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Marketing Event Focuses On Online Advertising: Johannesburg 23rd November
Never has a marketing medium presented a more murky and confusing profile as online advertising. Next week the premium monthly marketing event, the Heavy Chef Sessions, aims to bring clarity to this tricky topic.
Do people ever click on adverts? Should they even bother? Do those bouncing, flashing, irritating web ads hold any value within [...]
World Design Capital 2014, The Countdown Begins!
By now, we’re all feeling the yellow buzz, and it’s not only the delicious summer sun sneak previews we’ve been catching over the weekend… Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014 and the announcement of the winning City is happening next Wednesday, the 26th of October at 7am.
Just to recap – The World Design Capital [...]
Cape Town’s Creative Community On Board for World Design Capital Selection Visit
Cape Town has said farewell to the World Design Capital’s selection committee, represented by Dilki de Silva (Canada) and Martin Darbyshire (UK). The two were in the city from Sunday, 24 July till Wednesday, 27 July, for a whirlwind tour of what makes Cape Town a true contender for the role of World Design Capital [...]
Major On-line Retailing Conference goes to Cape Town
Next month, you have the opportunity to join prominent figures in industry for what is going to be the most informative on-line retailing event to be held in Southern Africa.
The On-line Retailing Conference that will be held in Cape Town on the 14th and 15th September, 2011 at the Cape Town Lodge Hotel and [...]
World Design Capital Judges Visit Cape Town
The World Design Capital 2014 judges were welcomed in Cape Town this week, 24 to 26 July, on an official visit. They were exploring the city as part of the final selection process, when Cape Town will be assessed alongside two other short-listed cities, Bilbao in Spain and Dublin in Ireland, for the 2014 title. [...]
First “Startup Weekend” in Sub-Saharan Africa in CT this weekend
Cape Town, South Africa –The first ever Startup Weekend in Sub-Saharan Africa will take place in Cape Town from July 22-24th at the University of Cape Town, New Economics Building, Middle Campus.
Startup Weekend is a 54 hour event that provides the networking, resources, and incentives for participants to take a business idea from concept [...]
News24 iPad app takes off
South Africans definitely don’t lag behind in the tech savy arena, with the both the iPad 1 and 2 sold out within days after the launch. Now, South Africa’s biggest online news portal has had massive success with their iPad app. The News24 free iPad application has 28,303 downloads after being released earlier in the [...]
GetSmarter embraces new ‘industrial-chic’ offices
Our friends at GetSmarter are so excited to tell us that they’ve moved to new offices! You may know the online education company from our authors Anna, Gareth and Kirsten.
Rob Paddock, who has recently taken over from his brother Sam as Managing Director, explains, “We’ve moved offices three times in the past few years, and [...]
Africa Entrepreneurship Awards Launched
Legatum, a private international investment group, and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, recently announced the launch of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship, one of the continent’s most prestigious business awards.
For the first time, the Africa Awards is open to entries from every country in Africa. Owners of profitable, growing enterprises (with annual revenues [...]
Friday Giveaway: Win a UCT Effective People Management course!
It’s Friday and that means everyone is excited for the weekend. We’re making your cold wintry day even better with a giveaway! The very kind people at UCT and online training company, GetSmarter are offering you a spot in their UCT Effective People Management course worth R5,700!
About the course:
As the economic environment becomes more competitive, a business’ competitive edge [...]
