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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneousJean-Hugues Roy

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills trainingMedia Development and Diversity Agency

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

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‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customersJaclyn L. Tanenbaum and Karen Anne Wallach

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R5m in school fees up for grabs in KFC promotion

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Historic advertiser interest as NBCUniversal sells out Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics slots

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brandsRoss Joughin

Nadia Kokni.

Nadia Kokni appointed as Puma’s new global marketing VP

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

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Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

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The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

Ebony+Ivory The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

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Real data. Real Africa. Real time. COPO owns African consumer truth

Dentsu Real data. Real Africa. Real time. COPO owns African consumer truth

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MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

Media Development and Diversity Agency MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

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Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

AdBot Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

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Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

BA:KO by EchoHouse Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

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In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

Opinion & Public In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

8 Jan 2026

The Carling Black Label Cup and the campaign that changed fan engagement

Caxton Media The Carling Black Label Cup and the campaign that changed fan engagement

7 Jan 2026

You behave yourself into the reputation you have or want, you don’t communicate yourself there, writes Razor PR CEO Dustin Chick (Image source: © Affinity Health )

The Up&Up Group Exclusive: Discovery goes full Jerry Maguire as it tells members to “show them the money”

6 Jan 2026

Biz Most Read Award winners December 2026

Bizcommunity.com Biz Most Read Award winners December 2026

1 Jan 2026

Cammy Msimango on finding her footing in South Africa’s fast-moving digital newsroom

MDNTV Cammy Msimango on finding her footing in South Africa’s fast-moving digital newsroom

24 Dec 2025

Standing ground, serving communities: Boikanyo Malepe reflects on journalism in 2025

MDNTV Standing ground, serving communities: Boikanyo Malepe reflects on journalism in 2025

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How to articulate your brand purpose into a lived experience

Nadia Hearn 19 hours

Checkers and Jamie Oliver serve dinner solutions with AI-powered recipes

Checkers and Jamie Oliver serve dinner solutions with AI-powered recipes

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Inclusive play redefined: First-ever autistic Barbie hits the shelves

Inclusive play redefined: First-ever autistic Barbie hits the shelves

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TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

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Final call for entries: Africa Travel Week’s 2026 Media Awards

Final call for entries: Africa Travel Week’s 2026 Media Awards

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Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

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WPP turns decades of data into AI agents with new Agent Hub

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‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers

Jaclyn L. Tanenbaum and Karen Anne Wallach 1 day

An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 9 Jan 2026

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R5m in school fees up for grabs in KFC promotion

9 Jan 2026

On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

9 Jan 2026

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Historic advertiser interest as NBCUniversal sells out Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics slots

9 Jan 2026

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Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

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Golden Globes 2026 winners: A new era of bold storytelling

Golden Globes 2026 winners: A new era of bold storytelling

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An employee inspects bottles of beer on a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo/File Photo

Kenyan court postpones case seeking to halt Diageo's $2.3bn sale of EABL

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 9 Jan 2026

The brands that win in 2026 will be the ones who view this seasonal moment not as a post-holiday filler, but as the launchpad for behaviour-driven (Image source: © 123rf )

January is an opportunity for brands: 11 social media marketing ideas

Keith Kakadia 7 Jan 2026

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Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

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On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

Meta's Chinese AI acquisition investigated

9 Jan 2026

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

8 Jan 2026

Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

8 Jan 2026

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brands

Ross Joughin 9 Jan 2026

Nadia Kokni.

Nadia Kokni appointed as Puma’s new global marketing VP

9 Jan 2026

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

8 Jan 2026

Shoprite expands payment options with PayJustNow

Shoprite expands payment options with PayJustNow

8 Jan 2026

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Adoption of latest Nice Classification: What this means for SA trade marks

Marcelle Samons and Alicia van der Walt 8 Jan 2026

Adheesh Ori, senior director within Accenture Song, South Africa says the South African automotive landscape is clearly evolving, not only through technology or electrification, but in the mindset of the customer behind the purchase (Image source: © 123rf )

Meeting the South African modern car buyers where the customer experience matches the expectation

Adheesh Ori 8 Jan 2026

Arielle Horwitz is the engineering manager at Halo Dot. Source: Supplied.

Why the future of retail calls for a checkout revolution

Arielle Horwitz 8 Jan 2026

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From sun safety to sex appeal: what sunscreen ads reveal about beauty ideals and power

Lauren Alex O'Hagan and Lame M. Kenalemang-Palm 8 Jan 2026

Glenda Venn is representing South Africa on the jury. Source: The One Club for Creativity.

SA's Glenda Venn on Art Directors Club jury

8 Jan 2026

Thomas Ingenlath | image supplied

Thomas Ingenlath returns to Volvo Cars as chief design officer

8 Jan 2026

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