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The Ster-Kinekor Imax Theatre at the Mall of Africa was filled to the brim with hopefuls, veterans and everything in-between from the brand world, looking to glean nuggets of BizTrendsLive2020 wisdom... read
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By now, most businesses understand the impact that social media can have on their business...read
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Dr Ludi Koekemoer was recently named the new Acting CEO of AAA School of Advertising...read
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Entries to the Loeries 2020 are now open and the Loeries is calling on the brand communication industry to create work that changes things and makes a difference...read
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DOUG PLACE
In 2020, brands with vague and ephemeral brand positioning are unlikely to win the hearts of those they are speaking to, since no one will understand what the brand is selling, who they're selling it to, and why anyone should buy it... Read
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NKGABISENG MOTAU
Now more than ever, marketing is becoming a living, breathing response to culture rather than an attempt to dictate it. In one or two magical moments, marketing ideas have ignited culture but that comes along once in a unicorn-shadowed blue moon... Read
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JASON STEWART
The belief has always been that 'when the economy is struggling, advertising is the first cost to be cut'. This has proven true in every down cycle even though evidence shows those who invest wisely in tougher times gain market share... Read
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CATHY IBAL
This past decade has been a decade of disruption globally... Read
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WarnerMedia's director of channels for France, French-speaking territories, Africa and Israel, Julien Borde, visited South Africa recently and spoke about the content trends for 2020... Read
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ZIBUSISO MKHWANAZI
The growth of mass market digital content. That's the biggest shape-shifting, game-changing trend I am seeing... Read
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GRAHAM DENEYS
Africa has carved a unique path by steam-rolling traditional structural challenges and issues... Read
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Maersk's head of marketing and business development for Africa, Anita de Werd, spoke to Bizcommunity.com about global marketing trends on a recent visit to Cape Town... Read
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DANIEL MUNSLOW
Looking at corporate reputation management in 2020, one of the biggest challenges we are going to face is the full integration of reputation across the entire value chain... Read
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WAYNE NAIDOO
We can all ponder and debate the trends for 2020 - everyone has his or her own perception as to what will influence our industry most. But looking back on a fairly tumultuous past twelve months, the only thing we can truly be assured of is that, try as we might, it is fairly impossible to accurately predict what exactly will be heading our way in the next twelve... Read
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APO Group CEO, Lionel Reina, spoke to Bizcommunity.com on latest trends in the way that multinational companies are currently rethinking their communications strategies in Africa... Read
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Advertising
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DAMON STAPLETON
In my head, I went through all the answers I thought he could give. But I was way off... Read
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BRENDAN SEERY
Atos ad positions car specifically for Gen Z and millennials... Read
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The winners for the Effective Use of Partnerships and Sponsorships category have been announced of the Warc Media Awards 2019... Read
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2020 New York Festivals Advertising Awards has announced the Film Craft executive jury with Droga5's Tricia Lentini Himot announced as the jury chairman... Read
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AMELIA NEATE
Our screens are filled every day with an array of adverts tempting us to spend, spend, spend - but in an era when consumers value a more personal experience, is the power of the traditional paid ad coming to an end?... Read
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ISSUED BY AMASA
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Biz Takeouts
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In conversation with Rutendo Nyamuda on his new appointment as CEO of the Loeries. Preetesh also discusses his approach to innovation and leadership within the organisation and the importance for CEOs - as the face of a brand or company - to be seen in the media... View
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Branding
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
With news of Uber choosing Hyundai to build its Air Taxi Fleets, the reality that brands cannot be just one thing in 2020 is reinforced. Businesses need to evolve rapidly... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
According to UNESCO statistics, women make up only 23% of STEM talent globally, and this inequality is often felt in South Africa's science, technology and engineering industries... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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CSI
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JESSICA TENNANT
Mandi Fine of strategic communications consultancy, F/ne Group Global, recently published an article on corporates needing to rethink CSI, talking to the need to change their approach from treating it as a tick-box exercise to entrenching it into their business models and future business plans... Read
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Design
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JESSICA TENNANT
Following Pantone's announcement of Classic Blue as its 'Color of the Year' for 2020, FedEx Office has collaborated with the institute to help businesses leverage colour through its colour matching and printing technologies, using the Pantone Matching System... Read
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Fatiou Aboudou was announced as the winner of the 2019 Bic Art Master Africa Competition. Aboudou was selected for the 'Black Lion' portrait - which depicts a half-man, half-lion... Read
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The Balouo Salo non-profit organisation has launched the 2020 edition of the Kaira Looro Competition which aims to design an emergency operations centre for the resolution of humanitarian emergencies in Africa... Read
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ISSUED BY HOMEMAKERS
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Digital
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It may seem like something out of a sci-fi movie, but over 4,000 people living in Sweden are currently considered as cyborgs... Read
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South Africa can create 500,000 new jobs over 10 years through globally traded services... Read
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Ahead of International Data Privacy Day, privacy-first marketing is the focus of the policy chapter of Warc's Marketer's Toolkit 2020... Read
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The digital economy will, soon, become the ordinary economy as the uptake - and application - of digital technologies in every sector in the world grows... Read
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Education
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ISSUED BY STELLENBOSCH ACADEMY OF DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY
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Exhibitions
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Love, The Sex Expo is returning to South Africa in 2020. The event will be held at GrandWest Grand Arena in Cape Town from 6 to 9 February 2020... Read
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ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY
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Film & Cinematography
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DANIEL DERCKSEN
Celebrated filmmaker, screenwriter and playwright Christiaan Olwagen chats to Daniel Dercksen about bringing Poppie Nongena to life on film.. Read
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The winners for the Creative Circle Monthly Awards, for work flighted during November and December 2019, were announced at Havas in Johannesburg... Read
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Marketing
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ANDREA PAULSEN
A new year - a fresh start! Everybody is rested after their yearend break and full of enthusiasm and positive expectancy. Use that momentum to do what you've always meant to do, but usually don't get around to... Read
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ASHLEIGH WAINSTEIN
New tech tools take hold and consumer behaviour moves ever faster towards instant communication and results. Ashleigh Wainstein, director of martech firm, Social Places, says seven key trends will define digital marketing in 2020... Read
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Media
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Sanef has announced the death of the unsung South African hero, photojournalist Santu Mofokeng, who died on Sunday 26 January 2020 at the age of 64 after a long illness... Read
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Mobile
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
be.first is a mobile app that allows you to find and share product recommendations in a single place... Read
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Did you know that research suggests that over 1,000 Android apps collect location data and other information from phone users, even if no permission was given? Read
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PR & Communications
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Radio
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Research
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The latest Advertising Association/Warc Expenditure Report for Q3 has found that UK advertising spend rose 5.6% year-on-year to reach £5.97bn in Q3 2019, the 25th consecutive quarter of market growth... Read
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Retail
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Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) has named Helena Helmersson as its new CEO. The appointment follows a board reshuffle in which outgoing chief executive Karl-Johan Persson stepped down from his role... Read
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ANDREW DAWSON
If we consider how the FMCG market is moving, the only way manufacturers will be able to differentiate themselves will be to become extremely efficient and customise their marketing efforts... Read
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There could be light at the end of the tunnel for big brands trying to reconnect with their customers on the ground... Read
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EMILY BRAYSHAW
In June last year, hundreds of Australian shoppers queued to buy a pair of Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Black Static Adidas sneakers the moment they went on sale... Read
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Sales
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Social Media
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SHEREESA MOODLEY
The Unicode Consortium on Wednesday revealed 62 new emoji coming to devices this year, including a smiley face with tears, nesting dolls and a non-gendered Santa Claus... Read
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JULIA RHODES
Let's face it. Social media marketing is in a constant state of change and advertising has become more and more challenging... Read
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Sponsorship
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Global sports sponsorship market to record strongest growth in a decade, with spend reaching $48bn in 2020... Read
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Streaming
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Behind the Selfie
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LEIGH ANDREWS
This week, we go behind the selfie with Luyanda Peter, MD of Harambee Communications in SA and Botswana... Read
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Fairness First
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LEIGH ANDREWS
Today's socially conscious citizens can use Change.org to request 'change' from a specific corporate power or even to inspire behaviour change in a nation as a whole. Take this pledge and pay forward the insights needed to turn your 'make the world a better place' dream into reality... Read
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Equatorial Guinea is positioning itself as the Gulf of Guinea's gas hub and and hopes to deliver where others have failed: developing the first successful cross-border gas venture on the continent... Read
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Africa's abundant clean energy resources, coupled with new investments in renewable energy technologies, have spearheaded Africa into a clean energy revolution... Read
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Chinese officials have identified a novel coronavirus which belongs to a family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases... Read
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EUNICE ANYANGO OWINO
Kenya experienced above-average rainfall since October 2019, causing landslides and deaths... Read
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JOSEPHINE WAWIRA
In a continent where over 60% of the adult population is unbanked and the financial sector is considerably underdeveloped, fintech has been a welcomed revolution... Read
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How I Built This dives into the stories behind growing SMEs and the movements they've built... Read
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DIANE-GABRIELLE TREMBLAY
Co-working spaces have been growing in all the world's major cities for 15 years. But what makes them so popular? Read
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SIMON USHERWOOD
Anyone imagining that the UK's withdrawal from the European Union today (31 January) might mean things will go quiet on the Brexit front, they are likely to be disappointed... Read
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CHARLENE LACKAY
Women have made massive strides in the workplace in recent years, indicating an ability and aptitude to climb the ladder... Read
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MAGDA B.L. DONIA
Described as the "moral face of globalisation," corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives focused on solving societal and environmental concerns are increasingly expected by society... Read
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Google launched its first Google Developers Space in Lagos, Nigeria... Read
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HATIM ELTAYEB
As stressed by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the cultivation of leaders with exceptional character and skills is critical to Africa's development... Read
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CHRISTOPHER MICHAELSON
We live in a world threatened by numerous existential risks that no country or organisation can resolve alone, such as climate change, extreme weather and the coronavirus... Read
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