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IP Law

Chatty McChatbot: Why you should trade mark your chatbot's name

Alissa Naran 20 hours

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

Digital

How Offernet protects client media budgets from ad fraud through VeriNET

JG Bezuidenhout, Issued by Offernet 26 Oct 2026

TBWA’s Backslash: Being hard to influence is the new cultural flex

Research

TBWA’s Backslash: Being hard to influence is the new cultural flex

Issued by Omnicom Advertising South Africa 22 Oct 2026

South Africa loses up to R12bn a year to ad fraud, yet the silence is deafening

Advertising

South Africa loses up to R12bn a year to ad fraud, yet the silence is deafening

Marc Dhalluin, Issued by TruthsetsOnline.com 9 Oct 2026

Leora Hessen, entrepreneur and founder of HelloAida

Primary & Secondary Education

AI in schools: Why it should support teachers, not replace critical thinking

Leora Hessen 23 Sep 2026

New report: Most South African news sites still exposed to AI scraping

Artificial Intelligence

New report: Most South African news sites still exposed to AI scraping

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 2 Sep 2026

#Orchids&Onions: Nedbank and Joe Public show the dark side of the high life

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: Nedbank and Joe Public show the dark side of the high life

Brendan Seery 18 Aug 2026

In a first, the Best Digital agency Award at Bookmarks was shared between two agencies: Accenture Song (pictured) and Ogilvy (Image: @Bizcommunity)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2026 | It's a first! Best Digital Agency awarded to two agencies

14 Aug 2026

Women's Month

Your brand says women can lead. What does your AI say?

Issued by icandi CQ 12 Aug 2026

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

Digital

#Bookmarks2026 | All the IAB South Africa 2026 Bookmark Awards finalists

17 Jul 2026

Bizarre, but it’s happening: Your connected TV budget might be paying for a very attentive refrigerator

Advertising

Bizarre, but it’s happening: Your connected TV budget might be paying for a very attentive refrigerator

Marc Dhalluin, Issued by TruthsetsOnline.com 30 Jun 2026

Fandom as algorithmic fuel: How AI is killing traditional marketing

Marketing

Fandom as algorithmic fuel: How AI is killing traditional marketing

Mathabatha Sexwale, Issued by Brave Group 29 Jun 2026

Artificial Intelligence

More than chatbots: why business AI agents are Big Tech’s next product battleground

Guy Bate 19 Jun 2026

Digital advertising's measurement problem is larger than the industry recognises

Digital

Digital advertising's measurement problem is larger than the industry recognises

Marc Dhalluin, Issued by TruthsetsOnline.com 11 Jun 2026

Sydney Mbhele, group chief marketing & corporate affairs officer at Absa, talks about the shifts in marketing in banking (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BehindtheMarketer | Absa’s Sydney Mbhele: Trust and relevance will decide future banking winners

Danette Breitenbach 4 Jun 2026

Advertising

You probably wouldn’t notice if an AI chatbot slipped ads into its responses

Brian Jay Tang and Kang G. Shin 28 Apr 2026

You're spending more to be heard less. That's not a growth strategy

Digital

You're spending more to be heard less. That's not a growth strategy

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 21 Apr 2026

The short-term trap. Why your performance marketing is leaking loyalty

Marketing

The short-term trap. Why your performance marketing is leaking loyalty

Mathabatha Sexwale, Issued by Brave Group 15 Apr 2026

Kero partners with Dotgo

Digital

Kero partners with Dotgo

Issued by Celerity.chat 4 Mar 2026

Hear the 'Titan of Transparency' on the $172bn online ad fraud crisis

Advertising

Hear the 'Titan of Transparency' on the $172bn online ad fraud crisis

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 4 Mar 2026

South Africa's ad industry must win the war against AI 'slop'

Artificial Intelligence

South Africa's ad industry must win the war against AI 'slop'

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 25 Feb 2026

Source: Supplied. Andries Maritz, Principal Product Manager: Entersekt.

Banking

How AI in fraud is turning banks' own defenses against them

20 Feb 2026

Louise Polders is the head of innovation at Neon Octopus. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

The rise of AI-simulated humans in business research

Louise Polders 19 Feb 2026

Will AI see empty agencies with no humans? (Image Source: @ Space OS )

Artificial Intelligence

How AI could be the great equaliser in creative agencies

Melusi Tshabalala 18 Feb 2026

Nicholas De Decker – Associate at Lawtons Africa

Competition Law

Are your algorithms secretly colluding? The hidden risks of digital price signalling

Nicholas De Decker 16 Feb 2026

CX outsourcing is shifting from scale to strategic outcomes

CRM

CX outsourcing is shifting from scale to strategic outcomes

Clinton Cohen 11 Feb 2026

Are you ready for the CX evolution? Here are the top 5 trends for 2026

Trends

Are you ready for the CX evolution? Here are the top 5 trends for 2026

Bruce von Maltitz 21 Jan 2026

Let’s chat about chatbots

Digital

Let’s chat about chatbots

Issued by We Do Digital 19 Jan 2026

Media

Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

15 Jan 2026

Research

Verified consumer data non-negotiable for SA brands

Ross Joughin 9 Jan 2026

Source: Supplied.

4th Industrial Revolution

South Africans use AI for holiday prep, but there’s a glaring security red flag

29 Dec 2025

Source: © 123rf The No-Nonsense Guide to Getting Cited by AI is a white paper that introduces a comprehensive framework for adapting content strategies to AI assistants

Artificial Intelligence

How to stop being invisible to AI assistants

12 Nov 2025

Black Friday’s discounts alone won’t sway South African shoppers

Sales

Black Friday’s discounts alone won’t sway South African shoppers

6 Nov 2025

(Image source: © 123rf ) Jacqui Muller, researcher at Belgium Campus iTversity and a UiPath Most Valued Professional, looks at how AI-powered robotics turns marketing data chaos into boardroom clarity

Artificial Intelligence

AI-powered robotics meet the challenge of fragmented data for marketers

Jacqui Muller 3 Nov 2025

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Security

Inside SA’s retail security crisis: Protecting your business from cyber threats and fraud

Chandni Gopal, Aaqilah Nagdee & Precious Maphupha 9 Oct 2025

Murray Legg believes that machines can not build trust on their own. Source: Supplied.

Artificial Intelligence

AI can't build trust: Why human voices matter more than ever

Murray Legg 22 Sep 2025

King Price campaign: Making insurance great again

Advertising

King Price campaign: Making insurance great again

16 Sep 2025

Daily Maverick launches Daily Maverick Connect: a new era of community for its award-winning membership

Media

Daily Maverick launches Daily Maverick Connect: a new era of community for its award-winning membership

Issued by Daily Maverick 4 Sep 2025

All the 2025 WesBank New Generation Awards finalists

Digital

All the 2025 WesBank New Generation Awards finalists

29 Aug 2025

Source: © 123rf The South African Social Media Landscape Report 2025 explores how people in South Africa are using social media

Social Media

2025 the year of digital doubles: 5 key social media insights

28 Aug 2025

Microsoft hack raises concerns over AI chat data risks for businesses

Cybersecurity

Microsoft hack raises concerns over AI chat data risks for businesses

Richard Ford 25 Aug 2025

The future is female (to the power of AI)

Women's Month

The future is female (to the power of AI)

Issued by icandi CQ 25 Aug 2025

Ogilvy wins Best Digital Agency at 2025 Bookmarks Awards

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy wins Best Digital Agency at 2025 Bookmarks Awards

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 22 Aug 2025

The IAB SA 2025 Bookmarks Awards winners have been announced, with Ogilvy named Best Digital Agency of 2025 (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy and KFC take the double in the IAB Bookmark Awards

15 Aug 2025

Branding

As brand impersonation scams surge, Offernet launches Ravenwatch to protect South African businesses

Issued by Offernet 11 Aug 2025