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Danilo Acquisto, CEO and co-founder of video specialist digital agency, Special Effects Media South Africa gives the case for the untapped intra-African trade opportunity in media and marketing (Image supplied)

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Danilo Acquisto - Nurturing Africa’s creative economy

Danilo Acquisto 28 May 2025

Source: © Unsplash Special Effects Media South Africa’s content producer, Modiegi Mokgopa says it is out with the era of perfect and polished, and in with raw, authentic, relatable content

Social Media

4 Steps to inclusive, representative digital content

Modiegi Mokgopa 25 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf A new report by the IAB South Africa, SA Content Creator Charter and the Influencer Marketing Perceptions Report examines the challenges and the massive untapped opportunities that exist in this market and has identified six trends

Digital

IAB SA: 6 key trends impacting influencer marketing

Casey Mantle,Dashni Vilakazi,Jolene Roelofse & Sanesh Maharaj 17 Apr 2025

Aleksandra Surogina, head of operations & content, Special Effects Media South Africa says we need to stop being marketers, and start being storytellers (Image supplied)

Social Media

Stop being marketers... Start being storytellers!

Aleksandra Surogina 20 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Essi Koster, paid media specialist at Special Effects Media, gives some key considerations around video content and how brands can harness this engaging format to achieve their marketing goals

Media

How business can harness video content to to achieve its marketing goals

Essi Koster 4 Mar 2025

#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media’s Kelly Kaimowitz - Creating a lasting impact through influencer marketing

Social Media

#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media’s Kelly Kaimowitz - Creating a lasting impact through influencer marketing

Kelly Kaimowitz 3 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media’s Shaheed Rajab - Community management, from likes to connections

Social Media

#BizTrends2025: Special Effects Media’s Shaheed Rajab - Community management, from likes to connections

Shaheed Rajab 29 Jan 2025

Special Effects Media SA's Casey Mantle new chair of the IAB SA Influencer Marketing Committee for 2025

Digital

Special Effects Media SA's Casey Mantle new chair of the IAB SA Influencer Marketing Committee for 2025

10 Jan 2025

Primedia Studios bags its first Safta with The Masked Singer South Africa

TV

Primedia Studios bags its first Safta with The Masked Singer South Africa

Issued by Primedia Studios 15 Nov 2024

(Image supplied)

Digital

IAB South Africa collaborates with ARB to launch the first Content Creator Charter

11 Oct 2024

The 2024 New Generation Awards took place recently on Thursday 26 September in Sandton (Image supplied)

Digital

SA Rugby steals the show at the 2024 New Generation Awards

1 Oct 2024

Image supplied.

Digital

All the New Generation Awards 2024 finalists

30 Aug 2024

$Source: The Bookmarks The IAB SA Bookmark Awards' winners have been announced with TBWA \ Hunt Lascaris being the big winner on the night$

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2024: All the IAB SA Bookmark Awards 2024 winners

Danette Breitenbach 16 Aug 2024

Announcing the judging panel for the Assegai Awards 2024

Direct Marketing

Announcing the judging panel for the Assegai Awards 2024

Issued by DMASA 6 Aug 2024

(Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the IAB 2024 Bookmark Awards' finalists

12 Jul 2024

Impressive total of 56 judges for the Assegai Awards 2022

Direct Marketing

Impressive total of 56 judges for the Assegai Awards 2022

Issued by DMASA 18 Aug 2022

Image supplied: Raeesa Dhorat, head of the Female Voices Development Programme at Special Effects Media SA

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Raeesa Dhorat on bridging the digital gap for African creators

Emily Stander 15 Aug 2022

#BizTrends2022: 5 powerful video trends = 5 big opportunities. Are you ready?

Media

#BizTrends2022: 5 powerful video trends = 5 big opportunities. Are you ready?

Danielle Olivier 10 Jan 2022

Danilo Acquisto, Danielle Olivier, and Mark Lollback

Digital

#IABInsightSeries: Digital video marketing

24 Nov 2021

Danilo Acquisto and Twala Ng'ambi

Media

Special Effects Media rolls out programme to support diverse creators

4 Nov 2021

Danilo Acquisto – CEO and co-founder of Special Effects Media South Africa - YouTube Specialists.

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Top digital video and influencer marketing trends to consider

Danilo Acquisto 9 Jan 2020

The IAB SA Digital Influencer Marketing Committee is announced

Social Media

The IAB SA Digital Influencer Marketing Committee is announced

Issued by IAB South Africa 22 Oct 2019

Image source: Gallo/Getty

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#IABSummit19: The new now

Jessica Tennant 18 Apr 2019

The value of specialist services in your marketing mix

Marketing

The value of specialist services in your marketing mix

Danilo Acquisto 3 Apr 2019

Danilo Acquisto CEO of Special Effects Media SA.

Trends

#BizTrends2019: The value of micro-influencers in marketing campaigns

Danilo Acquisto 29 Jan 2019

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2018: CSI & Sustainability

18 Dec 2018

Vlogstars! How to start winning at YouTube

Digital

Vlogstars! How to start winning at YouTube

Leigh Andrews 11 Dec 2018

Szabo and Acquisto.

Entrepreneur Month

The state of SA's social influencers with Special Effects Media

Leigh Andrews 27 Nov 2018

Digital

MySchool appoints Special Effects Media

18 Jul 2018

TV celebrity and CEO of Special Effects Media, Danilo Acquisto. © .

Digital

Danilo Acquisto on the online video revolution (Part 1)

Juanita Pienaar 8 May 2018

The age of Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs): The ins and outs from SA's first commercial network

Streaming

The age of Multi-Channel Networks (MCNs): The ins and outs from SA's first commercial network

Danilo Acquisto 17 Apr 2018

Images provided by Danilo Acquisto.

Digital

Why brands should focus on community building over the eye-balls approach

Danilo Acquisto 22 Feb 2018

#Newsmaker: Danilo Acquisto heads up local YouTube multi-channel network

Digital

#Newsmaker: Danilo Acquisto heads up local YouTube multi-channel network

Jessica Tennant 27 Sep 2017