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| EVAN-LEE COURIE Castle Lager has always been a brand that represents the values of resilience and unity, bringing together South Africans, through our favourite pastimes... read |
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| BONGA MPUNGOSE SMANGA The consecutive use of Steve Komphela on "KFC Ziphathe Grand" Summer Treats Campaign just a few months ago and now recently on MTN does demonstrate that the Mamelodi Sundowns head coach is really "kompheling"... Read |
| The Ukraine Communication Support Network (UCSN) has appointed 16 country leads to a new subcommittee established to drive international support for the people of Ukraine... Read |
Loeries |
| The Loeries Youth Committee has created a simple diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) checklist... Read |
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| | | JOCELYNE MUHUTU-REMY For decades people have been able to carry their music around - first with the boombox, then the Walkman, the Discman, MP3 players and now their phones... Read |
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| | | IMRAN SALIE SHAREit is growing tremendously in South Africa, and it's reported that over one million apps are shared in the country in a day on the platform... Read |
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| Former experiential agency, Activent has rebranded to The Racket Club, with a through-the-line approach... Read |
| Fifteen leaders from across WPP have been named in the global Empower Role Model Lists 2022... Read |
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| ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING ACA is pleased to announce that GIB Insurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd has been appointed by the board to service ACA members Read |
| ISSUED BY ENTRAVISION 365 DIGITAL Entravision 365 Digital, a leading African advertising solutions, media and technology company, today announced that it has become the exclusive partner in Africa for Anzu.io... Read |
| BRENDAN HOFFMAN Honesty can be a narrow path to creativity, where the magic happens. But are we losing sight of that? says Brendan Hoffman... Read |
| BRENDAN SEERY Suzuki: Brand takes off with right mindset, using all media well; Estate agent's overhyped 'exclusive' offer leaves me cold... Read |
| JOSEPHINE BUYS Voluntary shared personal data is the holy grail for marketers... Read |
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| MICHELLE GEERE Every year, Google's search engine processes over 1.2 trillion searches worldwide - that's roughly 3.5 billion searches per day, or just under 146 million searches every hour... Read |
| DANETTE BREITENBACH The Pitcher Festival of Creativity annual Pitcher Awards 2022 winners were announced this weekend... Read |
| The London International Awards (LIA) have announced the jury for Ambient & Activation | Print | Poster | Billboard. Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer, Joe Public United, will sit on the panel.... Read |
Africa Month |
| As part of its Africa Day celebrations on 25 May, Meta announced the return of its global campaign 'Made by Africa, Loved by the World'... Read |
| DANETTE BREITENBACH In the Reporters without Borders 2022 World Press Freedom Index, the worst-ranked African country is Eritrea, placed 179th out of 180 countries... Read |
| JOSEPHINE SEBESHO Brands are currently on the quest to connect and resonate with the Gen Z market, aka the Zoomers, but they need to be cautious not to try too hard and miss the mark... Read |
| KATJA HAMILTON mRNA is the new platform for breaking new ground in the control and management of global diseases. With Afrigen - an SA biotech startup - having adopted this new technology as its formulation platform for vaccines, the world of medicine as we know it is about to change... Read |
| SHAN RADCLIFFE More and more, rural children are being left behind because they are ill-equipped to navigate the digital world. Enter the Good Work Foundation, which aims to teach both children and adults the skills they need to succeed in our technology-driven society... Read |
| The Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) invites communication professionals and thought leaders to participate in the Africa Communications Week 2022... Read |
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| It's more important than ever for brick-and-mortar retailers to create an appealing shopper experience, and brands need to find creative ways to stand out in increasingly standardised environments... Read |
Cannes Lions |
| This year Lions and the ANA are inviting professionals from both agencies and brands to join its Global CMO Growth Council... Read |
CRM, CX, UX |
| JONATHAN CHERRY Your customers are leading you in the wrong direction, writes futurist Jonathan Cherry... Read |
| JOE DE WET Joe de Wet, product director at Clickatell, shares what companies are doing wrong when it comes to integrating chat and how they can build a chat channel that delights customers from the start... Read |
| NEVILLE QUINTON Customer experience is rapidly becoming a new battleground for businesses. It's not enough to re-skin the old customer contact centre model. Rather, CX has to be part of a comprehensive digital transformation strategy... Read |
Design |
| At the immersive new Always Welcome Viewing Rooms in Kramerville, Johannesburg, premier local designers have harnessed audio-visual technology to present a vision of a smart South African home... Read |
Digital |
| ISSUED BY MANN MADE Africarare puts virtual land up for grabs... Read |
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| KEVIN WELMAN Arguably, the biggest industry trend to come out of the pandemic is an ever-increasing reluctance and even inability to create and forge personal relationships... Read |
Education |
| Google has announced that applications for the second cohort of the Google for Startup Black Founders Fund for Africa are now open... Read |
Film & Cinematography |
| ISSUED BY YEHBABY DIGITAL 'The Roam. Explore. Travel to the Cape Winelands.' produced by Yehbaby Marketing Creatives won a Silver at the recently concluded International Tourism Film Festival Africa (ITFFA) in Cape Town... Read |
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| ISSUED BY CADEK MEDIA It is time for marketers to take time out and gather to re-group, re-think, strategise, learn and re-connect at this year's in-person Marketing Indaba in Cape Town. This popular marketing conference is open for marketing professionals from all industries and will be presented at the CTICC on 25 and 26 May 2022... Read |
| ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Content marketing, which includes sponsored content and social media posts, is a great way to generate leads and increase sales... Read |
| ISSUED BY OLIVER Oliver's pioneering in-house agency model is winning, both in growth and awards, according to Unilever's largest digital agency, U-Studio... Read |
| TASNEEM CASSIM, ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Kids are becoming more powerful and influential in the marketing industry than ever before, and the new generations of kids have grown up in a world with unlimited access to devices and technology... Read |
| ISSUED BY ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNICATION AND ADVERTISING The Effie Awards South Africa, proudly hosted by The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has issued a call to representatives of the marketing and communications industry to apply for consideration to be appointed to the 2022 Effie Awards South Africa judging panel... Read |
| ISSUED BY ROGERWILCO With more than 50% of South Africans living in townships across the country, insight and understanding into Kasi saving, spending and shopping behaviour, and how it changes over time, is vital for the success of brands and the teams who market them... Read |
| MUZI MTHOMBENI Some may call her the new girl in town, but those familiar with data and performance marketing will tell you that precision marketing has been around for quite some time... Read |
| CHRISTOPHER BROWN I find it a little ironic that I am here to convince you to opt for a digital marketing budget while you read through an article brought to you via digital marketing. But here we go... Read |
Media |
| ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER Wavemaker South Africa, a division of Wavemaker Global - a top five global media network, has appointed Thami Kwidini as its new commercial director. Thami stepped into this position on 1 May... Read |
| ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA It's official - we're taking awards to a whole new level with the True Location Cup... Read |
| EDWARD HERRIDGE Is it any wonder that so many of us have been paralysed by the strobing of such an aggressively accelerated news cycle? Read |
| Morning Live anchor and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Leanne Manas received the Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite on 17 May... Read |
| The APO Group and the International Organization for Migration won a PRovoke Africa Sabre Award... Read |
Newspapers |
| ISSUED BY SPARK MEDIA The South African print category continues to recover, showing year-on-year growth of 10.9%, from 6,043,707 in Q1 of 2021 to 6,700412 in Q1 of 2022... Read |
Online Media |
| EVAN-LEE COURIE Kassie-Kuiers met Renaldo Schwarp made its debut in November 2021 and has since gone on to reach 500,000 views in just under six months... Read |
OOH |
| ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Tractor Outdoor recently launched an after-sales service platform that would streamline its production process, ensuring that the standard of service it delivers to its customers remains consistently high... Read |
| Provantage Media Group, through its brand activation agency ProActive, recently introduced Spaza Media - an advertising solution designed to foster small enterprise development in township economies... Read |
PR & Communications |
| The global PR industry has recovered in some style after declining 4% in 2020, growing by 10.6% in 2021... Read |
Radio |
| The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has become the 18th member of the World Radio Alliance (WRA)... Read |
Recruitment |
| ZUKO MDWABA In light of increasing technological advancements, employers must identify future skills in order to provide a flexible and agile workplace. A skills gap analysis can help you determine the most valuable skills for your company and establish a plan for staff development... Read |
| The Craft and Design Institute (CDI) is calling for applications from businesses for a new round of its Youth LaunchPad project, a unique programme that places interns in SMMEs in the creative industries... Read |
Research |
| ISSUED BY ORNICO More than 3% of all advertising spend in South Africa comes from the insurance industry... Read |
| ISSUED BY BATELEUR BRAND PLANNING Bateleur Brand Planning's Kim-Lee de Vries, the market research agency's marketing director, shared how their research team recently carried out frank conversations with African neighbours about the market research industry... Read |
| South Africans continue to add more meat on their plates, while vegetable consumption has dwindled slightly. However, to fight inflation, shoppers are switching brands and downgrading to cheaper products when available... Read |
| The average consumer is becoming ever more cost-conscious and is likely to become even more frugal with the current economic impact... Read |
Retail |
| JOHN WATLING Customers expect an easy, hassle-free omnichannel shopping experience, and digital innovation is the answer that retailers have been waiting for, writes Accenture's John Watling... Read |
| The largest positive annual growth rates were recorded for retailers in pharmaceuticals and medical goods, cosmetics and toiletries (6.2%); and retailers in household furniture, appliances and equipment (5.5%)... Read |
| As part of its new strategic plan, Pick n Pay will be organised into two customer-facing brands, one of which will focus on delivering bulk offerings and market-beating promotions on fresh produce and other essentials... Read |
| The fast food giant has become one of the biggest global brands to exit Russia, laying out plans to sell all its restaurants after operating in the country for more than 30 years... Read |
| The new service will launch on a trial basis in the Cape Town area in August 2022 and is expected to roll it out rapidly across the country... Read |
The One Club of Creativity |
| EMILY STANDER TBWA Global chief creative experience officer, Ben Williams, focused on thinking about creativity in its broader sense at The One Club for Creativity's Creative Week... Read |
| Joe Public has been awarded two Silvers and a Bronze in the One Show 2022... Read |
| The One Club for Creativity kicked off Creative Week 2022 by honouring winning schools and students from around the world in the global Young Ones Student Awards 2022... Read |
| Leo Burnett Chicago is the One Club ADC 101st Annual Awards 2022 Agency of the Year... Read |
| The Lost Class is the most awarded entry at The One Show 2022... Read |
TV |
| Janong Digital Agency has announced its acquisition of the brand partnership sales of Rebelintown's The Coolest OG's... Read |
| The Constitutional Court case to delay the analogue switch-off (ASO) of TV broadcasting is supported by the #SaveFreeTV campaign... Read |
Bizcommunitoon |
| South Africa has six shortlisted entries in the 2022 D&AD Awards following a record number of entries... Read |
Africa |
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| WENDELL ROELF The African Development Bank has approved a $1.5bn emergency food production facility for 20 million farmers on the continent to avert a looming food crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine... Read |
| The mayors and governors of ten major African cities have announced an unprecedented, ambitious commitment to improve air quality... Read |
| SEUN SANNI Nigerian entrepreneur Mustapha Gajibo has been converting petrol mini-buses into electric vehicles at his workshop... Read |
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| DAVID TAYLOR Data from the Central Energy Fund has suggested that motorists are going to suffer further fuel price increases for the month of June 2022... Read |
| Mustek has announced that its CEO David Kan has passed away... Read |
| LoCrate Market, MTV Base and Bet are presenting Africa Day 2022 in partnership with the Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts and Culture... Read |
Entrepreneurship |
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| Naspers has announced a R40m investment in Nile, an agritech startup that connects farmers to buyers of fresh produce... Read |
| There are other sources of funding that small business owners can consider when in need of financial assistance to help their businesses expand... Read |
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| The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF) has a key focus to establish scalable research systems for the African music sector to maximise existing and new income stream. Music In Africa Foundation, is a non-profit organization formed on 27 July 2013. |
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George Eliot "It is never too late to be what you might have been." Ralph Marston "What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." Eleanor Roosevelt "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." Dalai Lama "Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible." Ralph Marston "Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude." |
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