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 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON After joining Wunderman Thompson South Africa as strategy director in November 2020, Parusha Partab is now celebrating her promotion to group strategy director, effective 1 April 2022...read |
|  | | The 2022 Africa Sabre Awards winners and EMEA Sabre Awards shortlist have been announced...read |
|  | ISSUED BY VALIANT Zubeida Goolam and Sibongile Mbuzwana have taken the lead of the digitally first agency, Valiant...read |
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 | Independent Amsterdam-based creative agency Cloudfactory has joined international independent agency network by The Network... Read |
| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY MOTSEPE ADVERTISING With a fundamental focus on business-to-business clients, Motsepe Advertising has taken off the ground quickly to add value to their clients and staff... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WETPAINT - THE LITTLE BIG AGENCY! Buckle up because we are about to take off. Barely halfway into the year yet another award!... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HUAWEI Digital advertising is undoubtedly one of the most impactful methods to relay brands' messages to their target audiences... Read |
 | VERA SIDLOVA, ISSUED BY KANTAR Find out how iterative ad testing can improve your return on TV advertising by 32%... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Chuckle: Insurer gets it right again with funny ad; Mahindra must learn that safety lies in numbers... Read |
 | The New York Festivals International Advertising Awards (NYFA) will resume face-to-face live jury sessions with NYF's executive jury panel... Read |
| Branding |
 | KATJA HAMILTON In the past two years emergent solutions were launched at Capitec such as WhatsApp banking, Scan to Pay and Virtual Card. Capitec CEO, Gerrie Fourie talks us through questions on the bank's 2022 financial results... Read |
| CSI |
 | ISSUED BY GAGASI FM As part of the #GagasiFMCares4KZN campaign, South Africa's biggest regional radio station has embarked on a drive to assist victims of the recent floods in KwaZulu-Natal... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY ROGERWILCO Digital marketing agency Rogerwilco has strengthened its non-executive advisory board with the appointment of Joseph Hundah... Read |
 | ISSUED BY REALM DIGITAL Among the many emerging impacts of the recent pandemic, eagerness to catch up on the news and happenings of the world in the comfort of one's bed or couch has become increasingly in demand... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TQ GROUP The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly been the catalyst to drive broad-based digitisation and spearhead the 4IR... Read |
 | ISSUED BY G&G DIGITAL Consumers are changing - they have less time, aren't brand loyal, are more socially and environmentally conscious, and prefer experiences over products... Read |
 | Google has announced its first African product development centre that will be located in Nairobi... Read |
 | ISSUED BY REALM DIGITAL Realm Digital's continued pursuit of enhancing innovation and adding higher value to clients has resulted in the addition of three strategic new hires to its experienced and growing team... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 LIFESTYLE Santam, Fairlady and Truelove are looking for the most impactful, resilient and inspiring female entrepreneurs in South Africa... Read |
 | Saitex, Africa's multi-sectoral trade show, will take place from 19-21 June 2022 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Abalobi's Coding for Crayfish documentary has received an award at the International Ocean Film Festival... Read |
 | Chaos Theory has become a local licensee for international film distribution business Filmbankmedia... Read |
 | Merck Foundation launches the first episode of Our Africa by Merck Foundation television programme which raises diabetes awareness in Africa... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE "Never before have we seen such a personal endorsement of brands by our consumers. The issue of relevance becomes the golden needle that knits everything together." So says Xolisa Dyeshana, group creative director at ad agency Joe Public, and this year's co-host of the 2022 Nedbank Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC)... Read |
 | CHRISTOPHER BROWN Should you have to choose between inbound marketing and account-based marketing? Read |
 | LORETTA SHEN Marketers have been at the forefront of digital transformation, adapting to meet the challenges and opportunities of this new normal... Read |
| Newspapers |
 | ISSUED BY ADSPACE24 Boland Media, a division of Media24, has announced the merger of two of their newspapers... Read |
| OOH |
 | JACQUES DU PREEZ, ISSUED BY PROVANTAGE MEDIA GROUP PMG is a long-established out of home (OOH) media player in Africa, with a strong footprint across the continent's key territories... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JCDECAUX AFRICA JCDecaux South Africa launches a 3D anamorphic experience for brands and advertisers... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR Primedia Outdoor demonstrates this year's Earth Day theme, 'Invest in Our Planet', through its continuous commitment to providing green sustainable products, as well as supporting organisations that focus on sustainable growth and development... Read |
| Publishing |
 | TIFFANY MARKMAN Tiffany Markman weighs in on how the approach to content marketing has changed... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio is lending a helping hand following the devastating flooding that swept through KwaZulu-Natal in April and assist communities directly affected by the floods... Read |
 | Commercial youth radio station, YFM, has officially welcomed Ayanda MVP as the afternoon drive show's 'power hitter'... Read |
| Recruitment |
 | Following the great office exodus of 2020, companies across SA are rapidly demanding a return to work of all employees... Read |
| Retail |
 | ANDREW DAWSON While most of the focus has been on the customer-facing side of the retail sector, there are a lot of benefits that could be gained from taking the consumerisation of technology into the B2B element... Read |
 | Massmart has partnered with RCS to unlock value for its customers amid a tough economic climate... Read |
| Sales |
 | NELSON CAMARA Insurers can embrace a data-driven marketing approach which enables personalised campaigns that are more relevant to customers... Read |
 | South African retailers are in a rush to capitalise on the growing volume of consumers opting to do their shopping online... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH Thursday combines witty observations of dating in your 20s, talk-worthy marketing stunts and authenticity to bring a new dating experience to life - but for just one day of the week... Read |
 | LEWIS MITCHELL Most people who use Twitter have had the experience: you fire off a quick tweet, realise it contains a typo, then get annoyed you can't click "edit" to fix it... Read |
 | 2021 saw an uptick in demand for sponsored content over social media. That's according to a Banklesstimes.com data presentation. That presentation showed that consumer appetite for such content grew by 26.7% in that year. Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Basa held an online workshop to provide greater clarity on the application process and eligibility criteria of the Supporting Grants programme... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The winner of the prestigious One Show CMO Pencil award will be selected... Read |
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 | Benin has reached an agreement with The International Monetary Fund in which it will receive $658m in financial assistance... Read |
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 | Dov Girnun, CEO of Merchant Capital, advises SA's entrepreneurs on how their small businesses can thrive in a new market reality... Read |
 | The immediate priority is to ensure that the water supply in eThekwini is fully restored, followed by the electricity and road networks... Read |
 | The Cape Trade Portal is a matchmaking tool and virtual connection point for international buyers and Western Cape sellers of products and services... Read |
 | Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter has dismissed any suggestion that the power grid is in immediate danger of a total system blackout... Read |
 | DR NOMVUSELELO SONGELWA The difference between male and female leaders has been debated for decades. The pandemic has put this issue firmly in the spotlight again... Read |
 | Business Partners Limited is committing to providing finance for SA SMEs who demonstrate commitment to reducing their carbon emissions... Read |
 | RUJEANNE SWANEPOEL Those who have not yet started the EPC process best begin soon or face significant penalties come December... Read |
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 | LINDA MCCLURE Linda McClure, COO of Raizcorp, discusses why the world needs more women in entrepreneurship... Read |
 | For SMEs wanting to grow during this period, ensuring that they have access to funding and a clear plan on how to use it is absolutely vital... Read |
 | CHWAYITA DELIWE Chwayita Deliwe, director at CN Outsourced Finance, takes small business owners through the basics of VAT... Read |
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