Advertising and Media

After Trump win, internet to get Canadian mirror (kind of)

The US election has forced tech companies and other entities to look closely at their operations, owing to the imminent Trump administration coming into power….

Digital publishing and the world’s largest education company

As an arm of a 172-year- old publishing company, Pearson Education has experienced the digital revolution first-hand. Many saw the seismic shift toward digital…

Reddit’s Joel Meek on challenges facing digital publishing

Joel Meek has been VP of Operations at Reddit for over a year. In his role, Joel oversees Reddit’s Community, Trust and Safety, Finance, Media…

Google wants to make annoying mobile interstitials a thing of the past

Google has announced that it will soon revamp its mobile search functionality to better aid users on their journey through the web. This improvement…

Fake news in South Africa: 5 websites you should definitely avoid

Whether it’s to simply hoodwink people or to generate ad revenue, fake news websites have received mainstream attention in recent months. Now, we’ve already…

South Africa’s Quirk rebrands as Mirum

One of South Africa‘s largest digital agencies, WPP-owned Quirk, has today announced that it is rebranding to Mirum. The move comes after the company…

Deloitte Digital gobbles up Fintech agency Jinja Interactive

Deloitte Digital has made another raid into the specialist agency space. On Monday, the full services consultancy announced its acquisition of Jinja Interactive —…

5 trends to set to revolutionise the customer experience in 2016

A massive 89% of companies plan to compete primarily on the basis of the customer experience by 2016, which is a dramatic increase since…

A digital customer experience revolution could save the brick and mortar store

The retail model of the future will be a radically different experience from today, largely driven by the changing shopping demands of the younger…

Are South African marketing pros missing out on the micro-moment opportunity? [Part 1]

Most South African marketers understand that smartphones and other mobile devices are radically reshaping their customers’ behaviour by giving them access to personalised services…

Publicis snaps up Popimedia in R350m+ deal

Publicis’ South African buying spree shows no signs of slowing down. On Wednesday, the French agency network announced that it had completed an outright…

Netflix releases fourth quarter earnings, lays out ambitious plans for 2016

Netflix has released its fourth quarter earnings for the year ending 2016. The company reported a massive revenue of US$1.82-billion and earnings per share…

Digital advertising is in a state of emergency, and there’s no easy fix

“When last did you click on a banner?” I am yet to get an answer to this question that doesn’t begin with a panicked…

There’s no magic bullet for digital marketing success

When starting a new lead generation, mobile marketing, social media or brand awareness campaign, I’m often asked – “what is the magic bullet with…

impactAFRICA: $500k African data journalism fund launches

Code for Africa on Monday announced the launch of impactAFRICA, a US$500 000 fund aimed at providing grants and technical support for impactful data…

The Excel formulas SEO pros love: Concatenate [Part 1]

Excel and data analysis are part of day-to-day internet marketing. Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Ahrefs, Moz the list of data providers goes on…

It’s a digital staff churn frenzy: What can you do?

Agencies specialising in digital marketing in South Africa and abroad are falling increasingly vulnerable to the loom and doom of staff churn. In a…

Daily Maverick joins growing list of sites culling their comments sections

The Daily Maverick, a South Africa-based news and opinion site, has joined a growing list of publishers who’ve shut down or suspended their comments…

Email is dead . . . . Long live email

Even with the proliferation of new communication platforms that are now available such as social media and mobile communication apps, email is still the…

International websites: what you need to know for SEO

How do you open new markets with an international website? Create a localized experience with your website. Garnering a strong search engine ranking and…

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

How iGaming is becoming more accessible in South Africa

HP Ditches the 15-Minute Wait: Is This the End of Customer Service Hell?

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Koop’s AI Housekeeper: Could This Be the Solution to SA’s Startup Compliance Headache?

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs