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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 based on performance at the 2019 Loerie Awards, held in Durban in August... read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Juanita Pienaar talks to Legend Manqele who shares what it took to get where he is today, listing a couple of career highlights and he also elaborates on his vision and approach for the new Destiny and Destiny Man magazine...read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Unfortunately, gender-based violence is a harsh reality of everyday life for the majority of South African women. Here's what's being done to not just take a stand but also act to end GBV this #16DaysofActivism and beyond, with UN Women's global #OrangetheWorld campaign...read
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The winners of the 2019 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards, which recognises and celebrates advertising effectiveness in South Africa, were announced on Thursday, 27 November at the Houghton Golf Club...read
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SINDY PETERS
$95bn - this is the average annual loss in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2010 due to pervasive gender inequality in the continent's economic activities... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
With his characteristic dry, wry wit in full force, I sat down with entrepreneur-at-heart Simon Dingle for an exclusive interview after his Catalyst Africa presentation, on why an open internet that connects people is a winner for every industry... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Sine Ndlela is not yet 30 years old, but she's the founder of one of SA's most popular dairy-free ice-cream brands... Read
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ROBIN FREDERICKS
As South Africans plan for their December holidays, they can rely on new features in a completely free-to-use website developed by a Pretoria-based entrepreneur, Leon Schnell, founder of OverHere.co.za... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Durban-born Amanda Rabinowitz started her career as a school teacher, but the "entrepreneurial bug" soon bit and she's now the proud owner of a growing experiential events business... Read
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ROBIN FREDERICKS
It's not always easy to know what wine to pair or purchase when you're planning an occasion with friends or when you're in a store having to make a selection. Ask-jean, a voluntary data hub has come along to simplify the decision-making process, with the wine consumer in mind... Read
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SHAN RADCLIFFE
Anyone under the age of 25 doesn't remember a life without the internet and cellphones. Whether in our homes or schools, they have become an integral part of our lives for communication, education and, of course, social interaction. But with all their benefits, also comes the unexpected or unseen threats - especially for our children... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Black Betty Jewellery is the latest addition to Sea Point's vibey Regent Road. Kristin Weixelbaumer created the new retail space to be the physical representation of the Black Betty brand personality... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mielie Mailer is a lifestyle-driven enterprise that seeks to help humans make better choices for themselves and for the planet... Read
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Design Indaba has announced its dates for the 2020 conference and its yearly lineup as it gears up for the 25th edition of the event... Read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
What's in the box? Hint, prepare for some seriously dark matter, like 50% or more off promo hampers of Biz top-story exposure products that will put your competition in the shade... Read
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The winners for the Creative Circle monthly awards, for work flighted during September and October this year, were announced at VMLY&R, Johannesburg as well as the monthly design award winners for May - October 2019... Read
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A Volkswagen radio ad stereotyping women has been banned by the Advertising Regulatory Board after a complainant found the ad to be "extremely sexist"... Read
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NEO MASHIGO
Creativity is a word that carries a magical, if not mystical, aura. Creatives are often seen as different people, in a different room, while the suited folk get on with the business of running companies and the country... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The 2019 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards at the Houghton Golf Club in Johannesburg, was a glittering affair, but the industry showed it is much more than just glamour, as the winners demonstrated a clear commitment to purpose and giving back to the industry. None more so than the Overall Agency of the Year, Triple Eight... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
Intriguing: Washing up liquid goes toe-to-toe with one of the big guns but thumbs down to Old Mutual, who has done little for its image in recent times... Read
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Warc has today released the Effective Channel Integration shortlist for the Warc Media Awards 2019... Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, Martin Scorsese said that he didn't think Marvel movies were cinema. As you can imagine this statement caused much gnashing of Twitter teeth. So, to explain his position, he wrote an article for the New York Times... Read
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KAREEMA SHAIK
Offensive trademarks have also been in the news of late. In the USA, an Asian-American band applied to register their band name 'The Slants' at the US trademarks office. However, the application was refused on the basis of local legislation prohibiting the registration of offensive or disparaging marks... Read
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Shell's loyalty partnership with Clicks came to an abrupt end this November, just before the health and beauty retailer announced that it has entered into an agreement with Engen instead... Read
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During the national 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, 1st for Women aims to shine a light on women abuse by projecting 15 haunting tributes... Read
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When it comes to fraud, the impact of the production and sale of counterfeit goods is just as detrimental to the economy as cyber crime and identity theft... Read
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
Google has launched a new platform called My Storytime, which aims to keep families in touch with pre-recorded audio via Google Assistant... Read
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JOANNE VAN DER WALT
South Africa faces a national crisis of violence against women. Yet, every time we take two steps forward, something inevitably happens that forces us one step back... Read
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JASON LIEBENBERG
Two-hundred-and-eighty-one-billion. That's a lot of emails being sent every day by some 4 billion email users around the world. And while many of us feel like we're on the receiving end of about 1 million a day, at least, email isn't going anywhere. Particularly not for marketers and advertisers... Read
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ANGELIQUE SHEKLETON, ISSUED BY MULTI-MEDIA
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JESSICA TENNANT
The eighth and final session for the year of Heavy Chef's Inspire Sessions series in collaboration with Discovery Business Insurance featured The Fintechnologists, Simon Dingle of Lettuce... Read
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The conference brought together drone users, practitioners, service providers, as well as policy- and decision-makers, within the natural resource management field. The aim was to build networks and share knowledge towards the role of drones and related technology... Read
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UK film Rocks was named 'Best Film' at the the 2019 Joburg Film Festival Awards, while South African film Flatland took home the 'Best African Film' award... Read
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EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA
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With the ever-growing influence of, well, influencers on consumers, retailers are increasingly looking for ways to tap into their power... Read
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Media Freedom
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CPJ gala recognises courageous journalists from developing democracies, celebrates press freedom... Read
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Mobile
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The One Club launches Right The Ratio Summit addressing gender equality... Read
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Prisa has announced that Prof Sonja Verwey passed away... Read
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REGINE LE ROUX
It is so important that the whole business sings from the same reputation hymn sheet to build a strong and positive reputation. Here are 14 compelling reasons why reputation research matters... Read
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"Customers benefit from quicker response times and by interacting with the company with the channels that are most convenient to them. "The deployment of MCT is a great step towards our goal of continuously improving our customers' experience." Read
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa withdrew from the Chairman's Conversation, a signature annual event hosted by Power FM radio station, because of allegations the station's owner, Given Mkhari, assaulted his wife... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Juanita Pienaar chats to president and CEO of Scopen International, Cesar Vacchiano, who visited South Africa earlier this month to present the findings from the recent Agency Scope Study... Read
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THATO TSHABALALA
In this age of feminism, femvertising, and the overall empowerment initiatives of women across the globe, the media spotlight is pulling towards the contributions of women to our society into even greater focus than ever before... Read
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Rutgers University has released a study where researchers analysed how Google, Facebook and Instagram repeatedly change boundaries between smart visibility strategies and 'cheating the system'... Read
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In a new report released by Warc it is revealed that search now accounts for 22 cents in every ad dollar, but growth is the slowest since 2015 and its share of internet advertising has flatlined... Read
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Retail
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Black Friday deals are a threat to the already squeezed margins experienced in South African retail at present, says Nashil Chotoki from Redefine Properties... Read
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Social Media
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It's Black Friday week, and while savings have been sprinkled throughout this week, Friday, 29 November is the grand finale... Read
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According to Sunday World, SABC 3 is cancelling Isidingo due to low ratings and failing to attract advertisers... Read
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JESSICA TENNANT
WarnerMedia recently hosted a panel discussion around creating relevant brands for African audiences at Discop Johannesburg 2019. Julien Borde, head of Channels for France, French-speaking territories, Africa and Israel tells us more about how the company plans to implement these insights across the African market... Read
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
The first collaboration between an international content creator, a local animation studio and creators from across Africa has seen three uniquely African stories being brought to life in the form of three-minute shorts... Read
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Youth Marketing
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The generational face-off when grandpa and junior go head-to-head over which generation has it better (Mine. No, mine. No, MINE)... Read
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Stephen Werner, now station manager at KFM for Primedia Broadcasting, Cape Town... Read
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Pendoring
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Nando's has just released a new food-for-thought advert... View
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Hardware manufacturing company Ryobi has enlisted the help of South Africa's top female enduro racer Kirsten Landman for its new ad campaign... View
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At the recent inaugural session of the Global Gender Summit, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the organisation's president, Akinwumi Adesina, called for greater access to finance for African women... Read
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Technology employed by economies across the globe has made it substantially easier for businesses to pay their taxes... Read
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The African Development Bank Group has approved a long-term senior loan of $400m for an integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, including a liquification facility in Mozambique... Read
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JOÃO MARQUES
For the better part of the last half century, oil and gas has been portrayed over and over again as the source of all evil across Africa, responsible for instability, power struggles, poverty, death, pollution and corruption... Read
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While foreign direct investment (FDI) is falling in other global markets, it is on the rise in Africa, with approximately $46bn in FDI flowing into the continent in 2018 - an 11% increase compared to the previous year... Read
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Africa's leading early-stage investors come together at #AESIS2019... Read
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Showmax launched new products for Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa... Read
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LVMH has reached an agreement to purchase luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co. for approximately $16.2 billion, making this LVMH's most expensive luxury acquisition... Read
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This year, to encourage and reward good monitoring and evaluation (M&E) practice in the non-profit sector, MTN Foundation, in partnership with Trialogue, launched the MTN Awards for Social Change... Read
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ANNA COLLARD
As convenient as it may be, there are still a few security concerns when it comes to online shopping... Read
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JANE NJOKU
Have you thought about where you will be or what you would likely be doing in five years time? Read
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According to findings from the latest edition of the Trialogue Business in Society Handbook, companies spent an estimated R10.2bn on CSI in South Africa in 2019... Read
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It's been a long year, with technology continuing to blur the boundaries of work and home, bringing with it a pressure to continuously perform. Being always on, without the relief of a break leaves people overwhelmed and more likely to experience burnout... Read
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UM's new MD Kevin Ndinguri on his greatest learnings with clients M&C Saatchi Abel's Neo Mashigo Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club on the Right The Ratio Summit KFM station manager Stephen Werner in this week's #BehindtheSelfie Simon Dingle on how media is being reimagined in the 21st century |
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