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 | In the latest Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show, host Warren Harding interviewed Melissa Attree and Candice Winterboer... read more>> |
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 | The finalists have been confirmed for this year's IAB Bookmarks Awards. Those selected were picked from a record number of entries... read more>> |
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 | Leigh Andrews Rob Mc Lennan of King James II is a busy man, but I pinned him down for a quick, exclusive chat on this year's Loeries campaign - Durban, you've been warned... read more>> |
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 | Dawn Rowlands Brands that stand out will create commercial success by attracting more users, more often. Brands that make it easy for consumers to recognise them (and love them) will win... read more>> | |  | Brett Morris There are shifts in the industry - this is the era of disposable content and a demand for high-value content - the challenge is to still create the emotional work that moves people, says Brett Morris, CEO of FCB South Africa... read more>> | |  | Wayne Naidoo As conventional models of reaching consumers become radically undermined, initially by mobile, the very notion of what a consumer is will change... read more>> | |  | Ravi Bhaya As the world gets more inter-connected, the Internet of Things will become more of a reality in the emerging markets of Africa... read more>> | |  | Henk Swanepoel The impact of the mobile phone is one of the most important changes to have taken place in Africa in the last century. It has changed people, societies, communities and relationships... read more>> | |  | Vincent Maher While big data, content marketing and the cloud are up there in his trends for 2015 too, Vincent Maher, chief innovation officer at Kagiso Media, has also highlighted the growth of e-Sports... read more>> | |  | Heidi Myers Social listening is arguably the most significant technology to hit marketing since social media itself. It will be a huge trend in 2015. So, what is social listening and why does it matter?... read more>> | |  | David Blyth The fundamentals of marketing excellence will never change. Just like the shopkeepers who earned their customers' trust before the age of branding, powerful brands are those that understand and relate to people... read more>> | |  | Omar Essack Traditional media models are broken and new business thinking is required going forward, urges Omar Essack, group deputy CEO of Kagiso Media... read more>> | |
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 | GABORONE, BOTSWANA: The Editor of the Gaborone Mmegi suspects a state organisation is behind a hacking attack last week, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>> |
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 | Tiffany Conley In the words of famed fashion designer Alexander McQueen, 'It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style...' read more>> |
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 | Ayanda Dlamini ICTs can develop skills, which in turn can develop the ICT sector, in a 'benefit cycle' that can propel Africa into the mainstream knowledge economy, but more effort is needed to get this wheel rolling... read more>> |
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 | Lilian Mutegi A status update by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook on his page stated that social media platform had partnered with Airtel to give people on the Airtel network access to free basic internet services for education, health, jobs and communication... read more>> |
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 | The Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, has directed its full-time and part-time students to proceed on a 22-day holiday to enable them to exercise their civic rights during this month's general elections... read more>> |
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 | Matthew Barker SUNNYVALE, US: Major data breaches continue with a significant rise in those originating from mobile devices... read more>> |
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 | Arusha - Tanzania has suspended the publication of a major regional newspaper, the East African, with diplomats voicing concern at a possible crackdown on press freedom ahead of elections in October... read more>> |
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 | In line with its vision of becoming an African celebration of excellence in public relations and communication, the PRISM awards have introduced two new categories with an African focus... read more>> |
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 | Matthew Buckland Like one of those birds that are attracted to shiny jewellery, I love new gadgets and new technology. As someone with the expensive Early Adopter Disease, I embraced podcasting in its nascence... read more>> |
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 | Businesses have long struggled with how to train their employees effectively, while showing a solid return on investment... read more>> |
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 | John French 'Employee engagement' is the buzz phrase we are hearing more and more about in today's corporate world... read more>> |
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 | Owen Andrew After years of domination by a few big names, social media is now expected to undergo some significant shifts and changes in the new year... read more>> |
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 | Walter Pike Amanda Sevasti is a well-known commentator on all things digital and a judge at the Bookmark Awards for 2015. She's been sharing her judging experience on Twitter... read more>> |
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 | Constant Munda Three Nairobi-based companies have applied for licensing to join the rapidly growing commercial free-to-air television broadcasting industry as the country migrates from analogue transmission to digital... read more>> |
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 | Nicholas Barenblatt Around 10 million South Africans are aged between 18 and 33. These are the millennials, also known as Generation Y, and if you aren't factoring them into your marketing strategies already, you'd better hop to it... read more>> |
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 | TEHRAN, IRAN: Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday launched his official website, in a possible return to the political scene a year before legislative elections... read more>> |
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 | LONDON, UK: Troubled British supermarket giant Tesco said on Wednesday that it could axe as many as 2,000 jobs under plans to shut 43 stores in a company-wide overhaul... read more>> |
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 | China on Wednesday, 28 January, offered a spirited defence of its aid to Africa, rejecting charges of "concrete diplomacy", following a major infrastructure deal with the continent... read more>> |
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 | Naseem Javed TORONTO, CANADA: There are some million new cyber brands about to appear in global e-commerce, big or small they will skate all around the globe... read more>> |
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 | ISTANBUL TURKEY: A Turkish court has ordered Facebook to block pages deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, threatening to shut down the social media network indefinitely... read more>> |
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 | Communications Minister Faith Muthambi has addressed a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question relating to government advertising spending on The New Age newspaper... read more>> |
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 | South Africans have been called to have their say on what should be included in President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation Address (SONA), scheduled for next week... read more>> |
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 | ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been elected as the new chairperson of the African Union (AU)... read more>> |
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 | Make sure that you don't violate the rights of children and that the stakeholders with whom you do business in Africa and elsewhere also uphold a strong sense of ethics. Your company's reputation depends on it... read more>> |
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Isaac Asimov "People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." Helen Keller "I can not do everything, but I can do something. I must not fail to do the something that I can do." Eleanor Roosevelt "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." |
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