by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Joris Komen, an education and environment innovator based in Namibia, discusses his work using Ushahidi crowd-mapping in conjunction with social media to reduce the number of vultures being poisoned as a result of poaching in southern Africa.
Category archives: Watch
Ad of the Week: Changing the world, one school at a time
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) Education remains a challenge in South Africa and is a space where old apartheid spending still continues to directly impact learner’s outcomes. Ad agency Joe Public, led by Pepe Marais, is part of an organisation that has taken on this challenge — One School at a Time.
Design Annotator: 16 Jozi galleries, a music hackathon and the InAWE Residency
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week on Design Annotator we’re highlighting: David Krut Print Workshop, Stand 47, Beatenberg #10and5Takeover, InAWE Residency with Fort Rixon, Break.Make.Create, “Wake Up, This Is Joburg”, 16 Jozi gallery spaces and art museums, and the “City of Gold Diggers” exhibition.
Smart Africa TV: Digital content marketing in Tanzania
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, brothers Hafiz and Nadeem Juma, of the AIM Group, a digital content agency in Dar es Salaam, discuss the rapidly growing market for content in Tanzania, the explosion in blogs, and breaking the ‘cartel of distribution networks’.
The Ad Contrarian: New CMO = new agency = new campaign (= sh*t)
by Bob Hoffman (@adcontrarian), San Francisco Bay I am not a fan of either the talking-animal or the talking-baby genre. They’ve been done a million times and rarely have they been anything but awful. However, every now and then someone does it well. They take a clichéd idea and make it into something good.
Heroes & Zeros: Yellow Pages — Andy Rice pays tribute to David Abbott
Andy Rice (@ricecommaandy) talks about his best (Yellow Pages — a tribute to David Abbott) and worst (Emirates) adverts of the week with Jenny Crwys-Williams during The Ad Feature on Talk Radio 702.
Ad of the Week: Trust me, I’m a doctor
by Oresti Patricios (@orestaki) The last time I was affected deeply by a Coronation ad was in 2012, with the true story of Lawrence Anthony, “the elephant whisperer”. The new ad, from Net#work BBDO, sticks with the powerful message of “Trust is Earned”, as well as with using a remarkable but true narrative to demonstrate the power of trust — the story of Dr Albert-André Nast, a doctor in the French village of Chelles.
Design Annotator: The Twenty Journey, Portfolio Night SA and 100 Good Ideas
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) This week on Design Annotator we’re highlighting: photographer Dillon Marsh; the Twenty Journey; graphic designer Justin Plunkett; photographer Paulo Menezes; the Winter Sculpture Fair 2014; Portfolio Night 12; Studio Botes; What If x 100 GOOD IDEAS; BrandsEye on general elections; Skittles #SmuggleTheRainbow; Grolsch’s ‘Design A Swingtop’ competition; and Bobtail’s “When they don’t let go” campaign.
The Sell: Should fridges tweet and other stories
by Mimi Nicklin (@MimiNicklin) As the plethora of technology options widens, how do we choose what to buy? This is the question I pose myself when looking at which technology brands are getting right, and wrong, when it comes to driving purchase.
Smart Africa TV: WildEarth — watching nature live!
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this video interview, Graham Wallington, co-founder of WildEarth TV, talks about how he has created a business out of live-streaming animals across the globe.