Russell Southwood talks to Olufunbi Folayi, Co-Founder, Passion Incubator, on his ‘nursery school’ for non-tech entrepreneurs.
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Prakash Patel opens Fogg Experiential Design in Cape Town
by Herman Manson (@marklives) Prakash Patel has opened a Cape Town office for Fogg Experiential Design, the well-known Johannesburg-based digital and data-driven design agency launched in 2005 by Shervin Pruthab.
Heroes & Zeros: Ocean Basket goes from zero to hero
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst brands of the week — Ocean Basket and Ford KUGA, respectively — with Jenny Crwys-Williams during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702.
Africa Style: Fifty Shades of Marketing
by Masingita Mazibuko. For many book readers who are also movie goers, and many movie goers who are not book readers, watching such sexually explicit scenes as described in the book Fifty Shades of Grey could prove an uncomfortable experience in a movie theatre. Is this perhaps why the promoters appear to adopting Fifty Shades of Marketing?
Ad of the Week: The smoking gun
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) For those who were there, Loeries was a feast of South Africa’s top creative talent. Y&R was one of the agencies that proudly announced a bumper crop of awards this year. One in particular — not a Gold winner, but a Silver in print/newspaper advertising — is courting controversy, and I’ve chosen it for my Ad of the Week.
Tuned: The revival of the African aesthetic
by Thabang Leshilo (@Thabang_Leshilo) While some cultural references have become clichéd narratives in popular culture, I believe the African aesthetic may be the very next big thing across the globe.
The Sell: Dancing chickens DO make you buy more
by Mimi Nicklin (@MimiNicklin) While I personally would not have confidently believed that a giant flashing chicken-chandelier installation, or life-size dancing chicken mascots and store staff, would be the solution to a retailer’s falling sales, there is a team that did just that, and it is reaping the rewards!
Smart Africa TV: Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr). We interview Tefo Mohapi of Lean Startup Machine Johannesburg (happening October 31 – November 2).
MagLove: Men’s Health shows off K2 Twins Alex and Charlie Kotze
by MediaSlut (@MediaSlut) My choice of the best international and local magazine covers in MagLove this week: Click, Playboy, Time Out New York, Variety, Woolworths TASTE
and Men’s Health South Africa.
Heroes & Zeros: Keith Rose is our hero of the week
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best and worst brands of the week — Keith Rose and Ignition, respectively — with Jenny Crwys-Williams (@jcwLIFE) during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702 (@Radio702).