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JESSICA TENNANT
'Girls. Girls. Girls.' magazine recently released a video titled 'Be a lady they said', words by Camille Rainville as published on her Writings of a Furious Woman blog in 2017 and narrated by Cynthia Nixon, best known for her role on Sex and the City... read
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Brand experience agency Machine has appointed two women to the top management team. Robyn Campbell as MD and Lindsey Rayner as managing partner...read
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Forbes Woman Africa Awards 2020 winners were announced at the inaugural gala dinner held at Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC Complex in Durban on Friday, 6 March 2020...read
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Ster-Kinekor Sales has announced the panel of judges that have been selected to judge this year's edition of the South African leg of the Film category of the Young Lions competition...read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
While many parts of the developed world are fixated on speculative activity in the crypto-economy, people in Africa are teaching us about the true use cases of bitcoin... Read
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ILIJA ACIMOVIC
In 2020, many of the world's most influential business executives and policymakers are aware of blockchain's potential to turn the global economy around... Read
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CAYLE SHARROCK
It's 2020, and we're still in hype overdrive about blockchain... Read
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TERRY LEVIN
Following a recent spate of cultural Afro-optimism in the media and here on Biz, it was only natural that Design Indaba 2020 would reflect this burgeoning trend... Read
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Marketing & Media
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JOHAN WALTERS
One of the biggest stumbling blocks when trying to harness the power of cloud marketing technology is a fundamental disconnect between marketing, business and technology leaders... Read
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JOHAN WALTERS
Setting up a Centre of Excellence can nurture a cohesive team, focused on deliverables that benefit the entire organisation, while moving it closer to real digital maturity... Read
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Advertising
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BRENDAN SEERY
Kudos: Restaurant chain's budget advert hit the spot - in more ways than one... Read
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The Warc Rankings Creative 100 has been released with Burger King's The Whopper Detour, by FCB New York, selected as the most creatively celebrated campaign of 2019... Read
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International advertising festival, White Square has announced its jury for the 2020 competition... Read
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DAMON STAPLETON
For the last 10 years, I feel like advertising has tried to make an argument. The argument is one of precision... Read
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ISSUED BY GREY
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WESSEL STOLTZ
With this ability to solve problems with good ideas and the fact that advertising is everywhere, let us use its well-established omnipresence for good. We can, and should, use our good ideas to do work that 'does good'... Read
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Branding
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The Glenlivet is aiming to open the world of single malt whisky to a new generation of whisky drinkers by revealing a new look for the bottles in its Ultra-Premium portfolio... Read
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CRM, CX, UX
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Gartner predicts that by 2022, 70% of customer interactions will involve emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML) applications, chatbots and mobile messaging, up from 15% in 2018... Read
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REBONE MASEMOLA
In an age of a cancellation culture that was born out of a deep desire for hyper self-awareness, self-actualisation and social justice, this generation is making it their social responsibility to live and associate in spaces and with people that align with their values and beliefs... Read
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Design
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The annual design competition opened for entries early February and offered creatives the opportunity to design the hotel's new staff uniform, which included a T-shirt, a cap and a long-sleeve jacket... Read
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ISSUED BY HOMEMAKERS
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Digital
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A new online marketplace to help SMMEs access the growing digital retail sector in Africa will launch by the end of March... Read
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ISSUED BY ENGAGEMENT FACTORY
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ISSUED BY PUBLISHER'S TOOLBOX
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ANGELA MADLALA
Agencies must equip their people with skills across all platforms, in a way that reaches consumers where they are active but, inspires them with the same human creativity that has always characterised the best marketing, writes Ogilvy SA, chief people officer, Angela Madlala... Read
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Events & Conferencing
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Exhibitions
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The 1000 Drawings inner-city art exhibition will be held at Victoria Yards, Lorentzville in Johannesburg from 27 to 29 March 2020... Read
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Film & Cinematography
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Disney's recent deal with the immersive experience company Secret Cinema signals a new era for the cinema industry... Read
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Magazines
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Sisi Safety Wear has launched a quarterly lifestyle magazine specifically targeted at working women in the industry... Read
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Marketing
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ISSUED BY EXPOSURE MARKETING
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JESSICA TENNANT
Grey Africa recently appointed Felix Kessel as creative lead at WPP's agency for Distell, Team Liquid... Read
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ISSUED BY DENTSU AEGIS NETWORK
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LARA MAGNUS
I have always advocated that public relations cannot drive the sales of an organisation. Not because I don't believe in the practice, but because any communications strategy should be examined for its long-term benefits and not merely its sales targets... Read
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Cape Town edtech company Snapplify announced today that it has acquired Onnie Media, an educator media hub for SA teachers, and the hub's online marketplace for teachers in South Africa, Teacha!... Read
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One Show Awards
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In response to the coronavirus outbreak, The One Club for Creativity has taken precaution in switching from in-person to online judging for nearly all disciplines this year for The One Show and ADC 99th Annual Awards... Read
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Online Media
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ISSUED BY BUSINESSTECH
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SOLOMON TSHIELO, ISSUED BY ALGORITHM AGENCY
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OOH
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PR & Communications
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ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM
In 2019, Palesa Madumo CEO and shareholder at Vuma Reputation Management and Prism Awards convenor, popped into our offices for an informal chat about the PR industry's long-standing relationship with Bizcommunity and the annual Prism Awards Ceremony... Read
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Promotions & Activations
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Radio
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Research
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JOHANNA MCDOWELL
The Agency Scope South Africa (2019/20) report finds that marketers invested R204,040,000 into marketing and communication in 2019, working mainly with different specialised agencies... Read
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Retail
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South African cashback grocery coupon service, SnapnSave, has added personalised promotions to the popular app... Read
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LAUREN HARTZENBERG
Working from a spicy flame-grilled chicken recipe he'd developed in his family's garage, Louis Germishuys opened the first Galito's fast food outlet in Nelspruit in 1996... Read
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Social Media
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Streaming
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Africa's first script-to-screen Netflix Original series, Queen Sono, celebrated the first-ever South African premiere at the Johannesburg Theatre... Read
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TV
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Behind the Selfie
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JESSICA TENNANT
This week, we go behind the selfie with Ashleigh Wainstein, co-founder and director of Social Places... Read
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The industries which are playing the greatest role in transforming the global economy all fall under what is termed the Fourth Industrial Revolution... Read
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A newly launched report identifies African companies as market creating innovators... Read
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Known as a land rich in minerals, the African continent has a new source of economic growth and wealth to mine: mobile customer data... Read
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The first Africa Luxury Dialogue event took place in Ghana recently, presented as a forum that explored the luxury landscape in West Africa... Read
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JØRGEN ARNESEN
During SONA 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced increased efforts to reduce the price of South Africa's pre-paid monthly data bundles... Read
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NICCI BOTHA
Africa has the will to transition to more sustainable energy, but the emphasis must be on a just process... Read
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World Travel Market Africa 2020, which takes place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre is set to be one of the African continent's largest and leading business-to-business travel trade show yet... Read
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At the beginning of March the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) announced that the last Ebola patient had been discharged from a treatment centre... Read
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Seacom, and Tata Communications have extended a partnership to offer high-speed, reliable pathways between Africa, Europe and Asia... Read
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SAMANTHA NAIDOO
African telco operators face a landmark five-year period as they strive to reimagine their business models and build new capabilities that will ensure their future success... Read
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#NEWSWATCH: The Australian Associated Press news agency, which has operated since 1935, has announced that it will be closing on 26 June... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Adopting and adapting to digital is more important now than ever before... Read
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HOWARD FELDMAN
On first blush, there is ample reason to be miserable. The economic data recently released has once again confirmed that South Africa is in a recession... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Lien Potgieter, a colour intuitive, inspirational coach, and founder of Lien Potgieter Creative Consultancy, believes that colour allows people to explore new personal options and business opportunities. Read
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South Africa is in its second recession in two years following the economy contracting 1.4% in the fourth quarter of 2019... Read
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Most businesses experience peaks and troughs, be it peak buying periods in the retail sector or greater demands on accounting firms during the tax season... Read
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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni had a tough budget to deliver. The general outlook is dire and optimism is hard to find... Read
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THOLO MAKHAOLA
Land must be released for property development in order to drive investment and transformation... Read
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With confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Algeria, Senegal, Nigeria and South Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) is changing from a readiness to a response mode in the African region... Read
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Businesses in South Africa should consider whether the coronavirus outbreak may affect their commercial contracts and if so, which steps they can take to minimise their risk and exposure... Read
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The Minister of Health, Dr Zweli Mkhize, has confirmed the first case of Covid-19 in South Africa... Read
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VINO GOVENDER
With enormous potential to better human lives, the dawn of the connected technological age has placed telecommunications companies at the foreground of advancement of society... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
The digital age is now. The skills gap in South Africa is very evident, more specifically digital skills amongst women... Read
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Backyard shacks are part of the daily lives of many townships in South Africa... Read
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