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World PR Day

Visibility without credibility is just exposure without influence

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Muck Rack finds journalists are harder to reach despite AI advances

Karabo Ledwaba

Urban Espresso's Gabbi Brondani on strategic PR, trust and the human advantage

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3 Jul 2026

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1 Jul 2026

Perion, Mediamark and McSorely Media launch exclusive AI advertising partnership across Africa

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15 May 2026

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15 May 2026

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14 May 2026

Bizcommunity repositions for the future

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1 Apr 2026

Africa is not just chatting; it is closing deals

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26 Mar 2026

Team Conviviality powers Pernod Ricard’s African growth with tech, data, and market-first media from Dentsu

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24 Mar 2026

AdHive Group introduces the Honeycomb: A smarter model for modern marketing

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16 Mar 2026

Kantar appoints Ndeye Diagne as chief strategy and transformation officer, MEA & Türkiye

Kantar Kantar appoints Ndeye Diagne as chief strategy and transformation officer, MEA & Türkiye

26 Feb 2026

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Consumers face climate burnout as fears over global conflicts increase

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Select e.tv content moves onto international streaming platform

9 Jul 2026

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MacDonald Dzirutwe 8 Jul 2026

Google Play launches R16m fund for African game developers

Google Play launches R16m fund for African game developers

6 Jul 2026

Adidas has shifted its $512m global media agency business to the Omnicom Media Group (Image@ Think Marketing )

Adidas shifts $512m global media account to new agency

6 Jul 2026

Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as managing director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa) (Image supplied)

Publicis Groupe Africa appoints managing director: Rest of Africa

2 Jul 2026

CMO Council and MartechTribe have revealed a data-driven framework to transform
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2 Jul 2026

Google has exceeded $1bn Africa investment target

Google has exceeded $1bn Africa investment target

Nqobile Dludla 2 Jul 2026

A member of Uganda People's Defence Forces stands at the headquarters of Nation Media Group - Uganda, (NMG-U), a building that houses Daily Monitor, KFM and Dembe FM radios, as government closes the media house, in Kampala, Uganda, June 28, 2026. Source: REUTERS/Stringer

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Reuters 30 Jun 2026

The Partnership Agency celebrate on stage at Cannes Lions 2026. Source: LinkedIn.

#CannesLions | Africa’s winning roundup

Karabo Ledwaba 29 Jun 2026

WPP Enterprise Solutions has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS to operationalise agentic AI for brands (Image source: © 123rf )

Delivering AI systems at the speed and scale to meet consumer demand

25 Jun 2026

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Tanzanian duo win H&M Foundation’s 2026 Global Change Award

18 Jun 2026

Jim Stengel has been named as the Cannes inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing. (Image source: @ Lia )

#Cannes2026 | Former P&G marketing officer named inaugural Lions Laureate for Marketing

17 Jun 2026

Publicity For Good founder Heather Holmes has been named the PRNews 2026 Top Women in PR & Communications Honouree (Image supplied)

PR award recognises PFG CEO

17 Jun 2026

Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index (Image supplied)

Global Effie Index: 2025’s most effective marketers, brands and agencies

17 Jun 2026

WPP has launched Hex, the company’s frontier studio built for the era of AI. The talent for Hex is sourced from WPP’s Creative Tech Apprenticeship programme (Source@ WPP

WPP launches Hex, the frontier studio built for the era of AI

11 Jun 2026

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One Club Creative Hall of Fame 2026 inductees named

9 Jun 2026

#Newsmaker | Murat Gebeceli: Sony MEA's new marketing director

#Newsmaker | Murat Gebeceli: Sony MEA's new marketing director

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Jun 2026

International

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#WPRD2026 | Muck Rack finds journalists are harder to reach despite AI advances

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Powerade partners with Bafana Bafana captain for limited Fifa World Cup edition

Powerade partners with Bafana Bafana captain for limited Fifa World Cup edition

9 Jul 2026

Limited edition Oreo and BTS 'purple' cookies land in SA

Limited edition Oreo and BTS 'purple' cookies land in SA

8 Jul 2026

#BehindtheIMC | MENAT Publicis Groupe’s Tahaab Rais: Marketers are the observers of humanity

Danette Breitenbach 5 Jun 2026

The Pitcher Awards celebrate African creativity with inaugural success for Mozambique

1 Jun 2026

2026 Africa Elevate Scholarship recipients announced

29 May 2026

Nigeria dominates Pitcher Awards 2026 shortlist, Dentsu Creative SA recognised

Karabo Ledwaba 28 May 2026

With generative AI surging, Africa’s agile creators narrow Hollywood’s gap

Garon Campbell 26 May 2026

Africa 200 ranking reflects growing confidence of Pan-African brands

26 May 2026

#AfricaMonth: The Case for Africanising AI in public relations

Phozisa Mkele 20 May 2026

Ogilvy and Promise top One Show ME & Africa rankings

19 May 2026

Isu Elihle Awards open for entries with R30,000 for first place

18 May 2026

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