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| The full list of winners for the 40th Annual Loerie Awards, which concluded on Saturday, 18 August 2018 at the Durban ICC, have been announced. Congratulations to all...read |
| | | African Daily Voice (ADV) will provide comprehensive coverage in text, photo, video and computer graphics of African news...read |
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Leigh Andrews Ramsey Naja, CCO of JWT Mddle East, kicked off the DStv Seminar of Creativty at Loeries 2018 with a presentation titled 'the headline makers 2.0'. He swiftly told a story that shifted from doom and gloom to a healthy dose of hope and tips to hit the sweet spot in 2018...read | 
Leigh Andrews There's no denying purpose-led marketing is a hot topic at the moment, here's how your business can strive towards shared value...read | 
Angie White The second speaker at the 2018 DStv Seminar of Creativity was Lethepu Matshaba, vice president of Homecare Southern Africa at Unilever SA, who spoke on the relevance of creativity in a hyper-fragmented world...read |
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 | Louise Marsland Tributes have poured in after the passing of Ghana's much-loved son and the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan... read |
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 | Authorities in Lesotho should immediately withdraw a baseless complaint of incitement against the privately owned MoAfrika FM radio station... read |
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 | Issued By Primedia Outdoor Primedia Outdoor's Radio-to-Road initiative in Zambia is an integrated multi-channel solution that enables audio and visual channel synchronicity allowing clients to create high-impact campaigns... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The fifth speaker of the day was Sebastian Padilla, co-founder of Anagrama Studio in Mexico and also involved in a handful of other companies. He describes himself as 'a semi-adult', and in just 39 minutes, shared the essence of a typographically beautiful presentation on the power of collaborating and bouncing off others' strengths to unlock your own passions... read |
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 | The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa promotes use of disruptive technology to enhance financial inclusion in Africa... read |
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 | Tom Jackson 'Focus on tackling Africa's greatest challenges through entrepreneurship...' read |
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 | Issued By Nielsen While Nigeria's Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for the second quarter of 2018 has risen a very healthy nine points to 122, Ghana's CCI for the same quarter has fallen 12 points to 108... read |
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 | Twitter announced this week that it has expanded Twitter Lite to 21 more countries, including five countries in Africa... read |
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 | Issued By APO Group APO Group, the leading media relations consultancy for Africa and the Middle East, has begun its international search for a Head of Media Relations Division... read |
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 | Issued By Bizcommunity.com In praise, honour and celebration of all African and Middle Eastern creative superheroes, we're delighted to deliver your Loeries 2018 content highlights package - direct to your inbox and including at least 10 exclusive exposés and insider interviews... read |
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 | Angie White The Loeries masterclasses started off with a bang, with the well-supported launch of the Women in Marketing: Africa initiative... read |
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 | David Meintjes David Meintjes, managing director at Connection Telecom, asks the question, "Can President Ramaphosa breathe new life into South Africa's Digital Economy?" read |
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 | JG Bezuidenhout Have you cottoned on to one of the best and easiest routes to boosting conversion rates and driving sales? The intelligent way to re-engage customers and prospective clients? The great way to maximise on your current advertising spend? Are you remarketing yet? read |
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 | Juanita Pienaar Renowned filmmaker and author Wanuri Kahiu has been announced as one of the speakers at the 2019 Design Indaba... read |
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 | The use of mobile devices to make retail and store payments will act as a driver for financial inclusion of the unbanked in emerging markets... read |
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 | Candace Bosch Content should be one (or all) of three things, namely, entertaining, interesting or useful. Here are six good reasons why it's important for your business... read |
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 | Andy Walker In an extremely brave and risky financial play, Spotify may soon allow free tier users to skip audio and video advertisements whenever they want... read |
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 | Lufuno Makungo Our daily job is to find creative solutions for our clients, but we have done little to find a solution to our ancient pricing model that we despise so much even though our industry keeps changing... read |
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 | If your business model is still trying to catch up with what millennials want in packaging, you are going to get left behind by a new generation of digital nomads... read |
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 | Mike Saunders Brands are chasing every single platform. Wanting to be everywhere, making sure that each platform has their voice, their content and their flavour... read |
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 | Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in WhatsApp that allows a threat actor to intercept and manipulate messages... read |
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 | Issued By Nielsen Kenya's latest CCI score for Quarter 2, 2018, has risen two points since the previous quarter to 104, displaying much-improved sentiment from the low of 94 recorded in Q4, 2017... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews Doug Place, CMO at Nando's, is the well-deserved recipient of this year's Loeries Marketing Leadership and Innovation Award. He says the only thing to fear is being mediocre... read |
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 | APO Group and Kwesé Sports announce strategic alliance to promote rugby across Africa and the globe... read |
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 | Tyron Sharnock Customer loyalty has long been regarded as a critical component to building a brand with traditional models focusing on loyalty metrics such as customer retention and repurchase... read |
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 | Moya Messenger, a mobile messaging app that allows users to communicate without incurring data costs, has been launched in South Africa... read |
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 | The Fak'ugesi African Digital Residency programme goes trans-continental in 2018... read |
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 | Cameroonian authorities should speedily investigate an alleged arson attack on community radio station Sky FM in the volatile Northwest region... read |
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 | The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release from detention of Nigerian editor and publisher, Jones Abiri... read |
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 | Authorities in Mozambique should immediately reverse plans to impose prohibitively high financial charges that unduly target independent media... read |
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 | The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Southern Africa office launches Zambia Steps profile and country profiles for Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe... read |
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 | Sean Avery Drastic action is being taken in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, with 4000 buildings set to be demolished... read |
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 | Fifteen teams have been selected as the winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge... read |
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 | The process to merge South African Express with South African Airways is underway... read |
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 | AfDB's support to the agriculture sector will be private sector-led. It will support Zambia to reform its agricultural trade policies that allow for private sector participation in the export of agricultural commodities... read |
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 | Solar panels, electric vehicles and wind turbines are all essential for tackling climate change and ensuring sustainable development. However, there is a dark side to this technology... read |
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 | Mace has released a new report providing its latest tender cost update for Sub-Saharan Africa... read |
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 | "Cape Town is a city with strong fundamentals, aspiring talent and a palpable excitement, set against a backdrop of inequality, which is borne out of the country's past but which will play a role in the city's future." read |
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 | Mary Iwelumo and Sonny Nwarisi As uncertainty in the industry persists, the various tiers of government in Nigeria continue to explore alternatives for diversifying the economy especially in light of the recent economic recession largely caused by the decline in crude oil revenue... read |
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 | With the growing global interest in cobalt and copper, the Democratic Republic of Congo's needs to focus on developing specialised mining-related skills... read |
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 | According to the report, World: Poppy Seed - Market Report: Analysis and Forecast to 2025, recently published by IndexBox, the global poppy seed market was estimated at 111,000 tonnes in 2016, which was 6% more than in the previous year... read |
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 | Red Bull and Kusini Water recently announced the launch of a partnership that will see the development of a desalination plant at the V&A Waterfront later this year... read |
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 | Engen Namibia has appointed Christian Li as their new managing director in the country... read |
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 | Gilbert Saggia The poor condition of rail infrastructure in many African countries is undermining the potential of rail systems to contribute to economic development... read |
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 | Footprint Africa Business Solutions has moved from IoT development into healthcare by creating Doc-in-a-box... read |
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 | Josephine Wawira Kenya's tourism industry has undergone challenges such as the uncertainty surrounding the political landscape in 2017. Yet, its resilient performance has been impactfully felt on the Kenyan economy... read |
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 | According to an analysis by African Sun Limited, Zimbabwe is currently ranked 117th among the most likely travel destinations in the world category as compared to South Africa which ranks 60th. As such, politicians should shift their focus from recent election result to the future of the country... read |
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 | Jennifer Langston Deep in the rainforest in a northern corner of the Republic of Congo, some of the most sophisticated monitoring of animal sounds on Earth is taking place... read |
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 | The hospitality industry is becoming highly competitive with the focus shifting from hotel design and technology to experience-based differentials... read |
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 | Wandile Sihlobo The United States Department of Agriculture has just released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report, which covers most major grains and oilseeds estimates for the 2018/19 production season... read |
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Kofi Annan "To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there." Aretha Franklin "Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift." Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu "Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner." |
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