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Jedd Cokayne has been appointed deputy managing director of The Mediashop to work closely with its managing director, Dashni Vilakazi (Image supplied)

The MediaShop appoints deputy MD

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

#Bookmarks2026 | All the IAB South Africa 2026 Bookmark Awards finalists

Danette Breitenbach (second left) at the PRCA conference 2025.

It’s #WPRD2026. So what?Danette Breitenbach

68% of Google searches now end without a click, how ZA companies win back traffic with AI visibility

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Ascent Africa advances African expansion through strategic Clarence AI engagement in Namibia

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Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi and Lorato Tshenkeng, founder and CEO of Decode. in conversation during the Social Media Summit for Government (Image supplied)

Digital-first cannot become digital-only says comms minister

13 Jul 2026

As AI rewrites the inbox, marketers are told to write for 2 readers

As AI rewrites the inbox, marketers are told to write for 2 readers

Everlytic 13 Jul 2026

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 announces robotics, AI and investment pioneers

Singularity Summit South Africa 2026 announces robotics, AI and investment pioneers

Mann Made 9 Jul 2026

The companies winning at ESG aren't telling better stories; they're building greater trust, says Sam Gqomo, MD of WGN Africa(Image supplied)

#WPRD2026 | The companies winning at ESG aren't telling better stories. They're building greater trust.

Sam Gqomo 8 Jul 2026

The growing influence of AI on consumer food choices

The growing influence of AI on consumer food choices

Prof Estelle Van Tonder & Prof Christo Bisschoff 8 Jul 2026

Sanra, backed by the Mastercard Foundation have granted about $9.3m in loans and grants to creative businesses in Kenya (Image @ Impact Newswire

Kenya backs creative economy with $9.3m funding

8 Jul 2026

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Nigeria to investigate tech firms over news content use

MacDonald Dzirutwe 8 Jul 2026

Banks have a massive digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

Banks have a massive digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

Location Bank 8 Jul 2026

The overall Journalist of the Year at the 2026 Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards is TimesLive’s photojournalist, Sandile Ndlovu (Image supplied)

TimeLive's photojournalist Sandile Ndlovu crowned Sanef Journalist of the Year

7 Jul 2026

#WPRD2026 | Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantage

#WPRD2026 | Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantage

Kisha Reader-Bain 7 Jul 2026

The skincare line The Ordinary leads all beauty brands with a 7% AI citation share, followed by CeraVe (6%), Sephora (5.5%), La Roche-Posay (5%), and Charlotte Tilbury (4.5%). Image credit:

The Ordinary leads AI beauty rankings as Chanel and other legacy brands lose ground

7 Jul 2026

What I've learnt from working with a communications strategist

What I've learnt from working with a communications strategist

ChatGPT, in conversation with Nicole Capper, MANGO-OMC 7 Jul 2026

Adidas has shifted its $512m global media agency business to the Omnicom Media Group (Image@ Think Marketing )

Adidas shifts $512m global media account to new agency

6 Jul 2026

South African marketers enter a new era of social media as AI becomes business as usual

South African marketers enter a new era of social media as AI becomes business as usual

Ornico 3 Jul 2026

Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as managing director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa) (Image supplied)

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints managing director: Rest of Africa

2 Jul 2026

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Accelerated enterprise demand leads WPP’s AI-driven transformation unit

2 Jul 2026

The Digital News Transformation Fund’s second funding round backs newsrooms across seven provinces (Image source: © 123rf )

R15,8m grants for data journalism, AI-assisted workflows and vernacular content

2 Jul 2026

Packard Bell’s Daytona G16 Pro campaign is a fully AI-generated advertising campaign, from concept development and scriptwriting to visuals, audio, and motion graphics (Image@ Tech Financials

Packard Bell launches with industry-first AI-generated campaign

2 Jul 2026

Your SEO is working. But you’re still missing most of the opportunity

Your SEO is working. But you’re still missing most of the opportunity

Straider.ai 2 Jul 2026

Madelain Roscher, founder and CEO, PR Worx and Public Relations Institute of SA (Prisa) member, examines how AI Search has made PR the most powerful discipline in business (Image supplied)

#WPRD2026 | The quiet revolution that just made PR the most powerful discipline in business

Madelain Roscher 1 Jul 2026

Every year, on 16 July, communications professionals around the world celebrate World PR Day (#WPRD) and Bizcommunity also dedicates the month of July to PR (Image @Bizcommunity)

#WPRD2026 | The Golden Age of Strategic PR is here. Join the organisations defining it.

1 Jul 2026

MO Agency releases SA's most extensive AI Visibility study of LLM band recommendations by industry

MO Agency releases SA's most extensive AI Visibility study of LLM band recommendations by industry

MO Agency 1 Jul 2026

Why ChatGPT ads could become the most important advertising channel since Google

Why ChatGPT ads could become the most important advertising channel since Google

PRNews OU 30 Jun 2026

AI is accelerating almost everything in B2B marketing, except the one thing that actually matters: the decision, says Nicky Turnbull, strategy director at VML South Africa (Image source: © 123rf )

B2B marketing: You don’t win deals where you think you do

Nicky Turnbull 26 Jun 2026

WPP Enterprise Solutions has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to operationalise agentic AI for brands (Image source: © 123rf )

Delivering AI systems at the speed and scale to meet consumer demand

25 Jun 2026

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Sam Swaine 23 Jun 2026

WPP will become the first advertising partner to pilot Meta's new creative solution. Source: Supplied.

WPP and Meta expand partnership with new creative AI pilot

23 Jun 2026

Got award-winning work? Deadlines fast approaching for 14th annual WesBank New Generation Awards

Got award-winning work? Deadlines fast approaching for 14th annual WesBank New Generation Awards

New Generation Awards 23 Jun 2026

African creatives discuss the importance of Cannes to Africa. Picture l to r: Yusuf Adejumo, creative director, TBWA\Concept Nigeria, Audrey Quaye creative director Innova DDB Ghana, Alex van Niekerk, executive creative director at TBWA\Ascent, Graham Cruikshanks, director of Africa operations at TBWA, Eric Mununuzi, chief creative Officer at TBWA\Uganda (Images supplied, composite by Ruth Cooper @ Bizcommunity)

#Cannes2026 | Should Africa care about the Cannes Lions?

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2026

Change management is not the issue, poor execution is

Change management is not the issue, poor execution is

Laurelle Simonetti, Dentsu 22 Jun 2026

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