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MARKETING & MEDIA

The user experience

[Andre Trollip] We've been focused on the user experience since we began our business, streamlining and simplifying, with the aim of creating a seamless mobile interaction...

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FINANCE & INSURANCE

Radical is the new normal at FNB

Yolande Steyn

[Nicci Botha] The whole payment mechanism space is evolving, and Innovation is not about cool gimmicks, but rather creating a meaningful internal and external environment...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#YouthMonth: Today's design students, tomorrow's design entrepreneurs

Stru by Sabelo Sibisi © Ryno Fourie.

[Leigh Andrews] With the country's unemployment rate having jumped from 24.5% to 26.7% in the first quarter of 2016 alone, there's never been a better time to nurture the youth's entrepreneurial spirit. Here's how two design students have already started their entrepreneurial journeys...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#YouthMonth: Campaigning for free with Generation Z

[Pasqua Heard] Absa Retail Bank recently redesigned their Absa MegaU product and launched a new campaign aimed at generation Z and founded on the various meanings of the word 'free'...

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

Jesse Clegg ft. Shekhinah release the music video for Breathing. Created by Quinton Lavery of Passing Trains, the video is a visual spectacle of practical lighting effects done with the help of Bad Weather's Jonathan Bandli and Andrew Bosman

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Ruth Cooper

Carlson Rezidor Group food and drink conference

Tourist and hospitality leaders, The Carlson Rezidor Group, hosted their first food and drinks conference in South Africa, at the Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town, Newlands on the 8 and 9 June 2016.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Transformational leadership for an inclusive and diverse digital industry - IAB South Africa

[Musa Kalenga] More people on the planet own mobile phones than toothbrushes. These levels of mobile technology adoption have created the ability for people that were previously "excluded" to be part and parcel of local and global business...

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Lesley Svenson

The Castle Lite Unlocks J.Cole concert

The rapper brought his classic hit Dreams to life on Saturday night at the Ticketpro Dome as he captivated more than 20 000 of his fans with his stage presence and charisma.

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

Today sees the official release of a brand new song and video from Medicine Boy, entitled E.V.I.L.

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TOURISM, TRAVEL & HOSPITALITY

Ten reasons why you should explore the Makgadikgadi Pans

[Jarred Manasse] For the majority of the year, the Makgadikgadi Pans is extremely desolate, waterless and arid. However, during the wet season, Makgadigadi offers excellent wildlife viewing...

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Ruth Cooper

[Music]

Diamond Thug release the official music video for 'Mind's Eye', the second single off debut EP: 'Monday Will Have to Wait'.

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ENERGY & MINING

#YouthMonth: From humble beginnings to the cover of Forbes Africa

[Nicci Botha] Not many 28 year olds have achieved what Obinwanne Okeke has, includings gracing the cover of one of the world's most influential business journals.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

Roles of sales critical in customer-centric environment

[Quinton Pienaar] The role of sales is underestimated, as it has had to evolve dramatically, because of the connected world we live in, and adapt to the new customer that this has bred...

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LOGISTICS & TRANSPORT

#YouthMonth: Creating the largest digital transport marketplace in Africa

[Cari Coetzee] As we are celebrating the success of South Africa's youth, I asked Rion Henning, starter-upper, founder and managing director of BidShip, the Uber of logistics, to tell us about his journey to success...

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Ruth Cooper

Liefde By Die Dam

On 16 June music lovers of all ages came together in celebration of South Africa's Youth Day at the beautiful Emmarentia Dam.

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#YouthMonth: Worth their brand activation salt

KFC Colonel's Couch

[Leigh Andrews] Relatively new brand activation agency Be Salt has proven its worth with a number of delicious client wins lately, such as KFC and Kellogg's. Here's how they're also shaking up the tricky youth activation industry...

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ESG & SUSTAINABILITY

#YouthMonth: Africa's uniqueness lies within her natural resources - Eliot Chisango

Eliot Chisango

[Sindy Peters] It was during his internship with the P.E.A.C.E Foundation that Eliot Chisango's interest in recycling was piqued...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

[Orchids & Onions] Real people. Real estate. A great ad combination...

Screengrabs from the ad - they're all 'Pam'.

[Brendan Seery] The decision whether to use real people connected with a brand or to pay actors or voice artists is often a difficult one to make...

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MARKETING & MEDIA

#CannesLions2016: Creative collaboration in the mobile world

[Ann Nurock] Ann Nurock at Cannes spoke with Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook VP of Europe, Middle East and Africa, about the need for creative collaboration, especially in the mobile world...

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HEALTHCARE

What are craniofacial syndromes?

[Frank Graewe] In the first of a series of three, Professor Frank Graewe broadly outlines the exact nature of craniofacial deformities and syndromes...

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Transformational leadership for an inclusive and diverse digital industry - IAB South Africa