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#BizTrends2020: Consuming media and living the dream

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Elouise Kelly, managing director at Ogilvy Johannesburg.

#BizTrends2020: Culture systems, systems culture

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Mike Abel and Makosha Maja-Rasethaba, chief executive partner at M&C Satchi Abel Group and head of strategy for M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg respectively.

#BizTrends2020: Keep it simple in 2020

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Gillian Rightford, Adtherapist and business/strategy lead at SoloUnion.

#BizTrends2020: Creativity's tipping point in business

Gillian Rightford 20 Jan 2020

Dale Hefer, Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC) CEO.

#BizTrends2020: The need to prove that marketing is business™

Dale Hefer 17 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Taking the 20s into the cloud for marketing clout

#BizTrends2020: Taking the 20s into the cloud for marketing clout

Johan Walters 15 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Machine learning set to burst the bubble of digital marketing

#BizTrends2020: Machine learning set to burst the bubble of digital marketing

Andrew Smit 15 Jan 2020

Lisa MacLeod, head of digital, Tiso Blackstar Group.

#BizTrends2020: End of an era as the 3rd party cookie crumbles

Lisa Macleod 14 Jan 2020

Masego Motsogi, managing director at Grid Worldwide.

#BizTrends2020: The year of storytelling

Masego Motsogi 14 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: 8 B2B marketing trends for 2020

#BizTrends2020: 8 B2B marketing trends for 2020

Warren Moss 13 Jan 2020

Michelle Beh, managing and strategy director at The Jupiter Drawing Room.

#BizTrends2020: When things get tough, we must get tougher

Michelle Beh 13 Jan 2020

Mathe Okaba, CEO of the ACA.

#BizTrends2020: On social ills, margins and marketing effectiveness

Mathe Okaba 10 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Retail and Gen Z in 2020 - who they are and what they want

#BizTrends2020: Retail and Gen Z in 2020 - who they are and what they want

Semona Pillay 9 Jan 2020

Boniswa Pezisa, CEO of Net#work BBDO.

#BizTrends2020: The rise of essentialism, mindfulness and Boomer apps

Boniswa Pezisa 9 Jan 2020

Suhana Gordhan, Executive Creative Director at FCB Joburg.

#BizTrends2020: Death. Or a brave new world

Suhana Gordhan 8 Jan 2020

The Best of Biz: Marketing & Media 2019

#BestofBiz 2019: Marketing & Media

17 Dec 2019

Neo Mashigo, chief creative officer of M&C Saatchi Abel, announced as the FM AdFocus industry leader 2019. Image credit: M&C Saatchi Abel.

#FMAdFocus2019: Creativity holds keys to exciting solutions for old problems

Neo Mashigo 28 Nov 2019

#AskAfrikaAhaMoment: The brand loyalty shift explained

Leigh Andrews 21 Nov 2019

Marketing the future: Unlocking the human element in a digital world

Marketing the future: Unlocking the human element in a digital world

Leigh Andrews 12 Sep 2019

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible

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Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, addressing the DStv Seminar of Creativity. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.

#Loeries2019: Check the stereotypes in your creativity

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

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#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

Leigh Andrews 23 Aug 2019

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Dial into the next decade's digital world with foresight from 10-year-olds

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Leigh Andrews 9 Jul 2019

2019 Research Conference to unpack retail trends, tech and the 'Afripolitan' consumer

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Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

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#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview

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#BizTrends2019: 9 Africa Trends for 2019

#BizTrends2019: 9 Africa Trends for 2019

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#BizTrends2019: Melissa Attree's top content marketing trends for right now

#BizTrends2019: Melissa Attree's top content marketing trends for right now

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#BizTrends2019: Speaking of things yet to come

#BizTrends2019: Speaking of things yet to come

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