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Social Media

Gen Z is turning to TikTok, not Google, when they need answers

Sue Blaine 18 hours

Basa at RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025: Putting South Africa’s creative sector on the global map

Art

Basa at RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025: Putting South Africa’s creative sector on the global map

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 14 May 2025

The AMASA Igniters Forum will take place on Wednesday, 21 May 2025, at the GIBS Auditorium in Illovo, Johannesburg (Image supplied)

Advertising

Amasa Igniters Forum 2025 to reshape media narratives in digital age

Issued by AMASA 13 May 2025

PR & Communications

Welcome to a new PR challenge: surviving the unmoderated internet

Yolisa Mkele 8 May 2025

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Corporate influencers or just employees with a hashtag?

Marketing

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Corporate influencers or just employees with a hashtag?

Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 6 May 2025

Public relations at a crossroads

PR & Communications

Public relations at a crossroads

Issued by Brandfundi 15 Apr 2025

Source: James Baltz via

Agribusiness

Blockchain and smart contracts to transform agriculture

8 Apr 2025

Human Rights Law

Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules

Hereward Holland 7 Apr 2025

Source: © The 2025 EMEA Sabre Awards saw South Africa’s public relations and communications agencies, Retroviral and Razor PR, fly the flag high

PR & Communications

Retroviral and Razor PR fly the flag at the Sabre EMEA Awards

Danette Breitenbach 3 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Break free from brain rot, enshittification, move from digital sameness and embrace culture movements

Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2025

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Digital

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Issued by Algorithm Agency 28 Mar 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Can brands maintain a true voice amidst the rise of AI content?

Thelma Ngoma-Mavhunga 28 Mar 2025

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Social Media

Social media's impact: Driving business strategies from marketing to ROI

Clara de Wet, 18 Mar 2025

Adetutu Laditan's mission to position the African creator

Social Media

Adetutu Laditan's mission to position the African creator

13 Mar 2025

Leading in an unpredictable world

Management & Leadership

Leading in an unpredictable world

Auguste (Gusti) Coetzer, Issued by Auguste Coetzer Executive Recruitment 10 Mar 2025

Is excessive use of AI tools killing your in-bound marketing plans?

Tourism & Travel

Is excessive use of AI tools killing your in-bound marketing plans?

Issued by ANEW Hotels & Resorts 10 Feb 2025

Media & Entertainment Law

Google, Meta face penalties for anti-competitive behaviour towards SA news media

Nqobile Dludla 24 Feb 2025

Media

MDPMI provisional report findings against tech giants - Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, X, TikTok

25 Feb 2025

#CreativeCircle: Is South African design lacking consciousness?

Design

#CreativeCircle: Is South African design lacking consciousness?

Shane de Lange 24 Feb 2025

Social Media

20 years of YouTube: 8 key innovations that have helped the video platform achieve its success

Alex Connock 18 Feb 2025

Why working in media is still a great job

Media

Why working in media is still a great job

Chris Botha, Issued by Advertising Media Forum 17 Feb 2025

Christina Naidoo, COO Huawei South Africa

4th Industrial Revolution

Rewiring STEM to accelerate girls and women empowerment

Christina Naidoo 11 Feb 2025

What is community influencer marketing?

Marketing

What is community influencer marketing?

Issued by Brand Influence Agency 6 Feb 2025

(Image supplied)

Marketing

Warc's The Multiplier Effect - A CMO’s guide to brand building in the performance era

29 Jan 2025

Source: © World Kings Meta's platforms Facebook and Instagram, will no longer implement a fact-checking policy, instead relying on community notes

Media Freedom

Meta's Zuckerberg's shift on fact-checking: A "sprint" to appease a new president?

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jan 2025

Quantum computing is not as futuristic as it sounds

Technology

Quantum computing is not as futuristic as it sounds

Issued by Perfect Word 15 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf Amanda Chikara, marketing specialist, FamilySearch – Southern Africa says the changes we’re witnessing are not mere trends but foundational shifts that will define the future of marketing

Marketing

Marketers be warned: Adapt or become obsolete

Amanda Chikara 30 Dec 2024

Source: © 123rf Anke Nel, HOD: group media strategy, Rapt Creative says campaigns today should be nimble, and ready to adapt swiftly

Advertising

EXCLUSIVE: Advertising as much about adaptability as it is about creativity

Anke Nel, 29 Nov 2024

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Social Media

What is Bluesky? Why 10s of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

Jean Burgess 27 Nov 2024

Source: © NBC News The Toys R Us made with generative video was depressing but that will change and fast

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: Entering the wonderful world of generative video... or not

Jarred Cinman 26 Nov 2024

How to fund your next big project

SMEs

How to fund your next big project

Issued by Lula 22 Nov 2024

How retailers can navigate the prolonged Black Friday shopping season

Sales

How retailers can navigate the prolonged Black Friday shopping season

14 Nov 2024

The Oppo photography masterclass From Art to AI was panelled by seasoned creative professionals. Source: Gallo Images

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: The joy and anxiety in the age of AI

Lindsey Schutters 11 Oct 2024

Should your small business join the TikTok revolution?

SMEs

Should your small business join the TikTok revolution?

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 4 Oct 2024

Advertising

MTN’s ‘unlimited’ offer hits a limit: ARB calls for transparency

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Sep 2024

Finance

Finance teams must evolve now or become irrelevant

6 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf South Africa's ad market is expected to see 6.0% this year says Warc

Advertising

Warc: SA's admarket to grow 6%, as global ad investment more than doubles

22 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Anna Collard, senior vice president, content strategist and ambassador of KnowBe4 Africa.

Fintech

In chatbots we trust—but should we?

12 Aug 2024

Huawei's new inverters provide stability, reliability as SA undergoes a renewable energy revolution

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Huawei's new inverters provide stability, reliability as SA undergoes a renewable energy revolution

Issued by Huawei Technologies 8 Aug 2024

Honor South Africa is bullish on its chances in a saturated smartphone market

Hardware

Honor 200 series comes to Mzansi with premium ambitions

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jul 2024

Image: Supplied

4th Industrial Revolution

How to become indispensable in an AI workplace

Lyndy van den Barselaar 24 Jul 2024

AI is slowly making its way into advanced pharmacology, but will need investor patience.

Data & Analytics

Forget chat bots, AI is helping out in drug discovery and development

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jul 2024

Where South African banks are underperforming: AI-powered robo-advisory

Fintech

Where South African banks are underperforming: AI-powered robo-advisory

Shaun McEwan, Issued by Sauce Advertising 16 Jul 2024

Source: Supplied. Echo VanderWal, founder of The Luke Commission, a non-profit organisation focused on delivering healthcare and compassionate aid to rural and underserved communities, primarily in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland).

Healthcare

#SAPICS2024: Transforming healthcare in Eswatini

16 Jul 2024

Why OOH needs to feature in your next Gen Z campaign

OOH

Why OOH needs to feature in your next Gen Z campaign

Mali Motsumi-Garrido, Issued by Tractor Outdoor 11 Jul 2024

Social Media

How to go viral on social media

Alexander Brand 28 Jun 2024

Murray Collyer, COO of iiDENTIFii

Technology

Can face mapping still identify you if your features change?

13 Jun 2024