01 Sep 2006
Omnicom Media Group's Josh Dovey talks to Mark Tungate about South Africa's media industry....Josh Dovey is used to tough places: born in South Africa, he was
educated at an English boarding school. These days, he is back in South
Africa as the chief executive of Omnicom Media Group. When he ...
. (Laughs) You're probably right! Anyway, after a stint back in South
Africa for Mobil Oil, I started my ...
01 Sep 2006
| by Robin Hicks, reports editor, Campaign
Just 16 years ago, South Africa was a country going backwards. Apartheid had made it a pariah...and
healthcare hasn't eased the burden of an HIV epidemic that affects 20
per cent of adults. South Africa also ...
of the 2010
Fifa World Cup is another sign of the emergence of a modern South
Africa. This optimism hasn ...
that
South Africa's press is "absolutely free" and its government is "one of
the most legitimate in the world ...
17 Oct 2007
The International Marketing Council (IMC) of South Africa is capitalising on the country's success
14 Nov 2007
| by Nicola Clark
Southern Africa Direct, a free-to-air channel promoting a number of countries in the region...is one of the world's most important target markets
for travel, but that Africa attracts only 4% of its overseas
travellers. 'In the UK, 98% of the media coverage relating to Africa is negative.
This channel will help redress that; it is about telling a positive
story of Africa,' he said. Programming ...
31 Mar 2006
A buoyant consumer economy has emerged over the past decade and South Africa boasts a first...South Africa is by a long way the continent's economic and media
powerhouse, yet its existence ...
Africa is rich in natural resources and
boasts a first-rate communication infrastructure, challenging ...
South Africa continue to make progress as a
liberal democracy will hope this development is merely a ...
30 Mar 2007
Years of steady growth cannot disguise South Africa's deep troubles. High unemployment, high levels...South Africa has charted a course of relative wealth and stability in a
continent beset ...
. But the underlying problems of poverty and inequality are not
going away any time soon. South Africa's economy has ...
Africa's "first economy" and "second economy". In 2006, he
launched the Accelerated and Shared Growth ...
The campaign is aimed at raising the profile of South Africa to CNN's audience. The three ...
South Africa", driven via website www.mysouthafrica.tv. The campaign will also be executed on air ...
Africa in June and July of that year. The "My South Africa" campaign encourages CNN viewers worldwide ...
31 Aug 2007
| by Tanya Schreuder
Global marketers and their brands may eye Africa - and specifically
South Africa, given it's one ...
or "sandwich" families? If the answer is "yes" to all of
these, then South Africa is an unsophisticated market ...
Africa should live by. The numbers show that more than one-third of the market is 15 years old ...
01 Sep 2006
| by Mark Tungate
South Africa has just had its best year at Cannes, winning a total of 30
Lions, including a press ...
Barnwell, the creative director of Grey South
Africa, whose campaign for the removals company Elliot ...
also points to the cultural diversity of South Africa, with its
11 official languages. "Many of our ...
01 Sep 2006
| by Mark Johnson
million of them times have never been better. They
are South Africa's new black middle class ...
. "The rise is monumental," the Grey South Africa chief executive, Anne
Nurock, says of the economic ...
consumers now account for around 20 per cent
of all consumer spending in South Africa and that figure ...
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