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 | ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING In November 2020 the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) launched its new brand identity in preparation for a new era in the broader communications sector in South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Not too long ago, life was predictable and becoming an adult included laid out basic steps - finish school, study further, and then find a 9 to 5 job... Read |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Morale booster: Ad shows the kind of SA we can become; Kudos to Netflix for important content and clever promotion... Read |
| Africa Month |
 | PAUL JACKSON The advertising business in Africa is historically linked to the entry of multinational communications networks into the continent at first during the colonisation era, but even more aggressively post colonisation... Read |
| Cannes Lions |
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| CRM, CX, UX |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG As retailers double down on data science in a quest to understand customers, they must not lose sight of the fact that shoppers are in fact humans, not numbers on a spreadsheet, notes Alex Genov, head of customer research at Zappos... Read |
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 | Hollard's creative agency, VMLY&R, came up with an audacious idea to unleash the power of active citizenry to make real change... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Constitution Hill and its agency partner, Ogilvy, came together to launch "The 12th Chair" - a creative challenge to design a chair which represents the seat of the people, in partnership with the 11 Constitutional Court judges... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY LOCATION BANK There are so many half-truths, inaccuracies, and just damn lies floating about that we decided to put them in a book (a digital book anyway) to protect you from some of the whoppers you may be being told... or sold... Read |
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 | Last weekend Africa's first metaverse Africarare's Ubuntuland sold 149 plots of virtual land in less than eight minutes... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ECOM AFRICA Are you delivering 10x better, cheaper and faster than your competitors and peers in the same space?... Read |
| Magazines |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The April edition of PSL features a special tribute to former President Nelson Mandela... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY RX AFRICA Last month, RX Africa's Daniella Galante became the proud recipient of a 2022 UFI Next Generation Leadership (NGL) Grant. We share her story... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EATBIGFISH Around the 19th century, the price of tea in China was a fervently discussed subject for the British House of Commons... Read |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE At the Nedbank Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Conference 2022, Ron Thurston, one of the USA's leading retail gurus, will describe the dynamics of how our brands can shine like beacons of relevance in the retail space... Read |
 | ANTONIO PETRA, ISSUED BY NAHANA COMMUNICATIONS GROUP The supply chain disruption we are currently experiencing that is both restricting access and increasing the lead time of products will probably not end in 2023... Read |
 | STEPHANIE ABOUJAOUDE Over the past three years, the business of marketing has drastically changed says Stephanie Aboujaoude... Read |
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 | JOHN HAWKINS & MICHAEL JAMES WALSH The board of Twitter will support a takeover bid by Elon Musk. But is it in the public interest?... Read |
 | City Press has laid charges with the police following the cyberbullying of its entertainment reporter... Read |
| Mobile |
 | ASHLEY OLSON ONYANGO Mobile money has evolved from a niche money-transfer offering to a mainstream service that is financially empowering hundreds of millions around the globe... Read |
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 | Based on Google search activity in April, South Africans turned to Google to find out more about religious holidays, the #KZNFloods and social grants... Read |
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 | SAM SPILLER, ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK South African media has taken several blows to the head in the last 24 months. In 2020, print media was rocked by mass retrenchments at Media24 and Caxton, and just this year it was reported that eNCA's staff was being subjected to "consolidation"... Read |
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 | PSS submits proposed legislation in challenge of Google and Meta; calls on SA news services to join effort... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO The country woke up to devastating news on 12 April because of floods that had destroyed homes, leaving many homeless and lives lost... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EAST COAST RADIO East Coast Radio's Last Kid Standing with Sasko is back - and this time it is even bigger and better than before. Read |
 | In South Africa, the adoption of retail radio is seeing results in terms of audience growth and listener affinity... Read |
 | All the New York Festivals Radio Awards 2022 Storytellers Gala winners have been announced... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY HAVAS JOHANNESBURG According to this global survey, conducted by Havas Group in partnership with Market Probe International, changes are overdue... Read |
| Retail |
 | AB InBev added that it has introduced Ukrainian beer brand Chernigivske to many countries, including the UK, Germany, Belgium, France, Denmark, Poland, Italy, Colombia and Brazil with additional markets planned... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ASHLEIGH BURTON During Ramadan, people undergo a shift in habits, fasting, gathering for meals with family and friends, and giving gifts... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The debate around Twitter on free speech has resurfaced following its purchase by Tesla titan Elon Musk for around $44bn... Read |
| Streaming |
 | In anticipation of Africa Day, Netflix is launching a new collection of stories; From Cape to Cairo... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The One Club for Creativity has announced the finalists for the 101st ADC Awards... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY FOX NETWORKS GROUP In the lead up to Earth Day 2022, The Walt Disney Company, Wildlife Direct, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State have announced that production has commenced on the National Geographic Kids Africa educational entertainment series... Read |
 | Al Jazeera English has been named Broadcaster of the Year at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2022... Read |
 | SABC has appointed Moshoeshoe Monare as the group executive for News and Current Affairs... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE This week, we caught up with the chief marketing and client officer at Youth Employment Service, Leanne Emery Hunter... Read |
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 | Scientists warn that, unless antimicrobial resistance is addressed, its effect could be worse than the Covid-19 pandemic... Read |
 | Bitcoin is now an official currency in Central African Republic... Read |
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 | RUSSEL MORENA Zakes Mda's 2021 novel, Wayfarers' Hymns, features the character Toloki, who, unable to find conventional employment... Read |
 | Due to severe generation capacity constraints, Stage 2 load shedding will be implemented from 5pm on Tuesday, 3 May... Read |
 | Some motorists will feel some relief at the fuel pumps from tomorrow when the price of all grades of petrol decreases. This, however, will not extend to diesel, paraffin or gas consumers with all of those expected to increase... Read |
 | Trade unions played a key role in the struggle for democracy and worker rights in South Africa... Read |
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 | Design for Good has launched a global non-profit alliance of industry-leading companies and institutions to help achieve the United Nations' SDGs... Read |
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