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#CreativeCircle | Neo Mashigo: The difference between a cherry and goat dung

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

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

Bryony Rose. Source: Nedbank IMC

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McCann Joburg has appointed (left) Thandeka Gilbert as creative director and (right) Toni Hughes as executive creative director (Images supplied. Image composite by Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity)

McCann Joburg appoints diverse leadership

Source: © 123rf Andrew Chinambu says AI is here, and it will continue to evolve. But we still have a say in how it is used

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Pineapple Insurance faces backlash for stereotyping taxi drivers

Pineapple Insurance faces backlash for stereotyping taxi driversKarabo Ledwaba

Source: © 123rf The power of Creative Problem Solving is what Eve Pennington has come to believe in, and what she will spend the rest of her career persuing

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Source: © 123rf Daily Maverick has released exclusive video evidence of the suspended IDT CEO and its spokesperson offering a bribe to one of its journalists

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SA women prefer local titles (for most of their media needs)

SA women prefer local titles (for most of their media needs)Spark Media

#BehindtheCampaign: Wednesday: The perfect day to drive a Hyundai

#BehindtheCampaign: Wednesday: The perfect day to drive a Hyundai

Assegai Awards 2025: It’s about hitting the mark

Assegai Awards 2025: It’s about hitting the markDMASA

Shannon Henning appointed MD at PR Worx

Shannon Henning appointed MD at PR Worx

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The Up&Up Group, together with key clients, has partnered with Dr Karen Nelson-Field (pictured) to deliver South Africa’s first-ever data on digital media attention metrics (Image supplied)

Attention is the new currency: SA's first human data study

Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer and partner at Joe Public, gives lessons from his experience as 2025’s Cannes Audio & Radio jury president (Image by Danette Bretienbach © Bizcommunity)

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Lexi Hall leads Kleber Group’s new Cape Town office

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#WomensMonth: How Accenture's Meaghan and Tennessee keep up with the goal posts

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Surfing In South Africa launches first issue

Terry Levin looks at campaigns presented at the recent Creative Circle Full Circle event in Cape Town. Pictured: The Sounds Right campaign

#CreativeCircle2025: Influencing real cultural, societal and economic changeTerry Levin

#VoicesofChange | Hellopeter launches Women’s Month campaign in fight against GBVF

#VoicesofChange | Hellopeter launches Women’s Month campaign in fight against GBVFHellopeter

Entries now open for the 2026 Product of the Year South Africa Awards

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Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free launch Project 3, a global creative agency

Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free launch Project 3, a global creative agency

Kamers/Makers: A new look, rooted in legacy

Kamers/Makers: A new look, rooted in legacy

South Africa’s ‘Chicken Wars’ redefining the fast food industry

South Africa’s ‘Chicken Wars’ redefining the fast food industryInsight Survey

Medalla is one of the standout creative strategy campaigns.

#CreativeCircle2025: How a thief, a tennis racket, and Cannes reminded me why strategy mattersKarabo Ledwaba

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#InternationalBeerDay: The significance of SA's beer sectorCharlene Louw

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

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

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Source: © 123rf Babalwa Nyembezi says choosing collaboration builds brands in harmony

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Police watchdog probes disappearance of Nigerian immigrant during TV show

Marecia Damons 4 Jul 2025

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#BehindtheCampaign: Showmax says dare to believe

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Saving and investing choices of the SA consumer class

Saving and investing choices of the SA consumer class

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Sarah Suleman 4 Jul 2025

Baking media effectiveness into your video marketing strategy

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Why South Africa’s top companies advertise on BusinessTech

Why South Africa’s top companies advertise on BusinessTech

Broad Media 4 Jul 2025

How to break the data deadlock to unlock marketing profits

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Siya and Rassie star in Adidas’ Plus One Effect campaign

Siya and Rassie star in Adidas’ Plus One Effect campaign

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Toy Kingdom and Mr D partner for on-demand delivery service

Toy Kingdom and Mr D partner for on-demand delivery service

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Digital platforms are redefining the next frontier of retail

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Source: © 123rf Saul Marquez, CEO of Outcomes Rocket, examines what Prime Day reveals about the future of performance marketing

Prime Day: A new performance marketing landscape

Saul Marquez 3 Jul 2025

Source: © 123rf The World Out of Home Organisation (WOOH) has launched the Women in WOO Network

Women in WOO Network launches

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Measurement that matters: Turning omnichannel campaigns into real-world results

Measurement that matters: Turning omnichannel campaigns into real-world results

Vicinity Media 3 Jul 2025

The Afda Experimental Festival 2025 goes live!

The Afda Experimental Festival 2025 goes live!

Earle Holmes, Afda 3 Jul 2025

Dentsu Zambia turns billboards into backpacks in bold sustainability move

Dentsu Zambia turns billboards into backpacks in bold sustainability move

Dentsu 3 Jul 2025

Reflections on World Press Freedom Day amid rising online attacks on journalists

Reflections on World Press Freedom Day amid rising online attacks on journalists

Media Development and Diversity Agency 3 Jul 2025

2025 Bookmark Awards poised to go next level with Rainmaker Media at the sponsorship helm

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IAB South Africa 3 Jul 2025

Kfm 94.5 adds to lineup and welcomes Grandmaster Ready D: A new era of sound begins

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Primedia Broadcasting 3 Jul 2025

Heineken Beverages powers sustainability at scale with WhatsApp innovation from Techsys Digital

Heineken Beverages powers sustainability at scale with WhatsApp innovation from Techsys Digital

Techsys Digital 3 Jul 2025

MultiChoice’s 2025 ESG Report shows progress toward a sustainable, inclusive, empowered Africa

MultiChoice’s 2025 ESG Report shows progress toward a sustainable, inclusive, empowered Africa

MultiChoice 3 Jul 2025

Cosy up with Disney Channel these winter holidays

Cosy up with Disney Channel these winter holidays

The Walt Disney Company Africa 3 Jul 2025

The voices that grow (with) us

The voices that grow (with) us

Candy Dempers, MediaHeads 360 2 Jul 2025

From idea to shelf: How Mpact brings FMCG packaging to life

From idea to shelf: How Mpact brings FMCG packaging to life

Mpact 2 Jul 2025

Do you have what it takes to compete? Daily Maverick’s Marketing Masterclass series returns

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Daily Maverick 2 Jul 2025

Location Bank announces groundbreaking white paper: The AI Disruption

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Location Bank 2 Jul 2025

How being better became this agency’s most profitable strategy yet

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Dentsu Zambia turns billboards into backpacks in bold sustainability move

Dentsu 3 Jul 2025

Consistency is Cannes Lions' 2025 mantra

Consistency is Cannes Lions' 2025 mantra

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OOH media globally has had its best year to date, with global OOH spend in 2024 reaching $46.2bn (Image supplied)

Global OOH media hits $46.2bn in its best year to date

30 Jun 2025

Damon Stapleton and Ali Rez join One Club Board

Damon Stapleton and Ali Rez join One Club Board

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