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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Excitement is building up for the BizTrends 02.02.2022 event, an afternoon trend intensive scheduled to take place online Wednesday, 2 February 2022, from 1-5.30pm... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY FACEBOOK Fiona Potgieter, the COO of Yonder, and Parul Mehta, the lead customer success manager of ROI Hunter, share behind-the-scenes details about the overarching KFC eCommerce Always On campaign... Read |
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| |  | Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives platform has named the 40 gifted youngsters who will participate in the local creative developmental programme... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Anticipating an exceptionally busy year with its strong portfolio of brands, Rapt Creative has appointed Sanché van Rensburg as group executive creative director... Read |
 | The fourth edition of the unparalleled study Agency Scope 2021/22 South Africa brought 465 interviewees face-to-face with researchers in video interviews... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA It is with immense pride that we announce three deserved promotions in the Grey wolf pack... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC UNITED If 2021 taught us anything, it's that we can do with all the help we can get to make it through another year of this new crazy-that-we-now-call-normal... Read |
 | JARRED CINMAN Jarred Cinman maintains there are four fundamental principles clients want from their agency direct contacts... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Dakar: Toyota's gazoo racing gives its competitors a 'snotklap'; Silence on criticism of anorexic looking 'thick' patties puts Woolies in a bad light... Read |
 | JOSHUA MARANEY I recently took my kids to the cinema. It really was a fantastic movie and we had a great time. We got there early, as we always do, to watch the trailers... Read |
 | New York Festivals AME Awards has announced the addition of six high-level advisors to the AME Awards Advisory Council... Read |
 | The WARC Awards for Effectiveness 2022, in association with LIONS, has named its final three jury panels... Read |
| Branding |
 | The final three categories for Brand South Africa's Play Your Part Awards 2022 are now open for nominations... Read |
| Design |
 | The collaborative collection features bold pieces that celebrate Mnisi's Tsonga heritage, with apparel that supports a range of sports... Read |
| Digital |
 | GREG BAILIE From creators to VR, social commerce is set to dominate the way we shop (and sell) says Greg Bailie... Read |
 | RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA Digital transformation encompasses many pockets including digital communications to media channels... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER We spoke to Jacques de Bruyn, the digital marketing and PR MD at Flume, about digital marketing and transformation in business... Read |
 | JULIET GILLIES BusinessOfApps recently released its annual worldwide apps data to end 2021, with one word repeating over and over: billions... Read |
 | An organic search strategy is essential to the marketing mix of a brand... Read |
 | Learn more about the digital literacy programme, DigiBytes, and the partnership between Digify Africa and the UK Government... Read |
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 | The Covid-19 pandemic has demonstrated that digital learning is required now, not in the future, says Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga... Read |
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 | AIDA MULUNEH Photography is not just a tool for artistic expression or documentation, it is a lot more than that, writes Aida Muluneh... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MARKETING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Organisations that have delivered exceptional customer experiences and enabled consistent brand and company growth over the last three years are invited to enter the MAA's Marketing Organisation of the Year Award... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE Get ready for the Nedbank IMC 2022 conference... Read |
 | Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) has appointed Thomas Milz as its new sales and marketing director at the helm of its National Sales Organisation (NSO) in Gauteng... Read |
 | The Elevation Business Magazine Africa is a digital business magazine that has been rebranded, realigned, and repositioned online as of today, Monday, 31 January 2022... Read |
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 | CANDY DEMPERS, ISSUED BY MEDIAHEADS 360 Once upon a time a Media Maverick wanted to move an audience to feel positively about their client's product... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA These days, the word 'value' has become nebulous amongst both consumers and marketers. It's often misused, overused, and, as a result, has lost a lot of its meaning... Read |
 | SONICA WILKEN Tourism Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu was accused of committing plagiarism recently as it was claimed that a section of her opinion piece - "Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice" - incorporated parts of a speech given by former UK attorney-general Dominic Grieve... Read |
 | YouTube has revealed the names of African creators who have been selected to join the flagship #YouTubeBlack Voices Fund initiative... Read |
 | AdExchanger and AdMonsters together will present the 2022 Top Women in Media & Ad Tech Awards to recognise the impact of outstanding women on the digital media and ad tech community... Read |
 | Find out who Rolling Stone's new CEO is, and what this means for the future of the publication... Read |
 | The international study documenting the extent of sexual harassment in newsrooms has been released... Read |
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 | The Type Directors Club (TDC) has further enhanced existing diversity within its leadership with the announcement of seven new TDC Advisory board members... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU John Brown Media South Africa, is delighted to announce the appointment of Natalie Wilson as managing director effective from 1 April 2022... Read |
 | Did you know that the average person searches on Google between three and four times every single day and that the search engine processes over 3.5 billion searches daily? Read |
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 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA The #TwirraShadeProject takes the country's funniest shade thrown on Twitter and turns it into real shade with custom-designed benches and wall murals... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JCDECAUX AFRICA JCDecaux South Africa has announced the promotion of Lélanie Butler to director of innovation and projects for South Africa, effective from 17 January 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR As Covid-19 restrictions gradually ease across the world, and the global economy starts to turn a corner, people are ready to once again connect with each other in social spaces. For outdoor media, this means a renaissance... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DUO MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS DUO Marketing + Communications, a specialist provider of public relations and digital marketing services to B2B technology companies in Africa, has been selected as Best Tech Focused PR & Digital Marketing Agency - Africa at the 2022 Global Business Insight Awards... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER We spoke to Flow Communications' new head of social media, Thrishni Subramoney... Read |
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 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Despite the adoption of the paywall model by many publications across the globe, the success has been varied... Read |
 | The winners of the 12th annual New Media Writing Prize (NMWP) awards were recently announced at a virtual event... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA BROADCASTING Huawei and Kfm 94.5 have announced the return of the Cape's hottest music festival - Huawei K-Day 2022, inspired by the Huawei nova 9... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOT 102.7FM Hot 102.7FM's Hotbusters gang is "busting" businesses that play Hot 102.7FM for their staff and customers, rewarding them with pizza from Papachinos and an exclusive Hot 102.7FM decal... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KAYA 959 This week the Leratong Joy For One Foundation in Alexandra, Johannesburg, received a donation of more than R50,000... Read |
 | Seriti Institute, in partnership with the Industrial Development Corporation, has contributed to the sustainability of Mamelodi Community Radio Station (Mams Radio) in Northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng... Read |
| Research |
 | Two-thirds of South African consumers remain convinced of the long-term effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and believe the country will only be free of its direct impacts during 2023... Read |
| Retail |
 | Thobejane assumes overall accountability over KFC's sub-Saharan markets, and will accelerate the group's growth agenda while ensuring franchise partners uphold brand standards... Read |
 | Unilever is set to cut 1,500 jobs across the globe as it reorganises its business to become more category-focused... Read |
 | The first Savage X Fenty store boasts a modular design, customisable fitting rooms with digital kiosks, and body scanning technology that helps shoppers find their perfect fit... Read |
 | The Innovation Award calls upon inventive startups to pitch their solutions to accelerate the luxury experience at LVMH Maisons... Read |
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 | YUDHVIR SEETHARAM Some of the most successful companies of all time have achieved that success by effectively collecting, analysing, and leveraging customer data. This simple truth has been repeatedly confirmed by research... Read |
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 | Disney+, the streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, confirmed that it will be launching in South Africa this Winter... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY FOX NETWORKS GROUP National Geographic Wild's 11th Big Cat Month showcases a lifetime of wildlife filmmaking by acclaimed local big-cat filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert, including the premiere of their first film on cheetahs, narrated by award-winning actor Jeremy Irons... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week we go behind the mask of Thule Ngcese, creative director at Boomtown Johannesburg... Read |
| D&AD Awards |
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 | DARRYL BERNSTEIN, JOHAN BOTES, KIERAN WHYTE AND LERISHA NAIDU Baker McKenzie partners in Johannesburg discuss the key legal trends in dispute resolution, employment, energy and ESG in Africa, and what can be expected in 2022... Read |
 | NYAMEKO ROYI South African space science had a big day on 13 January 2022... Read |
 | Diageo has agreed to sell Meta Abo Brewery, its brewery based in Ethiopia, to BGI, part of Castel Group... Read |
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 | 249 organisations from 31 African countries were officially certified Top Employers 2022 for their outstanding HR strategies and people practices... Read |
 | De Ruyter also said steps are being taken to protect Eskom assets from acts of "sabotage" after several incidents ranging from vandalism to explosions... Read |
 | Organised Labour statement on CCMA ruling on the dismissal of a worker for refusing to vaccinate... Read |
 | Regarding the outlook for the rest of the year, Adrian Goslett, CEO of Re/Max of Southern Africa, remains cautiously optimistic... Read |
 | Shanghai has been ranked the world's top smart city for 2022 following an extensive study carried out by Juniper Research... Read |
 | DANIEL VAN DER MERWE In what is seemingly the first arbitration award issued by the CCMA pertaining to an employee refusing to vaccinate in accordance with a company's MVP, the CCMA has ruled that the dismissal was indeed fair... Read |
 | Brand Finance Global 500 2022 have revealed the findings of the 16th annual study into the world's 500 most valuable and strongest brands across all sectors and countries... Read |
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