Evert van der Veer, Head of Comedy, Africa on: the extent of the comedy scene and its more famous performers; race and religion as two defining topics in South Africa; taboos comedy tackles; the kinds of venues comedy plays in; international comedians’ success in South Africa; the kind of local South African programmes on the Comedy Channel; and opening up local comedy programmes for Nigeria.
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Smart Africa TV: Ringtones in Africa — the US$500 million market
by Russell Southwood (@BalancingActAfr) In this interview, Rob Marshall, who is responsible digital music business development at Sony Music, talks about the potential for the music business on the continent and how ringtones are already a US$500 million market.
Lagos, Nigeria a photo essay by Anton Crone, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town
A guest post by Anton Crone, Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town
The belief is that when you go to Lagos, your hotel room is only good enough as a place to curl up and weep as you wait for the dawn to come.
New frontiers of identity
The emerging market is changing the way brand identities are forged.