by Moonga Mkandawire. The head of investor services and transactional banking at Stanbic Bank offers advice on client relationship-building when doing business in Lusaka.
Author archives: Simone Puterman
What if we didn’t do one 2019 brand ad? What if we did 20?
by Jacques Burger. Perhaps, if we spent less time worrying and workshopping and reverting and we just ran with stuff, more freely, we could do a lot more, a whole lot quicker.
SA TV Ratings: SABC 1 — primetime top 20 for Oct 2018
by MarkLives. The hottest primetime shows on SABC 1 in South Africa revealed: TV ratings for October 2018.
Young, Gifted & Killing It! 2018 in review
by Veli Ngubane. In 2018, we continued to go looking for the youngsters who are gifted and killing it in SA’s creative industries.
Help! I’m an ‘adult’ in advertising & I’ve no idea what I’m doing
by Shannon Koor. Here are my observations of the faraway, strange and exciting swamp planet that is the advertising industry after one year.
Brands & Branding: The (post)modern brand as representation
by Christo van der Westhuizen. What, actually, is a postmodern brand in a late capitalist society?
Media Design: Existing While Black, Printed Pages, Simplicissimus, Wat Binne Is
Shane de Lange’s weekly analysis of media design from South Africa and around the world.
African Echo: Where the streets have no name
by Rohan Reddy. One of the best ways to do document Africa is to be an observer of the streets.
Market Research Wrap: Private labels grab 21% of SA retail
by MarkLives. SA private labels worth R49bn; 2019 media predictions; and the #1 reason for buyers talking to sales teams — our weekly wrap of the latest market and consumer research.
Media Redefined: Behaviour is truth
by Martin MacGregor. The biggest challenge any marketing activity has to do is to get consumers to change behaviour.