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#WorldRadioDay: Why radio is still a hit makerKarabo Ledwaba

Grant Lapping is a digital executive at Midnight. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: Grant Lapping | 3 trends dominating search: GEO, social search and voice

By Grant Lapping 5 Feb 2025

#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

By Danette Breitenbach 4 Feb 2025

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#BizTrends2025: Bettabets Mathabo Sekhonyana - Dispelling the dazzle: A closer look at AI's real potential

#BizTrends2025: Bettabets Mathabo Sekhonyana - Dispelling the dazzle: A closer look at AI's real potential

Mathabo Sekhonyana 30 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Tyrell Stevens 23 Jan 2025

Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right place

Adelaide Tshabalala 21 Jan 2025

Abigail Buckley, digital business director at Joe Public, examines the impact on digital marketing when it comes to AI (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Joe Public’s Abigail Buckley - AI's impact on digital marketing

Abigail Buckley 20 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

Source: © CIO SA Vincent Maher, True I/O CEO and the leader of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium looks at the five trends driving the reshaping of marketing through AI

#BizTrends2025:True I/O's Vincent Maher - 5 AI trends shaping marketing in 2025

Vincent Maher 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

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AI in action: How creative industries are evolving with new roles and job titles

Karabo Ledwaba 31 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf People are increasingly seeking depth, authenticity, and sensory richness in their experiences, aiming to engage with the world in meaningful ways. this is one of five macro trends identified by the Accenture Life Trends 2025 report

5 global macro trends and consumer insights from the Accenture Song's Life Trends 2025 report

22 Oct 2024

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Unmasking deepfakes: Navigating the threat to medical professional identity and trust

Brenda Kubheka-Chauke 7 Mar 2024

#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

Zetu Damane 6 Feb 2024

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Marketing & Media#WorldRadioDay: Why radio is still a hit maker

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Feb 2025

Grant Lapping is a digital executive at Midnight. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Grant Lapping | 3 trends dominating search: GEO, social search and voice

Grant Lapping 5 Feb 2025

#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

Marketing & Media#BizTrends 2025: Google's Alex Okosi – Africa, an opportunity more than a challenge

Danette Breitenbach 4 Feb 2025

#BizTrends2025: Bettabets Mathabo Sekhonyana - Dispelling the dazzle: A closer look at AI's real potential

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Bettabets Mathabo Sekhonyana - Dispelling the dazzle: A closer look at AI's real potential

Mathabo Sekhonyana 30 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Penquin’s Tyrell Stevens - Predictive personalisation transforming digital marketing

Tyrell Stevens 23 Jan 2025

Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right place

Adelaide Tshabalala 21 Jan 2025

Abigail Buckley, digital business director at Joe Public, examines the impact on digital marketing when it comes to AI (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Joe Public’s Abigail Buckley - AI's impact on digital marketing

Abigail Buckley 20 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

Source: © CIO SA Vincent Maher, True I/O CEO and the leader of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium looks at the five trends driving the reshaping of marketing through AI

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025:True I/O's Vincent Maher - 5 AI trends shaping marketing in 2025

Vincent Maher 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

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Marketing & MediaAI in action: How creative industries are evolving with new roles and job titles

Karabo Ledwaba 31 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf People are increasingly seeking depth, authenticity, and sensory richness in their experiences, aiming to engage with the world in meaningful ways. this is one of five macro trends identified by the Accenture Life Trends 2025 report

Marketing & Media5 global macro trends and consumer insights from the Accenture Song's Life Trends 2025 report

22 Oct 2024

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HealthcareUnmasking deepfakes: Navigating the threat to medical professional identity and trust

Brenda Kubheka-Chauke 7 Mar 2024

#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

Zetu Damane 6 Feb 2024

Albert Makoeng is the head of sales at theSALT. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: The influencer gold rush - amping up budgets by 30%

Albert Makoeng 19 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Jordan Major - Instead of trying to do everything, do the simple things exceptionally well

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Jordan Major - Instead of trying to do everything, do the simple things exceptionally well

RAPT Creative Agency 17 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Dean Kriel - Macro communications trends, bringing lightheartedness to life

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Dean Kriel - Macro communications trends, bringing lightheartedness to life

Dean Kriel, RAPT Creative Agency 17 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Ndeye Diagne - Africa at a crossroads: Threads of gold

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Ndeye Diagne - Africa at a crossroads: Threads of gold

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Jan 2024

Veronica Moleele is the CEO of Penquin. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Inclusive marketing takes centre stage

Veronica Moleele 16 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Mike Saunders - The tension between technology and humanity

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Mike Saunders - The tension between technology and humanity

Danette Breitenbach 12 Jan 2024

Hanno Botha says we need to balance a human centered approach with AI. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: AI will fully transform the marketing industry, says Ford SA's Hanno Botha

Hanno Botha 12 Jan 2024

Nilesh Hansjee is a business analyst at Marketing Intelligence Hub. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: A peek into the marketing crystal ball

Nilesh Hansjee 11 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Mike Sharman - From earned virality to purposeful purpose

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Mike Sharman - From earned virality to purposeful purpose

Danette Breitenbach 10 Jan 2024

Precious Nala is the founder of NXT Consultancy. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2024: Marketing and business trends to transform SA

Precious Nala 10 Jan 2024

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Marketing & MediaGoogle data: SA interest in AI at all-time high

19 Sep 2023

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Marketing & MediaCould digital marketing services become South Africa's next major export opportunity?

Grant Lapping 16 May 2023

Johan Walters, digital marketing transformation specialist at Incubeta.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: A growth in digital maturity helps local brands prepare for the year ahead

Johan Walters 31 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Brands need a resolute attitude, but opportunities still abound

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Brands need a resolute attitude, but opportunities still abound

Roan Mackintosh 27 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Great people, culture and partnerships offer the perfect recipe to shine in 2023

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Great people, culture and partnerships offer the perfect recipe to shine in 2023

Niamh NicLiam 25 Jan 2023

Anna Larkina, web content analysis expert at Kaspersky

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: 7 tips on mitigating cyber risks to your corporate social media in 2023

Anna Larkina and Roman Dedenok 19 Jan 2023

Tapelo Zama, digital marketing manager of 555 Media Hub, says Web 3.0 is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for marketers

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Web 3.0 - The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for marketers

Tapelo Zama 19 Jan 2023

Source: © Michael Burrows Mobile messaging is the next big channel for digital commerce in 2023 says research from Clickatell

Marketing & MediaClickatell: Mobile messaging the next big channel for digital commerce in 2023

18 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Digital transformation at the heart of 2023

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Digital transformation at the heart of 2023

Zuko Mdwaba 17 Jan 2023

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Marketing & MediaInfobip's 5 most important trends in CX and omnichannel communications for 2023

16 Jan 2023

Justin Beswick asks if content writers and copywiters need to take heed of AI?

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Will AI make content writing a process of the past?

Justin Beswick 13 Jan 2023

Tito Ribeiro, strategical content, networks, and digital transformation specialist discusses digital trends for 2023

Marketing & Media7 digital trends and what they mean for 2023

Tito Ribeiro 11 Jan 2023

Scott Thwaites. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Digital players see golden opportunity in community commerce

Scott Thwaites 10 Jan 2023

Managing director of Red & Yellow Creative School of Business Verusha Maharaj. Source: Supplied.

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Keeping youth interested in advertising key to industry success

Verusha Maharaj and Carmen Schaefer 9 Jan 2023

Image supplied: Jacuqes du Bruyne, cofounder of Flume

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: Digital marketing needs to grow up

Jacques Du Bruyne 9 Jan 2023

Image supplied: Ciarán McKivergan, CEO of 8909 Digital

Marketing & Media#BizTrends2023: The big impact of artificial intelligence

Ciarán McKivergan 9 Jan 2023