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Ogilvy SA chief creative officer Pete Case will leave the agency at the end of 2019... read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Local brands paid tribute to music legend, Johnny Clegg all over social media, following the announcement of his passing...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
In a week where nation-building was top of mind as we both celebrated Mandela Day and mourned the passing of Johnny Clegg, a certain South African sport-supporting ad also gave us all the feels...read
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Acclaimed radio personality, DJ Fresh, joins leading commercial radio music station 947, on 1 August 2019, to host the new drivetime show, Fresh on 947...read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Get free tickets to Africa's largest gathering of CMOs, senior marketing managers and CX professionals, using our promo code... Read
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The inspiration for the bench came from the famous Nelson Mandela quote: "The best weapon is to sit down and talk"... Read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities... Read
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CHARLENE LACKAY
There's a wise old saying that goes, "Good shoes take you good places". It may seem like a simple inconsequential thing, but a good pair of shoes could be the first step... Read
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RUTH COOPER
South African international surfing champion and World Surf League commentator Rosy Hodge has partnered with #ProtectParadise, a global initiative that supported and led the change on the ban of single-use plastic in Indonesia... Read
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PETER RYAN
There is no doubt that plastic affects the environment badly. But a trend has developed in the reporting on the impact of plastics that's not only selective but also borders on panic mongering... Read
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Project Dignity, the non-profit extension of Subz Pants and Pads which has been disseminating sponsored Subz packs to disadvantaged schoolgirls, is having a positive impact on school attendance according to a recent survey... Read
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Advertising
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
It's the ultimate acid test: did the consumer enjoy your ad? Nando's, Nike and Bernini along with 17 other brands cracked the enjoyment code, featuring in Kantar's recently released Top 20 best liked local ads by South Africans... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The golden thread at the recent Apex Awards Masterclass 2019 was to create a sustainable future. This was the overriding message from the presentations on the days that ranged from gender diversity, creating a culture of trust, identifying as an African, balancing media channels or marketing to the township... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
The Onion goes to Windhoek Lager, for relying on automatic 'programmatic' digital advertising, which damages the brand... Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
There is an advertising urban myth about a company needing to sell more baby powder. Basically, all the brightest and the best would come into a room each day and try and brainstorm how they could sell more baby powder... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Faheem Chaudhry has returned from M&C Saatchi London to M&C Saatchi Abel as managing partner, assuming operational leadership of the Johannesburg office... Read
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LEBOGANG KODISANG, ISSUED BY 34°
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LYNN MADELEY, ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG
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From the worst shape of his life to finishing the Ironman 70.3 Durban, watch Hobbo's #BiogenJourney... View
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Biz Takeouts
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In this episode of #StateoftheMedia, Nadia Hearn of 2OceansVibe Radio chats to Leigh Andrews and Angie White about the Sunday Times Generation next Awards and Cannes Lions 2019... View
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CRM, CX, UX
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JOHAN LEWIES
Customer experience has moved from a nice-to-have to a need-to-have as a way to distinguish a business from its competitors... Read
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WADE FRASER
Designing for customer experience (CX) in the B2B marketing world is, at heart, about how to support clients as much as possible to grow their business by attracting and retaining customers through value exchange... Read
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Design
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TOM LEE, ALEXANDRA CROSBY, CLARE COOPER, JESSE ADAMS STEIN AND KATHERINE SCARDIFIELD
"Design" has been one of the big words of the twentieth century. To say that an object has been designed implies a level of specialness... Read
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ANNE-MARIE LE ROUX
Anyone aspiring to build the next Amazon needs to adopt a similar approach to Jeff Bezos's insistence on an empty chair... Read
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Digital
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JENARÉ HARDCASTLE, ISSUED BY THE WEB SHACK
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A livestream recreating the historic 1969 moon landing was produced by Little Dot Studios, to mark the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on Channel 4... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
Dr Ewoudt Cloete, Avatar's newly appointed chief digital officer, joined the agency last month. "Avatar is an amazing agency and I feel truly honoured to be able to contribute to its already impressive legacy... Read
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JÉRÔME DIVECHA
AccuraCast director Jérôme Divecha offers clear advice to see if AI could help your business make the next big step forward... Read
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings with it a fundamental shift in how we do business... Read
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TYLER GREER, ISSUED BY EXPONENTIAL
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Education
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MICHAEL GULLAN
Think of the world's most successful businesses, not only do they pursue growth through innovation, they constantly evolve through adopting modern techniques to upskill their employees. Read
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Entrepreneurship
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NICCI BOTHA
Entrepreneurial and small businesses have been touted as the panacea to cure South Africa's high unemployment rate, especially among the youth... Read
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MATT BROWN, ISSUED BY DIGITAL KUNGFU
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"How I Built This" dives into the stories behind growing SME's and the movements they built... Read
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Over 100 international conferences, which are expected to bring over 127 000 delegates to Cape Town, has been confirmed to take place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre up until 2026... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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The winners of the 2019 Bokeh South African International Lifestyle & Fashion Film Festival Awards were recently announced at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town... Read
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Ugandan-born German actress Florence Kasumba sported a David Tlale ensemble at the London premiere of Disney's live-action The Lion King... Read
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KIRSTY DUGMORE
Empirically-based studies can help to explain and predict effective communication, giving us the tools and knowledge to execute much better marketing... Read
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Mobile
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GREG CHEN
After years of waiting, South Africans have been promised relief from high mobile data charges... Read
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JACQUES DU PREEZ, ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE MEDIA GROUP
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Publishing
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Author Michael Smorenburg took attendees of the Red & Yellow School's first lunchtime lecture of the year post-July holidays on a journey from fact to fiction and back again in describing his personal writing process... Read
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Radio
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Recruitment
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MARK BANNERMAN
There was a time during the tumultuous 60s and 70s that the younger generation was admonished to "never trust anyone over thirty"... Read
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Research
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Investment in technology and analytics is a must if business is going to meet rising customer expectations. This was the topic of discussion at Experian South Africa's annual Innovation Summit, held in Johannesburg yesterday... Read
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A new survey has revealed South Africa's 12 Most Loved Local businesses as part of a new campaign, which set out to celebrate those local businesses South Africans love the most and to investigate exactly what makes consumers big fans of these entities... Read
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MICHAEL KING
When thinking 'search', you'd be forgiven for assuming that Google leads the pack. A global study has shown that consumers begin their retail-related searches on Amazon first... Read
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Retail
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Inspired by the success of international shopping extravaganzas like Black Friday, Single's Day and the most recent Amazon Prime Day, the Takealot Group is launching its own annual event in South Africa called The Ultimate Checkout Sale... Read
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Multinational snack foods and beverage giant PepsiCo has entered into an agreement to acquire South Africa's Pioneer Foods Group for approximately $1.7 billion... Read
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The third annual RCS Retail Summit - held in Cape Town and Johannesburg - featured three industry experts who presented their takes on the latest trends shaping consumer behaviour within a South African context... Read
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JACKIE KALIS
For the retail sector as a whole - and for physical stores in particular - 2019 will be a year of reinvention... Read
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Will technologies like AI mean the end of human engagement and shopping in a physical retail store? Will we become completely dependent on IoT technology for shopping? Will we rely on a fridge to remind us of our shopping lists? Read
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Social Media
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Apple on Tuesday revealed 59 new emoji coming to iOS, MacOS and the Apple Watch in celebration of World Emoji Day... Read
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DOMINIQUE HARMSE
Marketers are faced with important decisions to make when selecting the most relevant influencers to collaborate with... Read
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TINASHE ZVAKASIKWA
Tinashe Zvakasikwa offers some ways of defusing interactions with online trolls... Read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Twitter on Monday announced that it is rolling out a web redesign aimed at making the desktop platform faster, "more fun" and "easier to navigate"... Read
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ESTELLE NAGEL
When social media first hit the radar of marketers, the possibilities seemed endless. Finally, marketing would be a true two-way conversation... Read
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Streaming
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YouTube Music has introduced a couple of new features for its YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium subscribers... Read
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Youth Marketing
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More than 60% of the population in South Africa is under the age of 30.This generation is not only technically savvy, they are knowledge-hungry digital natives and are sceptical of financial services in general, especially life insurance... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Mathe Okaba, CEO of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), which last week held the 24th and final Apex Awards ceremony, ahead of the introduction of the Effie Awards in South Africa next year... Read
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Loeries Creative Week Durban
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With the year's biggest international award shows done and dusted, I chatted to the regional jurors ahead of the upcoming Loeries Creative Week. Next in the series is this year's Live, PR and OOH juror Lanre Adisa, also CEO/CCO of Noah's Ark Communications, Nigeria... Read
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It has been confirmed that Jonathan (Johnny) Clegg, succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 on the afternoon of 16 July 2019 at his family home in Johannesburg, South Africa... Read
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Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the world's fastest-growing mobile region over the coming years... Read
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While fintech and mobile solutions for money transfers have taken off in Africa, there has been a mixed reaction thus far from governments to the use and regulation of blockchain and cryptocurrency... Read
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What will the Africa of 2050 look like? Being only 31 years away, Africa's population is expected to double and there will be huge economic shifts... Read
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African film studio and international TV network, ROK, has been acquired by leading French audiovisual group, CANAL+... Read
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International Sports Press Association (AIPS) honours veteran Africa Cup of Nations journalists in Egypt... Read
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MARCO BOCCHESE
African leaders often behave in a contradictory way towards international laws, and courts. While speaking out against them, they also voluntarily submit to their scrutiny... Read
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Globally, since 2010, vaccination coverage with three doses of diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP3) and one dose of the measles vaccine has stalled at around 86%... Read
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CPJ's annual International Press Freedom Awards and benefit dinner will honour courageous journalists from around the world... Read
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DR VICTOR OLADOKUN
Fans are choosing not to watch live football events, and instead are opting in increasing numbers for the 'intimacy' of their crystal clear digital flat TV screens, or not all, as recent attendances at AFCON showed... Read
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LOUISE MARSLAND
Paylater rebranded to Carbon to become a digital financial services platform, going "beyond banking", says CEO Chijioke Dozie... Read
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While the thought of someone having slightly embellished their CV within most industries doesn't seem too far-fetched, in some cases, the fabrications have been so extreme that companies have suffered severe losses due to subsequently hiring employees who were not equipped to handle the required tasks. Read
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50 young female entrepreneurs recently graduated from the Future Females Business School, powered by UK-SA Tech Hub... Read
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BENJAMIN ROBERTS, JARE STRUWIG, NARNIA BOHLER-MULLER, AND STEVEN GORDON
Powerful new technologies are emerging that will continue to affect individuals in multiple ways... Read
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RIAN DURANDT
It's been said that in this new digital age, the world's most valuable resource is data... Read
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LAUREN SALT
Just when you were rid of Pokémon in your boardroom, software giant Niantic is about to disrupt your workplace again... Read
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Cape Town comes in ahead of other top tourist destinations in the region like Tel Aviv, Cairo, and Marrakesh... Read
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JULIEN POLLACK AND PETR MATOUS
Someone we know recently told us about a team-building event that proved anything but... Read
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According to recent data compiled by Gumtree, sales and telemarketing jobs offer the best opportunity for employment in South Africa... Read
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