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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

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FM AdFocus Awards 2025

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

The Odd Number named Financial Mail AdFocus Mid-Sized Agency of the Year

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The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

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Chicken Licken unveils original anthem celebrating South Africa's gift to the world

Chicken Licken unveils original anthem celebrating South Africa's gift to the worldJoe Public

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2 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Nike's tagline Just do It works because it transcends sports

5 world-famous taglines: What they’re really saying—and selling

2 May 2025

This year, the Gerety Awards 2025 South Africa Jury Insight panel includes Linda Kachingwe-Sisya, executive head of marketing and communications, Africa and International, RMB and FNB, and Koo Govender, CEO, Publicis Groupe Africa. Danette Breitenbach, Bizcommunity.com's Marketing and Media editor, will moderate the panel (Image supplied)

Publicis Groupe Africa's Koo Govender and RMB-FNB's Linda Kachingwe-Sisya on Gerety Awards 2025 SA jury insight panel

2 May 2025

Jannine Purkiss challenges the age-old myth that process kills creativity. She says process should not crush creativity; it should make space for it (Image supplied)

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Jannine Purkiss 30 Apr 2025

Existing shareholders (left) Musa Kalenga, group CEO, and chairperson (right) Andile Khumalo have acquired the Brave Group’s founding shareholders' shares, transitioning the agency’s to a 100% Black-owned business(Image supplied)

The Brave Group transitions to 100% Black-owned business

30 Apr 2025

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Surging UK ad spend hits £42.6bn, driven by online and TV VOD growth

30 Apr 2025

Chicken Licken bravely debones a rare phobia with their latest campaign

Chicken Licken bravely debones a rare phobia with their latest campaign

Joe Public 30 Apr 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Gambling ads hit the jackpot, used car salesmen stuck in cliché lane

#OrchidsandOnions: Gambling ads hit the jackpot, used car salesmen stuck in cliché lane

Brendan Seery 29 Apr 2025

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

RAPT BizTrendsTV: Musa Kalenga - How agentic AI is revolutioning business

Danette Breitenbach 29 Apr 2025

Ogilvy SA won four Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East Africa including gold for its Bread of the Nation campaign for AB InBev SA

Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa

29 Apr 2025

Net#work BBDO repositions to #WhatIfWeDOBIGTHINGS with new leadership appointments

Net#work BBDO repositions to #WhatIfWeDOBIGTHINGS with new leadership appointments

29 Apr 2025

Source: © Ask Traders WPP CEO Mark Read says WPP's financial performance in Q1 was in line with expectations, and performance is anticipated to improve in the second half

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ARB Ruling: Cape Flair called out for marketing as local

ARB Ruling: Cape Flair called out for marketing as local

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Jacky Merola, strategy and insights director, Feel Good & Co. says marketing is not just about what you’re offering; it’s about what your consumers value

But here’s the truth: It’s not about what you’re offering; it’s about what consumers value

Jacky Merola 25 Apr 2025

Global designers celebrated in TDC71 competition reveal the cutting-edge of typography

Global designers celebrated in TDC71 competition reveal the cutting-edge of typography

25 Apr 2025

The MTN Today We Make Moves is a series called Cheeseboy,and brings back the creativity that once made telco ads so memorable

#BehindtheCampaign: MTN's Today We Make Moves - A return to distinctive telco advertising

24 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The IAS Media Assurance Masterclass series, in partnership with Media Marketing Compliance (MMC), continues its four-part masterclass series with a deep dive into programmatic media, exposing inefficiencies and shedding light on the challenges and solutions facing advertisers today

IAS Media Assurance Masterclass Series spotlights Programmatic Media

24 Apr 2025

FSCA penalises African Bank for misleading “investment” advertisement

FSCA penalises African Bank for misleading “investment” advertisement

24 Apr 2025

On the penultimate date of the Bookmark Awards entries closing, Tilesh Bhaga, creative director, digital and innovation at VML South Africa and experienced Bookmark Awards judge, gives 6 tips to a winning Bookmarks entry (Image supplied)

6 tips to create a winning Bookmark Awards entry

Tilesh Bhaga 23 Apr 2025

#Cannes2025 awarding juries include 20 creatives from Africa

Danette Breitenbach 23 Apr 2025

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Google's latest antitrust loss in the US raises stakes for Big Tech

Rob Nicholls 23 Apr 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Burger King hides the message, BMW spells it out

#OrchidsandOnions: Burger King hides the message, BMW spells it out

Brendan Seery 22 Apr 2025

The winners of the South African Young Lions Competition have been announced

SA Cannes Young Lions 2025 Competition winners

22 Apr 2025

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Mexico slams Trump's 'discriminatory' immigration ad

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South Africa has two of the 13 finalists from the Middle East and Africa in the ADC 104th Annual Awards (Image supplied)

ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa has 13 finalists, two for SA

22 Apr 2025

Of the 68 One Show 2025 finalists from the Middle East and Africa, South Africa 18 and Kenya two (Image supplied)

One Show 2025 finalists: 18 for SA and 2 for Kenya

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Clockwork named Old Mutual specialist lead creative agency

Clockwork named Old Mutual specialist lead creative agency

Clockwork 22 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Melanie Campbell, Rapt Creative says in today’s hyper-fragmented, choice-saturated marketplace, loyalty doesn’t just happen, it’s engineered

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Ogilvy launches an iconic Bottomless Bucket for KFC this Easter

Ogilvy launches an iconic Bottomless Bucket for KFC this Easter

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