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Triple Eight takes top agency awards!

Direct Marketing

Triple Eight takes top agency awards!

Issued by Triple Eight 6 hours

Client-agency partnership awarded for stellar financial literacy work

Marketing

Client-agency partnership awarded for stellar financial literacy work

Issued by Matte BLK 7 hours

Marketing

Mickey Llew appoints Reagan Moyo as CPT organic search lead

9 hours

#OrchidsandOnions: GWM appeals to hardcore 4x4 consumers with Chuck Norris-inspired ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: GWM appeals to hardcore 4x4 consumers with Chuck Norris-inspired ad

Brendan Seery 9 hours

Assegai Awards 2024: Celebrating South Africa’s finest in integrated and direct marketing

Direct Marketing

Assegai Awards 2024: Celebrating South Africa’s finest in integrated and direct marketing

Issued by DMASA 3 days

The winners of the second Annual Shopper Marketing Awards by Shop! South Africa, which represents SA’s shopper and retail environment industry, have been named. Pictured Tradeway and clients (Image supplied)

Marketing

2nd Annual Shopper Marketing Awards winners

3 days

Fandom is dead, welcome to Fancom

Marketing

Fandom is dead, welcome to Fancom

Struan Campbell, Issued by Levergy 3 days

Homes are submerged in water after a massive flood in N'djamena, Chad, 14 October 2022. Reuters/Mahamat Ramadane/File Photo

Climate Change

Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom

Mahamat Ramadane and Alessandra Prentice 3 days

Advertising

When ads shock: subtle ways that disgust can shape our buying habits

L.J. Shrum and Elena Fumagalli 3 days

Primedia Studios bags its first Safta with The Masked Singer South Africa

TV

Primedia Studios bags its first Safta with The Masked Singer South Africa

Issued by Primedia Studios 3 days

Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and success

Advertising

Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and success

Issued by Dentsu 3 days

How retailers can navigate the prolonged Black Friday shopping season

Sales

How retailers can navigate the prolonged Black Friday shopping season

14 Nov 2024

#BehindtheCampaign: Kia and OFYT drive the baby blues away in new ad

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign: Kia and OFYT drive the baby blues away in new ad

14 Nov 2024

The AAA School of Advertising unleashes tomorrow's creative forces at 2024 Showcase

Education

The AAA School of Advertising unleashes tomorrow's creative forces at 2024 Showcase

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 14 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf WPP has brought T&Pm fully within its global network, placing AI at the heart of the agency’s agile marketing solutions

Artificial Intelligence

WPP acquires minority shareholdings in T&Pm, places AI at heart of agency

14 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf The sixth wave of the Agency Scope study in South Africa will begin in May 2025

Research

Agency Scope 2025 to include more marketing and agency professionals

14 Nov 2024

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Agriculture

Land reform can work: Prioritising rural economic development and inclusive change

Peter Setou 13 Nov 2024

Merchant Capital’s Here We Grow campaign was conceived to redefine how South African SMEs perceive growth capital (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BehindtheCampaign: Merchant Capital’s Here We Grow campaign reflects SMEs' entrepreneurial journey

13 Nov 2024

Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work offered by passing motorists in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, 20 November 2023. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File photo

HR & Management

SA unemployment rate falls for first time in a year

Kopano Gumbi and Tannur Anders 12 Nov 2024

How global and local markets shape SA consumer behaviour leading up to Black Friday

Research

How global and local markets shape SA consumer behaviour leading up to Black Friday

Issued by KLA 12 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Financial Narrative has launched the Financial Narrative Independent Agency Network, a new global network of independent marketing and communications consultancies

PR & Communications

Financial Narrative launches specialist financial services communications consultancy

12 Nov 2024

Mateen Suliman, Business Development Executive at midnight, the innovation agency of iqbusiness. (Image supplied)

Marketing

Key campaign insight + medium-first execution = Cannes Lion Grand Prix

Mateen Suliman 12 Nov 2024

Machine_ x Blackboard: Inspiring the next generation of creatives

Education

Machine_ x Blackboard: Inspiring the next generation of creatives

Issued by Machine_ 11 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

Euro hits lowest since late June vs dollar on tariff worries

11 Nov 2024

Boost for startups involved in space, Earth observation

Funding

Boost for startups involved in space, Earth observation

11 Nov 2024

Fortune favours the bold

Design

Fortune favours the bold

Issued by Just Design 11 Nov 2024

From AAA to Cannes Lions: Mike Bond’s global advertising journey

Advertising

From AAA to Cannes Lions: Mike Bond’s global advertising journey

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 11 Nov 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Spar reminds us why we're special with Christmas ad

Brendan Seery 11 Nov 2024

Christophe Deloire was the head of media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Source: RSF.

Media Freedom

Meet the world's bravest reporters at CPJ's 34th annual awards, hosted by John Oliver

11 Nov 2024

Doctor Philip Moreira, a gynaecologist and department head at Dalal Jamm Hospital, rides his electric bicycle while commuting to the hospital in Dakar, Senegal, 21 October 2024. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Senegal's urban cycling trend offers chance to boost green transport

Sofia Christensen 8 Nov 2024

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Youth Employment

Young leaders encouraged to apply for NYDA Board positions

7 Nov 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Champions of sustainability recognised with GBCSA Leadership Awards 2024

7 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Markets & Investment

South African rand nosedives as Trump wins US election

7 Nov 2024

Teach your creatives to think: Unpopular opinion by a copywriter

Marketing

Teach your creatives to think: Unpopular opinion by a copywriter

Athi Sokutu, Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 7 Nov 2024

Ogilvy’s the most awarded and most effective agency at Effies 2024

Advertising

Ogilvy’s the most awarded and most effective agency at Effies 2024

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 6 Nov 2024

PR & Communications

Report uncovers the reality of PR internships in SA - strengths and gaps

6 Nov 2024

$TBWA\South Africa has appointed Karabo Motsepe as its new head of talent acquisition (Image supplied)$

Advertising

Karabo Motsepe appointed TBWA\South Africa's head of talent acquisition

6 Nov 2024

Lidl's global holiday campaign was created by BBDO Germany and its chief creative officer, South African-born Jonathan Deeb and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper (Image supplied)

Advertising

BBDO Germany's 6 minute brand film for Lidl's global holiday campaign

6 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf If you are worried about the dangers of AI taking over the world, the interview with Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is chilling and essential viewing

AI in Advertising

Part 3: AI in Advertising - From the threat of AI to Nobel Prizes for AI

6 Nov 2024

Agency gets finalist nod for 3 top marketing awards

Marketing

Agency gets finalist nod for 3 top marketing awards

Issued by Matte BLK 6 Nov 2024

Residential Property

Re/Max SA wins international property award

5 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Vincent Maher, CEO at True I/O, gives seven lessons from AI creative optimisation

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising Part 2 of 3: Seven lessons from AI creative optimisation in SA

Vincent Maher 5 Nov 2024

Transformation in South Africa's advertising industry: Moving beyond compliance to genuine change

Advertising

Transformation in South Africa's advertising industry: Moving beyond compliance to genuine change

Sharleen James, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 5 Nov 2024

Request for quotations: Appointment of a service provider for the provision of recruitment services

Talent Acquisition

Request for quotations: Appointment of a service provider for the provision of recruitment services

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 4 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf This month VML's strategy director Antonio Petra gives a practical guide to using AI to improve the way your agency operates with your clients and internally

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising Part 1 of 3: How to transform agency workflows with AI

Antonio Petra 4 Nov 2024

Global triumphs as LIA 2024 honours Middle Eastern agencies

Advertising

Global triumphs as LIA 2024 honours Middle Eastern agencies

4 Nov 2024

Mr Price and NYDA join forces to build youth job skills

Skills Training

Mr Price and NYDA join forces to build youth job skills

4 Nov 2024