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The Gerety Awards announces its South African jury and is open for early bird entries... read
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Dustin Chick will be using his journalism and communications expertise to launch and lead M&C Saatchi Abel's new PR agency, Razor...read
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South African fashion and gifting retailer Big Blue has come under fire for selling a t-shirt printed with the words "Water Polo Teacher's Pet"...read
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The One Club for Creativity has announced the jury for the three competitions within its global 2020 Young Ones Student Awards, which identifies the best young creative talent at colleges around the world in a variety of creative disciplines...read
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Alcohol consumption, including underage drinking, are usually at their highest during the festive season and Aware.org has plans to make a positive change... Read
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AARON THORNTON
Many businesses are hurriedly turning their attention to technologies such as AI, machine learning and IoT to stay ahead in 2020... Read
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BONI MCHUNU
2019 was a painful year for South African women. The brutal murders of women like Uyinene Mrwetyana, Meghan Cremer, and Leighandre 'Baby Lee' Jegels left South Africans shocked, sad, and angry... Read
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NATHAN REDDY
In an increasingly competitive environment, brands that intend to be sustainable in the future need to find an authentic space which they can credibly own. It's about ensuring that a brand's purpose means something significant, something that resonates with consumers... Read
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BRONWYN WILLIAMS
One of the big business trends of the past decade was how software "ate the world". Just 10 years ago, the world's most valuable companies were predominantly in the business of trading physical resources or goods of one kind or another... Read
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FRANCOIS VAN DYK
When social media appeared in the 2000s it saw the emergence of a whole new digital industry. Many believe that the public relations industry was caught unawares and that they struggled to catch up with the initial opportunities. It is now critical that we prepare for the new wave of changes upon us... Read
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BONISWA PEZISA
I predict we will see a rise of essentialism and discernment; mindfulness and wholesomeness; and Boomer apps over the course of 2020... Read
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REGINE LE ROUX
As a businessowner whose company vision is to be Africa's reputation research company of choice to build sustainable businesses, it is important to be up to date with what is happening on our continent. Trade is booming across Africa... Read
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JENNILEE PEREMORE-OLIVER
The marketing and media industry is in a state of flux. As the fourth industrial revolution threatens the longevity of the print industry, marketing professionals working in print advertising are on a crusade to implement the best marketing campaigns to sell their digital offering... Read
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CHRISTELE CHOKOSSA
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 14% of the world's population and by 2030, the region's population will surpass that of China. The way consumers shop in the region is ever-changing... Read
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CHRIS OGDEN
2020 holds digital sway over the business, investment and innovation... Read
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SEMONA PILLAY
Although this generation has less spending power than Millennials, it is estimated that 40% of consumer spending will be attributed to Generation Z consumers in 2020... Read
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ALAIN DOS SANTOS
With strong economic growth, increased affluence and a growing population that is forecast to double by 2050, the continent holds strong potential for luxury brands... Read
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MIA MORKEL
Retail loyalty is constantly evolving, as customers demand more personalised value and the 'experience economy' gathers momentum... Read
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QUANITA SALIE
Data fuels our technologies, economies, populations, politics, education, healthcare, future work, and in reality, it fuels our overall survival... Read
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RYAN GEEL
The South African tech industry is facing many challenges which impedes its growth. These challenges relate to a range of constraints... Read
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KIRSTEN DEWAR
Now for the good news. There's a huge opportunity for growth in online retail, but the path to profits is through dramatically improving customer experience... Read
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TICHAONA SAVANHU
Tich Savanhu, head of digital strategy at Incubeta SA, looks at what should be highest on the agenda for marketing professionals when crafting their 2020 strategies... Read
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MICHELLE BEH
2019 proved to be a difficult year for everyone in South Africa... Read
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CECIL UNGERER
Not a week goes by without spotting more headlines about online shopping and the global shift to mobile connectivity... Read
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SUHANA GORDHAN
"We've either got to be brave and curious or fearful and suspicious," said comedian, actor and political activist Eddie Izzard in an interview with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. Izzard was speaking about creating a fair world, a world that embraces difference to recognise human... Read
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DANILO ACQUISTO
South African internet penetration in 2020 will increase to 71.4% which is an increase of 7.6%. With more people having internet access and consuming content online, Danilo Acquisto lists some of the digital video and influencer marketing trends to consider... Read
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MATHE OKABA
There are three distinct areas that will to some extent continue shaping and moulding our profession and the broader marketing and communications industry in 2020 and beyond... Read
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ANUSHA HARRI, ISSUED BY KANTAR
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Bizcommunity has announced the line-up of published and awarded trend analysts from London, Lagos, Senegal and SA, to share their vision of intra-African tech, trade and trends at BizTrendsLIVE!2020 on Thursday, 30 January... Read
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JUANITA PIENAAR
Greek designer engineer Nassia Inglessis, founder of experimental design studio, Studio INI, has been announced as one of the speakers at the 2020 Design Indaba Conference... Read
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MARK MOLENAAR, ISSUED BY KANTAR
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Warc has announced a total of nine winners - one Grand Prix, two Golds, three Silvers and three Bronzes - in the Best Use of Data category for Warc Media Awards 2019... Read
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GRANT LAPPING
Data privacy and protection are likely to be high on the agenda for 2020 in the wake of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica and other data scandals. These controversies have prompted regulators and consumers alike to question how much personal data big tech companies gather, how they put it to work, and how they store and manage it... Read
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AZIZA BANDERKER, ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA
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Exhibitions
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South African Trade Promotions has announced the launch of Africa's first dedicated Organic and Natural Products Expo scheduled for May 2020 in Johannesburg... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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The winners of the 77th Golden Globes were announced on the 6 January 2020 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California, USA... Read
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The Ugu Film Festival will be held at the Margate Hotel in Port Shepstone from 24 to 26 January 2020... Read
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SHEILA MCGILLIVRAY
2019 saw some poignant and outstanding advertising - cutting through old-style brand "boasting" and putting people (different kinds of people) in the spotlight... Read
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Media
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Mobile
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Online Media
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PR & Communications
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MAIYO FEBI
2020 is here! For some organisations, the year has been earmarked for changes like scaling down products, the introduction of new technology, retrenchments or management reshuffling... Read
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JORDAN RITTENBERRY
Jordan Rittenberry looks back at the past twelve months and plan for what's to come... Read
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Research
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There have been many self-inflicted brand reputation hits in 2019. The CMO Council has selected a few notable names experiencing hard knocks and has also listed what made them punching bags for media, regulatory, customer and market detraction... Read
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Retail
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Consumer goods giant P&G - the owner of brands including Gillette, Olay, Oral-B and Pampers - has shared its plans acquire Billie Inc., a growing female body care company... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
More than 14,000 South Africans have officially signed up to partake in this year's Veganuary campaign, joining 350,000 other people across more than 150 countries... Read
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Social Media
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Check Point Software Technologies has revealed that it uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in TikTok... Read
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TV
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go #BehindtheSelfie with Brad Smale, group managing director at IPG Mediabrands for UM, Initiative, Reprise, Cadreon, Marketing Sciences and Mullen Lowe... Read
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
Monday, 6 January 2020, Bizcommunity, one of the leading business-to-business news platforms on the African continent, celebrates the official relaunch of their podcast offering - BizTakeouts... Read
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On 1 December 2019, TBWA\WorldHealth unveiled its interactive calendar for the holiday season. The calendar was aimed at addressing the growing crisis of loneliness in the UK and US. View
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A.T. Kearney's bi-annual Global Retail Development Index highlights the rise of African countries in the global retail context, with Ghana and Senegal securing spots in the top 10 on the index... Read
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Angola Cables and CTM have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance digital opportunities... Read
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CAROLYN LOGAN
The African Development Bank launched an initiative to speed up the supply of electricity in Africa in 2016. Read
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The Digital Women's Day has launched the call for applications for the les Margaret Award 2020... Read
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Medium businesses are highly vulnerable and online criminals can easily stop their operations... Read
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Massimo Piombini has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Diesel Group... Read
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Every year people make promises to themselves in the form of new year's resolutions... Read
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DR. GLEB TSIPURSKY
Let's say you're interviewing a new applicant for a job and you feel something is off. You can't quite put your finger on it, but you're a bit uncomfortable with this person... Read
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Cybersecurity is an ever-growing concern for businesses. While their obvious worry is about sensitive data breaches and leaks, cyber weakness also hurts innovation... Read
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SARAH MARIE JORDAAN & KAVITA SURANA
When it comes to strategies for slowing the effects of climate change, the idea of reducing wasted energy rarely gets a mention. But our recent Nature Climate Change article makes the case that reducing wastage in the power sector, focusing specifically on the grid, can be a critical lever in lowering national emissions... Read
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Many South Africans would have decided to make 2020 the year that they start their own business... Read
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ROAN MACKINTOSH
Companies are tripping up in their attempts to embrace the opportunities of digital transformation. Creating great customer journeys relies on the smart use of available data... Read
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Medium businesses can gain the most from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). But many aren't aware of this... Read
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"It is with great sadness that the Maponya family informs you of the passing-on of Dr Richard Maponya...after a short illness..." Read
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Marcus Aurelius "You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength." Les Brown "If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you." Franklin D. Roosevelt "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." Zig Ziglar "Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining - it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn't solve any problems." Eleanor Roosevelt "People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built." |
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