https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/15.html East Africa Media news 15 Media news - East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/414/15.html en-us Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:19:58 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/former-pg-marketing-officer-named-inaugural-lions-laureate-for-marketing-397688a Jim Stengel has been named the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing. Stengel has helped shape modern marketing leadership. His distinguished career spans more than three decades, including seven years as global marketing officer at Procter & Gamble. 1-269083 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/pr-award-recognises-pfg-ceo-519820a Publicity For Good’s (PFG) founder and CEO Heather Holmes has been selected as an honouree for the 2026 PRNews Top Women in PR & Communications. 1-269056 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/global-effie-index-2025s-most-effective-marketers-brands-and-agencies-064375a The top-most effective marketers in the world, according to the 2025 Effie Index announced by Effie Worldwide, are Unilever, McDonald’s, AB In Bev, PepsiCo, and Nestlé. 1-269057 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/one-club-creative-hall-of-fame-2026-inductees-named-401699a The One Club for Creativity's 2026 inductees into the prestigious Creative Hall of Fame have been named. 1-268885 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:18:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/marketers-are-the-observers-of-humanity-067105a “We’re living through one of the strangest and most transformative periods in modern history. Technology is shifting. Culture is shifting. Attention is shifting. Identity is shifting. Even our relationship with reality feels like it’s changing in real time.” 1-268717 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/with-generative-ai-surging-africas-agile-creators-narrow-hollywoods-gap-845793a For years, African creative industries have been evaluated against global production systems they were never designed to mirror. Comparisons often focused on budget size, crew scale, infrastructure, and technical resources rather than the distinct creative approaches shaping film, advertising, music, and content production across the continent. 1-268429 Tue, 26 May 2026 09:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/the-case-for-africanising-ai-in-public-relations-845493a Is it important for us as public relations (PR) expert to integrate technology into our daily traditional communications practices? Simply put, yes! We don’t have a choice but to adapt to the rapidly changing digital media landscape if we want to stay ahead of the curb and avert the very real and imminent threat of becoming obsolete in our profession. 1-268229 Wed, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/ogilvy-and-promise-top-one-show-me-africa-rankings-067645a Ogilvy South Africa Cape Town has been named Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year and Promise Johannesburg ME & Africa Independent Agency of the Year in The One Show Global Creative Rankings. 1-268207 Tue, 19 May 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/why-ai-alone-doesnt-deliver-growth-it-needs-human-marketers-281677a The CMO Council's latest research report, Marketing’s Power Partners: AI and the Human Essence — How to Enable Success in the Age of AI, uncovers a widening performance gap between organisations that integrate AI with human marketers and those that do not. 1-267680 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/no-surprises-in-wpp-q1-results-392798a WPP has reported a Quarter 1 performance consistent with expectations and guidance provided in the preliminary results in February. 1-267663 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:36:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media East Africa