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This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on brands in a future where digital wallets are a gamechanger as the technologies of digital identity, crypto/blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) converge.

Born in 1994, Gen Z are the born free generation and they are redefining the world from work to play, opening challenges and opportunities that brands need to understand they want to stay relevant and thrive in the Gen Z world.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on agentic AI and how it is revolutionising business, especially on the continent.

The second episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on the informal economy, a key growth trend reshaping South Africa’s and Africa's economies. Often referred to as the grey economy, it is brimming with potential.

Afro-optimism, or more specifically, the African growth mindset is a greater sense of optimism that, despite challenges such as electricity and water that the continent faces, is in stark contrast to a growing Western degrowth mindset of pessimism about the future, and Africa.

“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.

At the recent Effies SA, hosted by the Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA), the Grand Effie was awarded to Halo, for its campaign for its client, Pineapple.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with future thinker and Flux Trends partner, Bronwyn Williams.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with Ndeye Diagne, the managing director West, East and Central Africa at Kantar.

This week we take a closer look at Ninety9cents (99c), one of South Africa's largest independently owned full-service advertising agencies.

Mike Stopforth, CEO of Cerebra, stops by to tell us why he hates the word “Digital”. Mike shares with us his broad frustrations with a word that has come to shape an entire industry. We ask whether digital is a channel or an ethos, as well as the implications for traditional agencies as they look to become more “digital. We also explore whether there is really such a thing as a digital guru. An insightful conversation with an industry leader....

This week we take a closer look at new kid on the block, content first digital marketing agency Barbarossa Media. Barbarossa Media creates engaging content for brands to connect to their customers in an impactful way.

This week we look at the upcoming Marketing Mix, Shopper path to purchase 2016 event happening on 20 July and 21 July at the Bryanston Country Club in Johannesburg.

On the 30th episode of the Brave Ideas Podcast, Kirsten Wiggill, Social Media Account Lead @ Aqua, talks to us about Generation Z. We learn about who they are, what they do, and why brands are struggling to get to grips with how to talk to them. Not to be confused with millennials and don’t call them selfie obsessed, Gen Z are a powerful generation that are reshaping the way people, and brands, need to communicate. An important and informative discussion!...

This week we look at 21C business solutions, a training and education company who will be piloting an 8 week short course at Vega School in Cape Town from 2 July to 20 August 2016.