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|  | | Find out who made the shortlist for the 2022 Adfocus Awards...read |
|  | | On 7 October, the inaugural Loeries Student Awards in Partnership with Accenture Song took place...read |
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 | BRENDAN SEERY When you're a mega-brand, reputation management should be a critical part of your marketing and strategic planning... Read |
| Loeries |
 | As the week unfolds, visitors and attendees will have the opportunity to experience the industry's very best in creativity... Read |
 | Read Bizcommunity's #CreativeWanderings blog to discover the vibe, what goes down and who does what at Loeries 2022... Read |
 | Read Bizcommunity's #CreativeWanderings blog to discover the vibe, what goes down and who does what at Loeries 2022... Read |
 | Read Bizcommunity's #CreativeWanderings blog to discover the vibe, what goes down and who does what at Loeries 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOWARD AUDIO The 2022 Loerie finalists were announced last week ready for this years creative week which starts in Cape Town this week! We are so proud of the whole team at Howard Audio as our name appears on 20 finalists this year - reflecting all our facets here - original music, final mix and licensed music re-records for both TV and radio... Read |
 | The Red and Yellow Creative School of Business has an interesting programme lined up for the Loeries Creative Week... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The client-agency partnership is fundamental as this case study presented at #Loeries Masterclass proves... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH CCO Publicis Groupe, Asia Middle East and Loeries Digital and Digital craft category jury president, Natalie Lam's topography lessons... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Mariana O'Kelly challenged the creative industry to come back to the what and why it exists: The Idea... Read |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH We sat in on chief creative officer of TBWA, Pete Khoury's talk on brand experiences and technology at Loeries 2022... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA The metaverse is ultimately about creating a sense of community - but ethics needs to be at the forefront of its continued development... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA Karin Onsager-Birch left a high-profile CCO position to join Lyft... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA The key instrument to getting positive attention from people who are swiping through videos at the speed of light is to grab them with authentic, native content... Read |
 | KARABO LEDWABA There are four key methods that can help creatives make magic in their campaigns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA Ogilvy South Africa were awarded 10 Loeries on the first night of the 2022 Loerie Awards, the region's largest advertising festival. Wins included: three golds, two silvers, two craft awards and four bronzes... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MACHINE_ On Friday 30 September 2022, Machine_ hosted an IAB South Africa Connected Womxn event, which awarded incredible industry trailblazers and leaders for the transformative work they do... Read |
 | ISSUED BY VICINITY MEDIA Makro successfully amplified their 51 Years of Great Savings campaign through utilising Vicinity's Digital Catalogue and True Location Targeting Technology - reaching the right audiences, at the right place... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY DENTSU In 2021, dentsu South Africa (SA) launched dentsu Performance Media (DPM), a specialised unit within the service delivery arm of dentsu SA... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GREY AFRICA Scottish Leader has been serving the whisky world some attitude since 1976. In a fluid world where stereotypes are continuously challenged, the #BraveMakesIt campaign, in partnership with Grey Advertising/WPP Liquid took it a step further by disrupting the old world of whisky by refreshing its face... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BOOMTOWN Boomtown has been awarded the Ocean Basket account and tasked with assisting rebirth the brand locally and abroad... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TBWA The Loeries have once again rewarded the creative inspiration behind the ideas and fresh thinking that drive brand value... Read |
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| Branding |
 | The new look reinterprets the original logo first adopted by founder André Citroën... Read |
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| Design |
 | The Nando's Hot Young Designer Talent Search (HYD) aims to unearth new creative designs for Nando's restaurants around the world, and fire up the careers of emerging local designers... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG With a goal to produce 65% of products locally by 2028, Cape Union Mart Group has launched the Green Thread Studio, a creative hub to facilitate the growth of local clothing design and production... Read |
 | The second range to come out of the collaboration between Adidas and South African luxury designer Thebe Magugu has just dropped... Read |
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 | IMRAN SALIE The biggest opportunity the metaverse offers at the moment is for content creators... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NEW MEDIA The Vodacom now! blog, for which New Media produces articles and videos, has won gold for Blogging Excellence at the 10th annual New Generation Social and Digital Media Awards. New Media's Vodacom team also took silver for Best Online Newsletter... Read |
 | ISSUED BY PREBO DIGITAL Prebo Digital, a Johannesburg-based performance digital agency, is now an Amazon Ads verified partner... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HOORAH DIGITAL At this year's 10th annual installment of The New Generation Social and Digital Media Awards, Hoorah celebrated six statues keeping us on our toes accepting silver and gold to a packed audience attended by some of the industry's top leaders... Read |
 | Creative agency Monopo London has launched the world's first digital festival dedicated to badminton... Read |
 | JACQUES DU BRUYN In South Africa, 94% of online information searches are made via Google... Read |
 | ISSUED BY HELLOSQUARE Scale does not equate to talent and it doesn't guarantee success. Hellosquare has proven this to be true in a highly competitive local advertising landscape... Read |
| Direct Marketing |
 | ISSUED BY DMASA The Direct Marketing Association of SA (DMASA) is thrilled by the outstanding support the Assegai Awards 2022 edition has received from the Integrated and Direct Marketing (IDM) community... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY CLOCKWORK Full-service agency Clockwork, in collaboration with Red & Yellow, has opened applications for graduates in the media and marketing field to be considered for its 2023 Marketing Learnership Programme... Read |
 | ISSUED BY FUNDICONNECT Online student platform, FundiConnect, and cosmetics brand, essence, have launched a brand-new social media competition and giveaway for students... Read |
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| Events & Conferencing |
 | BIBI BURNESS, ISSUED BY BURNESSEO JR Promotions is a market leader in the promotional event industry, where creativity and client satisfaction are paramount... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON Nedbank's Chipo Mushwana highlights the latest trends and technologies driving digital payments in South Africa... Read |
 | BIBI BURNESS, ISSUED BY BURNESSEO An event is never just an event. There is always a message behind the why, and B&W Productions takes the time to fully comprehend your objectives and how they relate to your brand and overall objectives... Read |
 | ISSUED BY STARTWISE With year-end fast approaching, planning for 2023 marketing is well underway for many big brands and small businesses across South Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY INNOVATE DURBAN Innovate Durban is extremely excited to inform you that preparations are well under way for the seventh annual Innovation Festival... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OPTIMIZE AGENCY Some of Africa's and Europe's leading business leaders will be meeting again in Johannesburg this coming November to discuss strategic economic relationships and explore joint investment opportunities in target sectors at the 9th 'Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue'... Read |
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| Exhibitions |
 | ISSUED BY SCAN DISPLAY EuroShop is recognised as the world's leading retail and display trade show. The last edition in 2020 filled 16 halls, totaling 123,800m², and covered all the latest developments in retailing, merchandising, shopfitting, displays, and exhibitions and events... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) The NWU Gallery in collaboration with The Blessing Ngobeni Art Prize presents the exhibition 'Inserted Bodies'. The exhibition will be available for viewing from 6-28 October 2022 at the NWU Botanical Gardens Gallery... Read |
 | ISSUED BY NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY (NWU) The NWU Gallery in collaboration with Visual Narratives and Creative Outputs (ViNCO) and the Artists' Book Club presents the exhibition Decolonising the Book. The exhibition will be available for viewing from 6-28 October 2022 at the NWU Main Gallery... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | Creatives from across the globe will gather in Cape Town to celebrate some of the greatest minds at this year's Banff Festival... Read |
| Marketing |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH The queue that formed to view Queen Elizabeth II's coffin in State grew and took on a life of its own... Read |
 | RIRHANDZU SHINGWENYANA More brands understand the importance of incorporating good content in their marketing efforts... Read |
 | ISSUED BY MACHINE_ On 29 September, Machine_ won nine awards at the 2022 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards, for several clients within the stable... Read |
 | ISSUED BY OGILVY SOUTH AFRICA This year the New Generation Awards celebrated their 10th anniversary of evaluating South Africa's best social and digital media campaigns... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRADEWAY Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) contribute R1tn to South Africa's annual gross domestic product (roughly 20% of economic production) and employs 2.5 million people (or 16% of the country's total formal labour force). But this robust sector isn't immune from disruptive innovation and evolving consumer behaviour... Read |
 | Warc and MMA Global have on Monday released The State of Modern Marketing in Apac report... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BRANDFUNDI Recently, the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published that the global economy is projected to remain subdued in the second half of 2022, before slowing further in 2023 to an annual growth of just 2.2%... Read |
 | The two-volume set, Privacy Law: A Global Legal Perspective on Data Protection Relating to Advertising & Marketing has been released... Read |
| Media |
 | ISSUED BY HAVEYOUHEARD InBroadcasting and Brand Inc., two of the agencies within the HaveYouHeard Group of innovative and specialist creative communications businesses, have taken home metal from the 2022 New Generation Awards... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WAVEMAKER Wavemaker has won the media contract for luxury car manufacturer BMW in South Africa... Read |
 | In its October postgraduate graduation, Rhodes University will honour journalist and anti-apartheid activist Thenjiwe Mtintso with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree... Read |
| Mobile |
 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE CONNECTED VIDEO MultiChoice continues to expand its platform ambition through the diversification of services available to subscribers... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Quinton Bronkhorst has been with BusinessTech for over a decade and will build on the excellent work of outgoing editor Gareth Vorster... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA Advertising on trusted news websites provides huge benefits for South African businesses... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Tractor Outdoor general manager Michael Brits weighs in on how compliance will contribute to more sustainable outdoor industry... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM #JacarandasEverywhere will unlock a VIP concert experience for one lucky winner in Mzansi... Read |
 | New York Festivals Radio Awards' 65-year legacy provides a showcase to celebrate world-class storytellers from around the globe... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ALGOA FM Algoa FM Drive Show co-host Roch-Lè Bloem is going solo to host the weekday morning show from nine till 12... Read |
 | NAB's Imagine a World campaign to run from 17 October 2022... Read |
 | A few days after the 5 Drive Heritage Tour is wrapped, the team sits in a debriefing session in a boardroom in Auckland Park. 5FM's programme manager and four-time producer of the Heritage Tour, Michael Bossenger, asks the team: "What stands out and what did we do right on this tour?" Read |
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| Research |
 | A new Warc analysis has found that Generation Z is the most digital generation to date... Read |
 | ISSUED BY ASK AFRIKA Ask Afrika to announce and celebrate its benchmark survey winners soon... Read |
| Retail |
 | Vital Health food group signs off on Exeo Capital acquisition... Read |
| Sponsorship |
 | ISSUED BY BUSINESS AND ARTS SOUTH AFRICA Following a public call for nominations in August 2022, Lindiwe Letwaba, Lakin Morgan-Baaitjies, and Michael Garbett have been voted in as new directors of the board by the membership of Business and Arts South Africa NPC (Basa)... Read |
| TV |
 | GIBSON NCUBE Trevor Noah's unique view brought a new perspective to TV satire - as well as a new youthful audience... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA That's how Annika Larsen describes her interview style, and that's the approach she will take in her brand-new weekly show when she delves into the lives of extraordinary people... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER We spoke to Tracey Rowles about her work and what she gets up to behind the scenes... Read |
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 | Indonesia is in talks with African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade Covid-19 vaccine... Read |
 | KATJA HAMILTON FNB Bank has completely overhauled its digital banking solutions for clients... Read |
 | JOE BAVIER African startups attracted a record $3.5bn in venture capital investment in the first half of this year... Read |
 | Once realised, Burj Zanzibar would be the highest timber building in the world and Africa's first high-rise ever using timber technology... Read |
 | MOATAZ MOHAMED, NADINE AWADALLA AND LINA NAJEM The World Bank has agreed to provide Egypt with $400m to develop the logistics and transportation sectors and support the shift towards lower carbon emissions... Read |
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 | ZUKO MDWABA Managers have seen more changes to their role over the past two years than they did during the last decade. Today their role has a dual purpose: to drive business growth and invest in their employees' experience... Read |
 | WALLIS WATT We need to bring our hearts to the table and think way beyond just making profits... Read |
 | ANAIT MIRIDZHANIAN The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has announced that the petrol pump price will decrease by up to R1.02 a litre and the diesel price will rise by up to 15 cents a litre... Read |
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