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Think of the engagement an advertisement gets because the music in the ad strikes a chord with the audience. In this episode of VML Birdwatching at the Loeries, Siya Metane, founder of SlikourOnLife, explains why music is so important in media and how music can define a creative piece of work's success.

The Print and the Design categories both showed innovation and a high standard this year, says Abi Singmin, associate creative director, Denomination, Australia and jury president: Design, Design Craft, and Maxwell Ngari, chief creative officer, Dentsu Creative, Kenya, and jury president: Print, Print Craft.

Kenya is well represented at the Loeries, with a number of campaign finalists as well as 18 judges across 20 categories. Dentsu Creative's chief creative officer, Maxwell Ngari, talks about how the country's creative industry has evolved.

The Loeries radio jury member and executive for brand, marketing and digital at Pick n Pay, Katherine Madley, chatted to VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity on the state of retail.

The Loeries 2025 in-person jury judging session took place on Monday and Tuesday, 6 and 7 October, in Cape Town. VML Birdwatching at the Loeries with Bizcommunity caught up with some of the jury presidents to glean some of the highlights of the entries and what constitutes a winning entry.

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

Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

Arcade Content's Kyle Lewis took some time out of advertising to direct Sebentin (Haters), Zakwe's eye-popping new music video featuring Cassper Nyovest and Musiholiq.

Red Cherry Interactive was briefed by SOS Children's Villages to conceptualise and produce their latest video commercial to raise awareness and encourage the public to donate to the great cause.

Buitenkant (The Outside), a South African short film by William Nicholson, racked up over 100k views in 48 hours after being selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick this week.

Markstry, a Spitfire director that powers Node Content.TV division, shot and directed a brand-new digital advicement for Old Mutual on saving for children's education....

Try running 86,7kms. It's no joke. In these spots for Levergy and New Balance, FirstPencil had real comrades runners writing letters to themselves.

Try running 86,7kms. It's no joke. In these spots for Levergy and New Balance, FirstPencil had real comrades runners writing letters to themselves.