Tag Archives: South Africa
Local SA Creative Shop Gets Hard Core With Ed Hardys Energy Drink
Ed Hardy Energy Drink, synonymous with the tiger logo on their apparel, approached MetropolitanRepublic in December 2011 to create ads for their new energy drink.
When MetropolitanRepublic were commissioned to create a radio advertisement for Ed Hardy energy drink, they merged the ‘Party Hardy’ proposition with a stereotypical “hard oke” to create a character so [...]
New Generation Money Management Service 22seven Launches To Both Fanfare And Criticism
Independent online personal financial service, 22seven, launched last week into a world grappling with its fifth consecutive year of economic volatility. For consumers it’s tough and the question we are all asking ourselves, apart from how long is this recession going to last, is “how do we make ends meet?”
22seven was unveiled in Johannesburg last [...]
Want To Be An Entrepreneur? Kick-Start Your Future With The Allan Gray Fellowship Programme
The Allan Gray Orbis Foundation is offering South Africa’s brightest young minds a head-start in life through its Allan Gray Fellowship Programme. This initiative aims to develop students, known as Allan Gray Fellows, into South Africa’s future high growth entrepreneurial leaders and includes comprehensive financial support as one its many benefits.
Applications to the Fellowship [...]
PayU Opens Up New Markets For South African Online Businesses
South African online payment service provider, PayU, today announced a partnership that enables online businesses to accept Ukash as an additional online payment method.
“Customers who do not have credit cards want to enjoy the cost saving and convenience of shopping online. Our partnership with Ukash enables online businesses to service cash customers who previously [...]
SA Start Up Snapplify Transforms Publishing Content Into Mobile Apps
A South African application development company has launched their product and signed their first deal at Frankfurt Book Fair.
The recent launch of mobile app developer Snapplify gives the publishing market a full turnkey solution for transforming their content into mobile apps within minutes, for global distribution via the Apple App Store. It is the [...]
New Executive Committee For The Digital Media And Marketing Association
Members of the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) voted for their new executive committee at the AGM held on the 19th of January 2012.
The eight member executive committee (Exco) will once again be chaired by Nikki Cockcroft (Woolworths Online) who also holds the position of the Head of Bookmarks, the DMMA’s digital industry [...]
Heyneke Meyer: Can He Fix South African Rugby?
Regular readers will know that the authors of Ideate are sports fans. The big rugby news of the weekend was that Heyneke Meyer will be the new Springbok coach after a Special General Meeting of the South African Rugby Union (SARU) ratified his proposed appointment in Cape Town on Friday. Why’s this such big news? [...]
Welcome Back, Entrepreneurs: 5 Challenges To Get You Started
Well, it’s happened. Another year has rolled over, and 2012 marks the 7th year that Ideate has been championing South Africa’s entrepreneurs. We hope that this year will be a cracker for you, and that it will bring your dreams to reality. To kick things off, we want to challenge our readers to expand their [...]
The “What You Gonna Do With Your Life?” Summer Road Trip
Five-city coastal tour ‘fishing’ for SA’s next generation of entrepreneurs. While the holidays are a time for most of us to relax, there are thousands of young people across South Africa hoping to enjoy a break of a different sort: the chance to start a career.
From December 20 to January 14, a unique five-ton [...]
Holiday Finance Tip: Protecting Your Valuables
This one’s more of a holiday checklist, but still super-important to ensure you don’t end up wasting your hard-earned money if something goes south this holiday season.
First-off, if you’re leaving home on holiday, make sure that you don’t make it an absolute giveaway that you’re not there – holiday time is peak season for [...]
