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RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Agentic AI - How to use it and command your own AI "army" with Musa Kalenga

#See: Tourism Minister urges travellers to rediscover South Africa this Easter with new campaign

#See: Tourism Minister urges travellers to rediscover South Africa this Easter with new campaign

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Jaguar Land Rover seeks new ad agency following recent rebrand

Source: © 123rf The AMASA Igniters Forum will take place on Tuesday, 21 May 2025 at the GIBS Auditorium in Illovo, Johannesburg

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The ACA launches a podcast for the curious and committed

The ACA launches a podcast for the curious and committedAssociation for Communication and Advertising

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#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globallyEvan-Lee Courie

M&C Saatchi Abel's Bulletproof Park campaign for Gun Free SA is a story about a “fake idea” that led to real change (Image supplied)

#BehindtheCampaign: Bullet Proof Park | A fake idea with real change

These are the 2024 winners of the competition. Source: Supplied.

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Q&A with Colleen Louw - Turnaround specialist and managing director of Kaya 959

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Checkers Sixty60 partners with Blind SA for a more inclusive shopping app

Checkers Sixty60 partners with Blind SA for a more inclusive shopping app

The gender price gap: Nedbank exposes the true cost of womanhood

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#Orchids&Onions: Carling Black Label's Mother's Day ad challenges traditional masculinity

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Ntokozo Nhlanhla, executive creative director, Digitas Liquorice says the creator economy is Africa’s chance to leapfrog into a new era of influence, where creators set global trends (Image supplied)

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TFG and VML triumph at the Smarties 2025 Awards

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How Spar is using localised marketing to redefine the urban retail experience

How Spar is using localised marketing to redefine the urban retail experienceKarabo Ledwaba

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Effie Academy launches in South Africa

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SABC Plus is celebrating one million users. Source: Supplied.

SABC Plus celebrates a million users

Today, Halo and Demographica announce a new specialist agency, Second Rodeo]], headed up by Mike Stopforth (left). Dean Oelschig, managing partner and founder of Halo (right) says they will work as a group but ultimately, each agency will be an individual specialist

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Jaguar Land Rover seeks new ad agency following recent rebrand

Jaguar Land Rover seeks new ad agency following recent rebrand

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Source: © Edmond Dantès Madelain Roscher, crisis communications expert and CEO of PR Worx says PR and legal need to work together in times of client crisis management

PR and legal: adversaries or allies?

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Ndeye Diagne: #BizTrends2023: What's the next Great in our Great new world

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Hasbro to cut 15% of global workforce

Hasbro to cut 15% of global workforce

1 Feb 2023

4 African banks in Brand Finance's top 10 strongest banking brands rankings

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BCCSA launches Online Content Services Code of Conduct

1 Feb 2023

Avashnee Moodley head of marketing, Oppo South Africa, says 2023 is the year to chart a path back to solid media reporting

#BizTrends2023: The year to take a long, hard look at the quality of news content

Avashnee Moodley 1 Feb 2023

Carol Ofori on becoming an award-winning voice-over artist

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Investec Cape Town Art Fair celebrates a decade of creative achievements

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Hein Schumacher, Unilever's newly-appointed CEO. Source: Supplied

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#BizTrends2023: A year of recovery for hospitality marketers

#BizTrends2023: A year of recovery for hospitality marketers

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Larger than life - Transit Ads invests in large format Digital Out of Home with Transit XL

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Twiga Communications 1 Feb 2023

Johan Walters, digital marketing transformation specialist at Incubeta.

#BizTrends2023: A growth in digital maturity helps local brands prepare for the year ahead

Johan Walters 31 Jan 2023

Source: Supplied. Avatars exploring Sanlam's virtual world.

Sanlam hosts SA's first fully immersive media briefing in the metaverse

31 Jan 2023

An industry first: The Nedbank IMC and Effie Awards SA join hands

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IMC Conference 31 Jan 2023

Vodafone Egypt deal bumps up SA's Vodacom quarterly revenue

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31 Jan 2023

Shop! Association launches SA chapter to drive local retail innovation

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31 Jan 2023

Ann Nurock, the Africa partner of Relationship Audits and Management, examines what brands need to do in 2023 to stick in the memories of consumers

#BizTrends2023: Memories not clicks, the impact of 'short termism'

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Icasa appoints Tshiamo Maluleka-Disemelo as its new CEO

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The Walt Disney Company Africa 31 Jan 2023

EssenceMediacom launches as the breakthrough agency in 120 offices globally

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Hasbro to cut 15% of global workforce

Hasbro to cut 15% of global workforce

1 Feb 2023

Hein Schumacher, Unilever's newly-appointed CEO. Source: Supplied

Unilever names Hein Schumacher as new CEO

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Meta urged to boost Africa content moderation as contractor quits

Nita Bhalla 25 Jan 2023

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