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 The call to enter the 2010 D&AD Awards and the 23 jury foremen were announced yesterday, Monday, 19 October 2009. Network# BBDO Johannesburg's Mike Schalit will lead the Radio Advertising jury. Read more >>Branding
 According to recent international research, strong brands are recovering from the effects of the global recession ahead of others. The BrandZ study, commissioned by WPP and conducted annually by Millward Brown, measures the brand equity of thousands of global “consumer facing” and business-to-business brands, and interviews over a million consumers globally. Read more >>[Issa Sikiti da Silva] Despite its seemingly endless problems - diseases, crime, war, coup d'états, dictatorship and corruption - Africa has nevertheless become a destination choice for potential investors who seek to capitalise on its phenomenal growth and annual higher returns to expand their wings and grow their brands. But the continent is not for the faint-hearted! Read more >> Digital
SOUTH AFRICA B2B editors take to twitter with Twitterfest Today, Wednesday, 21 October 2009, is the second and last day of the first TABPI Twitterfest. Follow what B2B editors from Ireland, South Africa, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, UAE and elsewhere are discussing, and join the conversation by signing up for a free Twitter account if you don't already have one. There are a lot of great tips there already, and TABPI would love to hear what you're doing in your industry in print or online. To be a part of the conversation, just tweet with #tabpi in the tweet, and your comment will show up in the Twitterfest feed. Exhibitions
[Walter Wafula] Uganda's inaugural Media Expo has attracted up to 48 firms from various sectors, demonstrating the hunger for exposure among players in Uganda's media industry. The event will be held on 23 - 24 October 2009 at the Sheraton Hotel, Kampala. Read more >> Magazines
 NEW YORK: The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) announced early last week that supermodel Veronica Varekova, who has been featured in campaigns for Sports Illustrated and Victoria's Secret, has been named one of the first AWF Goodwill Ambassadors. Read more >>Media
NEWSWATCH: Contrary to what many of us may believe, media freedom in South Africa is apparently not the best on the continent, reports IOL, which also reports that a former government minister has urged the SA media to ask more questions as to why charges against Zuma were dropped. Read more >>NAIROBI: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) launched on Saturday, 17 October 2009, its Kenyan branch in the capital Nairobi to take care of the interests and welfare of its members who have fled and are now living as exiles. The branch, which was launched at Stanley Hotel, will also serve NUSOJ members who are working in Nairobi for the international media outlets. Read more >>Retail
[Tania Ghosh] Nigeria is being urged to take a tougher stance in negotiating oil contracts with China, including an insistence that technology and skills transfers become part of the deals. Read more >>  [Gregory Gondwe] Malawi has started exporting uranium, which is going through Zambia before departure for overseas using the Walvis Bay of Namibia. Read more >>
"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." - Mohandas K. Gandhi
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