by Charlie Mathews. Sheena Kretzmer opens up to Africa Dispatches about the early days, philosophy, how crowded social media marketing’s become and her favourite campaign.
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Africa Dispatches: Isaiah Wakoli’s digital dreamscapes
by Charlie Mathews. The fantastical dreamscapes of digital artist, Isaiah Wakoli, reimagine people, places and contexts in Africa.
Africa Dispatches: Macharia’s Afrofictionism reinvents Africa
by Charlie Mathews. A self-taught commercial artist based in Nairobi, Kenya, Osborne Macharia calls his style of photography “Afrofictionism”.
Africa Dispatches: Dan Mace — YouTube-star turned TVC prodigy
by Charlie Mathews. Dan Mace is not even 30 and he’s already won several big awards for the very first TVC he ever made, for Tusker & Net#work BBDO.
Africa Dispatches: Brand-savvy GetSmarter goes global
by Charlie Mathews. Walking through the GetSmarter campus, one senses of just how important Sam Paddock believes branding is to success.
Africa Dispatches: Julia Franco’s fashionable brand revolution
by Charlie Mathews. Shwe — The Wearable Library is a social enterprise that employs 64 people at a handful of hubs in Durban’s city centre.
Africa Dispatches: Go further out [interview]
by Charlie Mathews. Local mass-media content has devolved, says former-arts-writer-cum-content-guru, Kagiso Mnisi.
Africa Dispatches: Meditations on SA’s beautiful madness
by Mandy de Waal. What’s the relationship between commerce and art? Why should advertisers, brand owners and marketers take note of local art?
Africa Dispatches: The fine art of Mr_MediaX [interview]
by Mandy de Waal. Cebo Simphiwe Xulu speaks to us about them interwebs, the definition of art, the relationship between commerce and art, and more.
Africa Dispatches: Bob Perfect on Pokémon Go
by Mandy de Waal. Bob Perfect organises jols, speaks about youth culture, and writes for Vice’s Noisey but, in July 2016, he was hunting Pokémon.