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(Left) Bridget von Holdt, founder of Inzalo Consulting and (right) Maria Gergova-Bengtsson, founder and CEO of United Partners Network, have joined forces (Image by @Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

Top PRs form African strategic communications partnership

Adidas has shifted its $512m global media agency business to the Omnicom Media Group (Image@ Think Marketing )

Adidas shifts $512m global media account to new agency

6 Jul 2026

CMO Council and MartechTribe have revealed a data-driven framework to transform
fragmented stacks into predictive business growth platforms (Image source: © 123rf )

How CMOs can move from martech mayhem to measurable business value

2 Jul 2026

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Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as managing director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa) (Image supplied)

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints managing director: Rest of Africa

2 Jul 2026

Jim Stengel has been named as the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing. (Image source: @ Lia )

#Cannes2026 | Former P&G marketing officer named inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing

17 Jun 2026

Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index (Image supplied)

Global Effie Index: 2025’s most effective marketers, brands and agencies

17 Jun 2026

WPP has launched Hex, the company’s frontier studio built for the era of AI. The talent for Hex is sourced from WPP’s Creative Tech Apprenticeship programme (Source@ WPP

WPP launches Hex, the frontier studio built for the era of AI

11 Jun 2026

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One Club Creative Hall of Fame 2026 inductees named

9 Jun 2026

#BehindtheIMC | MENAT Publicis Groupe’s Tahaab Rais: Marketers are the observers of humanity

#BehindtheIMC | MENAT Publicis Groupe’s Tahaab Rais: Marketers are the observers of humanity

Danette Breitenbach 5 Jun 2026

Ogilvy South Africa Cape Town is the 2026 One Show ME & Africa Agency of the Year, and Promise Johannesburg ME & Africa Independent Agency of the Year (Image supplied)

Ogilvy and Promise top One Show ME & Africa rankings

19 May 2026

The Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2026

The Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands 2026

Kantar 14 May 2026

CMO Council's Marketing’s Power Partners: AI and the Human Essence report explains why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth (Image source: © 123rf )

Why AI alone doesn’t deliver growth - it needs human marketers

29 Apr 2026

"Consistent organic growth remains our North Star. While it will take time to outpace historical losses, our Q1 results are in line with expectations and ahead of Q4 2025," says Cindy Rose, WPP CEO (Image source: @ WPP

No surprises in WPP Q1 results

28 Apr 2026

(Source: @Meet Frank Publicis has announced its Q1 2026 results

Publicis outperforms industry, confirms growth guidance for 2026

14 Apr 2026

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The Pitcher Awards 2026 unveils dynamic jury

14 Apr 2026

The fifa World Cup 2026 is predicted to drive $10.5 billion surge in ad spend but ad impact has diminished amid a shifting media landscape (Image supplied)

Fifa World Cup 2026 drives $10.5bn ad surge, but with diminshed impact

26 Mar 2026

Musk drives Tesla’s sustainability brand value down by over $7.7bn

20 Mar 2026

"The Golden Age of Strategic PR" is the World PR Day’s (WPRD) official theme for 2026 (Image supplied)

World PR Day 2026 | "The Golden Age of Strategic PR”

17 Mar 2026

On 29 January 2025 in Kolda, Senegal, Khaby Lame joins a workshop for out-of-school girls organized as part of the ‘Salmaitou’ programme, an initiative engaging girls aged 15 to 19 in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), innovation and leadership. Source: Unicef.

Khaby Lame is the world’s most followed TikToker: the story of a Senegalese‑born star who sold his identity

Fanny Georges 16 Mar 2026

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

#Newsmaker: The next ascent for agency founder Liat Madinane

Karabo Ledwaba 9 Mar 2026

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

5 Mar 2026

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

3 Mar 2026

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

Elevate 28: WPP's strategy to transition into a single company

27 Feb 2026

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

6 Feb 2026

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

#BizTrends2026 | CES 2026: 8 shifts opening new ideas, experience and growth

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

#BizTrends2026 | Tom Kaneshige on how CMOs seized strategy in an age of chaos

#BizTrends2026 | Tom Kaneshige on how CMOs seized strategy in an age of chaos

Tom Kaneshige 22 Jan 2026

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