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SAVE THE DATE 14-24 October 2021 – Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival announces theme, dates and new curator for 2021’s hybrid event: #BuildCozYouHaveTo The annual celebration of tech-powered African creativity is hitting reset with a phygital format and social sculptor dillion s. phiri is in the curator’s seat. Tshimologong Innovation Precinct and Wits School of Arts are proud to announce the 8th annual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2021 by the newly appointed curator dillion s. phiri. Fak’ugesi Festival 2021 will continue to bring industry, researchers and creators together to celebrate how technology enables creativity while zooming in on the ways this relationship shapes our lives. From...

02 July, 2021 /

Mediology has appointed industry heavyweight, Boniswa Pezisa as executive director. This appointment coincides with the agency's celebration of 15 years in business and continued commitment to creative media thinking. One of Mediology’s key differentiators is its diverse team, which hold a combination of experience and broad perspectives across various markets, industries, and disciplines. Pezisa strengthens the team, with her enviable career, which includes, holding positions as the Group CEO for Net#work BBDO, chairperson for both the Loeries and ACA (Association for Communication & Advertising), and more recently, being inducted into the Loeries Hall of Fame. Congrats on being appointed as executive director...

28 June, 2021 /

Digital communication has become the first choice for brands and those who fail to recognise this will miss out. It is also cost-effective and, if done right, can do more for a brand's reach than other channels Much like every other industry, public relations has had to change. Since the onset of Covid, the industry has been forced to shift and rethink its approach from "hard sell" communication to a softer and more considered approach. And that change has not always been easy, says Sylvester Chauke, founder of DNA Brand Architects, which became the first black-owned agency to win the prestigious Best...

25 June, 2021 /

"As a young, Black female, I believe it's not only important to service clients but also to open up the digital floor to much needed conversations so that the campaigns we work on bring about real change," Says Nombulelo Malinga, founder and director of Zizi Digital, which specialises in social media marketing and offers 360 digital consulting service. As such, Zizi Digital have launched the #Zizi4Youth campaign and competition where one youth owned startup in South Africa could win R5000 in cash to help them in their entrepreneurship endeavors.  Nombulelo Malinga shares more about Zizi Digital. Can you tell us more about Zizi...

21 June, 2021 /

PRISM Young Voices (PYV), PR land's under 30 talent set to take the industry by storm. DNA Brand Architects All-Star, Sicelo Vilakazi was announced as the PYV of the Year for the 2019 cohort as voted for by his peers. What Does this recognition and opportunity means to you? Being selected as a PRISM Young Voice of the Year is a great achievement for myself as it rewards for all the hard work i have put in over the last years or so   "I see it is a platform that I can use to set my mark in the industry and be counted...

18 June, 2021 /

The negative perception of Africa has always been linked to media and advertising. This has led to the stereotypical view of Africa as a dark continent. Advertisers, creatives, photographers, media practitioners and even African citizens themselves now have the opportunity to change that. How? Through authenticity. It is vital that content put out of Africans is as authentic as possible. These were the sentiments shared at a digital event hosted on Africa Day. The idea was a collaboration between photography marketplace and stock footage platform Afristock and digital media company Afrikaren Media. They hit the world by storm as over 100 people...

14 June, 2021 /

Tastic and Laduma campaign wins big at South Africa's most sought after PR awards DNA Brand Architects made history at the 2021 Prism Awards by becoming the first Black-owned agency to win the prestigious Best Large PR Consultancy of the Year award. This comes on the back of consistent wins at Prisms by the agency over the last five years, including three Campaign of the Year Silver awards and being the very first Black-owned agency to win Campaign of the Year Gold in 2019. The annual Prism Awards, celebrating excellence in the public relations and communication industry took place on Friday, 4 June 2021...

09 June, 2021 /

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13 May, 2021 /

I have just finished listening to the scintillating Secrete Sauce podcast series on the founding and explosive growth of Airbnb. The lessons shared in the series got me thinking. Airbnb defied the odds Since the co-founders - Brian Chesky (current CEO), Joe Gabbia and Nathan Blecharcsky - founded this home rental business in August 2008, incidentally three months before I founded eNitiate, they have dealt with many challenges; from investors who did not believe in their idea, misbehaving guests that trashed hosts' apartments, legislation that has tried to crush their business based on the allegation that it is promoting illegal hoteling, to...

03 May, 2021 /