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Human8 doubles down on AI-enabled consultative power

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Liat Madinane is the founder of Ascent Africa. Source: Supplied.

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Deep trust, strong brands: 9 South African banks in Brand Finance’s global top 500

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The Gerety Awards full global executive jury for its 2026 edition has been announced (Image source @The All Industry Club )

Gerety Awards announces 2026 global executive jury

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Wpp's One Southwark Bridge campus in London (Image source @ WPP

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Sven Huberts (left) has been appointed LePub global president, with (right) Bruno Bertelli, CEO and CCO, LePub Worldwide (Image supplied)

Sven Huberts’ appointed LePub global president

19 Feb 2026

France is the Cannes Lions 2026 Creative Country of the Year Award (Image source: © 123rf )

#CannesLions2026: Creative Country 2026 awarded to France

18 Feb 2026

How are leading brands harnessing trust and AI to drive growth, create value, and deliver meaningful impact? (Image source: © 123rf )

5 lessons: How leading brands are harnessing trust and AI

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CES, an eclectic mix of conceptual dreams and consumer-ready tech that shows where the world might be heading (Source: © Zamani Sahudi )

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27 Jan 2026

WPP has launched WPP Production, which brings together all its creative producers into a single global platform (Image source: © WPP )

WPP launches world’s largest content production powerhouse

23 Jan 2026

US tech brands dominate Brand Finance’s 2026 Global 500

22 Jan 2026

The CMO Council’s chief content officer Tom Kaneshige says the CMO role is being rewritten in real time to match a world that no longer behaves predictably (Image supplied)

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The One Club for Creativity has announced the jury for the inaugural One Show Indies, and representing South Africa on the global jury is Safaraaz Sindhi, founder/CCO at Bananas in Johannesburg (Image suppled)

Bananas CCO Safaraaz Sindhi on inaugural One Show Indies Jury

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In 2026 the CMO Council reflects on 25 years of an evolving and defining role for the chief marketing officer in the C-Suite (Image source: © CMO Council )

CMO Council's 25th anniversary reflects on CMOs evolutionary role

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The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

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The Walt Disney Company announced a landmark $1bn investment in OpenAI (Image source: © Facebook

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Omnicom's global restructure and new leadership (Image source: © Creative Salon

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AFRIMA condemns xenophobia in Africa

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Fox Sports Africa rebrands as ESPN

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Wayne Flemming and Zubeida Goolam at the South by Southwest (SXSW) event

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