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#Effies2025 | Halo and Pineapple: 100% sustained results

#Effies2025 | Ogilvy and VW: Creating campaigns for societal change

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

FM AdFocus Awards 2025

#Effies2025 | TBWA's City Lodge's SOS Grand Effie campaign

A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

Why you should publish sponsored articles on Daily Investor

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#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.Gillian Rightford

Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

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#BizTrends2026 | Jessica Gbedemah: Gen Z and the future of influence in an always-on worldJessica Gbedemah

Erica Bopape (CM SA) is the executive for marketing and communications at Absa Business Banking. Source: Absa.

#BizTrends2026 | Absa's Erica Bopape: What 2026 will demand of financial services marketersErica Bopape

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneousJean-Hugues Roy

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills trainingMedia Development and Diversity Agency

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

TikTok’s new award at The One Show 2026

Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

The 30-Second Rule: What goes viral decided by algorithms

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‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customersJaclyn L. Tanenbaum and Karen Anne Wallach

Surge in South African e-commerce: Top brands drive 47% growth in 2025

Surge in South African e-commerce: Top brands drive 47% growth in 2025

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Why you should publish sponsored articles on Daily Investor

Why you should publish sponsored articles on Daily Investor

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The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

Ebony+Ivory The lost art of integration: Why media strategy needs both flesh and digital

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Real data. Real Africa. Real time. COPO owns African consumer truth

Dentsu Real data. Real Africa. Real time. COPO owns African consumer truth

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Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

The Walt Disney Company Africa Will Smith goes Pole to Pole in new Nat Geo series

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MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

Media Development and Diversity Agency MDDA partners with Google to empower community media through local-language digital skills training

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Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

AdBot Former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan backs Adbot to build tools that multiply marketing capacity

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Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

BA:KO by EchoHouse Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

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In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

Opinion & Public In Africa, beyond traditional public affairs, corporate diplomacy is the missing tool

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The Carling Black Label Cup and the campaign that changed fan engagement

Caxton Media The Carling Black Label Cup and the campaign that changed fan engagement

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You behave yourself into the reputation you have or want, you don’t communicate yourself there, writes Razor PR CEO Dustin Chick (Image source: © Affinity Health )

The Up&Up Group Exclusive: Discovery goes full Jerry Maguire as it tells members to “show them the money”

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Biz Most Read Award winners December 2026

Bizcommunity.com Biz Most Read Award winners December 2026

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Cammy Msimango on finding her footing in South Africa’s fast-moving digital newsroom

MDNTV Cammy Msimango on finding her footing in South Africa’s fast-moving digital newsroom

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#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

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#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

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

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

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New York Festivals has opened entries for its 2026 Advertising Awards with a new campaign from Grey New York that calls out awards gimmicks and puts the focus back on the work. (Image supplied)

NYF Advertising Awards open for 2026 with a sharp “no BS” message

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#BizTrends2026 | B-Well's Tersia Joubert: Carbon-light kitchens and climate conscience cooking

#BizTrends2026 | B-Well's Tersia Joubert: Carbon-light kitchens and climate conscience cooking

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Dr ChatGPT: What OpenAI’s foray into health and wellness means for healthcare marketing

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Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

Effie Worldwide announces Iridium Jury for 2025 Global Best of the Best

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#BizTrends2026 | Standard Bank South Africa’s Brendan Jacobs: What will shape agriculture in 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Standard Bank South Africa’s Brendan Jacobs: What will shape agriculture in 2026

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#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

#BizTrends2026 | DHL Express’s Venessa Dewing: How Africa’s logistics landscape will evolve in 2026

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#BizTrends2026 | Jessica Gbedemah: Gen Z and the future of influence in an always-on world

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#BizTrends2026 | Marriott International’s Dorcas Dlamini Mbele: How South Africans will travel in 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Marriott International’s Dorcas Dlamini Mbele: How South Africans will travel in 2026

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#BizTrends2026 | Maven Solutions' Beverley Knoesen: A new CIO trend is taking shape

#BizTrends2026 | Maven Solutions' Beverley Knoesen: A new CIO trend is taking shape

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#BizTrends2026 | TymeBank's Miguel da Silva: 3 business trends SMEs should watch

#BizTrends2026 | TymeBank's Miguel da Silva: 3 business trends SMEs should watch

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#BizTrends2026 | Omoda, Jaecoo's Hans Greyling: Top 4 Chinese automotive trends

#BizTrends2026 | Omoda, Jaecoo's Hans Greyling: Top 4 Chinese automotive trends

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#BizTrends2026 | Webber Wentzel team: South Africa’s energy outlook

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

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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 report

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A Burson study has revealed that companies with the strongest reputations earned nearly five percent ‘Reputation Return’ in shareholder value (Image source: © 123rf )

Burson: The value of reputation reveals a $7tr global economy

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#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

#RAPTBizTrendsTV | Google's country director, Kabelo Makwane: Collaboration is key for Africa

Danette Breitenbach 18 hours

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

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Golden Globes 2026 winners: A new era of bold storytelling

Golden Globes 2026 winners: A new era of bold storytelling

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Of all views from videos, 67% come from videos under 30 seconds (Image source: © 123rf )

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On Thursday, 8 January Chinese regulators said they would investigate Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus (Image source: © 123rf )

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WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing (Image source: © National Geographic Kids

WPP Media Sports wants to reinvent sport marketing

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

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Source: Supplied. Eva August, chief executive officer of Century21 South Africa.

#BizTrends2026 | Century21's Eva August: Why constraint breeds opportunity

Eva August 22 hours

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#BizTrends2026 | Kwikot’s Murray Crow: Why SA’s energy future begins at the tap

Murray Crow 23 hours

Erica Bopape (CM SA) is the executive for marketing and communications at Absa Business Banking. Source: Absa.

#BizTrends2026 | Absa's Erica Bopape: What 2026 will demand of financial services marketers

Erica Bopape 23 hours

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I used AI chatbots as a source of news for a month, and they were unreliable and erroneous

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How to articulate your brand purpose into a lived experience

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SA entrepreneurs get new brand-building support network

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Apple Music's Africa Rising Class of 2026: The next wave of African music pioneers

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