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The ACA joins the global alliance of communications agencies

Advertising

The ACA joins the global alliance of communications agencies

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 5 hours

The strategic imperative: in-house ‘savings’ vs the outsourced advantage

Digital

The strategic imperative: in-house ‘savings’ vs the outsourced advantage

Issued by TDMC 5 hours

Kendra Hyman specialise in creator management at Special Effects Media (Image supplied)

Social Media

#WorldSocialMediaDay: Local stories, global conversations

Kendra Hyman 9 hours

The New Generation Awards announces WesBank as its official headline naming sponsor

Youth Marketing

The New Generation Awards announces WesBank as its official headline naming sponsor

Issued by Lavello Marketing Solutions 3 days

Creating space to grow: Building an industry that nurtures its own

Advertising

Creating space to grow: Building an industry that nurtures its own

Sarah Dexter, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 days

IPRN celebrates 30 years with Convention in Porto and the headquarters move to Brussels

PR & Communications

IPRN celebrates 30 years with Convention in Porto and the headquarters move to Brussels

Issued by MANGO-OMC 26 Jun 2025

The Most Awards! are open for voting. Pictured: Previous Most Award winners (Image supplied)

Media

Media awards, the Most Awards open for voting

26 Jun 2025

Advertising

$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO of Ogilvy Africa Network (center), and Raphael Beecham, creative director at Ogilvy Tanzania (left), receive the Africa Company of the Year Award for Advertising Agency of the Year from (right) Salim Baabde, managing director of Camel Oil and chairman of the Tanzanite CEO Roundtable, Dar es Salaam Chapter

Advertising

Ogilvy Africa Network named Advertising Agency of the Year

25 Jun 2025

Win the room before you even walk in the door: Credentials and the sizzle reel

Direct Marketing

Win the room before you even walk in the door: Credentials and the sizzle reel

Issued by DMASA 24 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

What happens when SA’s brightest creatives are all in one room? This is how you can show up

Education

What happens when SA’s brightest creatives are all in one room? This is how you can show up

Issued by Red & Yellow 20 Jun 2025

Image credit: Anna from Pixabay

Malaria

Codix Bio to produce HIV, malaria test kits amid USAid cutbacks

Ben Ezeamalu 20 Jun 2025

The 2025 Financial Mail (FM) AdFocus Awards opened on 12 June and will close on 15 August (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

2025 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards open with Creative Capital theme

19 Jun 2025

Supplied image (L-R): Yonela Dishi (Candidate Legal Practitioner), Jared Boy (Junior Attorney), Soretha Venter (Senior Attorney - Director: Law Clinic (Inland Region), Happiness Mkabe (Candidate Legal Practitioner) and Kerushlen Marie (Legal Intern)

Higher Education

New IIE Varsity College community law clinic to serve and educate

18 Jun 2025

South Africa’s digital revolution: Vision or missed opportunity?

Technology

South Africa’s digital revolution: Vision or missed opportunity?

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 18 Jun 2025

Marketing & Media

VML and Nando's: Reflections on a decade long agency-client relationship

Jarred Cinman 18 Jun 2025

So Interactive turns 18: A milestone in digital excellence

Digital

So Interactive turns 18: A milestone in digital excellence

Issued by So Interactive 18 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf At this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, AI has been a major focus, with many calling it the future of advertising. Saul Marquez, CEO of global digital marketing agency Outcomes Rocket three key takeaways for the evolving world of AI-powered advertising

Cannes Lions

3 Insights from #Cannes2025 on the world of AI-powered advertising

Saul Marquez 18 Jun 2025

Image credit: Dawn McDonald on Unsplash

Fuel & Energy

Sars teams up with law enforcement to combat illicit fuel trade

18 Jun 2025

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Marketing

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 19 Jun 2025

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

South Africa’s TV planning world is going to fundamentally change

TV

South Africa’s TV planning world is going to fundamentally change

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 17 Jun 2025

Cannes Lions shortlists released on Tuesday, 17 June include a number of South African agencies, with Joe Public with two shortlistings

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2025: Joe Public adds two more shortlistings

Danette Breitenbach 17 Jun 2025

Image credit: Virginie Baisez on Unsplash

Energy

#AEF2025: Unity will drive Africa’s energy revolution

Greg Nott 17 Jun 2025

Meta launches open-source AI accelerator across sub-Saharan Africa

4th Industrial Revolution

Meta launches open-source AI accelerator across sub-Saharan Africa

17 Jun 2025

Advertising for employment: How youth are marketing themselves like products

Branding

Advertising for employment: How youth are marketing themselves like products

13 Jun 2025

Introducing the Effie Lions Foundation: Building a marketing industry for everyone

Advertising

Introducing the Effie Lions Foundation: Building a marketing industry for everyone

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 13 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Taxation & Regulation

South African budget law passes after months of delay

Alessandro Parodi and Sfundo Parakozov 12 Jun 2025

Effie announces 2024 Global Effie Index, unveiling the world’s Most Effective Marketers

Marketing

Effie announces 2024 Global Effie Index, unveiling the world’s Most Effective Marketers

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Jun 2025

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

Marketing & Media

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

13 Jun 2025

Source: © Prisms Entries for the Prism Awards 2025 are open

Prism Awards

#PrismAwards2025 open with new additions

12 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Chilean advertisers currently allocate an average of 3.6% of their revenue to communication, marketing, and advertising budgets says Scopen research. Pictured: Panoramic view of Santiago de Chile with the Andes mountain range in the background.

Marketing & Media

Part 1: Scopen - Advertising investment increases in Chile

11 Jun 2025

Mbulelo Mashilo shares some insights. Source: Supplied.

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie: A day in the life of Douwe Egberts' Mbulelo Mashilo

Karabo Ledwaba 11 Jun 2025

WhatsApp-style verification gains ground in South Africa’s property sector amid PPRA warning

Proptech

WhatsApp-style verification gains ground in South Africa’s property sector amid PPRA warning

Issued by PBPR 10 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf The most recent IAS Media Auditing Masterclass explored the often-overlooked parts of agency spend where bloated Scope of Work (SOW) estimates and unchecked costs run rife

Media

IAS Media Auditing Masterclass: If you’re not auditing, you’re bleeding

10 Jun 2025

Lula: In a world of negativity, here’s the real story

Financial Services

Lula: In a world of negativity, here’s the real story

Garth Rossiter, Issued by Lula 9 Jun 2025

Why MultiChoice is fighting the war on content piracy

TV

Why MultiChoice is fighting the war on content piracy

Issued by MultiChoice 9 Jun 2025

Gauteng unveils new high-tech number plates

AutoTech

Gauteng unveils new high-tech number plates

9 Jun 2025

Image by Hans from Pixabay

Environment & Natural Resources

Experts urge a new global agreement on carbon credit emission factors

9 Jun 2025

The One Club for Creativity

Key insights from The One Show 2025 you can’t miss

6 Jun 2025

Source: ©Effie Awards Index AB InBev has been ranked as the World’s Most Effective Marketer by the Global Effie Index

Advertising

Global Effie Index: AB InBev in top spot - again!

6 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Chris Borain, executive director, IAB South Africa looks at what it take to move the digital industry forward to just keep up but to lead

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2025: Embracing the challenges of the digital marketing landscape

Chris Borain 5 Jun 2025

South African creativity and judging Cannes 2025

Cannes Lions

South African creativity and judging Cannes 2025

Pete Case, Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 5 Jun 2025

Michelle Lourens is headed to Cannes. Source: Supplied.

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Michelle Lourens, IMA’s ‘Swiss army knife’, joins Cannes Lions Open Chair Programme

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Jun 2025

Spaza Shop Support Fund information session to be held in Limpopo

SMEs

Spaza Shop Support Fund information session to be held in Limpopo

4 Jun 2025