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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Jacquie Mullany is the creative director at HelloFCB+ and has judged various awards shows over the years. This year she is part of the judging panel in the Digital category at this years Loerie Awards... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Fu'aad Kasu, creative director at Duke Group is on the judging panel in the Print category at this years Loerie Awards. He was also behind the #fightthegoodfight campaign... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Saf Sindhi, appointed earlier this year as creative partner at Ogilvy Johannesburg, is a judge in the Live, PR and OOH category at the 2021 Loerie Awards... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | The SAHRC has announced that it expects to convene an inquiry into allegations of racial discrimination within the advertising industry next year... Read |
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| Covid-19 |
 | Next week South Africa will start vaccinating children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | Authentication Frustration: How Companies Lose Customers in The Digital Age has interesting data on what customers prefer with authentication processes... Read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH WATCH: While Covid-19 has sped up the move to e-commerce, digital has been part of the marketing mix for many brands for years. A panel at the Ecom Africa conference unpacked the complexities of building a digital brand... Read |
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 | The awards showcase supplier development best practice and celebrate the efforts of large SA companies that have committed themselves to building thriving, inclusive and transformed supply chains... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG WATCH: What are the building blocks of a successful e-commerce business? A panel of industry experts sought to unpack this topic during the recent Ecom Africa 2021 virtual conference... Read |
 | After pivoting its portfolio to emerge re-branded, Vuka Group has signed two collaborative deals with Smarter Mobility Africa and Kinetic Events... Read |
 | Find out who the winners of the Santam Women of the Future Awards are... Read |
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| Film & Cinematography |
 | Find out the winners of the New York Festivals TV and Films Awards... Read |
 | Netflix and Unesco have partnered to launch an innovative short film competition on 'African Folktales, Reimagined' across sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
| Magazines |
 | Winners on the night, who were deemed to be the epitome of 'personal style', consisted of five reader-voted winners and the balance selected from a panel of judges involving GQ's editors and past winners... Read |
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 | JOHANNA MCDOWELL When the IAS participates in judging awards, we do so in support of those awards which demonstrate agency commitment... Read |
 | DANIEL JUNOWICZ Standing out in a competitive mobile app market is even more crucial for marketers and developers to build and market scalable, engaging and user-friendly app experiences... Read |
 | London International Awards (LIA) has announced the appointment of Terry Savage as its new chairperson... Read |
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 | The Responsible Drinking Media Awards (RDMAs) have been put in place by Diageo South Africa to reward and recognise South African journalists... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Delia Sieff, head of communications at SAP Africa, believes that the beauty of PR is having a holistic view across the organisation... Read |
 | Lisbon-based international public relations agency ThirdEyeMedia has been selected as part of a European Commission initiative, the Portugal 2020 programme, which aims to promote and grow small businesses... Read |
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 | South Africa's film production sector has been hit hard by Covid-19, but with much focus on boosting the national vaccination rollout's momentum... Read |
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 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS This week, Bronwyn Williams unpacks Edward L. Bernays' Propoganda, illustrating that it's all around us and that we're constantly, subconsciously being nudged into line... Read |
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 | Spend through voice assistant-enabled smart TVs will reach nearly $500m in 2023, up sharply from the $126m expected in 2021, according to a report from Juniper Research... Read |
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 | JOHN WATLING Now is the time for retail brands to ambitiously reimagine their relationships with customers, and to set the bar high, says Accenture's John Watling... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The Coca-Cola Company is optimistic about the African continent's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, and is building back better to grow its business in the region... Read |
 | FNB card data reveals that consumer spending is recovering better than expected in most categories, with eased lockdown likely to boost it even further... Read |
| Social Media |
 | CALVIN FISHER Instagram provides a space for making new connections in almost any industry, at almost any stage in their development... Read |
 | Four South African TikTok creators have released a new original Amapiano track through the entertainment platform's Rising Voices incubator project... Read |
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 | Africa, with its internationally recognised musical talent - and growing mobile phone use - is central to Swedish music streamer Spotify's plans to extend its reach to a billion customers... Read |
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 | Results of a study examining the brand and buying priorities of South African youth will be tabled at a virtual roundtable, which will unpack the external forces that influence the buying behaviour of the youth.... Read |
| D&AD Awards |
 | EMILY STANDER We spoke to Rebecca Wright to find out more about her appointment as D&AD president and her plans for the next couple of years... Read |
 | Last night, the 2021 D&AD Shift with Google in London five-month night school programme culminated in a showcase event... Read |
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 | Vantage Data Centers has announced the start of construction on its R15bn data centre campus in Gauteng, the American company's first one in SA... Read |
 | According to a recently published white paper from Kearney, A new energy path to viability for African utilities, Africa is on the cusp of a transition into a new energy... Read |
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 | CHRISTIAAN HATTINGH Load shedding is a reality that every South African business needs to manage. The good news is that there are a wide range of affordable backup solutions... Read |
 | Brian Joffe will relinquish his position as CEO of Long4Life, which owns Sorbet and Sportsmans Warehouse, in February 2022, and move into the role of chairman at the company... Read |
 | If you want to accelerate your small food business to the next level, then the V&A Waterfront's Food Lab Incubator Programme is for you... Read |
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