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Mark Read, WPP's CEO for the past seven years, will retire at the end of 2025 (Image: WPP)

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The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards 2025 have been announced (Image supplied)

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Source: ©Effie Awards Index AB InBev has been ranked as the World’s Most Effective Marketer by the Global Effie Index

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The first Cannes Lions 2025 shortlists have been released (Image supplied)

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Spar Group plans to sell Swiss and UK retail businesses

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All the African Beer Cup 2025 winners

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Source: © Vogue Business It has been confirmed that Dior artistic director Maria Grazia Chiuri steps down

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29 May 2025

Six Middle East & Africa creatives have been selected for the Next Creative Leaders 2025 jury, part of the One Club for Creativity. L to R: Nnenna Onyewuchi - founder, The Barefoot Strategist, Lagos, Ali Rez - CCO, Impact BBDO, Dubai, Nayaab Rais - ECD, FP7 McCann, Dubai, Enas Rashwan - founder, CEO, Cairo Ad School and Saudi Ad School; president, The One Club-Cairo chapter, Cairo/Riyadh, Sands Mathura - ACD, Accenture Song South Africa, Cape Town, Rana Sadek, creative director, IMPACT BBDO, Dubai (Picture by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

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South Africa clarifies position on Tanzanian banana imports

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South Africa clarifies position on Tanzanian banana imports

19 May 2025

Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

Advertising

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Source: © Grey Advertising It has been reported that WPP is to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

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Shantanu Narayen is the first person to receive this award.

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The Future of Measurement 2025, part of Warc’s Evolution of Marketing programme, highlights emerging trends in media and creative measurement (Image supplied)

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9 May 2025

Nike restructures its leadership team

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Source: © 123rf The 2025 first half AdForum Summit will take place in New York between 12 and 16 May 2025 with one of the key meetings with the leadership of Omnicom Advertising Group

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AdForum Summit includes key meeting with Omnicom Advertising Group leadership

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