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#IABInsightSeries: Trends transforming the digital economy (JHB)

Trends transforming the digital economy (JHB)

Jessica Tennant 23 Mar 2020

#IABInsightSeries: Data, skill set and our relationship with technology

Data, skill set and our relationship with technology

Jessica Tennant 20 Mar 2020

#IABInsightSeries: Trends transforming the digital economy (CPT)

Trends transforming the digital economy (CPT)

Jessica Tennant 20 Mar 2020

The next decade of digital marketing

The next decade of digital marketing

Jessica Barrella 19 Feb 2020

#BizTrends2020: Reputation management, a more integrated ecosystem

Reputation management, a more integrated ecosystem

Daniel Munslow 31 Jan 2020

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Prepare for 7 digital marketing megatrends in 2020

Ashleigh Wainstein 30 Jan 2020

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2020 social trends you need to know

Julia Rhodes 29 Jan 2020

Doug Place is the chief marketing officer: Africa, Middle East, South Asia. Image supplied.

A strongly resonant brand proposition is more important now than ever before

Doug Place 29 Jan 2020

Nkgabiseng Motau, co-founder and chief creative officer at Think Creative Hub.

5 cultural shifts that are influencing marketing

Nkgabiseng Motau 29 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Advertising - What brands need to be aware of in 2020

Advertising - What brands need to be aware of in 2020

Jason Stewart 28 Jan 2020

Wayne Naidoo, CEO of Duke.

Gearing up our people for the future

Wayne Naidoo 27 Jan 2020

Kirk Gainsford, chief creative officer at MullenLowe SA.

#IamTrending, so now what?

Kirk Gainsford 27 Jan 2020

Odette van der Haar, managing director of Publicis.

Imagine the impossible

Odette van der Haar 24 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: The collective economy, attributing a state of mind

The collective economy, attributing a state of mind

Paula Hulley 24 Jan 2020

Ntombizamasala Hlophe.

The future of work in adland

Ntombizamasala Hlophe 23 Jan 2020

Camilla Clerke, ECD at HelloFCB+

Diversity is creativity

Camilla Clerke 23 Jan 2020

Josephine Buys, CEO of The Publisher Research Council (PRC).

Advocating childhood literacy - today's readers are our future leaders

Josephine Buys 22 Jan 2020

Sizakele Marutlulle of Marutlulle and Co.

Speaking of things yet to come

Sizakele Marutlulle 22 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Faster and smarter - 8 retail trends for 2020

Faster and smarter - 8 retail trends for 2020

Dov Girnun 21 Jan 2020

Nicola Cooper is a trend researcher, analyst and cultural strategist at Nicola Cooper & Associates (NC&A), as well as in-house trend research at 99c advertising and communications agency.

Educating Gen Alpha

Nicola Cooper 21 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Consuming media and living the dream

Consuming media and living the dream

Gee Motsepe 21 Jan 2020

Elouise Kelly, managing director at Ogilvy Johannesburg.

Culture systems, systems culture

Elouise Kelly 21 Jan 2020

Gillian Rightford, Adtherapist and business/strategy lead at SoloUnion.

Creativity's tipping point in business

Gillian Rightford 20 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: The rise of afro-natural beauty as an advertising trend

The rise of afro-natural beauty as an advertising trend

Josephine Sebesho 20 Jan 2020

Mike Abel and Makosha Maja-Rasethaba, chief executive partner at M&C Satchi Abel Group and head of strategy for M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg respectively.

Keep it simple in 2020

Mike Abel and Makosha Maja-Rasethaba 20 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: What you need to know about AI in 2020

What you need to know about AI in 2020

Avsharn Bachoo 17 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: A truer, more meaningful narrative for the African child

A truer, more meaningful narrative for the African child

Kamo Mogashoa 17 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: Using e-commerce tools to build disruptive consumer brands

Using e-commerce tools to build disruptive consumer brands

Paul Cook 16 Jan 2020