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The Partnership Agency celebrate on stage at Cannes Lions 2026. Source: LinkedIn.

#CannesLions | Africa’s winning roundupKarabo Ledwaba

WPP Enterprise Solutions has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to operationalise agentic AI for brands (Image source: © 123rf )

Delivering AI systems at the speed and scale to meet consumer demand

25 Jun 2026

Jim Stengel has been named as the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing. (Image source: @ Lia )

#Cannes2026 | Former P&G marketing officer named inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing

17 Jun 2026

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'Troubling' erosion of press freedom in certain SADC states

19 Aug 2019

BBC focuses on branded services in Africa

BBC focuses on branded services in Africa

19 Aug 2019

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2019 Lisbon International Advertising Festival gets global grand jury

19 Aug 2019

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

Media trip to AHIF event sponsored by APO

19 Aug 2019

Prevent poor customer service from killing your brand

Wynand Smit 19 Aug 2019

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Digital advertising is changing and so should our tactics

Yvette Gengan 19 Aug 2019

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Results from Agency Scope UK 2018/2019 indicate concerns with consumers and the changing digital environment

Johanna McDowell 19 Aug 2019

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StarTimes to launch 'Blood Sisters' in Kenya

19 Aug 2019

Shaun Vorster is the vice president of business programming at World Expo 2020. Image supplied.

#WorldExpo2020: How local businesses can unlock B2B and B2G value

Juanita Pienaar 19 Aug 2019

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The (growing) importance of data-driven location-based marketing

19 Aug 2019

#StartupStory: Are you having a 'Blue Monday'?

#StartupStory: Are you having a 'Blue Monday'?

Evan-Lee Courie 19 Aug 2019

Five 3D printing myths

Five 3D printing myths

Ahmad Beltagui, Achilleas Sesis and Nikolaos Stylos 16 Aug 2019

Festivals can transform cities by making space for overlooked people and cultures

Festivals can transform cities by making space for overlooked people and cultures

Beth Perry and Rike Sitas 16 Aug 2019

New reality show to inspire budding entrepreneurs

16 Aug 2019

Asha Ranchhod Patel, head of marketing at Google South Africa.

#Loeries2019: Tackling unconscious bias, raising jurors' cultural awareness

Leigh Andrews 16 Aug 2019

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BABA TV launched on DSTV in Uganda

16 Aug 2019

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Facebook can now fact-check news in African languages

Shereesa Moodley 16 Aug 2019

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum Awards’ finalists have been announced.

Finalists in Africa women entrepreneurship awards announced

15 Aug 2019

How does social media support sales?

How does social media support sales?

Jessica Barrella 15 Aug 2019

A Cameroonian elite Rapid Intervention Battalion member walks along an empty street in the city of Buea in Cameroon's Anglophone southwest region on October 4, 2018. Cameroon’s military detained pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi on August 2, 2019, in Buea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

Cameroon's military detains pidgin news anchor Samuel Wazizi

15 Aug 2019

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Condé Nast reshuffles global leadership, Anna Wintour's role goes worldwide

15 Aug 2019

SA design icon Carrol Boyes dies

SA design icon Carrol Boyes dies

15 Aug 2019

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Airtel to roll out mobile money in Nigeria

15 Aug 2019

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East Africa Got Talent available on Clouds TV, Citizen TV, NBS

15 Aug 2019

Work showcase: Kings choose their own labels

Work showcase: Kings choose their own labels

Dentsu 15 Aug 2019

British Airways to trial VR entertainment

British Airways to trial VR entertainment

15 Aug 2019

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Africa's digital potential

Ime Archibong 14 Aug 2019

A man looks at newspaper front pages in Dakar, on February 25, 2019, one day after Senegal's presidential elections. Senegalese authorities arrested critical journalist Adama Gaye on July 29. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Seyllou.

Senegalese authorities arrest critical journalist Adama Gaye

14 Aug 2019

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Licensing royalties. Cost or marketing investment?

Alan Radmall 14 Aug 2019

French team in SA invites you to attend "Ambition Africa" the biggest Franco-African B2B event

French team in SA invites you to attend "Ambition Africa" the biggest Franco-African B2B event

Business France South Africa 14 Aug 2019

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