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Coca-Cola's iconic Holiday Magic advert created by AI leaves fans feeling sick

Source: © Showmax MultiChoice SA and Showmax CEO, Marc Jury has resigned

Marc Jury, MultiChoice SA and Showmax CEO, resigns

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

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

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TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

8 Aug 2024

Source: © The Media Leader In a move termed, "an excellent outcome for WPP" by Mark Read, WPP CEO, WPP will sell its entire majority stake in FGS Global

WPP sells majority stake in FGS Global to Bidco Inc - An excellent outcome for WPP

7 Aug 2024

Source: © Econoimic Times L’Oréal International Distribution has appointed Wavemaker as its EMEA media agency

Wavemaker appointed L’Oréal International Distribution's EMEA media agency

1 Aug 2024

China's national spirit, Moutai, the world's most valuable spirits brand

1 Aug 2024

Corona Extra reclaims top spot as world's most valuable beer

31 Jul 2024

Adidas' brand sentiment plummets after dropping Bella Hadid

Danette Breitenbach 29 Jul 2024

Image supplied. India is expected to be the first to release the world's first feature-length AI-generated film Maharaja in Denims, produced by Intelliflicks Studios

World's first feature-length AI-generated film highlights AI challenges for industry

26 Jul 2024

Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

25 Jul 2024

Source: © Outdoor Network of DOOH remains the main driver of OOH revenue growth globally. In Africa, the investment into DOOH is just over 20% of its total OOH revenue

DOOH investment in Africa lags behind

25 Jul 2024

Source: © PYMNTS Major sporting events such as the Uefa Euros and the Paris Olympics are are expected to drive economic growth in 2024

Live events, like Paris Olympics, 1 of 5 trends shaping consumer spending

25 Jul 2024

Ascential, the Cannes Lions festival owner, as been bought out by its rival Informa

Cannes Lion Festival bought out by rival business, informa

Danette Breitenbach 24 Jul 2024

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Adidas' Olympics retro campaign steps into controversy

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jul 2024

Source: © EL Output World’s most valuable and strongest football club, Real Madrid, ranks among the strongest brands globally, surpassing renowned names like Google, Coca-Cola, Ferrari, and Rolex

Real Madrid: World's most valuable football brand with a €1.7bn brand value

19 Jul 2024

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

Source: © 123rf As customer journeys become more complex, creating a more personalised two-way interaction with customers is an increasingly important requirement for brands

Messaging the preferred method for customers to interact with brands says research

9 Jul 2024

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Tag Collective: Innovation for Africa

Tag Collective 26 Jun 2024

Unlocking the potential of communities in Africa

Unlocking the potential of communities in Africa

Human8 26 Jun 2024

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

18 Jun 2024

Apple is the world’s first trillion dollar brand in the 2024 Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global Brands

Kantar 12 Jun 2024

Africa's creative future: Leading the world through innovation and collaboration

Africa's creative future: Leading the world through innovation and collaboration

Dawn Rowlands, Dentsu 12 Jun 2024

Source: © LinkedIn Dentsu’s Carat has been appointed to Pernod Ricard's €100m EMEA media planning and buying account

Dentsu’s Carat wins Pernod Ricard's €100m EMEA media planning and buying account

7 Jun 2024

Source: © Cannes Lions the Cannes Lions 2024 has released its first shortlists

#Cannes2024 : Innovation, Glass and Titanium Shortlists released

Danette Breitenbach 4 Jun 2024

Source: © 123rf The UK Parliament has passed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

UK passes Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill

3 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Three South African agencies - Promise, Accenture Song and LePub - have been named in the NYF 2024 shortlist

3 SA agencies named in New York Festivals 2024 shortlist

3 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Carlos Fernando Chamorro, editor-in-chief of Confidencial (Photo: Mick Friis)

Nicaraguan journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded Wan-Ifra's Golden Pen of Freedom

31 May 2024

Image supplied. Wan-Ifra announced the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide winners with SA’s Food For Mzansi Group, wining the 2024 Digital Media Awards Worldwide Best Podcast category

SA's Food For Mzansi Group wins Wan-Ifra 2024 Digital Media Awards Podcast category

28 May 2024

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Updated: D&AD Awards 2024: SA brings home 8 Pencils

27 May 2024

Source: © Ekonomist The MMA SA is launching the inaugural sub-Saharan Africa Smarties (SSA Smarties) this year, expanding into key markets like Kenya and Nigeria

MMA SA launches inaugural sub-Saharan Africa Smarties in Kenya and Nigeria

24 May 2024

Source: © 123rf A CMO study has found that chief marketing officers appear clear, confident, and intentional in where Gen AI integration and application will deliver the best results in marketing process improvement and execution in 2024

A clear and confident shift in marketing technology as CMOs embrace AI

22 May 2024

Image supplied. The final and full shortlist for the D&AD Awards has been released and the 62nd D&AD Awards ceremony takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 22 May in London

Full D&AD shortlist revealed

21 May 2024

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TikTok's inaugural Visionary Voices Africa List 2024

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Ticketmaster expands African reach with acquisition of Quicket

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CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

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CrowdStrike Falcon glitch disrupts global services across sectors

Lindsey Schutters 19 Jul 2024

Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

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Customer Experience Africa Awards return for 2nd Edition

18 Jun 2024

A villager arrives to collect her monthly allocations of food aid provided by the World Food Program (WFP) in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, 16 March 2024. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

ESG & Sustainability

More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says

Nyasha Chingono 17 May 2024

Source: © Ollivier Girad/CIFOR-ICRAF Fifty-eight ‘forgotten’ food crops in sub-Saharan Africa have been identified as able to provide healthy diets in a changing climate

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Africa’s ‘forgotten’ foods research wins prestigious US Cozzarelli Prize

16 May 2024

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

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The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

Raymond Langa 24 Apr 2024

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Tourism & Travel

ATM 2024 to explore transformative innovation, entrepreneurship in global travel

23 Apr 2024

A man poses with a handful of Zimbabwean dollars at a bank in central Harare, 15 June 2015. Zimbabweans began exchanging old notes of local dollars for US dollars, as President Robert Mugabe's government seeks to officially bury the worthless currency. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo/File Photo

Finance

Zimbabwe launches gold-backed currency to replace battered local dollar

Nyasha Chingono 5 Apr 2024

Tigran Gambaryan, an executive of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, sits as he waits to face prosecution for tax evasion and money laundering at the federal high court in Abuja, Nigeria, 4 April 2024. Reuters/ Abraham Achirga

Legal

Detained Binance executive in court on Nigerian tax, money laundering charges

Camillus Eboh 4 Apr 2024

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Logistics & Transport

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

22 Mar 2024

The subsea cable damage on West Africa could take 5 weeks to repair

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5 week restoration for damaged subsea cables

Maxwell Akalaare Adombila 18 Mar 2024

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