video industry. It is simultaneously challenging and rewarding, bringing with it both enormous respect and a huge responsibility... Read
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Promotions & Activations
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Radio
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The 2019 Liberty Radio Awards has announced its finalists for the awards competition... Read
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Research
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Kuper Research has conducted a survey amongst individuals in the media and advertising industry to determine and measure perceptions of the new JIC's vs Saarf, and to determine whether new media research is meeting the needs of users and to ascertain what changes can be made to improve its usefulness... Read
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Retail
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Traditional brick and mortar retailers still have a future despite the boom in online retail, but they have to be open to change... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Starting an online business in South Africa can be a tricky minefield. Luckily, Insaka E-Commerce Academy CEO Warrick Kernes let us in on his six top steps to start an online business... Read
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Louis Vuitton is pulling Michael Jackson-inspired items from its autumn/winter 2019 menswear collection, as controversy mounts following the release of the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland... Read
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Social Media
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BRIAN MECHEM
Brian Mechem lists reasons why B2B brands should implement organic social media marketing... Read
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MAROEFAH SMITH
Nigerian entrepreneur Ink Eze knows how to grow an online community: her wedding community Bella Naija Weddings has over three million followers on Instagram... Read
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Streaming
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JENNIFER GRYGIEL
I recommended that Facebook Live broadcasts be time-delayed, at least for Facebook users who had told the company they were under 18... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week we go behind the selfie with Phil de Lange, comedian and radio producer at Smile 90.4FM, ahead of his one-man show, The Phil Spectrum, at the Baxter Theatre on Friday, 22 March... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Kantar insight division's Duncan Southgate, global brand director of media and Jane Ostler, global head of media, recently presented a global webinar session in headline findings from their latest AdReaction study on the challenges of gender-progressive marketing and getting gender right in advertising. Here's what you missed... Read
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Premiere in Africa of the documentary 'Cuba in Africa'... Read
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First network of journalists to combat trafficking in persons launched in Sierra Leone... Read
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The documentary film, 'Buddha in Africa', is to have its world premiere at Hot Docs, Canada... Read
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Warc has released the results of its first-ever 'Best of the Best' global index of excellence, to showcase the best all-round agencies and brands by aggregating results from across all three recently released Warc Rankings - Creative 100, Effective 100 and Media 100... Read
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The Lisbon Effectiveness Awards has announced the release of the shortlist... Read
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New York Festivals AME Awards has announced the finalists for the 2019 competition... Read
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