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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Afrophiles get ready this quarter for a celebration of the individuals, organisations and brands keeping panAfrican business excellence on the global radar... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ADCLICK AFRICA Let's put a spin on how we approach digital trends in 2022... Read |
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| |  | U-Studio was tasked save summer! They weren't going to let the gloomy outlook for 2020 ruin the joy South Africans could have over the summer. Watch the interview to hear first-hand from the team on how they strategised and executed this brilliant campaign, creating moments for consumers to #ChooseJoy in a difficult time... Read |
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| |  | ISSUED BY DIGITAL KUNGFU 28,230 views. 1,703 watch time hours. 96 countries. Read |  | ISSUED BY DIGITAL KUNGFU Halo Dot approached the Matt Brown Show media house, to help raise awareness of the softpos technology and educate the market about how the technology enables the future of the payments across the African and EMEA markets... Read |  | Find out what retail media networks are, how they operate, what their business models are and why they are making huge inroads into the market... Read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | PIETER GROENEWALD In business boardrooms the world over, as soon as someone mentions TikTok, there is often a silence and a hesitancy to explore what many believe to be a daunting platform... Read |
 | Ahead of the April holiday season, the South African Breweries (SAB) has reiterated its commitment to driving a culture of responsible consumption in South Africa with several initiatives... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Burger King decided to launch its most recent Hot Chilli Lover Burger by incorporating daily slang into its promotion, along with SA's favourite hot sauce, Tabasco... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has opened the call for entries for the 2022 Effie Awards South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA One of South Africa's leading private hospital groups and a global healthcare company, Life Healthcare Group, has appointed Ogilvy South Africa as its communications agency. Read |
 | Created by Babel for London-based AdForum Phnx Awards, the 'What Is An Award?' campaign is its call for entries... Read |
 | The latest TVC from Lunch Bar, Behind every legend, pays homage to South African legend, Khuli Chana... Read |
 | The London International Awards (LIA) entry system is now open, and this year, LIA is introducing two new competitions... Read |
| Branding |
 | Following Dis-Chem's R430m acquisition of Baby City, the baby product retailer is now fully integrated into the Dis-Chem Group and is sporting a brand refresh - including a new logo and corporate identity... Read |
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| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY KANTAR When it comes to delivering winning customer experience to today's consumers, brands need to streamline their focus and deliver on their promise of seamless CX in a channel-less world. Social commerce has redefined the terms of engagement for brands and consumers alike... Read |
 | ANDREW BOURNE Customer experience (CX) is a crucial differentiator as much as price or product quality, says Andrew Bourne... Read |
| Design |
 | Absa has officially opened applications for the 2022 Absa L'Atelier... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY REALM DIGITAL We're already a quarter of a year down the fibre optic cable that is 2022! By now you've ticked all those trend boxes and crossed them off your to-do list. If you're failing to see any positive return on those efforts, read on... Read |
 | ISSUED BY QUICKEASY SOFTWARE As electronic commerce and electronic data interchange (EDI) become more vital as core business competencies, the need for EDI data integration across enterprise systems is growing... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DIGITAL KUNGFU The Matt Brown Show delivers 58,230 viewers in 72 hours... Read |
 | JOHAN POTGIETER Moving at speed towards 4IR, spurred on by climate change and the net-zero imperative, has brought immense challenges... Read |
 | CHERYL REDDY If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a video is most certainly worth a few million. Video marketing has become the go-to online content to bolster overall brand marketing strategies... Read |
 | Huawei recently launched its Leap digital skills development programme... Read |
 | The Goethe-Institut in partnership with Animation South Africa (ASA) have launched the 2022 Cav' Platform Dialogue Forums... Read |
 | Ramp, a UK-based forecasting analytics business, has acquired a majority stake in Hoorah Digital... Read |
 | The inaugural DStv Content Creator Awards are here... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY OLC THROUGH THE LINE COMMUNICATIONS Coming to a Sun International Casino near you... Read |
 | ISSUED BY RAND SHOW From 13 April to 18 April 2022, the Competition Commission will be exhibiting at Southern Africa's largest consumer largest consumer exhibition, the Rand Show... Read |
 | "The drive for sustainability, wellness and full community engagement will see a new generation tourism industry or tourism 4IR-tourism fit for a global, integrated, diverse and equitable world in which we truly conserve our environment." Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Leemtes en Leegheid won Best Short Film, Audience Choice and Best Script at the 10th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival... Read |
 | Eleven interns have successfully graduated from the first-ever MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Scriptwriting Incubator... Read |
 | Cinema celebrates 127 years in South Africa... Read |
| Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY ATKASA - DIGITAL AGENCY As Covid-19 restrictions are slowly eased, and we emerge into something resembling normality post-pandemic, many companies will be taking stock and planning their next moves carefully... Read |
 | ISSUED BY INCUBETA Amazon raked in a substantial $31bn in ad revenue last year and, while this may account for a relatively small portion of the tech giant's overall earnings, its ad business is one of its fastest growing divisions... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU iProspect, a dentsu company, has been awarded AB InBev's media strategy, planning and buying mandate across the African continent... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MULLEN LOWE SOUTH AFRICA Integrated marketing communications network, MullenLowe South Africa, has given local consumers something to think about... Read |
 | It's important to note that the next generation, Generation Alpha, has already arrived and is demonstrating incredible purchasing power... Read |
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| Media |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIAHEADS 360 MediaHeads 360 has always believed that community radio's importance cannot be understated... Read |
 | The South African Poultry Association's (SAPA's) Galliova Awards have been at the forefront of innovation as the first awards to recognise South African food and health writers, and in 2022 will introduce new categories... Read |
| Media Freedom |
 | Sanef has strongly condemned former SAA board chairperson, Dudu Myeni, for her alleged assault on photographer, Sandile Ndlovu... Read |
| Mobile |
 | ISSUED BY INDABA BILLBOARDS & MEDIA Mobile connectivity on taxis is the latest in a series of innovations introduced by Indaba Billboards and Media, and has caught the attention and investment of Capfin... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PUBLISHER'S TOOLBOX PT SportSuite have today announced the launch of a new Match Centre and Stats Service module to provide fans with the ultimate digital match experience before, during and after match days... Read |
 | Widespread infrastructure damage and power outages in KwaZulu-Natal are affecting MTN sites... Read |
 | MTN has launched its tailor-made packages for small and informal businesses in the Western Cape - MTN Made for Skhokho... Read |
| Online Media |
 | MiWay has partnered with Good Things Guy, the established source for positive news stories in South Africa and the world... Read |
| OOH |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR Prime XOOH is the crystallisation of an innovation team created by Jorja Wilkins, executive of Marketing and Marketing Services at Primedia Outdoor... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | ISSUED BY ROGERWILCO Digital agency of the year strengthens its already robust offering... Read |
| Promotions & Activations |
 | ISSUED BY ONPOINT PR After-hours glam and grooming treatments available at selected salons every month... Read |
| Publishing |
 | CHOLA MAKGAMATHE Partners Against Piracy (PAP), a pan-African initiative to combat content piracy has launched... Read |
 | In judging copyright infringement matters similar to that of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You, South Africa's courts are likely to reach a similar conclusion to the UK High Court, based on the Copyright Act and case law... Read |
| Radio |
 | EMILY STANDER Radio DJ and MC Mpumi 'Msakazi' Mlambo has landed a new show on Metro FM... Read |
 | Public voting for the MyStation Competition for the 12th edition of the Radio Awards has opened... Read |
 | April is always an exciting time in the local radio space. Contract renewal season often means that stations announce their new lineups - and it's a time where new talent is often introduced to audiences... Read |
| Recruitment |
 | ISSUED BY SAPPI Sappi has launched an exciting campaign to encourage skilled engineers and production specialists to join its growing team, to help reach its objectives of pursuing a circular economy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA In the Internal Comms Trends Tracker 2021-22, New Media's specialist internal communications team takes a deep dive into our hybrid working reality and the new work trends that are already starting to emerge... Read |
| Retail |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG Ahead of Ecom Africa, we chat with OneDayOnly's sales and marketing director about the growth trajectory of e-commerce and how the daily deals site is adapting to keep the customer at the centre of the business... Read |
 | NATASHA PARMANAND It's never been more important for retailers to help their customers purchase via whatever channel they prefer, writes Natasha Parmanand of FedEx Express... Read |
 | YAA AGYARE-DWOMOH The pandemic acquainted South Africans with online shopping, highlighting its convenience while enabling the growth of the e-commerce market, says Frost and Sullivan's Yaa Agyare-Dwomoh... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG With the commercialisation of cannabis ramping up, we chatted to Corbett about taking up a position at one of the premier companies in this space, and what lies ahead for him and the Goodleaf Wellness brand... Read |
 | The Studio 88 Group operates fashion retail brands including Studio 88, SideStep, Skipper Bar and John Craig. The acquisition will add more than 700 additional stores to the Mr Price group footprint... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | SA Rugby has partnered with McDonald's as their newest associate sponsor of the Springbok Sevens team... Read |
| TV |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA Abafana Ababi will stream from 19 April, exclusively on eVOD and promises to entertain from start to finish... Read |
 | African Over the Top (OTT) movie and TV episode revenues will reach $2bn by 2027... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER With 15 years of experience behind her, Deanne Chatterton specialises in restructuring and repositioning businesses to be profitable... Read |
| Prism Awards |
 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Bizcommunity is delighted to confirm it is the main media partnership to the Awards event... Read |
| Africa |
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 | RACHEL SAVAGE Sub-Saharan Africa's economy is set to grow 3.6% this year, down from 4% in 2021, the World Bank said as it warned of rising food and energy prices... Read |
 | To build our intra-Africa trade requires creating trade opportunities across the continent, and getting involved in forums that have a mandate to prompt investment and policy reforms by African governments... Read |
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 | BHARGAV ACHARYA Government has raised $3bn in two new sovereign bonds in international markets in a sign of continued investor confidence... Read |
 | HEINRICH DE LEEUW Heinrich de Leeuw, managing director at Seidor Africa, discusses how technology can help maintain your business... Read |
 | Experts and business leaders explain why and how businesses can prioritise sustainability... Read |
 | Eskom has escalated load shedding from Stage 2 to Stage 4 due to a trip at the Majuba and Tutuka power stations... Read |
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 | NUNU NTSHINGILA Businesses have been hit hard by Covid-19, and women-led businesses have experienced disproportionately negative effects, writes Nunu Ntshingila... Read |
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