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 | ISSUED BY DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES INITIATIVE The USAID TradeHub is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced marketing agency to assess the most important marketing needs of selected regional export firms to enhance their capability to lure South African buyers... Read |
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 | CHERYL REDDY Brands have experienced several marketing blunders over the years, even midst a global pandemic... Read |
| Advertising |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Wunderman Thompson recently launched a new offering in South Africa, marking the expansion of London-based Prism Sport + Entertainment into the South African market, and Qondisa Ngwenya is heading up the unit... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Challenge: lessons for SA Brands from overseas work; Advertisers in this country must 'push reset button' and come up with new material... Read |
 | There are a number of phrases that have been coined this year - but the two cardinal business buzzwords for 2020 are adaptability and agility... Read |
 | The One Club for Creativity continues its special ADC100 centennial celebration with the opening of call for entries for the ADC 100th Annual Awards... Read |
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| Branding |
 | SIZWE DLAMINI 2020 saw the closure of several well-known brands. This had us daydreaming of the "good old days". The reason for this is that there is some element that has resonated with us... Read |
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| CRM, CX, UX |
 | MATHEW CONN The number of local businesses harnessing AI technology has drastically increased this year. However, the level of understanding around the best use of AI technologies remains low... Read |
| CSI |
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| Design |
 | Katlego Tshuma has been named the overall winner of the Nando's Hot Young Designer (HYD) Talent Search Competition for 2020... Read |
| Digital |
 | The winners of the BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2020 were announced on 12 November. The announcement formed part of the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards that streamed online this year... Read |
 | DUMISANI MOYO For companies to truly participate in the digital economy, they need to first and foremost change the way they manage their most valuable assets, their employees... Read |
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| Events & Conferencing |
 | The Basha Uhuru Creative Uprising art festival will be held at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg from 16 - 21 November 2020... Read |
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| Film & Cinematography |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN After a six-year journey from page to screen, René van Rooyen's insightful adaptation of Dalene Matthee's novel Toorbos delivers an inspirational journey of the heart that showcases the best of South African filmmaking... Read |
 | The third instalment of the Africa Rising International Film Festival (ARIFF) is scheduled to take place virtually from 27-29 November 2020... Read |
 | The 2020 Joburg Film Festival will be held over two days on 28 and 29 November; a departure from the usual six days in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. This year's festival will focus on a limited film selection with a huge focus on development workshops... Read |
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| Magazines |
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| Marketing |
 | ANDISA NTSUBANE 2020 has been a period in which perceptions changed, boundaries moved, and businesses shifted on their traditional, comfortable foundations - leaving branding battling with the new reality... Read |
 | JESSICA TENNANT Positive Dialogue, the PR and communications agency in the Duke Group of companies, recently launched its specialist influencer marketing division, PD Influence... Read |
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STEPHANE ROGOVSKY, ISSUED BY R-SQUARED SA |
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| Media |
 | APO Group has announced that Google's Sub-Saharan Africa director, Nitin Gajria is joining the African Women in Media Award judging panel... Read |
 | The five-year partnership will showcase some of South Africa's most-watched TV programmes and most listened to radio platforms on one online platform... Read |
 | Claire Bisseker of Financial Mail has been named Sanlam Financial Journalist of the Year 2019... Read |
 | Quote This Woman+, an organisation which works to amplify the voices of women in the media, launched a fundraising campaign... Read |
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| One Show Awards |
 | The One Club for Creativity has opened the call for entries for The One Show 2021, announcing extended deadlines and several new categories... Read |
| Printing |
 | During the recent World Printers Summit, winners of the third edition of the WAN-IFRA Print Innovation Awards were announced.... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams reads The Odditorium by David Bramwell and Jo Keeling and explores the idea of Francis Galton's "attraction gauge" and that it reminds her of two things... Read |
| Radio |
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JONATHAN LUMLEY, ISSUED BY FABRIK |
| Research |
 | BRETT ROGERS Brett Rogers explores the edges of culture and how things are changing, providing valuable insights for brands wanting to understand who and what is shaping culture... Read |
| Retail |
 | OLIVER GUY For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult - if not impossible. Retail is different. Why? Read |
 | TARYN GILL Welcome in the era of the naturalista - the woman who owns her natural beauty and is driving the ever-evolving landscape of natural hair and beauty categories, globally... Read |
 | The age of the mall is waning. That phrase sends property fund managers into a cold sweat. But it's not just the lower foot traffic as a result of Covid that is to blame for the pressure on brick-and-mortar stores... Read |
 | A joint venture between Old Mutual Property and retail mavens Paul Simon and Arie Fabian will see the introduction of a new multi-brand omnichannel retail concept in South Africa... Read |
| Social Media |
 | Following the announcement of Smart Data Power and The Women in Africa Initiative's list of the Top 200 most influential African women on Twitter, there's no doubt that women in Africa are a force to be reckoned with... Read |
| Streaming |
 | Monsooq does not require contracts or subscriptions. New visitors receive 60 minutes worth of free access to content, after which pricing is R2 per 30 minutes... Read |
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| Behind the Selfie |
 | JESSICA TENNANT This week, we go behind the mask with Jess Weiner, cultural expert and CEO of Talk to Jess... Read |
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 | Entries to the Prism Awards are officially open and the search for the best campaigns for the 2020 period is now on with a special entry-fee free award for Covid-19 campaigns... Read |
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 | MONIQUE WASUNNA African countries are still reeling from the effect of measures, such as lockdowns, taken to contain the spread of Covid-19... Read |
 | A new report unveils the estimated worth of Africa's internet economy in five years time and the factors contributing to this overall growth... Read |
 | Spurred on by the Covid-19 global pandemic, the world is finally galvanising its commitment to move towards a green and sustainable future by mid-century, and the global energy transition is the cornerstone of this new world... Read |
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 | LEE NAIK Businesses of all sizes need to get resilient - and quickly. But what does resilience look like? Read |
 | JASON MELLOW As we near the end of what has been a challenging year, now is an ideal time to plan and position your business for 2021... Read |
 | NOMBULELO SHANGE History has been made globally and here at home. In the US, Kamala Harris became the first Black woman to become vice president, while locally, we celebrate the appointment of Professor Puleng LenkaBula... Read |
 | Bronwyn Williams, partner at Flux Trends, interviewed Preston Gaddy at the Alinea Marketing Master Class to find out about future retail trends... Read |
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 | SELINA BIEBER Technology can help your small business to be more efficient, reach new markets, and cope with the new social distancing requirements we all face... Read |
 | Ending off its 12th successive year, the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) in association with World Famous Events, announced South Africa's 'Top 20' for the 2020 South African Small Business Awards... Read |
 | Khula Lula is the news micro-financing VC fund striving to level the investment scales in favour of young, black, women entrepreneurs... Read |
 | With the right type of support, the Covid-19 pandemic may be a catalyst for entrepreneurship when we need it the most... Read |
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