SOUTH AFRICA

Steve Jobs - he changed our world

[Walter Pike] If you visit apple.com today, Thursday, 6 October 2011, you will be greeted with a black and white picture with the title "Steve Jobs (1955 -2011)" - a simple elegant tribute to a legend, a master marketer who understood that the brand is built by the customers' experience and by what they tell their friends. He also understood how to look at the world and totally disregard the status quo and reinvent it afresh. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Loeries CEO Andrew Human steps down

BREAKING NEWS: Andrew Human will end his tenure as CEO of The Loerie Awards at the end of February 2012, stepping down after seven years at the helm, it has just been announced today, Friday, 7 October 2011. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

The potential of African identity in advertising

[Anton Crone] Too often, as marketers and creatives, we wait for some justification of talent, some confirmation of a sure-fire winner, and most often we look to the West - for inspiration, for a formula. All we need to do is look around us. After all, the West is already looking to Africa for inspiration. [multimedia] Read more >>

UGANDA

Production firm to screen film on Uganda's first Olympic medalist

[Walter Wafula] VeryMuchSo Productions, a British film production company, is set to screen a film about the life of Uganda's first Olympic champion, John Akii Bua, for the first time in Kampala on 18 October 2011. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Steve Jobs: a "ding in the universe" today

[Anice Hassim] A few months ago, I had the privilege of watching a "Steve-note" live, as Steve Jobs introduced iOS 5.0, Lion and iCloud at Apple's WorldWide Developer Conference in San Francisco. As he entered, the room erupted in an outpouring of love as 5000 developers and Apple people paid homage to an icon of our age. Read more >>

AFRICA

A showcase of short films at iMPAC Festival

The iMPAC Festival, an annual short film festival event that provides a platform for the exhibition of African made student media that explores the synergy between sight and sound in the moving image, takes place from 6 October 2011 until Sunday, 9 October 2011, at The Bioscope, the independent cinema, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more >>

UGANDA

Annual PRAU Excellence Awards set for November

[Walter Wafula] The best public relations brains in Uganda's PR industry will be honoured at the third annual PRAU Excellence Awards, to be held in Kampala at the Kampala Serena Hotel on 14 November 2011. Read more >>

AFRICA

Pixel Foundry to launch Pixel Africa

Pixel Foundry, a photographic services agency based in South Africa, has announced that it will be expanding operations in Africa, with new divisions across Nigeria, DRC and other growing markets throughout the sub-Saharan region. Read more >>

MALAWI

Malawi public institutions not media friendly - MISA Malawi

[Gregory Gondwe] A 2011 study by the Malawi Chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA Malawi) has yet again revealed that government ministries and departments are still not open and free to give out information and therefore not transparent and accountable to the citizenry. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Retailer The Crazy Store plans African expansion

[Zeenat Moorad] Discount retailer The Crazy Store (TCS), plans to expand its footprint and cash-in on Africa's burgeoning middle class. Read more >>

AFRICA

Harness the power of your customers' testimonials

[John Boe] Do you routinely use customer testimonials to enhance your sales presentations and strengthen your marketing material? When it comes to effective marketing and business development, a glowing endorsement from a client is the gold standard. Read more >>

AFRICA

Africa's five major trends for potential growth

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Population growth, rapid urbanisation, adoption of new technologies, unlocking of abundant resources and the deepening of the financial sector are the five major trends that are set to drive Africa's economic growth, Simon Freemantle, Standard Bank Africa senior analyst, told a media roundtable in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday, Thursday 6 October 2011. Read more >>

UNITED STATES

Cable television shows head for Xbox Live

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Wednesday (5 October 2011) announced it will begin streaming a rich array of television shows on its Xbox Live videogame console online entertainment network in more than 20 countries by year's end. Read more >>

FRANCE

Television in the spotlight at MIPCOM 2011

CANNES: According to Disney Media Networks co-chair and Disney/ABC Television Group president Anne Sweeney, the global television audience will grow to 3.7 billion people this year and television viewing will increase by 140 billion hours in 2011. "Television is the medium around which all others revolve," she told MIPCOM delegates in Cannes this week. Read more >>

UNITED KINGDOM

Our Mobile Planet launched at MMA Forum

The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA)'s flagship EMEA event, the MMA Forum London, saw the launch of a new mobile consumer data resource, Our Mobile Planet, by Google. The Our Mobile Planet website provides users with free access to the full set of data from the "Global Mobile Research: The Smartphone User & The Mobile Marketer" initiative conducted on behalf of Google by Ipsos GmbH in collaboration with the MMA. Read more >>

SOUTH AFRICA

Eat Out nominees announced

The nominees for the premier category of the 2011 Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards have been announced. This year there are also six new categories: Best Asian Restaurant, Best Italian Restaurant, Best Steakhouse, Best Country-Style Restaurant and Best Bistro as well as the Boschendal Style Award for the most stylish restaurant. Read more >>