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 | ISSUED BY LOCATION BANK A location can lead a brand’s internal rankings and still be losing to a competitor down the road. PercepXion gives multi-location brands the external context their own reporting cannot... Read |
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| The Lead Creative |
 | DANETTE BREITENBACH In this episode of The Lead Creative, with Bizcommunity, we chat to Discovery Health executive head of marketing, Refilwe Maluleke and Bridget Harpur, head of marketing, Volkswagen Group Africa... Read |
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| |  | CARRIE DELANEY, ISSUED BY MSCSPORTS Ask any sports fan about their favourite sporting moment and they'll probably remember exactly where they were... Read |  | |
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| Nedbank IMC |
 | ISSUED BY IMC CONFERENCE The Nedbank IMC has announced a new collaboration with Siya Metane, widely known as Slikour, Group CEO and founder of SlikourOnLife, for its 2026 conference taking place on Thursday, 17 September 2026 at Mosaïek Teatro in Johannesburg or online... Read |
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| Marketing & Media |
 | BRENDAN SEERY Brendan Seery weighs up two very different brand gambles, handing an Onion to Glenlivet and an Orchid to Airlink... Read |
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| Advertising |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU Dentsu Kenya has appointed Rehema Chege as business head, creative. Read |
 | ISSUED BY BOUNDLESS Boundless, a bunch of experts dedicated to making the world’s most loved ideas, has created a new campaign for the all-new Mazda CX-5... Read |
 | The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has appointed Justice Sharise Weiner as the organisation’s new Final Appeal Committee (FAC) Chair... Read |
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| Artificial Intelligence |
 | JULIET MOGOROSI, ISSUED BY EVERLYTIC The South African Customer Experience Report, produced by Rogerwilco, ovatoyou and Julia Ahlfedt CX Consulting, has revealed that South Africans are not anti-AI... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DY/DX As AI accelerates digital investment across every sector, DY|DX’s work with different companies, like Cell C and Smollan, shows why organisations need to understand customers and employees before deciding what technology to build or buy... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GORDON INSTITUTE OF BUSINESS SCIENCE 'The Protocol Gap: South Africa' finds robots.txt use concentrated among the country's largest publishers... Read |
 | MICHELLE DOBSON, ISSUED BY PNET Most professionals today know how to send an email, navigate a basic spreadsheet, put together a presentation or make a video call without thinking twice... Read |
 | OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads has reached a $1bn annualised revenue run rate less than 200 days after launching, as the platform expands its advertising offering beyond the US... Read |
 | ANTHEA WHITEHEAD, ISSUED BY AAA SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING Advertising has always evolved alongside technology, but generative AI is accelerating that change at remarkable speed... Read |
| Branding |
 | KARABO LEDWABA With the Springboks and All Blacks set to face off at Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium tomorrow, the rivalry is playing out beyond the rugby field ... Read |
 | BetterBond is refreshing its brand as the home loan specialist marks more than 25 years in the market... Read |
| CRM, CX, UX |
 | ISSUED BY TELVIVA Telviva, a leader in cloud-based unified communications, has announced the launch of Viva, an intelligent voice and text-based digital agent solution... Read |
 | ISSUED BY GAME PLAN CONSULTING Online shopping has never been more competitive... Read |
 | RICHARD EBERLEIN What if falling complaints and improving CX scores don't mean customers are happier? They may simply have stopped telling businesses when something goes wrong... Read |
| Digital |
 | ISSUED BY WESBANK NEW GENERATION AWARDS Now in their 14th consecutive year, the WesBank New Generation Awards set a new benchmark, attracting a record number of submissions and yielding the largest shortlist in the platform’s history... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WESBANK NEW GENERATION AWARDS For the second consecutive year, WesBank has renewed its partnership as the Headline Partner for the 2026 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards... Read |
| Education |
 | ISSUED BY STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE Anyone who has introduced a new process, system or way of working knows that explaining why change is necessary does not always make it easier for people to embrace it... Read |
| Events & Conferencing |
 | ISSUED BY MEDIA24 The News24 x Lula SME Awards celebrate South Africa’s small businesses... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA The room at the Indaba Hotel & Conference Centre was full for two days running: executives, municipal officials, SOE heads, academics and business leaders... Read |
 | ISSUED BY CEM AFRICA SUMMIT CEM Africa 2026 concluded at the Century City Conference Centre following three days of strong engagement across Africa’s customer experience community... Read |
| Film & Cinematography |
 | EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA Three student films were showcased at the Power24 International Film Festival, held in Durban from 21–23 August 2026... Read |
| Marketing |
| The initiative gives SASL signs to seven clan names — “Zulu”, “Mashile”, “Matsebula”, “Seate”, “Dladla”, “Tshirimbula” and “Nkuna”... Read |
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 | YVONNE ACHEAMPONG, ISSUED BY PUBLICIS GROUPE AFRICA For most of my career, I have been in the business of telling stories. Not my own. Stories for brands trying to connect with consumers... Read |
 | ISSUED BY DENTSU The latest edition of the dentsu Africa Digital Digest – August Edition explores the trends reshaping platforms, culture and commerce across the continent... Read |
 | NOLEEN THOMPSON The best B2B stories are often buried in the details. Noleen Thompson explains why technical businesses need to stop mistaking specificity for boredom... Read |
 | TEBOGO MOTSHWENE, ISSUED BY NOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS Consumers do not experience brands in channel silos. Media strategy needs to become more audience-led, connected and accountable... Read |
| Media |
 | CATIA DE SOUSA, ISSUED BY DENTSU Mozambique demonstrates a paradox that many business leaders overlook: the greater the operating constraint, the more valuable local knowledge becomes... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BLU LABEL MEDIA In a category where credibility is critical, visibility and familiarity are among the hardest assets for a brand to build... Read |
 | ISSUED BY BOHEMIAN IPPF’s results show how clear, practical healthcare communication can help clinics move people from awareness to action... Read |
 | MONICAH MWANGI An editor of one of Kenya's largest media groups was abducted by armed men and released hours later at the edge of a dam more than 200km away, his employer said on Wednesday... Read |
 | Gloria Steinem spent more than five decades using journalism and media to challenge how women were represented and whose voices were given space... Read |
 | Over more than 25 years at Paramount/ViacomCBS, Annecchino rose from an early commercial role in Madrid to oversee the company’s international operations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and Asia... Read |
| Online Media |
 | ISSUED BY BROAD MEDIA BusinessTech is South Africa’s largest and most trusted business news website... Read |
| PR & Communications |
 | RUTENDO NYAMUDA Rutendo Nyamuda explores how PR is evolving through AI, cross-border brand building and Africa’s global influence... Read |
| Radio |
 | ISSUED BY SAMRO The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) is injecting R3m into the South African music ecosystem... Read |
| Recruitment |
 | ISSUED BY TOPCO MEDIA Your HR wins could be driving transformation, but if nobody outside your organisation knows about them, what are you really gaining? Nominations close on 16 September... Read |
| Research |
 | ISSUED BY KLA South Africans are redefining who counts as family and increasingly relying on that wider definition, according to new research from KLA, the exclusive YouGov partner for sub-Saharan Africa... Read |
 | ISSUED BY FIELD IQ FieldIQ, a brand new offering from Field Force, makes it possible for brands to know not only what’s on their customer’s minds right now, but also what competitors are doing differently, and whether the measures they’ve implemented in store are really pushing sales... Read |
| Retail |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Ocean Basket's chief marketing officer, Jonathan Muir, explains how the South African restaurant brand is using an omnichannel model, franchise support and data to remain relevant and scale for growth... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TRACTOR OUTDOOR You're feeling pretty smug. You've waited for the double-points weekend, you've got a cashback offer loaded, and you're buying something you needed anyway. You’ve got this loyalty thing on lock-down... Read |
| Social Media |
 | Twitter is making an unexpected return, with a former Twitter lawyer launching a new social platform using the name and branding... Read |
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 | Africa’s fintech revolution is entering a new phase — but can digital finance move millions beyond access and towards true financial resilience? Read |
 | CHIJIOKE OHUOCHA The ride-hailing company has ended its Nigerian operations amid intensifying competition and rising operating costs... Read |
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 | DMPR has announced increases for all fuel types from Wednesday, 2 September... Read |
 | Higher grain, oil, meat, dairy and sugar prices pushed the FAO Food Price Index up in August amid weather risks, geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions... Read |
 | The Tengo was showcased for the first time at events marking the anniversary of Volkswagen's South African manufacturing operations... Read |
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 | As a boutique law firm, NGInc is creative, strategic and impactful. |
 | For 14 years, the WesBank New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards have stood as the definitive benchmark for South Africa’s digital, social, and tech-driven marketing landscape. |
 | Field IQ combines market intelligence to help brands uncover gaps, fix the problems and drive measurable growth - a division of Field Force, Provantage’s Field Sales & Marketing specialist unit. |
 | ALX is a leading talent accelerator, built to accelerate the careers of young Africans through the technology, creative and entrepreneurship skills that enable them to thrive in the digital economy. |
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 | Engage Trade Africa - 6 Oct 2026 to 8 Oct 2026 , Durban
ENGAGE TRADE AFRICA brings together qualified buyers, exporters and service providers through a Hosted Buyer Programme and pre-arranged B2B meetings, creating focused opportunities for sourcing, partnerships and market access. More info >> |
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Digital Marketing Conference will bring together marketing professionals from various industries to explore the latest trends, strategies, and innovations in the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing. More info >> |
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