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#BizTrends2026 | Boom Group’s Nigel Matthews: Advertising to humans requires humanity

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#BizTrends2026 | Love Song’s Suhana Gordhan: Back to the future

#BizTrends2026 | Love Song’s Suhana Gordhan: Back to the future

Suhana Gordhan 1 day

Nathan Reddy, founder and chairman of Grid Worldwide says when it comes to creativity, meaning matters (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | Grid Worldwide’s Nathan Reddy: The evolution of creativity, why meaning matters

Nathan Reddy 20 Feb 2026

Penquin’s Strategy Director Thando Mxosa says in 2026 marketing success lies in the ‘why,’ not the ‘what’ (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | Penquin’s Thando Mxosa: The ‘why,’ not the ‘what’ counts

Thando Mxosa 19 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Zanele Kabane: How nostalgia is shaping modern creativity

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Zanele Kabane: How nostalgia is shaping modern creativity

Zanele Kabane 17 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Retroviral’s Giulia Benincá Hanger-Hill: Don’t believe in trends, believe in brands

#BizTrends2026 | Retroviral’s Giulia Benincá Hanger-Hill: Don’t believe in trends, believe in brands

Giulia Benincá Hanger-Hill 16 Feb 2026

Michel van Rijmenant, Chimera Creative, CEO and creative director says the question facing creative agencies today isn’t whether technology will change our industry but whether creativity will remain central to shaping what comes next (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | Chimera Creative’s Michel van Rijmenant: A new renaissance of creativity

Michel van Rijmenant 12 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Johannes (Jojo) Keiper: Why creativity can’t be reasonable anymore

#BizTrends2026 | M&C Saatchi Abel’s Johannes (Jojo) Keiper: Why creativity can’t be reasonable anymore

Johannes Keiper 10 Feb 2026

Bibi Bonnecwe, Executive Creative Director at Brave Group looks at why in 2026 human truths matter more than marketing trends (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | Brave Group’s Bibi Bonnecwe: Why human truths matter more than marketing trends

Bibi Bonnecwe 5 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

Jacques Cilliers 4 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Jubez Digital: What Search in 2026 demands of marketers

#BizTrends2026 | Jubez Digital: What Search in 2026 demands of marketers

Julie Rosenbaum and Heleen Alberts 2 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

Gabrielle Gray 30 Jan 2026

5 out-of-home trends that will define 2026

5 out-of-home trends that will define 2026

Steve Duck, Tractor Outdoor 29 Jan 2026

The ninth edition of VML’s Tomorrow’s Commerce report looks to shopper behaviour in 2026 and far beyond. The big take-out? Technology isn’t slowing down, but the humans are rebelling (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | VML’s Tomorrow’s Commerce: Technology isn’t slowing down but the humans are rebelling

VML 28 Jan 2026

Brenda Khumalo is the founder of Lobengula Advertising. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2026 | Lobengula Advertising team: If employees don't believe, neither will the market

Brenda Khumalo and Adene Van Der Walt 26 Jan 2026

Gail Schimmel is the ARB CEO. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2026 | ARB CEO Gail Schimmel: The year of industry self-regulation

Gail Schimmel 22 Jan 2026

Publicis Groupe’s chief strategy & integration officer, Jonty Fisher says get ready for a much more synthetic world (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | Publicis Groupe’s Jonty Fisher: A much more synthetic world

Jonty Fisher 20 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Digicape: Steering the future through digital architecture

Digicape 19 Jan 2026

Thabang Skwambane is the CEO of Nahana Communications Group. Source: Supplied

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is next

Thabang Skwambane 19 Jan 2026

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Warc 2026 media trends: Systems planning, AI, & the creator economy

16 Jan 2026

ACA executive director Gillian Rightford says in 2026, leadership itself becomes a creative act (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2026

Erica Bopape (CM SA) is the executive for marketing and communications at Absa Business Banking. Source: Absa.

#BizTrends2026 | Absa's Erica Bopape: What 2026 will demand of financial services marketers

Erica Bopape 14 Jan 2026

Clinton Bridgeford, chief creative officer at Grid Worldwide says with the speed and agility of content creation, now amplified by tech tools and AI, the creative industry is being challenged to rethink the creative product (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide’s Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

Clinton Bridgeford 28 Jan 2025

Ann Nurock, Cannes forecaster says it is time for brands to move beyond performance marketing to embrace the transformative power of emotion (Image supplied)

#BizTrends: Ann Nurock – It’s time to embrace the transformative power of emotion

Ann Nurock 27 Jan 2025

Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right place

Adelaide Tshabalala 21 Jan 2025

Gillian Rightford, executive director, Association for Communication and Advertising, examines how agencies will look in the future, will add more value and charge appropriately - and have more fun (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: ACA’s Gillian Rightford - Navigating the smile curve; reinventing agency value in 2025

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

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20 key trends from VML's Tomorrow’s Commerce report

28 Mar 2024

Zetu Damane is the chief strategic officer at McCann Joburg. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

Zetu Damane 6 Feb 2024

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