Tastic and Laduma campaign wins big at South Africa's most sought after PR awards DNA Brand Architects made history at the 2021 Prism Awards by becoming the first Black-owned agency to win the prestigious Best Large PR Consultancy of the Year award. This comes on the back of consistent wins at Prisms by the agency over the last five years, including three Campaign of the Year Silver awards and being the very first Black-owned agency to win Campaign of the Year Gold in 2019. The annual Prism Awards, celebrating excellence in the public relations and communication industry took place on Friday, 4 June 2021...

I have just finished listening to the scintillating Secrete Sauce podcast series on the founding and explosive growth of Airbnb. The lessons shared in the series got me thinking. Airbnb defied the odds Since the co-founders - Brian Chesky (current CEO), Joe Gabbia and Nathan Blecharcsky - founded this home rental business in August 2008, incidentally three months before I founded eNitiate, they have dealt with many challenges; from investors who did not believe in their idea, misbehaving guests that trashed hosts' apartments, legislation that has tried to crush their business based on the allegation that it is promoting illegal hoteling, to...

Nkanyezi Masango Executive Creative DirectorThe King James Group andFounder at BlackboardNkanyezi is an Executive Creative Director at King James in Cape Town, working on brands such as TymeBank, SA’s fastest-growing bank and iconic Sanlam and Santam. His career began at Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg in 2002 as a junior writer. A few years later, Nkanyezi’s curiosity led him to TBWA Hong Kong, where he got the once-in-a-life-time chance of working on adidas for the Beijing Olympics, Shangri-la and an animated series for Standard Chartered Bank. Masango’s work has been recognised multiple times at LIA, Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Epicas, New York Festivals, Webbys,...