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| |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Inviting your nominations of inspiring women to be featured in our exclusive August Women's Month interview series... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY SIVUKA YOUTH In this BizTakeouts interview Ashalia Maharajh, the founder and director of Sivuka Youth, discusses the company's introspective, self-first approach to fundamental topics to develop SA's youth and tackle unemployment... Read |
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| |  | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Few food brands have the historical connection with consumers around the world as Kellogg's does, having held meaning at the breakfast table for over a century... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM On 14 July, Jacaranda FM's Good Morning Angels set out to raise R300,000 for 10 children awaiting treatment at the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital; the station reached the target within 90 minutes of launching the campaign but the donations kept streaming in... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY IAB SOUTH AFRICA Celebrating 13 years of 'Moving the Industry Forward', the IAB Bookmarks has collaborated with 13 advertising experts to share some of the innovations and insights that have contributed to the success of digital marketing excellence... Read |
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 | SYLVIA ZANETTI One of the biggest challenges for marketers or brands when creating content is determining the type and amount of content needed to hook and engage one's audience... Read |
 | TERRI-LEIGH CASSEL & MIKE DOS SANTOS It wasn't until the 1950s that the concept of culture was first applied to the business world, and it has been spoken about tirelessly since then... Read |
 | Raja Rajamannar, chief marketing and communications officer and president, Healthcare Business at Mastercard, has been selected as winner of The One Show 2021 CMO Pencil... Read |
| Advertising |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Patriotic duty: Corporate acts of altruism against Covid and riots; MultiChoice, MTN show advertising to be more than a medium for selling things... Read |
 | MUHLE HLABANO Advertisers had to adjust their marketing strategies constantly to adapt to the new norm introduced by the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | LAUREN WAIT There is no doubt that marketing and advertising agencies have come a long way in the past few decades, but what some still lack is the ability to accept and adapt to change... Read |
 | New York Festivals International Advertising Awards announced the winner of the inaugural SeeHer Lens Award... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TBWA Back in 2019, Build it set out with the objective of refreshing their brand, as well as having a broader market appeal... Read |
| CSI |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA This month we celebrate Madiba in all his glory, remembering what it takes to fight for justice and peace in making South Africa a nation we can be proud of... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP On 20 July 2021, Nahana Communications Group launched its Small Business Rescue Fund to donate R1,400,000 to various small businesses... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Operation Mercy aims to alleviate the suffering of the most affected citizens by feeding one million people for a period of 14 days... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio, Gagasi FM, Lotus FM, Ukhozi FM and Vuma FM have launched #UniteKZN, a campaign conceptualised with the aim of uniting KwaZulu-Natal in the wake of recent events... Read |
| Design |
 | The social distancing design project has been well received internationally, especially in the UK, with over 7,000 products sold there to date, amounting to a total spend of R7,456,827... Read |
 | D&AD has announced the details of their launch of the D&AD Shift with Google programme in Sydney... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu International announced that Fred Levron has been named global chief creative officer. This executive role will see Levron leading the network's holistic creative agenda and its portfolio of creative agencies worldwide... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SPROUT PERFORMANCE PARTNERS Over the past decade digital marketing maturity and digital marketers' objectives have evolved. Fortunately, while digital marketers' challenges have evolved, so too have the tools we use to meet these challenges... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SPARK MEDIA Hive Digital is a relatively new business media entity that has continued to make great strides in providing unique and innovative digital media solutions... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ENGAGEMENT FACTORY Blend360 announced its acquisition of Engagement Factory. This acquisition is designed to expand upon Blend360's global technology and analytics offering and to meet the international needs of its client base... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PUBLISHER'S TOOLBOX Publisher's Toolbox has announced the latest extension of its WebSuite programme in the form of a partnership with Enlit Asia... Read |
 | The IAB SA is hosting its 28th episode this week, and we spoke to Ansa Leighton and Franscoe Bouwer to find out what's on the agenda... Read |
 | Park Advertising has launched a new digital performance unit called Lucid Media with the aim of increasing client need for a more focused and competitive digital service across the group... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DMASA Direct Marketing Association of SA members have access to a handy online toolkit that enables them to build and maintain their own compliance framework as required in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY YEHBABY DIGITAL How can media professionals help to transform the global food system? This is the big question to be tackled at an upcoming independent dialogue on media engagement ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA One of the creative sector's most anticipated awards events, the 24th annual Basa Awards, partnered by Hollard, shines a spotlight on partnerships with the arts that have, through their projects, made a positive impact... Read |
| Exhibitions |
 | ISSUED BY RX AFRICA The Ticketpro Dome is the latest casualty of being unable to operate and the consequences of its closure will have a ripple effect through the South African economy... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 LIFESTYLE Now You brings you one of its most popular puzzle content on a digital platform for the first time... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY G&G DIGITAL When brands incorporate personalisation into their digital marketing strategies, they build stronger relationships with their customers, retain them for longer, encourage word-of-mouth referrals and create better experiences for new customers... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE Africa's premier marketing conference has announced a partnership with Sunshine Cinema, Africa's first solar-powered media distribution channel that ignites imaginations and discussion on the continent... Read |
 | DENISE PERSSON It has never been more important for marketing organisations to be data-driven to deliver business results... Read |
 | JAMES BAYHACK It's widely accepted that change is the only constant in the modern business environment. If businesses don't build marketing strategies with built-in flexibility, they won't be able to adapt to and respond to this change... Read |
 | With the introduction and evolution of multi-touch attribution (MTA), the media industry has moved closer than ever to understanding the impact of each touchpoint on a customer's behaviour... Read |
 | Now the largest consumer segment, Gen Z accounts for 32% of the world's population and has spending power approaching $150bn in the United States... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MELTWATER Meltwater is always striving to provide the most comprehensive 360-degree services to help businesses innovate, and as such are happy to introduce TV, radio, print, news, and social media monitoring in Namibia... Read |
 | Night Embassy by Jägermeister is searching for the four most exciting creative minds from Johannesburg's nightlife communities... Read |
 | Wan-Ifra has announced this year's African Digital Media Awards competition... Read |
 | Advocate and acting judge, Michael Donen SC, has been appointed by Independent Media to chair its external inquiry into the decuplets story... Read |
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 | Telkom has announced that its CEO and executive director Sipho Maseko will step down... Read |
| Online Media |
 | Wunderman Thompson has detailed the launch of its new database, Fund Femme... Read |
 | Online news portal IOL has launched a dynamic free listing and marketing platform - www.eatlocal.org.za - to connect neighbourhood food-related businesses to their local communities... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Clockwork is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mathabo Diale in the position of client service director... Read |
 | JENNIFER LEPPINGTON-CLARK As the highest ranking official within a company, the CEO has many roles they need to fill. The CEO's checklist can be long and daunting... Read |
 | The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has condemned the behaviour in the strongest possible terms of alleged disinformation spread by the Eswatini Government... Read |
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams looks at the fragility of our existence after reading Mortality by Christopher Hitchens... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Primedia Broadcasting announced that Lindile Xoko will be joining the group as chief revenue officer effective 20 September 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM In the early hours of Tuesday, 13 July, community radio station Westside FM, a mouthpiece of the West Rand community since 2013, was ransacked in an outbreak of civil unrest... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY BATELEUR BRAND PLANNING Market research company Bateleur Brand Planning has announced its appointment of Nadia van Dyk as data assistant. Van Dyk joined this month, having previously worked in IT, marketing and branding, and HR/IR... Read |
 | The 4th edition of Scopen's Agency Scope UK 2021/22 has been released... Read |
 | Pamro will hold its 22nd annual conference, in October 2021, under the theme "Finding certainty in uncertain times through measurement" and is calling for submission of papers... Read |
 | The 4th edition of Scopen's Agency Scope UK 2021/22 has been released and highlights key trends in the UK's communication, marketing, procurement and advertising industry... Read |
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 | HOWARD FELDMAN It is possible that cooking oil prevented more looting in SA in the last week than the president, the ANC, the intelligence community, the army and the police combined, quips Howard Feldman of Synthesis... Read |
 | Mr Price will acquire 100% of the privately-owned kitchen and homeware retailer... Read |
| Sales |
 | SHARVED MAGANBEHARIE In Part 1, I shared insights of the why, what and how of online funnels. In Part 2, I'll share how to use funnels... Read |
| Social Media |
 | RICHARD LORD In 2020, budgets were cut, strategies were changed, and priorities were re-looked - but some platforms fared better than others... Read |
 | WAYNE FLEMMING AND ZUBEIDA GOOLAM Businesses and individuals can control how they communicate both internally and externally in a time of crisis... Read |
| Streaming |
 | Mediamark has announced the expansion of their digital audio offering with the addition of the global audio streaming service Deezer... Read |
 | Telkom Mobile has launched its very own music streaming app called Telkom Music Powered by Joox in partnership with Tencent Africa... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA The day has finally come, the highly anticipated show House of Zwide premiere's tonight at 7pm on e.tv... Read |
 | There's an extra dose of hilarities in Family Feud this week when host Steve Harvey welcomes radio DJs from East Coast Radio and KFM... Read |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT Sydney Mbhele is a speaker at this year's Nedbank IMC and will speak on the topic of 'Building True Romance When Marketing in Africa'... Read |
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 | STEVEN J SCHIFF, ANDREW GERONIMO, CLAUDIO FRONTERRE & PADDY SSENTONGO One of the obstacles if you are trying to guide policy and protect people from Covid-19 is the bewildering amount of data available every day... Read |
 | BUSAYO AJUWON, ALICE RICHARDSON & BRETT LIDBURY Imagine it's 2030 - and a typical day in a Nigerian healthcare setting. In earlier decades, when a patient walked in, they could see piles of folders and a clutter of pens scattered all over the office... Read |
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 | The New York Festivals Advertising Awards has detailed the winners of the Genius 100 Inspiration Award, the NYF Pivot Award and Signal Awards... Read |
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 | The overall decline in new Covid-19 infections means that South Africa can move to Adjusted Alert Level 3 with the associated easing of restrictions on gatherings, movement and the sale of alcohol... Read |
 | BRENDON KOTZE Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Recently, one criminal group staged a global attack that locked the systems of organisations in 17 countries, including South Africa... Read |
 | LESEDI NTULI The sustainability issues facing societies are threatening the well-being of people across the globe... Read |
 | LIEZL HUMAN The National Treasury is considering a request from the Department of Social Development to reintroduce the Social Relief of Distress grant... Read |
 | National Treasury has published the gazetted amendments to the Carbon Offset Regulations of the Carbon Tax Act... Read |
 | Members of the public and organisations are requested to nominate suitably qualified people to fill four vacancies at the council of Icasa... Read |
 | Bitcoin will hit its previous all-time highs again by the end of the year with prices driven higher by the "carefully considered arguments" and "new measured tone" of Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey and Cathie Wood... Read |
 | The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed unanimously to leave the repo rate unchanged, opting to keep it at the current 3.5% per annum... Read |
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 | Intercare is a family friendly healthcare company that combines state-of-the-art facilities with expert healthcare professionals, providing integrated healthcare 7 days a week to over 1 million patients per annum. |
 | DPO South Africa is a leading Payment Gateway in South Africa. We are a payment service provider for businesses and individuals to accept payments online. |
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 | AMEEN HASSEN The Covid-19 pandemic has hit South Africa's small business sector hard. Here are some good, solid tips on how to build back better after any business setbacks... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE We find out more about Digital Africa Ventures - a venture capital fund that aims to bridge the funding and support gap for early-stage tech entrepreneurs across South Africa... Read |
 | Convergence Partners has announced the successful first close of its third fund, the Convergence Partners Digital Infrastructure Fund (CPDIF) at $120m... Read |
 | Once a fringe subject, the circular economy is rapidly becoming mainstream as more businesses transition away from a linear, carbon-intensive and waste-creating economy... Read |
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