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As one of the leading African media partners in Cannes for the fifth year in succession, Bizcommunity in association with Creative Circle SA and Ster-Kinekor Sales, will have the privilege of bringing you content from "The Most Creative Week of the Year", taking place 17-21 June 2019 in Cannes, France... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 underway, and winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June, we caught up with six of this year's 7 SA judges for their predictions of the work that will roar as winners...read
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For the fifth consecutive year Nike was once again awarded as the Uber Cool overall winner at the 15th Sunday Times Generation Next Awards. The global manufacturer was also awarded as the Coolest Clothing Brand, the Coolest Footwear Brand and continues to hold the Coolest Brand Slogan...read
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Are you a youthpreneur who would like to be featured on Bizcommunity as an opinion leader in your sector? This Youth Month, Bizcommunity invites you to nominate your favourite youth influencers in any industry making a difference in our region...read
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Pete Khoury, Creative Circle SA chairperson, and chief creative officer at TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris talks to Bizcommunity's roving reporter Ann Nurock live in Cannes. View
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Our correspondent Mikhaila Hunter shares some of the highlights from Day 1 of the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity 2019 View
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The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 17 June, with the 2019 Cannes Health & Wellness and Pharma Lions announced during the Health award track ceremony... Read
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The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 17 June, with the 2019 Cannes Outdoor Lions announced during the first Communication award track ceremony... Read
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The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 17 June with the 2019 Cannes Design Lions announced during the first Communication award track ceremony... Read
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The 66th annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity kicked off on 17 June, with the 2019 Cannes Print & Publishing Lions announced during the first Communication award track ceremony... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Neo Mashigo... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Claudi Potter... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Michael Zylstra... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Next up, Nikki Taylor-Garrett... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
The Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity for 2019 kicks off next week, with winners announced at nightly awards from 17 to 21 June. We caught up with this year's SA contingent of judges for a preview of what to expect. Last on the list, Ryan McManus... Read
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Copywriter Carina Coetzee and art director Amri Botha of 99c advertising and communication agency were once again selected as the winning team in Cinemark's Young Lions competition held earlier this year. As a result, they've just flown out to Cannes to represent the country in a week of creative inspiration... Read
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The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that a total of 30,953 entries from 89 countries have been received, with South Africa totalling 375 entries across the categories... Read
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The Cannes Lions Film Craft Lions shortlist has been released... Read
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The Cannes Lions Digital Craft Lions shortlist has been released, with a single SA entry making it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2019... Read
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The Cannes Lions Industry Craft Lions shortlist has been released, with a single SA entry making it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2019... Read
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The Cannes Lions Entertainment Lions shortlist has been released, with SA seeing three entries make it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2019... Read
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The Cannes Lions Entertainment Lions for Music shortlist has been released... Read
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The Cannes Lions Entertainment Lions for Sport shortlist has been released... Read
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The Cannes Lions Creative Data shortlist has been released... Read
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The Cannes Lions Creative Strategy shortlist has been released... Read
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The Cannes Lions Direct shortlist has been released, with SA seeing 7 entries make it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2019... Read
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The Cannes Lions Media shortlist has been released... Read
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The Cannes Lions PR shortlist has been released, with SA seeing 4 entries make it to the final round at Cannes Lions 2019... Read
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The Cannes Lions Social & Influencer shortlist has been released... Read
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Youth Month
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TIIDO MOGALE
In matric, a family friend told me about this thing called 'copywriting'. Without thinking too much about it, I signed up for a course at Red and Yellow. I thought I was going to learn how to write, but instead, I was taught how to think and more so, how to sell ideas... Read
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An ongoing partnership between Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) and local non-profit organisation Wilderness Foundation Africa (WFA) has proved invaluable to the development and upliftment of youth... Read
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SHARMILA RAGUNANAN
A dynamic, fulfilling career in tourism and hospitality awaits young school leavers, graduates and professionals - that is the message myself and the Dream Hotels & Resorts team would like to share with South Africa's youth... Read
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Advertising
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JESSICA TENNANT
Sean Donovan, TBWA\South Africa Group CEO, has been tasked with advancing the agency's position across the Asia region, where he'll take on the role of TBWA\Asia president, effective later this year... Read
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After three weeks of intense judging in 10 capital cities with some of the world's most esteemed creatives, the Gerety Awards has announced its shortlist... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
And I would rather have seen Shell, as a mark of respect to Nkosikho Mbele, giving its lowly-paid attendants a nice Christmas bonus... Read
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A campaign by London agency AMV BBDO for Plastic Oceans International has won the Grand Prix and Best Multiplatform Award in the Effective Content Strategy category, the final category to be announced of this year's Warc Awards... Read
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ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA
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MOGOROSI MASHILO, ISSUED BY TRENDER
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ROXANNE BOYES, ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
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Branding
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LOUISE HEFER
Do you know what I love most about South Africa other than our resilience? Our diversity. If brands want to drive creativity and innovation, it's going to take a lot of work and patience... Read
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ISSUED BY BRAND SUMMIT SOUTH AFRICA
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ISSUED BY KANTAR
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ISSUED BY BRAND SOUTH AFRICA
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GRANT FRANCK, ISSUED BY QUITE FRANCKLY
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CRM, CX, UX
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MICHAEL GULLAN
Customer relationship marketing (CRM) is an important tool to help turn your marketing campaigns into a success. With this tool, repetitive tasks are automated, freeing up time for teams to engage with tasks, that are more demanding to meet business objectives... Read
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DEE CHETTY
Laying the foundation for a future where personalisation platforms can architect previously unimagined customer experiences... Read
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RYAN FALKENBERG
Have you been the victim of chatbot incompetence recently? It typically starts with a specific query that you need help with... Read
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MICHAEL GULLAN, ISSUED BY G&G DIGITAL
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CSI
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Set for 15 August at the Atterbury Theatre in Pretoria, this year's In Good Company Conference will be celebrating the 'Art of Business'... Read
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Digital
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ROBIN FREDERICKS
Travelcheck.co.za, SouthAfrica's newest online booking website has launched. We chat to CEO Odette Faling to find out more... Read
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Direct Marketing
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Education
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Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Engen Pitch & Polish, a national entrepreneurial workshop and competition programme are calling on entries... Read
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Entrepreneurship
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JAMES MAPOSA
Most claim to be self-made but, how possible is it for one person to have the chops to know all the sectors he's invested in so well and always win? Counsel is king... Read
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A new application round has opened for the R12.8-million CDI Growth Fund to boost SME growth and job creation... Read
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ISSUED BY HEINEKEN SOUTH AFRICA
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Events & Conferencing
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Film & Cinematography
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JESSICA TENNANT
On her return from the Sundance Film Festival in London, where she premiered her award-winning short film Life's a Drag, Johannesburg-based filmmaker Kate D'hotman tells us what she learnt through the experience... Read
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Daniel Dercksen chats to filmmaker Karen van Schalkwyk about new film; The Adventures Of Supermama... Read
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The sixth edition of the Bokeh SA International Lifestyle & Fashion Film Festival will be held at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town from 9 to 14 July 2019... Read
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Magazines
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The Coffee Magazine Awards (CMA) has announced its 2019 nominees... Read
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Marketing
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Media
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Listening to Ashley Dowds is a treat for the ears, as the dips and excited peaks of his voice serve as evidence of the "goosies" he gets from the stories he tells, which transport you to another place, where both memory and imagination run wild... Read
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The finalists for the 2019 Sikuvile Journalism Awards have been announced... Read
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Mobile
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Contrary to popular belief, companies may be within their rights to secretly record conversations with employees and use that information against them in a court of law... Read
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The JET8 Foundation, in partnership with the Lewis Pugh Foundation, has launched a social commerce mobile application, called OceansCam, that focuses on saving the oceans... Read
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Online Media
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OOH
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PR & Communications
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Regine le Roux of Reputation Matters sums up some of the insights that stood out to her from Apra's recent ethics and reputation research study and elaborates on how we can change the narrative and positively influence the stories that are told about Africa... Read
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Production
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ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO
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Recruitment
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Research
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
Brands like to think that everyone loves their brand, but the harsh reality is that while they use your brand, they also use everyone else's brands... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
An effective media plan targets the mental availability of the consumer to get their attention and nudge them into action, otherwise, it is just a wasted pair of eyeballs... Read
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GroupM and Kantar recently unveiled their new home, dubbed 'The Base', a Johannesburg-based office that'll host all of its local employees, ushering in an era of collaboration and partnership... Read
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Retail
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MELISSA CAMPBELL
A panel of subject matter experts explores the future of the in-store experience, including strategies for neuroplasticity... Read
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Social Media
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The recently published Global Privacy Report from Kaspersky Lab reveals that 64% of South African consumers choose to hide social media activity from their boss... Read
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TV
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This #YouthMonth, as E! celebrates its 15-year anniversary in Africa, we go behind the selfie with E! Africa presenter, Katleho 'Kat' Sinivasan... Read
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D&AD Awards
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D&AD has released the final results for the 57th D&AD Awards which sees DDB Worldwide recognised as D&AD Network of the Year 2019... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With #YouthMonth underway and #ChildProtectionWeek fresh on the media's agenda, what better time to put the focus on how to more ethically report on children's issues? Here's my final report back from Media Monitoring Africa and the UCT Children's Institute's media workshop on 22 May at the Doubletree Hilton... Read
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HiPipo is the organiser of the annual Digital Impact Awards Africa which will take place on 20 September 2019 at the Kampala Serena, Uganda... Read
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Disruptors and innovative businesses are using technology, among other innovations, to expand into territories previously fraught with countless barriers to entry.... Read
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The African Development Bank Annual Meetings concluded with consensus on ways to fast-track regional integration... Read
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"To integrate Africa, bring down the walls," African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina urged at the 2019 AfDB Annual Meetings Open in Malabo... Read
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The best defence against Ebola outbreaks is early detection. If detected early enough, an outbreak can be prevented with targeted, low-tech interventions, such as isolating infected people and their contacts... Read
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VAUGHAN ALEXANDER
Africa is still home to a large unbanked population. Eighty percent of adults in sub-Saharan Africa don't use any formal or informal banking facilities, and only 5% of adults have a credit card... Read
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ANDREW SKIPPER
Africa can take advantage of the modern 'Scramble for Africa' as Brexit and the ratification of AfCFTA come into play... Read
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It is crucial for African organisations and governments to understand the dynamic and significant role that information and communication technologies play in enhancing competitiveness... Read
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MTN Group has announced the launch of Africa's first Mobile Money artificial intelligence service or "chatbot"... Read
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NUNU NTSHINGILA
Africa's economy is on the rise, freedom and prosperity are continuing to rise, and the continent is home to a youthful and dynamic population... Read
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Netflix has started production on its first original African series, Queen Sono, an action-packed spy thriller... Read
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The World Bank estimates that 66% of people living in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have bank accounts... Read
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LOUISE MARSLAND
JustPalm.com, Africa's fastest growing mobile marketing agency, has been ranked among the top five EMEA Digital/Specialist Agencies at the annual Smarties awards... Read
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Call for entries: APO Group African Women in Media Award to recognise support of female journalists for women's entrepreneurship in Africa... Read
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When asking millennials about where they see themselves career-wise, many will reveal their dream of owning their own businesses... Read
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A new Kaspersky survey uncovers the rise of 'Can you just' and the negative impact it's having on the family unit... Read
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IBM announced the expansion of its' quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand... Read
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RISHAL BIPRAJ
Amendments to the Competition Act were published in the Government Gazette in February 2019. These are, however, not yet in force pending the publication of a date to be proclaimed by the President. Some of the more prominent changes to the Act are as follows... Read
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Opera has released its State of Mobile Web 2019, giving a detailed insight into the African digital landscape... Read
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This June, a historic aviation challenge will take place as 20 South African teenagers embark on a Cape to Cairo - and back - excursion in a self-assembled Sling-4 aircraft that uses ordinary motor fuel and was built in only three weeks. Read
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SANRAL has put together an operations plan for the much-needed upgrades to the Huguenot Tunnel, starting in September 2019... Read
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Neo Mashigo on serving on this year's Cannes Lions Print & Publications jury Dentsu Aegis Network's Michael Zylstra on what he's looking forward to at this year's Cannes Lions Grey Advertising CCO Fran Luckin on this year's Cannes Lions Film jury E! Africa presenter Katleho 'Kat' Sinivasan on where he gets his best ideas Hero copywriter Tiido Mogale asks 'Are young creatives really in it for the love of advertising?' |
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 Twenty-five entrepreneurs will be chosen for this three-month programme designed to support participants with the business modelling and growth strategy required to scale their enterprises, become investment ready and develop entrepreneurial leadership. Read more >> We offer a platform where business owners and entrepreneurs can learn from successful business leaders and fellow entrepreneurs. You'll find this event inspirational and an annual must-attend conference. Read more >>Journos' writing gymInstitute for the Advancement of Journalism - 25 Jun 2019 to 27 Jun 2019, Johannesburg |
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