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#BizTrends2024: Bronwyn Williams – Techno-optimism not acceleration: How to make friends with machines
This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with future thinker and Flux Trends partner, Bronwyn Williams.
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17 Jan 2024 10:36
#BizTrends2024: Ndeye Diagne - Africa at a crossroads: Threads of gold
This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with Ndeye Diagne, the managing director West, East and Central Africa at Kantar.
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16 Jan 2024 13:37
#BizTrends2021: Bronwyn Williams: From small words to big ideas.
So many young people are disillusioned by white-picket fence utopia sold to them, because in reality most of them are less well off than their parents and grandparents, but by changing the narrative, Bronwyn Williams of Flux Trends believes we can change the future.
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9 Feb 2021 11:45
#BizTrends2021: Musa Kalenga: The API Humanity - New ways for new days.
Musa Kalenga, CEO and founder of Bridge Labs, delivers a keynote talk on creating new ways to adapt to our new days. Sharing insights regarding API and its relation to humanity, our leadership, what we eat, how we communicate, and the treatment of our future female leaders.
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9 Feb 2021 11:44
#BizTrends2021: Boniswa Pezisa and Dion Chang: The future of leadership.
Dion Chang chats to Boniswa Pezisa on the changing face of leadership as Gen Z starts entering the workforce. What do leaders need to do to make this a successful environment for workers spanning four generations? Pezisa advises.
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9 Feb 2021 11:33
#BizTrends2021: Luzuko Tena: All animals are equal. But some animals...
IAB Youth Council lead Luzuko Tena contributed to the #BizTrends2021? conversation, focusing on the youth's expectations of current leaders and what they offer as leaders themselves, all under the overarching theme of transformation in the marketing and media industry.
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9 Feb 2021 11:31
#BizTrends2021: Ndeye Diagne: African Horizons: Youth. Meaning. Change.
Afro-centrist and data storyteller, Ndeye Diagne, managing director at Kantar Nigeria and Ghana, takes a look at how Gen Z is influencing societal and cultural trends.
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9 Feb 2021 11:30
#BizTrends2021: Dion Chang: Welcome 20/20 hindsight lessons from the great staggering
'Futurist-in-chief' Dion Chang, founder of Flux Trends and one of South Africa's most respected trend analysts, kicked off the BizTrends2021 - Towards New North and New Narratives online event, held on 28 January.
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9 Feb 2021 11:28
Watch: Powerful VMLY&R Standard Bank campaign highlights gender inequity
VMLY&R did a campaign for Standard Bank called "#RewriteTheRules" that poses the question: “Do the rules on how we treat each other feel wrong?” The campaign aims to encourage everyone to question, understand, and debate our social norms on gender equity.
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27 Feb 2020 16:06
Khumo Theko: Cultural Identity Trend Spotter, Flux Trends
In conversation with Rutendo Nyamuda about how traditional corporates need to adjust their structures and systems to prepare for the incoming Gen Z workforce and the more liberal generations to come.
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11 Feb 2020 09:37
Watch: Snickers’ ad wins 2020 Super Clio award
Snickers’ “#SnickersFixTheWorld” commercial won the 2020 Super Clio award for the best commercial on Super Bowl LIV. The commercial was created by BBDO New York/AMV BBDO, and beat JEEP, Google and Amazon to this year’s top prize. It centres around a 'messed up, out of sorts world,' with a huge Snickers bar being the ultimate solution.
The Super Clio awards are held annually to recognise innovation and creativity in advertising with a panel of leading industry experts and creatives selecting the winner.
Watch the ad below:...
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4 Feb 2020 15:41
BizTrendsLIVE!2020 gallery
BizTrendsLIVE!2020 took place on 30 January at the Mall of Africa's Ster-Kinekor IMAX Theatre in Midrand. It had eight speakers that spoke on how African trends are shaping the world and being seen by the world. Below are images that were taken at the event.
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3 Feb 2020 08:02
Breaking trends at BizTrendsLIVE! event
Since 2007, BizTrends has been providing the definitive African B2B industry trend report. In anticipation of the forthcoming decade 2020, Bizcommunity invited contributors to 'Join our Vision for Africa' to provide a snapshot forecast of the key trends from our region that will impact Africa and the rest of the world.
Curated by our editorial team, #BizTrends2019 offers the very highest level of thought leadership from our multi-industry contributors and we are so proud and grateful for their input....
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4 Feb 2019 08:50
Times Media launches VR innovations
Virtual reality cardboard headsets and glasses were launched this week at the Wantedonline.co.za event in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Read more here.
All pictures courtesy of Times Media.
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18 Aug 2016 13:23
New look for Soul City Institute
The Soul City Institute, a social justice communications organisation, in its new incarnation, will address social issues and how they affect young woman and girls who have been identified as an at-risk population group.
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15 Aug 2016 13:47
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