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Source: © 123rf Agency Scope South Africa 2025/26 is set to launch in May 2025, and has been expanded to include AI, influencer marketing and retail media as well as a wider industry scope

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Tumi Rabanye | How advertising strategy acts like a brand's nervous system

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Ezra Ndolo promoted to managing director, dentsu Tanzania

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Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

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The rise of AI in advertising

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Puma’s biggest global campaign Go Wild: Rooted in history with a new vision of sports

Puma’s biggest global campaign Go Wild: Rooted in history with a new vision of sports

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Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

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Ongeziwe "Oz" Lupuwana is the new head of integrated marketing. Source: SABC.

Ongeziwe "Oz" Lupuwana joins SABC as head of integrated marketing

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The future of digital journalism and the role of web monetisation

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Ster-Kinekor, as the official representative to Cannes Lions, is proud to announce HeinekenÒ as the official sponsor of the Cannes Young Lions Competition for South Africa (Image supplied)

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The future of marketing is storified

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Facebook agrees to halt targeted ads for UK user after legal challenge

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Larry Khumalo-MacArthur new MD and market lead Weber Shandwick African region

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AI in Advertising forum: Industry urged to understand, apply, and act

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Tseliso Rangaka is the new CCO for Accenture Song SA. Source: Supplied.

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Source: © 123rf The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

#Cannes2025: Apple named 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

24 Mar 2025

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Counting chickens before they’re dunked? ARB rules in favour of KFC in "wings" dispute

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A new era for community and brand experience: Motherland OMNi partners with Kasie FM

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Sauce Advertising celebrates AI

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Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

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Aleksandra Surogina, head of operations & content, Special Effects Media South Africa says we need to stop being marketers, and start being storytellers (Image supplied)

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Dentsu and SAB unlock smarter, AI-powered YouTube buying with Google’s VRC

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Effie South Africa and Ipsos to unveil 2024 Effie Trends and Insights Report

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