Marketing & Media News

Economic Innovation
Awards

Cape Chamber celebrates trailblazers driving the regional economic ecosystem

Research to results: Q&A with Ravini Moodley on scaling innovation in a constrained economy

From blombos to beyond: Celebrating South Africa’s zany DNA of innovation

Jacques Moolman

MADE POSSIBLE BY:

More 2026 Western Cape Economic Innovation Awards

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Jobs

More jobs Submit a job Open account

New Biz Press Offices

Studio 545 has opened a Biz Press Office on Bizcommunity.com!

Studio 545 is a culture intelligence studio helping brands and agencies grow in emerging markets through cultural fluency, creator ecosystems, community strategy, AI-enabled content capability and senior marketing advisory.

View Studio 545's Biz Press Office

New appointments

Sanlam Investments Multi-Manager appoints René Basson as head of marketing

More...Submit a person

Dentsu SA is on the shortlist for its First Beach campaign for Corona. Source: YouTube.

Nigeria dominates Pitcher Awards 2026 shortlist, Dentsu Creative SA recognisedKarabo Ledwaba

Guy Lundy, country manager, Spencer Stuart South Africa, asks if South Africa’s next CMOs will be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers? (Image supplied)

Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?

The report is available for download to Wan-Ifra subscribers. Source: Supplied.

Future newsrooms: How global publishers are adapting to AI and audience change

The One Club offers $15,000 for global student voter turnout campaigns

The One Club offers $15,000 for global student voter turnout campaigns

(Left) Mkhuseli Mancotywa, managing director position, SoulProviders Collective (SPC) and (right) Nosipho Ginindza, chief growth officer, Matrix Communications Group (Image supplied)

SPC repositions with new leadership and focus

Dawood Patel

Intellectual property in AI - Who owns it?Helm

#BehindtheIMC | Cassava Technologies' Ifeoma Jibunoh: AI shifting African businesses

#BehindtheIMC | Cassava Technologies' Ifeoma Jibunoh: AI shifting African businessesDanette Breitenbach

New appointments for CMO positions have been made.

CMO Watch | Luxury, FMCG, media and tech see new leaders

‘We just clicked’ | Connecting ‘like’-minded business audiences

‘We just clicked’ | Connecting ‘like’-minded business audiencesBizcommunity.com

PROMOTED

Ex-TikTok and L’Oréal Luxe CMO Deshnie Govender launches culture Studio 545

Ex-TikTok and L’Oréal Luxe CMO Deshnie Govender launches culture Studio 545Studio 545

Woolies finds a reassuring face for its crisis response

Woolies finds a reassuring face for its crisis responseKarabo Ledwaba

DJ Fresh is joining Kaya 959. Source: Supplied.

DJ Fresh to host Kaya 959 breakfast show

The Golden Pen for Freedom. Source: Wan-Ifra.

AP, Reuters and AFP to accept Wan-Ifra honour for Gaza coverage

Talor Swift for her Life of a showgirl album. Source: TAS Rights Management.

Taylor Swift faces trademark battle over The Life of a Showgirl

2026 Effie Awards South Africa extended deadline announced

2026 Effie Awards South Africa extended deadline announcedAssociation for Communication and Advertising

The cost of being left out of AI answers

The cost of being left out of AI answersAndrew Walmsley, Techsys Digital

Ramaphosa honours film composer Dr Trevor Jones with Order of Ikhamanga in Silver

Ramaphosa honours film composer Dr Trevor Jones with Order of Ikhamanga in Silver

30 million young South Africans are more focused in games than social (Image source: © 123rf )

Gaming outperforms social for younger generation's engagementReach Players

The Up&Up Group’s CEO and CCO announced as speakers on official Cannes Lions agenda

The Up&Up Group’s CEO and CCO announced as speakers on official Cannes Lions agendaThe Up&Up Group

From Demographica to a multi-agency group: Something new is coming

From Demographica to a multi-agency group: Something new is comingKarabo Ledwaba

Bradly Howland, CEO, Alkemi Collective, examines the danger of AI efficiency (Image source: © 123rf )

AI is making work faster but speed is not the test. Judgment is.Bradly Howland

Award-winning impact: Dentsu Africa signals a new era of creative leadership

Award-winning impact: Dentsu Africa signals a new era of creative leadership

4 hours

Guy Lundy, country manager, Spencer Stuart South Africa, asks if South Africa’s next CMOs will be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers? (Image supplied)

Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?

4 hours

More news

Image source: Dimitri Karastelev via .

Sanef addresses misinformation and journalists' safety while reporting on Covid-19

17 Mar 2020

Image source: .

The 2020 Radio Awards to announce winners digitally

17 Mar 2020

Taste liquidates Domino's Pizza business in South Africa

Taste liquidates Domino's Pizza business in South Africa

16 Mar 2020

Wes Mountain/The Conversation,

Coronavirus is a huge story, so journalists must apply the highest ethical standards in how they tell it

16 Mar 2020

The Nedbank IMC Conference 2020 has been postponed

The Nedbank IMC Conference 2020 has been postponed

IMC Conference 16 Mar 2020

Image source: You X Ventures via .

Experience design thinking: Using tourists, fish and maps [Part 2]

Simon de Haast 16 Mar 2020

Top audio personalities in April Radio & Podcast report

Top audio personalities in April Radio & Podcast report

Bizcommunity.com 16 Mar 2020

Sven Wolf, founder of full-service marketing agency, Black Wolf Agency.

#StartupStory: Black Wolf Agency

Juanita Pienaar 16 Mar 2020

Image source: .

What came first: the data or the chicken?

Maria Berrios-Carter 16 Mar 2020

Image source: .

What is shaping culture? When two become many

Brett Rogers 16 Mar 2020

#FairnessFirst: Renuka Methil and the ceiling crashers

#FairnessFirst: Renuka Methil and the ceiling crashers

Jessica Tennant 16 Mar 2020

Rocket Creative launches informative new website platform

Rocket Creative launches informative new website platform

Rocket Creative Design & Display 16 Mar 2020

Prism Awards 2020 event cancelled amid coronavirus concerns

Prism Awards 2020 event cancelled amid coronavirus concerns

PRISA 16 Mar 2020

Change is (doing) good

Change is (doing) good

Dentsu 16 Mar 2020

Bongani Mtolo announces his move from East Coast Radio

Bongani Mtolo announces his move from East Coast Radio

East Coast Radio 16 Mar 2020

The Target Group Index (TGI) data set - Empowering students and business leaders of tomorrow alongside the University of Pretoria

The Target Group Index (TGI) data set - Empowering students and business leaders of tomorrow alongside the University of Pretoria

ASK AFRICA 16 Mar 2020

Out with the old and in with the blue: Apple premium reseller Digicape's striking rebrand

Out with the old and in with the blue: Apple premium reseller Digicape's striking rebrand

Digicape 16 Mar 2020

Image source: Mitch Rosen via .

The effect of the coronavirus outbreak on the sports and entertainment industry and thus sponsorship

Judith Mugeni 13 Mar 2020

These are SA's favourite loyalty programmes for 2019/20

These are SA's favourite loyalty programmes for 2019/20

13 Mar 2020

Paula Hulley, CEO IAB SA.

#BREAKINGNEWS: Bookmarks cancels gala event, goes digital

IAB South Africa 13 Mar 2020

Emotional clickbait always wins

Emotional clickbait always wins

Chris Botha 12 Mar 2020

"[SA's advertising industry] is not transformed" - Veli Ngubane

"[SA's advertising industry] is not transformed" - Veli Ngubane

12 Mar 2020

The canna revolution - Q&A with Cannabis Expo director Silas Howarth

The canna revolution - Q&A with Cannabis Expo director Silas Howarth

Ruth Cooper 12 Mar 2020

Chatbots to facilitate $142bn of consumer retail spend by 2024

Chatbots to facilitate $142bn of consumer retail spend by 2024

12 Mar 2020

Amasa Ignite Forum 18 March 2020 - Customer experience trends in the digital era

Amasa Ignite Forum 18 March 2020 - Customer experience trends in the digital era

AMASA 12 Mar 2020

What is the digital consumer hungry for?

What is the digital consumer hungry for?

Dentsu 12 Mar 2020

Prism Awards 2020 tickets now available

Prism Awards 2020 tickets now available

PRISA 12 Mar 2020

#WhatWomenWant in 2020: Welcome to the new era of progressive marketing

#WhatWomenWant in 2020: Welcome to the new era of progressive marketing

Leigh Andrews, Kantar 12 Mar 2020

FoxP2 SA highlights 2 formidable female leaders and their crucial roles within the agency

FoxP2 SA highlights 2 formidable female leaders and their crucial roles within the agency

Dentsu 12 Mar 2020

The fastest-growing gay podcast in the world is ready to tour the globe

The fastest-growing gay podcast in the world is ready to tour the globe

Craig Lebrau, Lebrau Press 12 Mar 2020

Africa news

#FairnessFirst: Renuka Methil and the ceiling crashers

#FairnessFirst: Renuka Methil and the ceiling crashers

Jessica Tennant 16 Mar 2020

#WhatWomenWant in 2020: Welcome to the new era of progressive marketing

#WhatWomenWant in 2020: Welcome to the new era of progressive marketing

Leigh Andrews, Kantar 12 Mar 2020

Chairman, Cannes Lions and president of Ascential Marketing Division, Philip Thomas.

Cannes Lions 2020 still set to take place amidst coronavirus fears

11 Mar 2020

Why Africa needs more successful content businesses

Why Africa needs more successful content businesses

Roy Morrison 11 Mar 2020

Let's do Biz