Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 11, 2024
By Gheeta Payle, Vice Chairperson of SAACI As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, the business events space must adapt – not by offering bigger, more dazzling conferences, but by seriously rethinking the how and who of event planning....
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 5, 2024
Does your marketing strategy align with the right opportunities in Africa? If you’re not sure how to position your business’s product or services, then join industry experts during Niche Partners’ Branding Africa session happening...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 4, 2024
AIPC has announced the names of the 14 successful applicants for its 2025 AIPC Future Shapers programme, which commences next month. The list of candidates includes two South Africans (see below). AIPC Future Shapers is a seven-month accelerated...
Shanna Jacobsen | Oct 28, 2024
The Event Greening Forum (EGF) will host an informative virtual workshop on 26 November 2024, focusing on how event logistics can be optimised to reduce carbon emissions and support the global shift towards Net Zero Carbon Events (NZCE). This...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 3, 2022
Sustainability is becoming an increasingly urgent necessity across all industries. In the events space, the Net Zero Carbon Pledge initiative – driven by the Joint Meetings Industry Council and backed and developed by 400 businesses – is creating a...
Shanna Jacobsen | Nov 2, 2022
AIPC, the International Association of Convention Centres, is launching its 2023 AIPC Future Shapers programme this week. A diverse group of high achieving candidates from around the world have been selected for this programme, including two South...
Sep 1, 2022
dmg Events has been awarded a 3-year certification as an Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) service provider for civil engineers across South Africa. Typically, this status is only awarded to higher...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 20, 2022
Africa.com is hosting an incredible not-to-be-missed, free-to-attend virtual event this Thursday featuring leading women, including renowned author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and American philanthropist Melinda French Gates. As we start looking...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 15, 2022
As it looks forward to its third annual iteration, the partners driving the African Perspectives on the MICE Industry Report are pleased to announce that the 2022 survey is officially open for responses. Home to some of the world’s fastest-growing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Aug 12, 2021
McKinsey and Company finds that multiday remote digital events are a cost-effective tool for identifying new suppliers, reducing risk while increasing resilience. Two years ago, tradeshow and exhibition floors were a hive of activity, bringing...
Shanna Jacobsen | Jun 7, 2021
If you missed the PCO Alliance Network’s Event Safety for Dummies event that took place on Friday, 04 June 2021 as a hybrid event, you can catch up on this on theplanner.guru. At the end of last week, the PCO Alliance Network hosted the Event...
Shanna Jacobsen | Apr 24, 2020
On 06 May 2020, the IMEX Group will launch a new project they have been working on: PlanetIMEX. This virtual experience offers visitors unlimited, free access to three islands that are created in 3D and have interactive features to explore their...
