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|  | DUSTIN CHICK Dustin Chick, partner & MD, Razor PR says there are five reasons to look forward to PR in the year ahead...read |
|  | RONELLE BESTER Ronelle Bester, founder and account director of Red Ribbon Communications asks: ChatGPT - friend or foe to the PR industry...read |
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 | ISSUED BY MACHINE_ "The Andy Awards have been around for over half a century, honouring global creativity aligned with a brand," explains Machine_ Cape Town executive creative director, Jabulani Sigege... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DEMOGRAPHICA Independent creative agency, Halo has sold an equity stake to leading independent B2B marketing agency - Demographica... Read |
 | ISSUED BY JOE PUBLIC Joe Public named Agency of the Year by Marklives - Powered by 947... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY ADVERTISING WEEK AFRICA Get to know the speakers joining the first-ever Advertising Week Africa... Read |
 | JG BEZUIDENHOUT Avoid these four digital advertising mistakes says JG Bezuidenhout, COO, Offernet London... Read |
 | The 2022 Immortal Award winners have been announced with four projects being crowned Immortal by this year's global jury... Read |
 | Twitter has been hit by a 40% year-on-year drop in revenue after more than 500 advertisers paused spending... Read |
 | Havas Middle East has won a Grand Prix for this year's Warc Prize for Mena Strategy for their Barakat read the label campaign... Read |
 | The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has added a new clause that deals with cryptocurrency products, to the Code of Advertising Practice... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY INSIGHT SURVEY Over the past few years, the short-term insurance landscape has significantly evolved in response to a dynamic market environment, with a 'one size fits all' approach no longer being sufficient in meeting market and consumer demands... Read |
 | DORI-JO BONNER Customer experience used to be a major differentiator between customers but is now essentially a matter of survival. Read |
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 | BIBI BURNESS, ISSUED BY BURNESSEO If you are a business owner, you know how it feels when all the business duties are waiting for your lone attention... Read |
 | Companies are lining up to invest in ChatGPT, but what risks come with this ingenious tool for creating human-like text? Read |
 | ISSUED BY PRIMEDIA OUTDOOR With 267 digital advertising screens across seven provinces nationally and 759m² of Digital Impact assets in 14 shopping malls across key metropolitan areas, Primedia Malls has successfully launched an extended Digital Impact network... Read |
 | Google's 2021 Ads Safety Report outlines making the ad-supported web a safer and more private place for everyone in Africa... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE One hundred thirty-three aspiring filmmakers spent two days immersed in industry workshops led by local experts at the final instalment of the Joburg Film Festival's Youth & Audience Development Programme... Read |
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 | RHYS EVANS Rhys Evans, MD of ALCO-Safe says anti-drinking and driving campaigns often have no tangible effect... Read |
 | The investment will see co-founders and co-CEOs Gil Sperling and Daniel Levy drive the business's B2B growth strategy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WUNDERMAN THOMPSON Wunderman Thompson's annual trend almanack features 100 bitesize predictions that offer a splash of colour, inspiration, and an insightful glimpse into 2023... Read |
 | The International News Media Association (INMA) has released a new report on how news subscription marketers can use generative AI tools to save time and improve scalability... Read |
 | CATALINA GOANTA Although many influencers are authentic and honest, some are not, and risk putting consumers in harms way... Read |
 | AMA agency has launched the AMA portal, an online platform which will serve as a database for Black media owners... Read |
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 | CANDY DEMPERS, ISSUED BY MEDIAHEADS 360 I grew up in a time when children were to be seen not heard... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CONNECT EVERYTHING COLLECTIVE MEDIA Connect Everything Collective is an independent media company based in Cape Town, South Africa that is dedicated to capturing the zeitgeist of South Africa's and Africa's creative arts community... Read |
 | YLVA RODNY-GUMEDE Including women's voices in the media could help generate more income for the struggling industry... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU As we begin 2023, we are delighted to announce that not only did we close off 2022 being ranked the number one network and Carat number one media agency in SA, for business maintained and gained, we announce the following three key promotions within Dentsu... Read |
 | John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda's few journalists who published stories critical of the government, has died, his newspaper The Chronicles reported... Read |
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 | The National Communications Authority (NCA) approved the sale after Telecel submitted a revised financial and technical proposal in December... Read |
 | The Ghana Revenue Authority issued MTN Ghana with the bill after auditing it for the years 2014 to 2018... Read |
 | He returns to Cell C, having been responsible for the end-to-end management of Cell C's MVNO as the executive head for six years... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA MyBroadband offers a range of online advertising solutions that make it easy for your brand to reach our three million readers... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR Tractor Media Holdings' new initiative will allow SMEs and entrepreneurs to advertise across its digital billboards at no charge... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | Propel has released its Q1 2023 Propel Media Barometer, which found that international journalists only responded to 2.66% of the nearly 500,000 pitches sent through the platform in Q4 of 2022... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY JACARANDA FM Jacaranda FM and its Good Morning Angels initiative remains passionate about changing the lives of as many people around the country... Read |
| Research |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH Tech remains the most valuable industry in Brand Finance's Report,Global 500 2023, rankings, with retail second and the banking sector third... Read |
| Social Media |
 | ISSUED BY MELTWATER According to a Meltwater report WhatsApp is used 35% more in Africa than the rest of the globe... Read |
| The One Club of Creativity |
 | The global benchmark report is a complete ranking of agencies, brands and individuals based on points earned from their winning entries... Read |
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 | ISSUED BY MULTICHOICE Featuring Jazz, Soul, Blues, Hip-hop, Rnb, Afrobeats, and Dance - available only on DStv... Read |
 | ISSUED BY EMEDIA In a time when South Africans feel helpless and crippled by load shedding, Openview is once again stepping up as a beacon of light and giving households non-stop entertainment with their favourite shows... Read |
| Behind the Selfie |
 | EMILY STANDER Our first #BehindtheSelfie interview this year is with the magnanimous corporate affairs director at Heineken South Africa, Millicent Maroga... Read |
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 | KATJA HAMILTON The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's global corporate tax deal, which was due to begin rolling out this year, has stalled... Read |
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 | EPCs are designed to show anyone who looks at them how energy-efficient a building is in a way that's convenient and easy to understand... Read |
 | Mr Price Group said that South Africa's GDP recovery prospects have been severely impacted by excessive load shedding, placing strain on both businesses and households, and negatively impacting confidence levels... Read |
 | A series of interventions are planned, aimed at solving the country's worsening power crisis and easing ongoing load shedding... Read |
 | TIM COCKS Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer said that by the end of March, the firm should be able to bring 1,862 megawatts back online... Read |
 | The Top Employers Institute has announced the 2023 Top Employers - organisations that are officially certified as leaders in HR for their outstanding HR strategies and people practices... Read |
 | NATASHIA BARNABAS The world of work has changed dramatically over the past three years and continues to be shaped by a number of overarching trends, from societal influences, to technology, economic and political factors, and even environmental concerns... Read |
 | CARIEN DU PLESSIS Ramaphosa is meeting different stakeholders this week to discuss ways to deal with the country's worst power cuts on record... Read |
 | CARIEN DU PLESSIS AND ANAIT MIRIDZHANIAN Eskom implemented power cuts on more than 200 days last year, the most in a calendar year... Read |
 | LUCIANA ECHAZĂ AND DIEGO C. NOCETTI ESG priorities vary widely, but there are some common themes... Read |
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