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| |  | ISSUED BY IAB SOUTH AFRICA In the run up to the 13th annual Bookmarks Awards "Moving the Industry Forward" - powered by the IAB SA - our eight jury chairs have shared their insights into the state of digital today... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ORNICO Ornico has now compiled a free-to-download report on this segment, exploring advertising trends, new creative executions, developments and spending patterns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA The recent Warc rankings titled 'The Health of Creativity' positioned Grey Group as number one in creative effectiveness... Read |
 | ISSUED BY G&G DIGITAL One of the ways to break through the digital wall is by crafting a digital strategy that speaks to modern generations, while resonating with the needs of older generations... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WETPAINT If Covid-19 has taught us anything this past year, it is that businesses are not exempt from the fundamentals of nature... Read |
 | ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA It took industry leading accuracy for Vicinity Media to pull off the #WhereIsMyAd campaign... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Two Orchids: Claw photo shoot captures beauty and yearning; PR agency SWM gets Onion for poor copy... Read |
 | JANINE HOLLESEN On 28 April 2021, Trade Minister Ebrahim Patel, advertised a Final Notice in the Government Gazette designating the British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour as a 'protected event'... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WORKBENCH One of Sean van der Westhuizen's first tasks as Workbench's new creative director, was to refresh the agency's corporate identity... Read |
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 | WYNAND SMIT Optimising customer experience by leveraging emerging and new technology results in a host of positive spin-offs for businesses but it must be approached in a methodical and strategic manner... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON Wunderman Thompson's new original futures report delves into regeneration and more, featuring interviews with key opinion and thought leaders in the sustainability space... Read |
| Design |
 | ISSUED BY WEBILLISM Webillism founder Derek Steyn shares insight into how the web design industry has evolved, what it takes to create stand-out designs and how Covid-19 has accelerated the growth of the online space... Read |
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 | SHAUNE JORDAAN Just as brands are coming to terms with the various realities that is AR , VR and MR, extended reality or XR has joined the mix to keep us on our toes by ensuring brand offerings are optimised even further... Read |
 | EDWARD HERRIDGE In Part 1, Edward Herridge took a look at the genre of apocalyptic entertainment being popular because it accesses an atavistic fear of technology that mushroomed into the human subconscious... Read |
 | JEFFREY CONROY-KRUTZ Covid-19 pushed much of the world into the digital realm for everything from schooling and work to religious worship and dating. At the same time, many governments were turning data connections off. Full or partial shutdowns of the internet and social media are increasingly common parts of the "digital authoritarian" toolkit. Read |
 | JD ENGELBRECHT, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC According to the Everlytic 2020 Email Marketing Benchmarks report, email subscribers who have been opening their messages have been more engaged with the content than ever... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE Nedbank IMC is offering a 50% discounted ticket price to students. The 2021 IMC bursary scheme is also encouraging potential young talent into the world of marketing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Over the last 10 years at Dentsu, we have grown from 40 to 1,500 people regionally as well as expanding our regional footprint into 10 market startups resulting in over 33 affiliate local partners on the African continent... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA Africa Tech Week is the golden opportunity to showcase what's hot in tech in Africa - a platform to demonstrate to the rest of the world the continent's super powers... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GREATSTOCK On 25 April, My Octopus Teacher won an Oscar at the 93rd Academy Awards in the Documentary Features category... Read |
 | LIANI MAASDORP AND IAN-MALCOLM RIJSDIJK The Best Documentary Feature gong for My Octopus Teacher at this year's Academy Awards has been seen by many critics as the type of underdog story Oscar loves. The film, directed by Pippa Erlich and James Reed, was - like the other South African-themed documentary to wow the Oscars, Searching for Sugarman - the feel-good choice. Read |
 | DANIEL DERCKSEN South African film director Michael Matthews has garnered an Oscar nomination for the Hollywood film Love and Monsters, a mind-blowing apocalyptic adventure that has been described as 'one of the best surprises of 2020'. The film was nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 93rd Academy Awards, which was held in Los Angeles on 25 April 2021. Read |
 | The nominees for the 15th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) have just been announced. Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY SAMSUNG SOUTH AFRICA For its May/June issues, GQ South Africa used the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G to shoot and edit everything from the cover, the fashion pages, video clips and the behind-the-scenes video... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIA BROKERAGE AFRICA "It is no longer just about selling media platforms, but more about addressing the marketing objective of our clients," says Colman Murray, Media Brokerage Africa founder and MD... Read |
| Media Freedom |
 | HANNO BRINK A free press or media has an important role to play in democracies as it is responsible for gathering and distributing the information that citizens use to decide how they are going to vote... Read |
 | WAMBUI WAMUNYU As we mark World Press Freedom Day 2021, let us remember that 2020 was terrible for the press in many parts of the world... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY THE PUBLICITY WORKSHOP With a small but robust infrastructure that enables TPW to exceed expectations across a variety of industries and organisations, TPW continues to provide exceptional leadership... Read |
| Production |
 | ISSUED BY BIGMOUTH STUDIOS VoiceMe.co.za is a newly developed voice artist database for voice seekers, voice artists, talent agents and recording studios alike... Read |
 | Award organisers, Gerom Media is calling on all destinations such as provinces, cities, districts, towns hotels, guesthouses, and tourist attractions to nominate and list their videos on the awards website... Read |
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 | In a bid to fuel sustainable innovation and extend the lifecycle of products, Converse has introduced Renew Labs to refresh customers' previously-worn All Stars... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams says she finally got around to reading China Achebe's Things Fall Apart, that most well renowned and highly regarded work of African literature which brought the last days of pre-colonial Africa into light for the world at large... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM is tweaking its lineup to accommodate new radio listener patterns. The station will kick off early morning listening with Mornings with Mack on Monday, 3 May 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM "When reviewing our performance over the past year in considering the on-air lineup for 2021-2022, the analogy of 'If it's not broken, why fix it?' was appropriate," says Mimi Kesaris, head of programming at Gagasi FM... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM's 942s are set to become Mzanzi's top youth talent... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY KANTAR Kantar's Worldpanel division has launched a new consumer panel in South Africa. The new panel tracks 6,500+ households to bring fast, accurate and granular insights for a complete view of SA consumers... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EBONY+IVORY In this article, we scratch the surface of what this can mean for products and brands, by discovering some market realities in sample categories of beverages, banking as well as food and groceries... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IPSOS The Broadcast Research Council (BRC) of South Africa has awarded Ipsos the contract to perform the official radio research in South Africa for the next five years... Read |
 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL Brazil and China show some similarities and huge differences when analysing marketers' investment in communications and clients' relationships with agencies and other partners... Read |
 | South Africa's m-commerce up 35%, Nigeria is Africa's biggest e-commerce market, and Kenya primed for massive growth... Read |
| Retail |
 | HAYDN TOWNSEND Digital marketplaces such as Amazon, Alibaba, click and collect models, and food delivery ecosystems have rapidly changed consumer behaviour, and increased the demand for convenience... Read |
 | ROBBIE KEARNS As the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to shopping online, retailers have had to re-imagine how they do business in a new digital world... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT Performance marketing and SEO agency Mickey Llew recently appointed Cassandra Wingrove to lead growth and development at its Australian office... Read |
 | 2020 proved to be a year of unprecedented consumer demand when it came to e-commerce adoption and popularity... Read |
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 | SESEKI ITSWENG, ISSUED BY OPENFIELD As we prepare to welcome the British and Irish Lions to South Africa, here's a look at the full ramifications around this year's British and Irish Lions Tour... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Business and Arts South Africa NPC (Basa) invites arts projects that have received business sponsorship to apply for a supporting grant... Read |
| Streaming |
 | ISSUED BY SHOWMAX All 13 episodes of Skemerdans, a Cape Flats neo-noir murder mystery, are now available to binge on Showmax... Read |
 | OMAR MOHAMMED NAIROBI, Kenya - MultiChoice's online streaming platform Showmax is investing in producing its own local content for African audiences as it competes for their attention against Netflix on the continent, a senior executive told Reuters... Read |
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 | GODFRED BOAFO Ghana became the first country globally to receive a vaccine shipment from the Covax facility... Read |
 | The company also announced the opening of applications for the sixth class of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa programme... Read |
 | In a serious blow to Mozambique's economic revitalisation hopes, Total has declared a force majeure and suspended its $20bn liquefied natural gas (LNG) project... Read |
 | A new study covering 11 African countries shows that most have a sovereign wealth fund or are in the process of establishing one... Read |
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 | AHMORE BURGER-SMIDT AND DIMAKATSO KHUMALO The digital representation of data or personal information, has brought many challenges to protecting privacy rights and thereby protecting individuals... Read |
 | IMRAN SALIE Motorists can expect the price of fuel to decrease for the month of May... Read |
 | Today, 3 May, sees the launch of Pothole Patrol, a partnership between the City of Joburg, Dialdirect Insurance and Discovery Insure, a unique data-driven initiative... Read |
 | The South African Reserve Bank's (Sarb's) authenticated collections system, DebiCheck, comes into operation on 1 May 2021... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Dare Okoudjou, CEO and founder of MFS Africa and Endeavor Entrepreneur, unpacks the payment space in Africa... Read |
 | AISHA PANDOR Aisha Pandor, co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, shares inspiring tips on making a business stronger and more stable... Read |
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