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Source: © Provoke Media Provoke Media has named the 10 Best Agencies in Africa, with Retroviral and the South African operation of global public relations agency We. Communications named PRovoke Media’s African Agencies of the Year for 2025

Provoke Media names Africa's 10 best agencies and leading campaigns

Impact BBDO Dubai is the Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Show Global Creative Rankings (Image supplied)

One Show 2025: ME & Africa Agency of the Year - Impact BBDO Dubai

Source: © 123rf Airtel Africa has appointed Publicis Groupe Africa as its integrated marketing partner across 12 key markets on the continent

Publicis Groupe Africa appointed Airtel Africa's integrated marketing partner

Impact BBDO Dubai is the Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Show Global Creative Rankings (Image supplied)

One Show 2025: ME & Africa Agency of the Year - Impact BBDO Dubai

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Source: © 123rf Airtel Africa has appointed Publicis Groupe Africa as its integrated marketing partner across 12 key markets on the continent

Publicis Groupe Africa appointed Airtel Africa's integrated marketing partner

16 May 2025

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Kantar Charting 20 years of brand value: Kantar BrandZ 2025 ranking reveals the world’s most valuable brands

15 May 2025

Industry awards recognise Scan Display’s creative solutions

Scan Display Industry awards recognise Scan Display’s creative solutions

8 May 2025

All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

Bizcommunity.com All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

30 Apr 2025

JCDecaux wins advertising concession at Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (Luanda, Angola)

JCDecaux JCDecaux wins advertising concession at Dr Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport (Luanda, Angola)

16 Apr 2025

Biz Promoted Features: Keep your business headlines in the spotlight for 7 days

Bizcommunity.com Biz Promoted Features: Keep your business headlines in the spotlight for 7 days

16 Apr 2025

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Kantar Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

9 Apr 2025

DUO Marketing + Communications joins Collectivist as African member agency

DUO Marketing + Communications DUO Marketing + Communications joins Collectivist as African member agency

14 Mar 2025

Dentsu X: Shaping the future of experiences

Dentsu Dentsu X: Shaping the future of experiences

19 Feb 2025

GenAI in marketing: Fear or FOMO?

Kantar GenAI in marketing: Fear or FOMO?

30 Jan 2025

Dentsu Zambia and University of Lusaka launch Talent Incubator for global experience

Dentsu Dentsu Zambia and University of Lusaka launch Talent Incubator for global experience

14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

Bizcommunity.com #BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

21 Nov 2024

Kantar Positive portrayals of men in ads boost brand equity and sales

19 Nov 2024

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Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

15 May 2025

Source: © Grey Advertising It has been reported that WPP is to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

WPP to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

14 May 2025

Shantanu Narayen is the first person to receive this award.

#Cannes2025: Adobe's Shantanu Narayen becomes Cannes Lions' first Creative Champion of the Year

14 May 2025

Source: © BBC The BBC is the most trusted international news provider amongst all audiences as well as the UK’s most recognised cultural export internationally

BBC the UK's most trusted news provider internationally

13 May 2025

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

#AfricaMonth: How Sarah Collins, founder of Wonderbag, is changing lives globally

Evan-Lee Courie 13 May 2025

These are the 2024 winners of the competition. Source: Supplied.

Short films, big dreams: Canex Shorts competition calls for entries

13 May 2025

#ConvergeAfrica | Sam Tomlinson of Warchawski: In a saturated US market, Africa is the opportunity

#ConvergeAfrica | Sam Tomlinson of Warchawski: In a saturated US market, Africa is the opportunity

Karabo Ledwaba 12 May 2025

Internal comms practitioners: Organisations misunderstand our role

Internal comms practitioners: Organisations misunderstand our role

12 May 2025

The Future of Measurement 2025, part of Warc’s Evolution of Marketing programme, highlights emerging trends in media and creative measurement (Image supplied)

3 Media and creative measurement trends from Warc

9 May 2025

In time for its 30th anniversary, the market research consultancy, Ask Afrika has rebranded to ASK AFRICA (Image supplied)

Ask Afrika rebrands to ASK AFRICA

9 May 2025

15th Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands most comprehensive to date

8 May 2025

OK Zimbabwe's majority shareholders back $30m rights issue, CEO says

OK Zimbabwe's majority shareholders back $30m rights issue, CEO says

Chris Muronzi 8 May 2025

Source: © 123rf The 2025 first half AdForum Summit will take place in New York between 12 and 16 May 2025 with one of the key meetings with the leadership of Omnicom Advertising Group

AdForum Summit includes key meeting with Omnicom Advertising Group leadership

6 May 2025

Gugu Mthembu is the CMO at Telkom. Source: Supplied.

#AfricaMonth: Telkom's Gugu Mthembu takes African perspective to #Cannes2025 jury

Karabo Ledwaba 5 May 2025

Source: © UNESCO
This year, World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, will focus on the profound influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on journalism and media under the theme: Reporting in the Brave New World – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media

World Press Freedom Day 2025: The impact of AI on media and press freedom

2 May 2025

Ogilvy SA won four Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East Africa including gold for its Bread of the Nation campaign for AB InBev SA

Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa

29 Apr 2025

Source: © Ask Traders WPP CEO Mark Read says WPP's financial performance in Q1 was in line with expectations, and performance is anticipated to improve in the second half

WPP's Q1 results dip, tariffs not expected to directly impact the network

25 Apr 2025

#Cannes2025 awarding juries include 20 creatives from Africa

Danette Breitenbach 23 Apr 2025

Source: © Retroviral The Sabre Awards Africa finalists have been announced, with Retroviral and Ogilvy each with seven finalists. Pictured: One of the finalists campaigns, The Eric Cantona Stunt for Showmax by T+W, Retroviral and Grid

SA's PR agencies show their excellence in Sabre Awards Africa 2025 finalists list

22 Apr 2025

Warc research shows that globally, newsbrand ad spend is forecast to fall to $32.3bn this year, a 33.1% decrease from 2019, as hard news stories – from trade wars to armed conflicts – draw audiences but not ad dollars. (Image supplied)

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Lesotho grants operating licence to Musk's Starlink

Lesotho grants operating licence to Musk's Starlink

15 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Mark Baldwin, CEO of , a web design and digital marketing agency, weighs in on the biggest social media platform rebrands of all time

Social media rebrands: The failure - X, the insipid - Meta and the success - Instagram

Mark Baldwin 15 Apr 2025

Source: © Dubai Lynx Held after the Lynx Awards, the Winners’ Lunch celebrates the success and creativity of the teams that took home Awards for their work

All the 2025 Dubai Lynx Awards

14 Apr 2025

Ogilvy SA top African agency in the Warc Effectiveness Awards 2025 shortlist

8 Apr 2025

Daily Maverick won three categories in the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025, the most from South Africa and also the most of all the entries (Image supplied)

SA leads Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 winners list

7 Apr 2025

MTN teams up with UK's Synamedia to launch African streaming platform

MTN teams up with UK's Synamedia to launch African streaming platform

7 Apr 2025

Spotify royalty payouts to Nigerian and South African artists boom in 2024

Spotify royalty payouts to Nigerian and South African artists boom in 2024

7 Apr 2025

Meta can be sued in Kenya over posts related to Ethiopia violence, court rules

Hereward Holland 7 Apr 2025

World Bank backs Africa digital data push with $100m Raxio deal

World Bank backs Africa digital data push with $100m Raxio deal

3 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 finalists have been announced, with SA and Daily Maverick dominating the list

SA and Daily Maverick dominate Wan-Ifra Digital Awards Africa 2025 finalists

2 Apr 2025

Is Gmail’s AI Search a game-changer for users or an invasion of privacy? (Image supplied)

Exclusive | Gmail’s AI Search: Game-changer or a privacy nightmare?

2 Apr 2025

International

Impact BBDO Dubai is the Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Show Global Creative Rankings (Image supplied)

One Show 2025: ME & Africa Agency of the Year - Impact BBDO Dubai

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Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates (Image supplied)

2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

15 May 2025

Source: © Grey Advertising It has been reported that WPP is to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

WPP to move advertising agency Grey into Ogilvy Group

14 May 2025

Shantanu Narayen is the first person to receive this award.

#Cannes2025: Adobe's Shantanu Narayen becomes Cannes Lions' first Creative Champion of the Year

14 May 2025

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TikTok, Meta fined hundreds of millions by EU regulators for data privacy breaches

Ryszard Lisinski and Brett Weinberg 13 May 2025

Source: © 123rf While Global advertising spend is now on course to grow 6.7% this year to $1.15trn, according to a new study from Warc, this is a downgrade of almost one percentage point (pp) from the marketing effectiveness experts’ November forecast

Warc study shows growth this year but still downgrade of almost one percentage point

28 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf In sub-Saharan Africa, TikTok removed over 7.5 million videos in Q3 2024, rising to more than 8 million in Q4 2024—an increase of 14.06% quarter-on-quarter

TikTok removes than 8 million videos in Q4 2024 in SSA, highlighting online safety

27 Mar 2025