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#See: Africa Tech Week Awards 2025 celebrates innovation

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#See: Hertex HAUS reopens reimagined Bellville Showroom

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Source: © PRCA Young Lions TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

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#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy LionsDanette Breitenbach

The campaign stars Damson Idris and Brad Pitt. Source: Supplied.

Heineken 0.0 launches high-octane campaign for Apple Original Films’ F1 The Movie

Source: © 123rf Rirhandzu Shingwenyana says the creator economy is not a trend; it is a central pillar of modern marketing

The Creator Economy: An opportunity to build real, lasting connectionsRirhandzu Shingwenyana

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#YouthMonth: SA's youth - Most educated, least employed; Something’s BrokenCharlie Wannell

News24 leads trust in South Africa for the 7th year running

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An AI that mentions chicken randomly whenever interacted with has been revealed to be an all-new South African artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by KFC, the Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant (Image supplied)

The Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant: Going to extraordinary lengths for the taste of KFC

Source: © 123rf Kyla Booysen, senior partner manager, Special Effects Media, says Brands looking to stay culturally relevant can no longer ignore the power of gaming, especially when it comes to engaging Gen Z

#YouthMonth: Gaming - A gateway for Gen ZKyla Booysen

The 2025 Financial Mail (FM) AdFocus Awards opened on 12 June and will close on 15 August (Image supplied)

2025 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards open with Creative Capital theme

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#YouthMonth: FCB social lead Khumbuzile Zondi is standing on businessKarabo Ledwaba

VML and Nando's: Reflections on a decade long agency-client relationshipJarred Cinman

Source: © Campaign India Andy Jassy, President and CEO of Amazon, has been named the Cannes Lions 2025 Media Person of the Year

#Cannes2025 Media Person of the Year to Amazon president and CEO

Source: © 123rf At this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, AI has been a major focus, with many calling it the future of advertising. Saul Marquez, CEO of global digital marketing agency Outcomes Rocket three key takeaways for the evolving world of AI-powered advertising

3 Insights from #Cannes2025 on the world of AI-powered advertisingSaul Marquez

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

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2024 FM AdFocus Awards entries open

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The best of marketing: 2024 Effie Awards finalists announced

The best of marketing: 2024 Effie Awards finalists announced

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Part 3: Agency Scope China - Chinese market complexity and competitiveness raise client expectations

Part 3: Agency Scope China - Chinese market complexity and competitiveness raise client expectations

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Nigerian Zikora's short film contest launches as part of its Decolonizing Beauty campaign

14 Aug 2024

Mark1 and more celebrate digital excellence at the 2024 Bookmark Awards

Mark1 and more celebrate digital excellence at the 2024 Bookmark Awards

IAB South Africa 14 Aug 2024

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Media24: Leading the way in exceptional journalism and impactful content

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MyBroadband’s record traffic growth in 2024

MyBroadband’s record traffic growth in 2024

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#Bookmarks2024: 3 benefits of audience segmentation

#Bookmarks2024: 3 benefits of audience segmentation

Michelle Swart 13 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf In China the average length of relationships that marketers have with their current creative agencies has shortened to 2.7 years

Part 2 – Agency Scope China: Short term performance prevents development of deep relationships

13 Aug 2024

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Major ad group GARM shuts down after Elon Musk’s X files lawsuit

13 Aug 2024

This year a new campaign, Choose Truth, created by South Africa's Daily Maverick, will be featured for World News Day (Image supplied)

South Africa's Daily Maverick's Choose Truth campaign for World News Day

12 Aug 2024

Ann Nurock, Cannes Lions trend spotter, will host and moderate the 2024 Bookmarks Finalists’ Showcase (Image supplied)

#Bookmarks2024: Finalists’ Showcase hosted and moderated by trend spotter, Ann Nurock

12 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Zhujiang River and modern building of financial district at night in Guangzhou China

Part 1: Agency Scope China: A greater value on strategy

12 Aug 2024

Source: © In Katrina's Kitchen Zee Mthimkhulu, biddable lead at Mark1, the official naming rights sponsor to the 2024 Bookmark Awards, examines what the Google delay to phase out third-party cookies means

#Bookmarks2024: Endgame — A cookieless future delayed, implications for the digital advertising industry

8 Aug 2024

Breaking new ground: Arise Media launches as SA’s premier female-led digital marketing business

Breaking new ground: Arise Media launches as SA’s premier female-led digital marketing business

Arise Media 8 Aug 2024

Source: © Creative Review UK To compete globally, South Africa needs to tell better stories in a way that pushes standards or sets us apart says Carl Willoughby Chief Creative Officer, TBWA\Hunt Lascaris ?????and Creative Circle Chairman and Loeries Awards Board Member

EXCLUSIVE #Cannes2024: Cannes do - Fear is holding creatives back from creating powerful work

Carl Willoughby 7 Aug 2024

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eNCA's Devi Govender, ARB's Gail Schimmel, and others inspire at DStv Content Creator Awards workshop

7 Aug 2024

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

Pictured: Darren Mckinon, shareholder and commercial director at Epic Outdoor. Image supplied.

#BehindtheSelfie: Darren Mckinon, shareholder and commercial director at Epic Outdoor

Aa-isha Hassiem 7 Aug 2024

Source: © LIA Michelle Marais, senior copywriter at Dentsu Creative and a 2024 Cannes See It.Be It. recipient talks about being a female in the creative industry at the tip of Africa

#WomensMonth: Michelle Marais - Working in advertising takes guts; as a woman even more so

Danette Breitenbach 6 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Patrick Carmody, CEO of Conversation Lab, looks at how the shift to AI-powered answer engines are and will challenge Google

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Patrick Carmody 6 Aug 2024

Embracing innovation in South Africa’s media and advertising landscape

Embracing innovation in South Africa’s media and advertising landscape

Advertising Media Forum 6 Aug 2024

Source: © Olympics A As a sponsor, from January to May 2024, Visa has spent nearly $29m on advertising for the Olympics

#Paris2024: How brands are using long-term sports sponsorships to build brand equity

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MediaHeads 360 celebrates 6 years of empowering women in marketing with its 2024 bursary competition!

MediaHeads 360 celebrates 6 years of empowering women in marketing with its 2024 bursary competition!

MediaHeads 360 5 Aug 2024

Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen is the Muffin Man. Source: Supplied.

Muffin Man Mania: A sweet PR boost for the Olympics amid controversy

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Aug 2024

#Bookmarks2024: The importance of awards in digital marketing, more than just a trophy

#Bookmarks2024: The importance of awards in digital marketing, more than just a trophy

Geneviéve Meiring 2 Aug 2024

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#BehindtheCampaign: King Price’s in-sho-sho is sure-sure

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