Engen launched its first pharmacy in Kenya earlier this month at its highly-successful Hurlingham branch in Nairobi, in partnership with Payless Pharmacy. Selling over-the-counter and prescription medication, the pharmacy is yet another source of convenience for consumers to choose Engen. “This is a real value-added service to our valued customers in the Hurlingham area, entrenching […]
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Vega and Orange Academy team up in Lagos for a brand building match made in heaven
Teamwork certainly does make the dream work, if the recent collaboration between Vega, an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE), and Orange Academy Nigeria is anything to go by. While many organisations consider it counter-intuitive to work with ‘competitors’, Vega and Orange Academy proved that collaboration is vital for business and […]
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From 6 to 16 September, the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival is back in Johannesburg to celebrate technology, creativity, collaboration and innovation from across the African continent. The highly anticipated 2017 festival will officially open with the launch of the Fak’ugesi Digital Africa Exhibition on 8 September and close with the Festival Finale – Fak’ugesi […]
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FCB Joburg Managing Director, Thabang Skwambane, has joined former Aluwani interns, Warren Handley and Tom David, at Victoria Falls for a few days of their epic journey on foot from Kilimanjaro to Johannesburg. Handley and David have climbed Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, and are currently walking the more than 6000km back to Johannesburg, […]
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The annual EMEA SABRE Awards were held in London last night, a prestigious event that celebrates the best PR firms across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Clockwork Media walked away with the African Consultancy of the Year Award, a massive feat for an independently owned agency. The Holmes Report 2017 EMEA PR Consultancies of […]
Continue readingMore TagDigitata Insights partners with MTN Rwanda to launch innovative mobile marketing platform
Digitata Insights, a subsidiary of Digitata Limited, a privately-held multinational technology company that delivers intelligence in the mobile telecommunications and digital media arenas, today announced the launch of the MeMe mobile marketing solution, in partnership with leading mobile network operator MTN Rwanda. The MeMe mobile marketing solution went live Thursday, 18th May 2017. Digitata […]
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Engen Primax Unleaded, which has the same fuel technology and engineering that has powered the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Formula One team to three world championships, is now available at Engen forecourts in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. To launch the fuel in these countries, Engen is rolling out a comprehensive advertising campaign, extolling the […]
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Sub–Saharan investment and development company, Arise appointed Brand Union late last year to create and launch its new brand into Africa. The African holdings of three cornerstone investors, namely, Norfund, FMO and Rabobank joined forces to create Arise as a locally based and locally focused company. And in February, the launch took place in Cape […]
Continue readingMore TagManaging the metrics that drive reputation is vital to business sustainability in Africa, finds inaugural Magna Carta Africa Reputation Index
Good governance is the top reputational attribute for telecommunications companies in South Africa Consumers want to see improved working conditions for government employees to reduce the frustration factor Banks should distinguish themselves more in terms of their customer service offering Reputational drivers and attributes vary markedly across key industries in South Africa, highlighting the crucial […]
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Advertising agency, TBWA\ Khanga Rue has launched a free 12-class series on entrepreneurship for young people in Tanzania called “Noa Ubongo” or “Sharpen Your Brain” in Swahili. The programme will be disseminated on social media and eventually aired in thousands of video halls throughout the country. The initiative follows a highly successful pilot phase conducted […]
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