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Creative Circle Best of the Year Awards 2025

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Gaming outperforms social for younger generation's engagement

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

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#Cannes2026 | One Show highs, D&AD dips as SA eyes CannesDanette Breitenbach

5 ways to tap into Africa’s Ctv wave before everyone else does

5 ways to tap into Africa’s Ctv wave before everyone else does

Penquin strengthens team with strategic new hires as agency growth gains momentum

Penquin strengthens team with strategic new hires as agency growth gains momentumPenquin

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Shoprite's Low-Duuuma! scores with Benni McCarthy

3 AAA students take creativity from the classroom to the global stage

3 AAA students take creativity from the classroom to the global stageAAA School of Advertising

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Your customers are unreliable narrators — and your segmentation is built on itGreg Streatfield

Remi Du Preez, managing director at Polygon, says when budgets shrink, brands feel the pressure to disappear, but staying visible (and smart) is what actually wins.

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Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

Nick Hamman joins Time Out South Africa

Santiago Sánchez-Lozano is the new CEO for WPP Production in EMEA. Source: LinkedIn.

WPP Production appoints new CEO for EMEA region

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Ivan Moroke, MAA chairperson, examines how marketers genuinely drive growth in using the algorithm and the insight to find commercial success (Image supplied)

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

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

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Source: © 123rf A strategic partnership giving brands new opportunities to connect with audiences through music has been formed by WPP and the Universal Music Group (UMG).

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Source: © Fernando Dantas The 10th edition of the Agency Scope Brazil 2024/25 study has identified an increase in the use of a pitch as a method of selecting agencies

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iStore advertising complaint dismissed by ARB

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#BehindtheCampaign: Metropolitan's No. 1 for our No. 1s shows what exceptional service is

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CMOs: How to get the best out of agencies

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Nadine Mather, partner, and Chloë Loubser, knowledge and learning lawyer: employment and data protection, Bowmans examine the new Guidance Note on Direct Marketing

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South African creatives are on the jury.

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Source: © 123rf Over the last five years, South Africa’s traditional TV viewership (on regulated services) has declined from 38.2 million to 32.5 million, but despite this content consumption remains robust

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