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Ex-TikTok and L’Oréal Luxe CMO Deshnie Govender launches culture Studio 545

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1 Jun 2026

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#RAPTBizTrendsTV | The Culture Foundry Co's Luke van der Spuy: When Gen Z decides you're not cool anymore

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 2: Katherine Madley on the state of retail

VML Birdwatching at The Loeries | Episode 1: Insights from the jury presidents

RAPT BizTrendsTV | Nicole Adriaans: The future workplace

#BehindtheIMC | MENAT Publicis Groupe’s Tahaab Rais: Marketers are the observers of humanity

#BehindtheIMC | MENAT Publicis Groupe’s Tahaab Rais: Marketers are the observers of humanityDanette Breitenbach

Sydney Mbhele, group chief marketing & corporate affairs officer at Absa, talks about the shifts in marketing in banking (Image supplied)

#BehindtheMarketer | Absa’s Sydney Mbhele: Trust and relevance will decide future banking winnersDanette Breitenbach

In the lead up to Cannes Lions 2026, Special Effects Media South Africa's Victoria Oyeboade says African brands need ecosystems, not just endorsements (Image supplied)

#Cannes2026 | The Lions creators reality check: Why African brands need ecosystemsVictoria Oyeboade

Jonathan Greene is the executive VP Americas at RocketSource by Incubeta. Source: Supplied.

The battle for the AI answerJonathan Greene

Guy Lundy, country manager, Spencer Stuart South Africa, asks if South Africa’s next CMOs will be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers? (Image supplied)

Will SA’s next CMOs be data ethics stewards, or just growth drivers?

The report is available for download to Wan-Ifra subscribers. Source: Supplied.

Future newsrooms: How global publishers are adapting to AI and audience change

Sydney Mbhele, group chief marketing & corporate affairs officer at Absa, talks about the shifts in marketing in banking (Image supplied)

#BehindtheMarketer | Absa’s Sydney Mbhele: Trust and relevance will decide future banking winners

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In the lead up to Cannes Lions 2026, Special Effects Media South Africa's Victoria Oyeboade says African brands need ecosystems, not just endorsements (Image supplied)

#Cannes2026 | The Lions creators reality check: Why African brands need ecosystems

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Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads

Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders 16 Jan 2026

Start your career in creative technology with Ogilvy: Applications now open!

Start your career in creative technology with Ogilvy: Applications now open!

Ogilvy South Africa 16 Jan 2026

On Thursday, 15 January, the world's largest online information resource turned 25 (Image supplied)

Global information resource Wikipedia celebrates 25 years

16 Jan 2026

Flux Trends will present The State We’re In 2026” – Navigating the Dark Forest in February (Image source: © Marvin Zettl

FluxTrends presents its trends for 2026 Navigating the Dark Forest

15 Jan 2026

In 2026 the CMO Council reflects on 25 years of an evolving and defining role for the chief marketing officer in the C-Suite (Image source: © CMO Council )

CMO Council's 25th anniversary reflects on CMOs evolutionary role

15 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng: Inclusive digital transformation for Africa

#BizTrends2026 | Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng: Inclusive digital transformation for Africa

Lerato Mothopeng 15 Jan 2026

Meta taps new president and vice chairman

Meta taps new president and vice chairman

15 Jan 2026

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Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

15 Jan 2026

A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

14 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2026

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

Jean-Hugues Roy 13 Jan 2026

Checkers and Jamie Oliver serve dinner solutions with AI-powered recipes

Checkers and Jamie Oliver serve dinner solutions with AI-powered recipes

13 Jan 2026

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WPP turns decades of data into AI agents with new Agent Hub

12 Jan 2026

On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

9 Jan 2026

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brands

Ross Joughin 9 Jan 2026

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

8 Jan 2026

Adheesh Ori, senior director within Accenture Song, South Africa says the South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset of the customer behind the purchase (Image source: © 123rf )

Meeting the South African modern car buyers where the customer experience matches the expectation

Adheesh Ori 8 Jan 2026

Amazon’s AI-powered Shop Direct and Buy for Me tools are designed to help shoppers find products beyond its marketplace, but retailers argue the experiment exposes a deeper tension over data ownership, consent and who really controls the future of online shopping (Image source: © 123rf )

Online retailers push back against Amazon's Shop Direct

7 Jan 2026

As social media giant Meta continues to pivot aggressively toward artificial intelligence, its acquisition of Manus represents an ambition to redefine how AI interacts with everyday users and enterprises around the world (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta’s Manus acquisition: A strategic play for advanced AI agents

7 Jan 2026

The Walt Disney Company announced a landmark $1bn investment in OpenAI (Image source: © Facebook

AI to unlock new possibilities in imaginative storytelling

5 Jan 2026

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How ChatGPT could change the face of advertising, without you even knowing about it

2 Jan 2026

Bradly Howland, Public Relations Institute of Southern Africa (Prisa) president says as the country winds down for its December break, it’s worth pausing to assess the communications environment we have been navigating (Image source: © 123rf )

Addressing trust: PR at a turning point, a fundamentally new approach is demanded

Bradly Howland 22 Dec 2025

Who to watch: Africa's Top 10 PR professionals

Who to watch: Africa's Top 10 PR professionals

19 Dec 2025

Mike Saunders, CEO of Digitlab explains the findings of the third annual State of Digital Survey (Image supplied)

It’s a golden age of business data - or is it?

Mike Saunders 10 Dec 2025

To reach younger donors, the South African Guide Dog Association, together with VML, created AI pupfluencer, Maxx Reps (Image supplied)

AI pupfluencer created to reach younger audience for Guide Dog Association

10 Dec 2025

SA’s first car dealer enters the metaverse

SA’s first car dealer enters the metaverse

Mann Made 10 Dec 2025

Experiential learning in the age of AI

Experiential learning in the age of AI

Zenobia Ballim, Location Bank 10 Dec 2025

RAPT BizTrendsTV | Bronwyn Williams: The Dark Forest, fat pigs, pitchforks, and giant monsters

RAPT BizTrendsTV | Bronwyn Williams: The Dark Forest, fat pigs, pitchforks, and giant monsters

Danette Breitenbach 9 Dec 2025

VML acquires digital innovation agency

VML acquires digital innovation agency

8 Dec 2025

Adbot wins Top Women Business in ICT and E-commerce 2025

Adbot wins Top Women Business in ICT and E-commerce 2025

AdBot 5 Dec 2025

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