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Havas Red appointed as consumer PR Agency for Philip Morris South Africa

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Record entries drive expansion of 2025 Effie Awards South Africa jury

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Source: © 123rf For the first time in the decade-long history of Agency Scope in South Africa, participation is on track to surge to a record 710 interviews

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Source: © La Petite Marseillanais Fresh from her trip to the Cannes Lions, Ann Nurock explores the two trends of the enduring power of human creativity and the rise of the creator economy

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Source: © 123rf Key takeaways were shared at the SA Social Media Landscape Report 2025 webinar on Thursday, 26 June

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Source: © 123rf Ryan Campher, VML SA data lead, asks, while AI drives modern marketing, what happens when flawed inputs lead it astray?

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Brendan Seery 23 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

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An AI that mentions chicken randomly whenever interacted with has been revealed to be an all-new South African artificial intelligence (AI) platform created by KFC, the Kentucky AI Integrated Assistant (Image supplied)

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19 Jun 2025

The 2025 Financial Mail (FM) AdFocus Awards opened on 12 June and will close on 15 August (Image supplied)

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Brave's Musa Kalenga on Veo 3's impact on Africa

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Source: © 123rf At this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, AI has been a major focus, with many calling it the future of advertising. Saul Marquez, CEO of global digital marketing agency Outcomes Rocket three key takeaways for the evolving world of AI-powered advertising

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CEM Africa Summit 2025: Leading the future of customer experience with AI innovation

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CEM Africa 18 Jun 2025

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Meta launches open-source AI accelerator across sub-Saharan Africa

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The New York Festivals Advertising Awards (NYFA) 2025 winners have been announced (Image supplied)

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Source: © 123rf Scopen’s fifth edition of its Agency Scope study in Chile shows longer-term relationships between creative agenciess and advertisers

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Source: © Prisms Entries for the Prism Awards 2025 are open

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Source: © 123rf Chilean advertisers currently allocate an average of 3.6% of their revenue to communication, marketing, and advertising budgets says Scopen research. Pictured: Panoramic view of Santiago de Chile with the Andes mountain range in the background.

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Steers used facial recognition software and created a selfie booth with a difference: “The Cheesier the Smile, the Cheesier the Reward” (Image supplied)

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Brendan Seery 9 Jun 2025

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