| |
 | | Brand value is on the road to recovery in 2021, reflected by the cumulative value of the 2021 Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable South African Brands ranking, which this year stands at $28.8bn... read |
|
|  |
|---|
|
|
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Seasoned marketing executive, Sbusiso Kumalo, has taken over the reigns as African Bank's chief marketing officer...read |
|  | ISSUED BY DMASA The judging panel for the 2021 Assegai Awards has been selected. These individuals have been carefully chosen by the DMASA and have the collective local and international expertise required to judge all work from the marketing sector...read |
|  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM For event planners and business event organisers, the recent proliferation of online events and webinars has created access to potentially broader geographic and demographic audiences than ever before, while increasing the need for events to be top-of-mind to attract the right responses and registrations...read |
|
|---|
|
|
|
| | FRANCOIS KRIEL, ISSUED BY KRIEL & CO |
|
|
|
|
| | ISSUED BY KFC SOUTH AFRICA | ISSUED BY FUTURE TECH MEDIA | ISSUED BY HOOK, LINE & SINKER | ROBIN FREDERICKS | ROBIN FREDERICKS |
|
|
|
|
| |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE South African décor and design title House and Leisure was acquired by Lookbook Studio after being circulated by Associated Media Publishing for 28 years... Read |
|
|
| IAB Digital Summit & Bookmarks | |
| | ISSUED BY BLUEGRASS DIGITAL |
|
|
|
|
| |  | Design Indaba has opened entries for the Emerging Creatives Programme. Find out more about who can enter, where to enter, and why you should... Read |
|
|
| Marketing & Media |
 | MICHAEL WALKER Michael Walker, head of marketing at Gumtree South Africa shares his thoughts on what agencies are doing wrong (and right) when entering awards... Read |
 | As is tradition with the Financial Mail AdFocus Awards, this year sees ten new jurors joining second term jury members as they determine this year's award winners... Read |
| Advertising |
ISSUED BY THE INNOVATOR TRUST |
ISSUED BY DENTSU |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Nando's: Spot-on comic gem makes us smile at fake news; Another Orchid for comms experts who fill the Covid gap left by alleged corruption... Read |
 | Leadhome, an online estate agency, has dropped a number of ads in its new 'Less Drama' marketing campaign and takes a turn from traditional real estate marketing... Read |
 | In August 2021 a story broke that seemed to suggest that South Africans eat Russians. No, not the sausage kind but actual Russian people... Read |
 | According to data presented by Wette.de, digital advertising revenue worldwide is projected to reach $463.81bn in 2021 a 15% YoY increase from 2020 and cross $500bn sometime in 2022... Read |
 | The Abused News for POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) by Joe Public United Johannesburg wins Gold at the Gerety Awards 2021... Read |
| Branding |
 | GAYLE EDMUNDS Recently, the demand for businesses and brands to become ambassadors for the greater good has opened the door to collaboration... Read |
 | The rename forms part of an extensive rebranding initiative that aligns with Bravo Brands' mission to grow and acquire home comfort brands, under one group... Read |
 | Crosscall, the French, sustainably produced, mobile manufacturer has announced the unveiling of its brand refresh in line with its brand evolution... Read |
 |
|
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | MARKO REIS The socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating for most parts of the world, with East Africa being no exception... Read |
| Design |
 | Standard Bank and the National Arts Festival have announced the six Standard Bank Young Artists for 2021... Read |
 | The #Cocreate Design Festival is a local public event that gathers a diverse range of people to have conversations about South Africa's biggest challenges... Read |
| Digital |
ISSUED BY ATKASA - DIGITAL AGENCY |
ISSUED BY HAVEYOUHEARD |
ISSUED BY INCUBETA |
ISSUED BY SPROUT PERFORMANCE PARTNERS |
 | SARTHAK ROHAL The way we communicate socially has changed thanks to social media and mobile technology... Read |
ISSUED BY SOCIAL PLACES |
| Direct Marketing |
 |
|
| Education |
ISSUED BY INNOVATE DURBAN |
ISSUED BY OFM RADIO |
 | Mancosa has announced that it has launched the School of Information and Digital Technology (Sidt) in response to the demand for digital and IT education offerings... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
ISSUED BY RX AFRICA |
ISSUED BY RX AFRICA |
| Exhibitions |
ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) |
| Marketing |
ISSUED BY OLIVER |
ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA |
LERATO MODISAKENG, ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER |
 | RYAN MCFADYEN Over the last 15 years, give or take a few months, no one can deny that influencer marketing has grown in leaps and bounds... Read |
 | MURRAY LEGG Since the birth of marketing in the early 20th century, brands have spent enormous resources trying to understand what people cared about... Read |
 | MKHUSELI VANGILE "This is the most opportune time to market the sector," writes Mkhuseli Vangile, managing director of The DCF... Read |
 | Complaint publicity - it's a thing, especially on social media... Read |
 | Yoco is championing small business and entrepreneurial underdogs as part of their new brand campaign produced by Johannesburg-based creative agency, Halo... Read |
| Media |
ISSUED BY MELTWATER |
ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG |
 | Five women from FoxP2 share their thoughts, insights, lessons and achievements in their industry... Read |
 | At the onset of the pandemic, brands were faced with an unprecedented crisis... Read |
 | Media professional and entrepreneur Mosh Matsena has over 20 years of experience in the media field... Read |
 | Cloudfactory, the Amsterdam-based agency, uses humour and irony to remind entrants that The Epica Awards is judged by journalists - not creatives... Read |
| Mobile |
 | The number of people using mobile phones hit nearly 5.3 billion in July or 67% of the world's population... Read |
 | The Virgin Mobile story in South Africa is coming to an end... Read |
| Online Media |
ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA |
| OOH |
ISSUED BY NALESA MEDIA |
ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR |
ISSUED BY GROUPM |
| PR & Communications |
 | NEO KOTO In the world, there are great people and then there's everyone else... Read |
 | BRENT HAUMANN When it comes to orchestrating communication to drive engagement, an omnichannel engagement hub can be crucial... Read |
 |
|
| Publishing |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams shares her thoughts on blaming somebody else and taking responsibility for your actions after reading Popcorn by Ben Elton... Read |
| Radio |
ISSUED BY ALGOA FM |
ISSUED BY KAYA 959 |
| Research |
 | The RAMS (Radio Audience Measurement Survey) fieldwork and data processing for Q2 has been completed but the release date of the data is still to be revealed... Read |
 | The 2021 FutureBrand Index, an annual perception study of PwC's Top 100 companies, has revealed the results for this year... Read |
| Retail |
ISSUED BY GL EVENTS SOUTH AFRICA |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG KFC Africa's chief people officer Akhona Qengqe explains how the fast-food giant has been impacted by Covid-19, and how it's equipping itself for the future... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Kemp talks us through the meaning of this next step in his career, the challenge that awaits in steering the company through a turbulent economic landscape, and the opportunities that Ares aims to harness... Read |
| Sales |
 | MICHEL BALLINGS AND NEERAJ BHARADWAJ Smiling or exhibiting other positive emotional displays while selling a product over live video - known as livestreaming - makes people less likely to buy it... Read |
| Sponsorship |
ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA |
 | JEAN WILLERS A disrupted world is changing the value of sponsorship, and the uncertainty created by the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated shifts in the way rights-holders sell sponsorship... Read |
| Streaming |
 | The Recording Industry of South Africa (Risa) has announced the launch of The Official South African Music Charts (Tosac), a radio and digital music streaming chart platform... Read |
| TV |
 | AARON ROSS A television presenter in Ivory Coast was convicted on Wednesday of glorifying rape... Read |
 | Tanzanian-based pay-TV operator AzamTV had added WarnerMedia channels CNN International, Cartoon Network and Boomerang to its channel line-up... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week we go behind the mask of John Perlman, award-winning radio host on Radio 702... Read |
| Africa |
|
 | There is only one doctor per 10,000 people in Africa... Read |
 | African communities often face barriers to financial services... Read |
 | Centurion Law Group has been granted an order to proceed with civil action against Equatorial Guinea blogger Delfin Mocache Massoko in South Africa... Read |
| Business |
|
 | GARYN RAPSON AND PAULA-ANN NOVOTNY The DFFE final suggested draft of the NEMA Financial Provisioning Regulations is now available to the public for comment... Read |
 | ALEXANDER WINNING South Africa's seasonally-adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) recovered in August, after a steep drop in July when arson and looting gripped parts of the country... Read |
 | Life Employee Health Solutions (Life EHS) officially launched its workplace vaccination programme... Read |
 | Africa's domestic and international global business services (GBS) sector estimated to be $15.1bn... Read |
 | The look and feel of a work-from-home (WFH) space has a profound and very direct effect on well-being, says Anna Weylandt, lead designer at Weylandtstudio... Read |
 | Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced a 4c increase in the price of both grades of petrol... Read |
| New Press Offices on Bizcommunity | More | Join |
|
|
 | Flow Communications is one of South Africa's leading independent marketing and communications agencies with a full suite of services, including brand, print, digital, development, social media, PR and media training. |
 | pinpoint one human resources provides effective executive search and executive recruitment services in the areas of C-suite, specialist and critical skills and Human Resource solutions across industries and professional disciplines, nationally in the Republic of South Africa and across Africa with the capability of servicing National, Pan-African and Multi-National Corporates. |
 | Founded in 2010 Euphoria Telecom are the providers of South Africa's leading cloud-based business phone and contact centre solution. |
 | Our work includes creative PR strategies, engaging social media and digital campaigns, legendary events, gorgeous press drops, dynamic influencer promotions, interesting content and solid media relationships. |
| Entrepreneurship |
|
 | The SAB Foundation Tholoana Enterprise Programme is looking for entrepreneurs who are committed to boosting their growth and achieving new levels of success... Read |
 | It has been revealed by the Provincial Treasury that, to date, the Western Cape Government has spent 67.35% of all Covid-19 expenditure on SMMEs... Read |
 | The Entrepreneur's Organisation (EO) has launched an initiative called 'Bootcamp to Boardroom' which aims to support young entrepreneurs as they navigate the perilous first three-year phase of their business... Read |
| Quotes |
|
Gertrude Stein "Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." Peter Marshall "May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right." Stephen Covey "Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships." Stephen Hawking "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at." Nelson Mandela "It always seems impossible until it's done." |
More quotes Submit a Quote |
|
| New appointments |
|
- Kagiso Media announces new senior appointments - more info
- Hook, Line & Sinker Communications appoints new business unit manager - more info
|
More people Submit a Person |
|
| Jobs offered |
|
| BMi Research provides market research products and solutions to retailers, FMCG, services and education sectors. We are looking to fill the position of new business development consumer insights research. Read more >> |
| Product and content manager to develop, implement and optimise social investment offerings that equip the business community to achieve greater social impact. Read more >> |
We are looking for a mid to senior-level digital multimedia designer who has a competitive edge and approaches any project with the mindset to create something beautiful. Read more >>We're looking for an ideas-driven senior graphic designer who is passionate about creating beautifully crafted design solutions to join the team in a full-time capacity. Read more >>We're looking for an ideas-driven junior graphic designer who is passionate about creating beautifully crafted design solutions to join the team in a full-time capacity. Read more >> |
|
| New events to diarise |
|
|
 The 7th Annual In Good Company conference, to be held over two days will bring social impact under the spotlight, searching for new ways to unlock our country's potential. Read more >> A unique virtual event where suppliers connect directly with South Africa's thought leaders and route-to-market operators to align with the trends and dynamics shaping the independent trade. Read more >>IIE-Vega Open DayVega School - 30 Oct 2021, Johannesburg | 30 Oct 2021, Cape Town | 30 Oct 2021, Pretoria | 30 Oct 2021, Durban |
|
|
