POLITICS

"Africartoons - politics, anger and LOL" - MarkLives

And four other great media and marketing reads on the website this week

Africartoons - politics, anger and LOL

Africartoons helped establish an informal network between the professional editorial cartoonists in the country, who numbers around 30. Today the website holds a substantial trove of South African cartoons numbering anywhere between 10 - 12 000, with between 200 and 350 cartoons added every month.

Africa Annual - our Influential, Must Follow Twitter List

Ornico and MarkLives have teamed up to present our first ‘The Africa Annual‘, a compilation of some of Africa's remarkable stories and resources for businesses; and media, marketing and branding enthusiasts. This is our list of influential, must follow individuals for perspective on and insight into the continent.

Green Sky Thinking: Sustainability myths to live by

Navigating the ‘green' or ‘ethical' aisle in any supermarket is no mean feat. Ongoing research means new and often conflicting information that makes trying to ‘do the right thing' is confusing at best, and just plain off-putting at worst.

The Africa Annual 2013

The story of economic growth in Africa has been topical globally, with some of the most disappointing reports coming from leading publications. However for us Africans, the glass is definitely half full, with inspiring stories coming from the most ordinary of people.

No more staffing around

Much of the branding focus is outward bound. We're very concerned about the looks, colours, logos, clever straplines, ads, Facebook friends, websites, retail space and brochures but what we don't realise is that those become broken promises if the people working in the business don't match up to expectations they create. A brand has to feel the same way that it looks.And the way it feels is all about internal branding - employee behaviour.

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