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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Want to take the pressure off your content creation, but still enjoy top-story exposure?.. Read |
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 | The 2022 edition of The Loeries, the brand communications awards across Africa and the Middle East, are open for entries... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TBWA It's been a month of wins for TBWA\SA. Just days after being named to Fast Company's prestigious annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies (MIC) for 2022, ranking No.1 in the Advertising sector, TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris has also again been named No.1 Agency in SA and TBWA\SA South Africa's No.1 Group for 2021 by The Creative Circle... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Jeanette Grove joined Grey in 2017, bringing over 20 years' experience in the broadcasting, advertising and communications industries in both South Africa and the UK. She has now been promoted to ECD of social and content... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BOOMTOWN A fresh approach to the big idea from Boomtown contributed to First Choice Custard comprehensively beating its 2021 summer campaign targets... Read |
 | EMILY STANDER Music in Ads explores the role of music in advertising... Read |
 | Pitcher Festival has announced the appointment of Steve Babaeko, president of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria and Joel Rao, chief executive officer of Digital & Customer Experience at Dentsu Aegis, Kenya as jury presidents for Pitcher Awards Heritage and Channel categories... Read |
 | Dentsu International is in the process of transferring the ownership of its joint venture in Russia... Read |
 | Russian-based entrants will not be accepted for the 2022 London International Awards (LIA) show... Read |
 | Volkswagen has launched an NFT brand campaign with a metaverse-inspired ad commercial... Read |
| Branding |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDRESERVE BrandReserve Co is on a mission to answer one of Africa's greatest problems; how do you bring African culture to life for a global audience, through community context, commerce and storytelling?.. Read |
 | JENNILEE PEREMORE-OLIVER For decades, marketers have used legacy to persuade the public to buy their product or service... Read |
 | The final Warc ranking, Effective 100, has been announced... Read |
 | Life insurer FMI has officially rebranded itself to Bidvest Life as it looks to unlock growth opportunities... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | GREG GATHERER Increased competition, unpredictability in supply chains, and shifting consumer expectations all provide challenges for B2B businesses wanting to expand their revenue... Read |
| Design |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Thabisa Mjo's penchant for telling uniquely African stories through the medium of design has earned her remarkable recognition on home soil and abroad... Read |
 | Entries for the 2022 Red Dot Award: Brands & Communication Design are now open... Read |
 | Honest Chocolate has given emerging South African artists the space to freely express their creativity on a range of artist wrappers... Read |
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 | South African designers, photographers, animators and creators of all ages have been invited to enter this year's ProArtist Awards... Read |
 | Design Joburg is set to take place from 19-21 May 2022 at the Sandton Convention Centre... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON This award is based on the agency's overall performance, growth with Acquia Open Digital Experience Platform (DXP), new customers, and outstanding contributions to innovations with Acquia's products for 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY V5 DIGITAL Countless experts have addressed the how, where and what of Bitcoin. Steven Torok will take us on an original journey on why you should start paying more attention to Bitcoin and digital currencies... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ADSPACE24 Adspace24 is excited to announce select appointments of their senior leaders... Read |
 | PRENESH PADAYACHEE If the metaverse is to become everything it promises to be, one of the major challenges we need to address is network infrastructure... Read |
 | Award-winning digital pioneer Jay Thomson has teamed up with Urbian, a fintech and digital tech consultancy that helps ambitious leaders to pioneer and innovate in the digital economy... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY BOOMTOWN Boomtown's Bayeza Graduate Internship Programme strives to not only to equip graduates with suitable work experience but to foster a passion for the industry... Read |
 | Masters of The Industry Africa, popularly referred to as MOTI, has finally been launched in Africa... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA After launching a groundbreaking competition to find some of sub-Saharan Africa's up-and-coming filmmakers, entitled 'African Folktales, Reimagined' Netflix and Unesco announced the six winners... Read |
 | The Gravel Road Feature Pitching Competition, a feature film pitching competition, is open to those 18+ and older across the country... Read |
 | Hear about President Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to Netflix's Project Panda production in Cape Town... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ENGAGEMENT FACTORY, A BLEND360 COMPANY Blend360 appoints Xavier Martí as vice president of business development for EMEA, focusing on global expansion... Read |
 | KATHRYN MCKAY The move towards a digital economy over the past 10 years has seen digital marketing rise to prominence... Read |
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 | The Warc rankings for Creative 100 2022 has been released... Read |
 | In a campaign that combines local talent and digital storytelling, Reebok is reminding South Africans that Life is not a spectator sport... Read |
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 | AURELIO APICELLA, ISSUED BY NOVUS GROUP Even though more than half of the media reporting (53%) on the Budget Speech was neutral, close to 31% was positive and reinforced opinion that the budget was well balanced, according to media monitoring company Novus Group... Read |
 | CANDY DEMPERS, ISSUED BY MEDIAHEADS 360 As we invest into the creative economy, diversity is a currency that creates exponential value... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The AMA Academy, a free tool for journalists, content providers and publishers on the continent, recently launched and is available to journalists across Africa... Read |
 | Samro, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Levedo Foundation have announced the results of the fourth Concerts SA Digital Mobility Fund... Read |
 | The Warc rankings for Media 100 has been released... Read |
 | The Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards have found a new home at the South African National Editors' Forum (SANEF) and entries are now open... Read |
 | Africa No Filter and Meta have announced the six finalists of the 'Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds' programme... Read |
 | Publicis has been awarded AB InBev's US and European media buying and planning business as well as Asia and South America... Read |
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| Newspapers |
 | Newspaper printing operations are optimistic about this year's business, according to the World Printers Forum Outlook 2021-22 report... Read |
| Online Media |
 | JUSTIN GLANVILLE Pop-ups give us marketers a bad name. It's because they aren't done correctly writes Justin Glanville... Read |
 | News24 is changing its slogan to: "Trusted News. First." from "Breaking News. First."... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE With 19 years of working in the media and marketing environment, Bradly Howland has been appointed as the new CEO of HWB Communications... Read |
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| Production |
 | The Music Audit Usage System (MAUS) offers composers, artists, labels and publishers a way to track proceeds due to them... Read |
| Publishing |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The lead article in the March edition of Public Sector Leaders is on the appointment of Honourable Raymond Zondo as the new Chief Justice... Read |
| Radio |
 | The SA Radio Awards entries are open... Read |
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 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG The damage caused by the pandemic has placed greater demands on the economy to provide employment. The health crisis also exposed the fragility of global supply chains and revealed great capacity in SA for adaptation in manufacturing... Read |
 | Refinery's Future of Comfort-campaign campaign sees Pepkor extending 3D technology from product to marketing touchpoints... Read |
 | To celebrate the launch of the drop, players can download a Puma DLC where they can visit a virtual Puma store to change a character's skins, participate in different races to collect exclusive trophies, and more... Read |
| Social Media |
 | CAREY VAN VLAANDEREN, ISSUED BY ESET Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, particularly among teenagers... Read |
 | CHANIQUE RAUTENBACH Per their media release of 14 March 2022, the Competition Commission referred to the Competition Tribunal for prosecution the social media group, Meta Platforms Inc and its subsidiaries, WhatsApp Inc and Facebook South Africa for abuse of dominance... Read |
 | ASHLEIGH BURTON TikTok has become a powerhouse of advertising and branding... Read |
 | The Competition Commission has referred to the Competition Tribunal for the prosecution of Meta Platforms Inc and its subsidiaries, WhatsApp Inc and Facebook South Africa for abuse of dominance... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA BET's sinful drama series comes to e.tv. Millions of viewers will get to see the provocative and brilliantly crafted story, free for the first time... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Forget everything you thought you knew, as Openview births a new cultural movement. eXposed is a raw and unfiltered lifestyle, food, music, art, and entertainment channel... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER We catch up with Sydney-based South African actress Sanaa Shaik... Read |
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 | NITHEN NAIDOO As tensions increase following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the threat of state-sponsored cyber-attacks is a growing concern... Read |
 | BATE FELIX The African Development Bank (AfDB) has secured $32.8bn in investment commitments for projects in Africa, the bank's president said... Read |
 | SOFIA CHRISTENSEN A subsea cable owned by Google that promises to double internet speeds for millions in Africa arrived in Togo on Friday... Read |
 | More plastic waste is being diverted from landfills and into a circular economy that grows jobs and entrepreneurship in African countries... Read |
 | More than 80 million vaccine doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives... Read |
 | The need for rapid public-procurement reforms in Kenya has seen the country's president welcome a World Bank loan of $750m... Read |
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 | It's been reported that Publicis Groupe is stopping all operations, engagement and investment in Russia immediately as attacks on Ukraine continues... Read |
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 | BRADLEY WORKMAN-DAVIES AND KERRY FREDERICKS The National State of Disaster has been extended by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs to 15 April 2022, after which we expect the state of disaster to be lifted... Read |
 | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has gazetted a further extension of the National State of Disaster on Covid-19, until 15 April 2022... Read |
 | By giving IT professionals the ability to leverage an API to define rules of transaction using simple code, to curate banking services and to access and send transactional data in real-time, Investec is revolutionising business- and private banking as we know it... Read |
 | "We have ascertained the source of the material, confirming it to be small glass fragments originating from a light fitting that has affected a limited batch of products only," McCain said... Read |
 | Mamas Alliance's German More says there is a desperate need to channel funding to community organisations and NGOs within South Africa's more rural areas... Read |
 | Nersa's proposed change in tariffs could see solar power users paying up to ten times more for the electricity they use from the national grid... Read |
 | In a surprise announcement, Prudential Financial and LeapFrog Investments are backing one of Africa's leading independent providers of financial advice and retirement-, investment-, and wealth-management services... Read |
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 | JOÃO BARRETO & SANDISO SIBISI Africa is the youngest continent by way of population age and the most entrepreneurial of them. The latter is partly due to our ongoing development - growing while grappling with inequalities... Read |
 | Business Insider Africa has launched its inaugural Business Insider Africa Awards which aim to recognise influential entrepreneurs... Read |
 | Google has announced the participants in Google for Startups Accelerator Africa Class 7... Read |
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