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#BizTrends2025: 555 Media Hub’s Tapelo Zama | The challenge for brands - LLM disrupting the consumer journey

Digital

#BizTrends2025: 555 Media Hub’s Tapelo Zama | The challenge for brands - LLM disrupting the consumer journey

Tapelo Zama 1 day

Google unveils major Android upgrades ahead of I/O conference

Mobile & Apps

Google unveils major Android upgrades ahead of I/O conference

2 days

Research

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

Issued by Kantar 2 days

Art

Zeitz MOCAA announces passing of executive director Koyo Kouoh

3 days

New AI startup pays South Africans to grow digital maps in townships

How To Start Up

New AI startup pays South Africans to grow digital maps in townships

13 May 2025

Welcome to GenEra: A new chapter for young creatives in advertising

Advertising

Welcome to GenEra: A new chapter for young creatives in advertising

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 May 2025

Marketing

Beyond influence: How foot soldiers fortify brand trust in community-led influencer campaigns

Issued by Brand Influence Agency 8 May 2025

Organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development are facing late payments and have concerns over contracts. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Gauteng welfare organisations worried about late payments

Joseph Bracken 8 May 2025

7 benefits of customer reviews and how to get more

CRM, CX, UX

7 benefits of customer reviews and how to get more

Issued by Domains.co.za 7 May 2025

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Corporate influencers or just employees with a hashtag?

Marketing

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Corporate influencers or just employees with a hashtag?

Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 6 May 2025

Digify Africa and Meta are offering a free digital marketing programme for 2025. Source: Supplied.

Education

Calling unemployed youth: Digify Africa and Meta offer free digital marketing programme for 2025

6 May 2025

Source: Supplied. Rory Brachner, founder of Doshguide.

Finance

How a costly financial mistake inspired SA’s first flat-fee financial advice platform

6 May 2025

Listening is the new loud: The new era of lead generation

Marketing

Listening is the new loud: The new era of lead generation

Michelle Huxtable, Issued by We Do Digital 2 May 2025

Finance

PwC's AI findings highlight potential 15% uplift in global economy by 2035

30 Apr 2025

Law Practice

People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study

Eike Schneiders, Joshua Krook and Tina Seabrooke 30 Apr 2025

Source: © Capitec Bank Capitec has, for the financial year ending 28 February 2025, reported a 30% increase in headline earnings to R13.7bn. Gerrie Fourie, chief executive officer of Capitec attributes this to the bank's solid foundations for long-term growth, powered by its scalable technology and diversified business model

Banking

Diversification of services sees Capitec grow headline earnings by 30%

23 Apr 2025

Forget fancy firewalls, email signatures are MSPs secret weapon in 2025

Technology

Forget fancy firewalls, email signatures are MSPs secret weapon in 2025

Issued by Rocketseed 23 Apr 2025

Diary of a CMO: What’s marketing’s contribution to profit?

Research

Diary of a CMO: What’s marketing’s contribution to profit?

Mary Kyriakidi, Issued by Kantar 23 Apr 2025

Google launches 2025 Africa startup accelerator, focusing on AI

SMEs

Google launches 2025 Africa startup accelerator, focusing on AI

22 Apr 2025

Advertising

Google's latest antitrust loss in the US raises stakes for Big Tech

Rob Nicholls 23 Apr 2025

A deep dive into the local 26 million customer social media market

Social Media

A deep dive into the local 26 million customer social media market

Sivu Matyila, Issued by Matte BLK 22 Apr 2025

70% of SA graduates struggle to find work – here’s your ultimate ‘grad pack’ to beat the odds

Career Advice

70% of SA graduates struggle to find work – here’s your ultimate ‘grad pack’ to beat the odds

Issued by Pnet 17 Apr 2025

Advertising

Trump's tariff order prompts ad spending cuts by Temu and Shein

17 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)

Advertising

Warc: News media struggles as brands favour softer content

16 Apr 2025

Zisto joins East Coast Radio’s Weekend Breakfast!

Radio & Audio

Zisto joins East Coast Radio’s Weekend Breakfast!

Issued by East Coast Radio 16 Apr 2025

Cape Town fintech Stitch secures R1bn in funding

Funding

Cape Town fintech Stitch secures R1bn in funding

15 Apr 2025

South Africa as G20 leader can take action on Africa’s food supply: 4 ways to make a difference

Agriculture

South Africa as G20 leader can take action on Africa’s food supply: 4 ways to make a difference

Wandile Sihlobo 15 Apr 2025

Markets & Investment

China intensifies trade war with US by hiking tariffs to 125%

11 Apr 2025

Talent Acquisition

AI firm Anthropic announces 100 roles in Europe, new EMEA head

Paul Sandle 9 Apr 2025

TDMC HQ’s 8 key digital marketing insights from the past year

Digital

TDMC HQ’s 8 key digital marketing insights from the past year

Issued by TDMC 9 Apr 2025

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

Advertising

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

Issued by Kantar 9 Apr 2025

You built a great website, but my agent doesn’t care!

CRM, CX, UX

You built a great website, but my agent doesn’t care!

Andre Fredericks, Issued by Sanlam Fintech 28 Mar 2025

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

2 Apr 2025

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Hyper-personalised marketing is just digital stalking

Marketing

Unpopular opinion by a CEO: Hyper-personalised marketing is just digital stalking

Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 1 Apr 2025

IPRN public relations agencies forecast growth for 2025

PR & Communications

IPRN public relations agencies forecast growth for 2025

Issued by MANGO-OMC 31 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf In a world of sameness, humans are not thinking, not applying themselves and not adding anything new, just melting into whatever the digital algorithm is feeds us

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Break free from brain rot, enshittification, move from digital sameness and embrace culture movements

Danette Breitenbach 31 Mar 2025

Social Media

Elon Musk’s xAI acquires X

31 Mar 2025

Top local website names to help inspire your perfect domain

Internet

Top local website names to help inspire your perfect domain

Issued by Domains.co.za 31 Mar 2025

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Digital

Subaru South Africa and ghd expand digital partnership with Algorithm

Issued by Algorithm Agency 28 Mar 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

Marketing

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

28 Mar 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Can brands maintain a true voice amidst the rise of AI content?

Thelma Ngoma-Mavhunga 28 Mar 2025

6 effective ways to improve your study skills

Skills Training

6 effective ways to improve your study skills

Issued by FundiConnect 26 Mar 2025

AI in Advertising forum: Industry urged to understand, apply, and act

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising forum: Industry urged to understand, apply, and act

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 25 Mar 2025

Ride-hailing safety: a collaborative effort needed to build a secure future

Transport

Ride-hailing safety: a collaborative effort needed to build a secure future

Lerato Motsoeneng 24 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Apple named 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

24 Mar 2025

Dentsu and SAB unlock smarter, AI-powered YouTube buying with Google’s VRC

Online Media

Dentsu and SAB unlock smarter, AI-powered YouTube buying with Google’s VRC

Kevin Cogill & Kgabele Memela, Issued by Dentsu 20 Mar 2025

Effie South Africa and Ipsos to unveil 2024 Effie Trends and Insights Report

Advertising

Effie South Africa and Ipsos to unveil 2024 Effie Trends and Insights Report

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 20 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Scopen research - Be integrated, AI-powered and strategic, or be left behind

20 Mar 2025