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2 May 2024

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#BizTrends: Kate Wolters - 3 trends that will impact B2B marketing in 2024

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Camilla Clerke, ECD at HelloFCB+
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  23 Jan 2020

rett Rogers, culture lead at Cape Town advertising agency HaveYouHeard and content curator for In_
#BizTrends2020: Pop culture and its drivers in 2020

  23 Jan 2020

Sizakele Marutlulle of Marutlulle and Co.
#BizTrends2020: Speaking of things yet to come

  22 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Consuming media and living the dream
#BizTrends2020: Consuming media and living the dream

  21 Jan 2020

Elouise Kelly, managing director at Ogilvy Johannesburg.
#BizTrends2020: Culture systems, systems culture

  21 Jan 2020

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

  20 Jan 2020

Gillian Rightford, Adtherapist and business/strategy lead at SoloUnion.
#BizTrends2020: Creativity's tipping point in business

  20 Jan 2020

Dale Hefer, Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC) CEO.
#BizTrends2020: The need to prove that marketing is business™

  17 Jan 2020

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

  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

  15 Jan 2020

Lisa MacLeod, head of digital, Tiso Blackstar Group.
#BizTrends2020: End of an era as the 3rd party cookie crumbles

  14 Jan 2020

Masego Motsogi, managing director at Grid Worldwide.
#BizTrends2020: The year of storytelling

  14 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: 8 B2B marketing trends for 2020
#BizTrends2020: 8 B2B marketing trends for 2020

  13 Jan 2020

Michelle Beh, managing and strategy director at The Jupiter Drawing Room.
#BizTrends2020: When things get tough, we must get tougher

  13 Jan 2020

Mathe Okaba, CEO of the ACA.
#BizTrends2020: On social ills, margins and marketing effectiveness

  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

  9 Jan 2020

Boniswa Pezisa, CEO of Net#work BBDO.
#BizTrends2020: The rise of essentialism, mindfulness and Boomer apps

  9 Jan 2020

Suhana Gordhan, Executive Creative Director at FCB Joburg.
#BizTrends2020: Death. Or a brave new world

  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

  28 Nov 2019

#AskAfrikaAhaMoment: The brand loyalty shift explained
#AskAfrikaAhaMoment: The brand loyalty shift explained

  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

  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

  23 Aug 2019

Sphelele Mjadu, Unilever Personal Care Senior Public Relations Manager for Africa and Anne Githuku-Shongwe, representative of UN Women South Africa’s Multi-Country Office, in the UN Women-Dove masterclass panel at the Loeries. Image via Al Nicoll © via Gallo Images.
#Loeries2019: Our responsibility of better representation in advertising, media

  23 Aug 2019

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Advertising: Making it mean something

  24 Jul 2019

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

  9 Jul 2019

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

19 Mar 2019

Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing
Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

  5 Feb 2019

#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview
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Sizakele Marutlulle of Marutlulle and Co.
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Elouise Kelly, managing director at Ogilvy Johannesburg.
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Dale Hefer, Integrated Marketing Conference (IMC) CEO.
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Michelle Beh, managing and strategy director at The Jupiter Drawing Room.
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#BizTrends2020: 8 B2B marketing trends for 2020
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 31 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Speaking of things yet to come
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 29 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The next shiny innovations
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 29 Jan 2019

Heidi Brauer, chief marketing officer of Hollard Insurance.
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 28 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Two anti-trend predictions that will be true in 2019, and 2119
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 28 Jan 2019

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 25 Jan 2019

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 24 Jan 2019

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 23 Jan 2019

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