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The Creative Circle event takes place next week in Joburg and Cape Town, featuring some of the best creative minds in the country. Book your seats now (Image by Carl Willoughby)

Cannes Lions

Book now for the Joburg and Cape Town Creative Circle Full Circle

2 days

Razor co-founder and CEO, Dustin Chick is joined in the leadership team by (l to r) Ima Peter, head of corporate, Wynand Coetzer - head of strategy (including its data offering), Sharleen James - managing director, Chris Lazley - executive creative director (Image by Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

PR & Communications

#WPRD2025 | Razor PR's Dustin Chick: PR promotes and protects brands and reputation

Danette Breitenbach 3 days

Bold ideas and global voices: Bathabile Xaba at Cannes Lions

Cannes Lions

Bold ideas and global voices: Bathabile Xaba at Cannes Lions

Issued by Sunshinegun 11 Jul 2025

#WPRD2025 | Ogilvy PR & Influence's MD, Samantha Presbury on PR in Africa

PR & Communications

#WPRD2025 | Ogilvy PR & Influence's MD, Samantha Presbury on PR in Africa

Robin Fredericks 14 Jul 2025

Carl Willoughby with his fellow Cannes Lions Direct2025 jury members (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

Judging #Cannes2025: Carl Willoughby - Messy creates the best work

Carl Willoughby 7 Jul 2025

Consistency is Cannes Lions' 2025 mantra

Cannes Lions

Consistency is Cannes Lions' 2025 mantra

3 Jul 2025

Advertising

Epica Awards' early bird submissions now open

2 Jul 2025

Source: © La Petite Marseillanais Fresh from her trip to the Cannes Lions, Ann Nurock explores the two trends of the enduring power of human creativity and the rise of the creator economy

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Ann Nurock explores the power of human creativity and rise of the creator economy

Ann Nurock 1 Jul 2025

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: SA’s Young Lions winners – “Our strength is our South Africanness”

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jun 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

Source: © PRCA Young Lions TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Young Lions TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris' team win Silver Lion

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

Source: © Campaign India Andy Jassy, President and CEO of Amazon, has been named the Cannes Lions 2025 Media Person of the Year

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 Media Person of the Year to Amazon president and CEO

18 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf At this week’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, AI has been a major focus, with many calling it the future of advertising. Saul Marquez, CEO of global digital marketing agency Outcomes Rocket three key takeaways for the evolving world of AI-powered advertising

Cannes Lions

3 Insights from #Cannes2025 on the world of AI-powered advertising

Saul Marquez 18 Jun 2025

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 winners: Experience and Strategy Lions

Danette Breitenbach 20 Jun 2025

Zanele Kabane to represent South Africa at Cannes Young Lions Festival through Open Chair

Cannes Lions

Zanele Kabane to represent South Africa at Cannes Young Lions Festival through Open Chair

Issued by M&C Saatchi Abel 17 Jun 2025

Cannes Lions shortlists released on Tuesday, 17 June include a number of South African agencies, with Joe Public with two shortlistings

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2025: Joe Public adds two more shortlistings

Danette Breitenbach 17 Jun 2025

Joe Public has been awarded a Silver and two Bronze Lions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Joe Public delivers SA's first metal

Danette Breitenbach 16 Jun 2025

$TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Razor PR, M&C Saatchi Abel have been named in the Engagement Lions announced Sunday, 15 June 2025$

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris and Razor PR feature in Engagement Lions shortlists

Danette Breitenbach 15 Jun 2025

Joe Public opens SA's account at #Cannes2025

Cannes Lions

Joe Public opens SA's account at #Cannes2025

14 Jun 2025

Introducing the Effie Lions Foundation: Building a marketing industry for everyone

Advertising

Introducing the Effie Lions Foundation: Building a marketing industry for everyone

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 13 Jun 2025

Representation in action: ACA and Open Chair back 15 lionesses attending Cannes Lions Festival

Cannes Lions

Representation in action: ACA and Open Chair back 15 lionesses attending Cannes Lions Festival

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 11 Jun 2025

Source: © 123rf Chilean advertisers currently allocate an average of 3.6% of their revenue to communication, marketing, and advertising budgets says Scopen research. Pictured: Panoramic view of Santiago de Chile with the Andes mountain range in the background.

Marketing & Media

Part 1: Scopen - Advertising investment increases in Chile

11 Jun 2025

Mark Read, WPP's CEO for the past seven years, will retire at the end of 2025 (Image: WPP)

Advertising

End of an era as Mark Read announces retirement from WPP

9 Jun 2025

The Cannes Glass Lion for Change shortlist has been announced

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: The Glass Lion for Change shortlist revealed

Danette Breitenbach 5 Jun 2025

South African creativity and judging Cannes 2025

Cannes Lions

South African creativity and judging Cannes 2025

Pete Case, Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 5 Jun 2025

Michelle Lourens is headed to Cannes. Source: Supplied.

Youth Month

#YouthMonth: Michelle Lourens, IMA’s ‘Swiss army knife’, joins Cannes Lions Open Chair Programme

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Jun 2025

Afda Experimental Festival 2025: Showcasing African creative talent

Higher Education

Afda Experimental Festival 2025: Showcasing African creative talent

Earle Holmes, Issued by Afda 5 Jun 2025

The first Cannes Lions 2025 shortlists have been released (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: First shortlists announced

Danette Breitenbach 4 Jun 2025

Carl Willoughby chief creative officer, TBWA and chairman - Creative Circle Awards says Awards are a reminder that even in this age of algorithms, that brilliant, brave creativity still matters (Image supplied)

Advertising

Exclusive: TBWA's CCO Carl Willoughby: More than just bragging rights - awards matter to creativity, credibility, business

Carl Willoughby 14 May 2025

Shantanu Narayen is the first person to receive this award.

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Adobe's Shantanu Narayen becomes Cannes Lions' first Creative Champion of the Year

14 May 2025

How Certified Care won gold in Cannes

Production

How Certified Care won gold in Cannes

Issued by Scholars Film 5 Nov 2024

#Bookmarks2025: Jury president, Elizabeth Mokwena - An acid test for world-class work

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2025: Jury president, Elizabeth Mokwena - An acid test for world-class work

Danette Breitenbach 7 May 2025

Delta Victor Bravo appoints Khaya Dlanga as managing partner

Marketing

Delta Victor Bravo appoints Khaya Dlanga as managing partner

Issued by Delta Victor Bravo 6 May 2025

Gugu Mthembu is the CMO at Telkom. Source: Supplied.

Cannes Lions

#AfricaMonth: Telkom's Gugu Mthembu takes African perspective to #Cannes2025 jury

Karabo Ledwaba 5 May 2025

This year, the Gerety Awards 2025 South Africa Jury Insight panel includes Linda Kachingwe-Sisya, executive head of marketing and communications, Africa and International, RMB and FNB, and Koo Govender, CEO, Publicis Groupe Africa. Danette Breitenbach, Bizcommunity.com's Marketing and Media editor, will moderate the panel (Image supplied)

Advertising

Publicis Groupe Africa's Koo Govender and RMB-FNB's Linda Kachingwe-Sisya on Gerety Awards 2025 SA jury insight panel

2 May 2025

All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

Youth Month

All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 20 May 2025

Jannine Purkiss challenges the age-old myth that process kills creativity. She says process should not crush creativity; it should make space for it (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Creative Chaos? Not on my watch. Why process is the secret ingredient to innovation

Jannine Purkiss 30 Apr 2025

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025 awarding juries include 20 creatives from Africa

Danette Breitenbach 23 Apr 2025

The winners of the South African Young Lions Competition have been announced

Cannes Lions

SA Cannes Young Lions 2025 Competition winners

22 Apr 2025

Biz Promoted Features: Keep your business headlines in the spotlight for 7 days

Marketing & Media

Biz Promoted Features: Keep your business headlines in the spotlight for 7 days

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 16 Apr 2025

Promise wins Old Mutual

Advertising

Promise wins Old Mutual

Issued by Promise 7 Apr 2025

Ster-Kinekor, as the official representative to Cannes Lions, is proud to announce HeinekenÒ as the official sponsor of the Cannes Young Lions Competition for South Africa (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Heineken official sponsor of the Ster-Kinekor Cannes Young Lions Competition SA

27 Mar 2025

Tseliso Rangaka is the new CCO for Accenture Song SA. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Tseliso Rangaka named Accenture Song's chief creative officer in South Africa

24 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced Apple as the 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Apple named 2025 Creative Marketer of the Year

24 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen's research shows that the latest global trends signal a growing reliance on AI, a strong push toward integrated agency solutions and a strategic re-evaluation of in-house marketing structures

Marketing & Media

EXCLUSIVE: Scopen research - Be integrated, AI-powered and strategic, or be left behind

20 Mar 2025

Adetutu Laditan's mission to position the African creator

Social Media

Adetutu Laditan's mission to position the African creator

13 Mar 2025

Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

Advertising

Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

Issued by Promise 12 Mar 2025

Branding

Warc's Creative 100 released, Apple no.1 brand for creativity

11 Mar 2025