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South Africa’s brightest young creative talent announced as winners of the Cannes Young Lions 2025 Competition
Ster-Kinekor, in partnership with Heineken® South Africa, is proud to announce the two winning teams who will represent South Africa at the prestigious Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2025. […]
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Delivery Ka Speed pivots to logistics
Delivery Ka Speed, an award-winning logistics and courier company specialising in townships, has pivoted to become a full-scale logistics provider to better serve South Africa’s growing delivery needs. The business […]
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Gen Z embraces AI for social media spending
Gen Z is fuelling a social shopping explosion, with 39% now having purchased and 76% having discovered products on social media platforms, according to Salesforce’s latest Connected Shoppers Report. The […]
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The DGSA launches Annual Creatives Awards to spotlight local visionaries
For too long, directors have been the unsung architects of South Africa’s most iconic stories. Now it is time to celebrate the visionaries behind the camera. This year, the Director’s […]
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Publicis Groupe Africa welcomes new Le Cubs
Publicis Groupe Africa’s renowned Le Cubs Programme has accepted a new cohort of interns, continuing its mission to cultivate and empower the next generation of creative talent across the continent. […]
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Plan your best day out at The Rand Show 2025
Whether you’re going for the entertainment, family fun, shopping or action, The Rand Show 2025 has lots in store. With one ticket unlocking access to a full day of incredible […]
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A blueprint for sustainable organisational growth
By Vanisha Balgobind, Talent & Organisation lead for Accenture Africa Organisations are refreshing strategies and refining goals amidst a rapidly changing landscape. About 80% of companies consider change part of […]
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Strategic CX outsourcing in retail: Balancing operational efficiency and brand integrity
The retail sector continues to navigate tremendous change, with high consumer expectations, constant margin pressure and the need for operational efficiency. In this challenging environment, retailers are increasingly turning to […]
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The science of work-integrated learning to address the digital skills crisis
By Ursula Fear, Salesforce senior talent programme manager Organisations and industries across Africa are ramping up their transformation efforts as they look to emerging technology to enable agility, improve efficiency […]
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The rise of AI in advertising
As artificial intelligence continues to revolutionise industries around the globe, Penquin, a leading brand and communications agency, is at the forefront of integrating this cutting-edge technology into the world of advertising. […]
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Strategy in advertising is like a nerve: Invisible but essential
By Tumi Rabanye, Managing Partner – Strategy at Leagas Delaney South Africa In the world of advertising, strategy is often overlooked because it operates behind the scenes. Yet, much like […]
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Why aren’t more businesses doing personalisation better?
By Andrew Solomon, Client Strategy Director at Achievement Awards Group On a scale from creepy to cool, personalisation – and its newer offspring, hyper-personalisation – might just be heading in […]
Heinz is bringing more than 150 years of heritage to South Africa with a Heinz Before you rewrite the strategy, check whether execution is the real problem
By James Hughes, Business Coach at Grow Leaders are often too quick to blame the Provantage changes the question with Programmatic-Enabled Digital Place-Based Networks
Provantage’s launch of programmatic buying on Mall TV, the first of its Digital Place-Based Networks Why TVCs still matter in a hyper-digital world
In a world of scrolling feeds, six-second videos, personalised algorithms and audiences moving constantly between Menlyn Park Shopping Centre takes home 14 awards at 2026 SACSC Footprint Marketing Awards
Menlyn Park Shopping Centre has taken home 14 awards – including one Gold, nine Silver Why Kaya 959 backs the case for continued marketing investment
Every recession produces the same instinct: when budgets tighten, marketing is the first line cut. The real test of agentic AI is accountability, not autonomy
By Nicol Germishuis, vCIO at IPT When businesses talk to me about agentic AI, the Navigating the intersection of sanctions and international arbitration
By Trevor Versfeld (partner), Chandni Gopal (partner) and Katy Hindle (consultant) at Webber Wentzel It Employee engagement runs on an emotional contract
By Lianne Booth, Strategic Projects Director at Achievement Awards Group Every employee signs a formal Why businesses must shift focus from printer price to total cost of ownership
