As South Africa continues to search for solutions to unemployment, entrepreneurship stands out as one of the most practical and powerful drivers for income and success. According to SA’s new Entrepreneur of the Year, Taryn Hunter Sharman, business success is possible if you are willing to embrace the realities of the journey. ‘Building a business […]
According to Arthur Charles van Wyk, Head of Marketing at Designer Signs, there is a conversation happening at the back end of signage projects across KwaZulu-Natal, and across South Africa’s other coastal centres, that rarely makes it into industry publications. It is the conversation between a client and a sign company that goes something like […]
The popular Roland Speedwrap Challenge was held at the Sign Africa Durban Expo from 27-28 May at the Durban ICC. Contestants had to wrap a car door in 10 minutes. Each winner won R250. Day 1 Brady Jones, Shaun Mugo, Stembiso Hlope, Joe Ann Dudley, Sbusiso Hlungwana, Nhlonipho Ngcobo, Skhumbuzo Mthethwa, Swami Shezi and Avendren […]
Sign Africa interviewed Angelique Greer, Group Marketing Director and Assistant Sales Manager at Midcomp. Midcomp came on board as a Change 1 Woman (C1W) sponsor this year at the Cape Town networking event. As Greer highlights in her interview, there are already a significant number of successful, female-led businesses in print but their stories don’t […]
The successful Change One Woman (C1W) networking event was held at the Sign Africa Cape Town Expo on 12 March. C1W is an initiative dedicated to empowering women in signage, print and branding through connection, conversation and support. Women gathered to discuss their challenges, career journeys, and business opportunities at the valuable networking event. The […]
Ilisna O’Reilly, Sales Manager Southern Africa at NUtec Digital Ink, discusses product end of life (EOL), and why this is not an indication that the product has failed. Have you ever found yourself using a product for years without a single issue, only to be told that it will no longer be available? In the […]
Sign Africa expo organisers, Practical Publishing, have donated a trailer to the FESPA Foundation. The trailer will enable the efficient delivery of supplies to the beneficiary schools within Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal that the Foundation supports. ‘We are proud to align ourselves with the incredible work done by the FESPA Foundation,’ said Charnia Yapp, publisher at […]
In a remarkable display of creativity and environmental responsibility, Gawk has transformed upcycled fabric prints from the FESPA Foundation’s Sign Africa and FESPA Africa expo stand into 30 stylish pencil bags. These bags will soon find their way to one of the under-resourced schools supported by the FESPA Foundation, bringing both utility and hope to […]
Steve Thobela ka Mdlalose from FESPA Foundation and his team visited the foundation’s beneficiary schools (Maleka, Pitseng ya Thuto, Madesei and Batau) in Limpopo for a formal handover of much needed educational collateral support materials, which were made possible by FESPA Foundation sponsors. One of the pillars of the foundation is to repurpose print waste […]
The FESPA Foundation aims to positively impact lives in sub-Saharan Africa by providing printed materials for early childhood development. Aside from Midcomp printing some 280sqm of wallpaper and fabrics during the expo, which was contributed to one of the FESPA Foundation’s school projects, the company is committed to giving the Foundation as much support as […]
