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#BizTrends2026 | S&S Aesthetics' Dr Saumya Gautam: The global rise of regenerative aestheticsDr Saumya Gautam

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#BizTrends2026 | Publicis Groupe’s Jonty Fisher: A much more synthetic worldJonty Fisher

Jaco Lintvelt is the MD of Incubeta Africa. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2026 | Incubeta Africa's Jaco Lintvelt: Don’t fall prey to the Arrival FallacyJaco Lintvelt

Samantha-Jane Gravett, Director at Robert Walters Recruitment Africa

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#BizTrends2026 | Digicape: Steering the future through digital architecture

#BizTrends2026 | Digicape: Steering the future through digital architectureDigicape

Aunyana Moloisane, Managing Director, College SA by Optimi

#BizTrends2026 | College SA's Aunyana Moloisane: How AI and flexible education can unlock South Africa's potentialAunyana Moloisane

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is next

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is nextThabang Skwambane

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer: Employment and Data Protection, Bowmans

#BizTrends2026 | Bowmans' Chloë Loubser: Tectonic shifts for SA’s labour lawsChloë Loubser

#BizTrends2026 | IAS' Johanna McDowell: AI, creativity and media agencies

#BizTrends2026 | IAS' Johanna McDowell: AI, creativity and media agenciesJohanna McDowell

#BizTrends2026 | Motherland Omni's Mpho Mothapo: Radio Trends in 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Motherland Omni's Mpho Mothapo: Radio Trends in 2026Mpho Mothapo, Motherland OMNi

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#BizTrends2026 | Sedna's Anton Fester: The digital evolution of safety across Africa’s critical industriesAnton Fester

Michael Cost is the head of strategy and client development at Humanz. Source: Humanz.

#BizTrends2026 | Humanz' Michael Cost : The influencer marketing cheat sheetMichael Cost

Flux Trends will present The State We’re In 2026” – Navigating the Dark Forest in February (Image source: © Marvin Zettl

FluxTrends presents its trends for 2026 Navigating the Dark Forest

Dr Chris Blair, Group Director at 21st Century

#BizTrends2026 | 21st Century's Dr Chris Blair: Navigating radical change in the working worldChris Blair

Dr Mario Landman, Executive of Education Technology and Innovation at the Independent Institute of Education

#BizTrends2026 | The IIE's Dr Mario Landman: Tremors and quakes - trends shifting educationMario Landman

WOO president Tom Goddard. Source: WOO.

#BizTrends2026 | WOO president Tom Goddard: How OOH is reinventing itselfTom Goddard

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#BizTrends2026 | Eco Diva Natural’s Nicole Sherwin: Clean beauty is not a trend – it’s a responsibilityMaroefah Smith

#BizTrends2026 | Andile Mathobela: Amapiano crisis soundtrack became our voice

#BizTrends2026 | Andile Mathobela: Amapiano crisis soundtrack became our voiceAndile Mathobela

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#BizTrends2026 | KPMG's Frank Blackmore: SA's fight to stay competitive in a new economic frontierFrank Blackmore

Yuneal Padayachy, Chief Support Officer at The BEE Chamber

#BizTrends2026 | The BEE Chamber's Yuneal Padayachy: The year B-BBEE transformation must deliver — not just reportYuneal Padayachy

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#BizTrends2026 | Centennial Schools' Shaun Fuchs: Reinventing education beyond the blackboardShaun Fuchs

#BizTrends2026 | Publicis Groupe’s Jonty Fisher: A much more synthetic world

#BizTrends2026 | Publicis Groupe’s Jonty Fisher: A much more synthetic world

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#BizTrends2026 | IAS' Johanna McDowell: AI, creativity and media agencies

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#BizTrends2026 | Motherland Omni's Mpho Mothapo: Radio Trends in 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Motherland Omni's Mpho Mothapo: Radio Trends in 2026

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#BizTrends2026 | dentsu SSA's Dawn Rowlands: While marketing talks about innovation, Africa built it

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#BizTrends2026 | Sedna's Anton Fester: The digital evolution of safety across Africa’s critical industries

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Dr Chris Blair, Group Director at 21st Century

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Chris Blair 15 Jan 2026

Dr Mario Landman, Executive of Education Technology and Innovation at the Independent Institute of Education

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Mario Landman 15 Jan 2026

WOO president Tom Goddard. Source: WOO.

#BizTrends2026 | WOO president Tom Goddard: How OOH is reinventing itself

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Nerdware’s Lerato Mothopeng says the critical question, therefore, is not whether Africa is going digital, but who Africa’s digital future is being designed for (Image supplied)

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"Clean beauty, for me, is not a trend – it’s a responsibility," says Eco Diva Natural founder Nicole Sherwin. Image supplied.

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Venessa Dewing, VP Sales. DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa

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