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Sydney Sweeney stars in the controversial American Eagle ad.

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The 7th edition of the South African Customer Experience Report has been released (Image supplied)

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One of the Open Chair Lionesses, Carla Ehlers, a digital designer at Ogilvy Social.Lab, says the Cannes experience showed her the value of being bold (Image supplied)

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Zulaikha Patel joins Newzroom Afrika's AM Report

Zulaikha Patel joins Newzroom Afrika's AM Report

2025 Effie Awards South Africa finalists announced

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Machine, a creative agency within Publicis Groupe Africa, has appointed Lesego Kotane as its new national managing director (Image supplied)

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Source: © First Post One of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, journalist Anas al-Sharif has died following a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City on Sunday evening

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Kionna Moodley is the shopper marketing lead for PepsiCo. Source: Supplied.

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Africa Film Finance Forum unlocks path to $20bn film economy

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Staying Odd, leading forward: The Odd Number appoints new MD and ECD

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CEM Africa Summit 2025 to tackle the new CX mandate: Connection, trust, and real value

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Pineapple Insurance faces backlash for stereotyping taxi drivers

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Novus Media recently acquired Media24’s 21 community newspaper titles, and Kick-Off and Soccer Laduma. says community newspapers and magazines are thriving (Image supplied)

Print is not dead as community and special-interest media thrive

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#OrchidsandOnions: How AutoTrader’s humour-driven ads are shaking up car marketing

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VML tackles representation with Africa-focused AI image generator

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El Broide, managing director at The Platinum Club, explains why data-driven insights and creativity will shape the future of PR(Image supplied)

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El Broide 21 Jan 2025

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Brendan Jacobs 21 Jan 2025

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

Adelaide Tshabalala 21 Jan 2025

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Dentsu Zambia and University of Lusaka launch Talent Incubator for global experience

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