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"Consistent organic growth remains our North Star. While it will take time to outpace historical losses, our Q1 results are in line with expectations and ahead of Q4 2025," says Cindy Rose, WPP CEO (Image source: @ WPP

Advertising

No surprises in WPP Q1 results

2 days

The One Club for Creativity has announced its finalists for The One Show 2026, including 80 from the Middle East & Africa (Image supplied)

The One Club for Creativity

48 finalists in One Show for South Africa led by Ogilvy and Accenture Song

17 Apr 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Love Song’s Suhana Gordhan: Back to the future

Advertising

#BizTrends2026 | Love Song’s Suhana Gordhan: Back to the future

Suhana Gordhan 23 Feb 2026

The Investec zebra in front of Nelson Mandela Square. Image: Supplied.

Branding

#BehindtheBrand | Inside Investec’s global brand strategy

Karabo Ledwaba 18 Feb 2026

Scopen is celebrating a decade in South Africa with an invitation-only anniversary event in Johannesburg on 24 February 2026 (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing & Media

A decade of Insight: Scopen marks 10 years in SA

28 Jan 2026

The One Club for Creativity reveals 2025 Global Rankings

The One Club for Creativity

The One Club for Creativity reveals 2025 Global Rankings

5 Jan 2026

Omnicom's restructure: Who's in and who's out

Marketing & Media

Omnicom's restructure: Who's in and who's out

3 Dec 2025

All the FM AdFocus Awards winners (Image Danette Breitenbach © Bizcommunity)

Advertising

All the FM AdFocus Awards 2025 winners: Ogilvy leads the pack

26 Nov 2025

Advertising

ComStrat - The bridge between brand strategy and media strategy

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 17 Nov 2025

Steven Mervis, head of strategy at MscSports, says while Mental Health Month ends today, the topic shouldn’t (Image supplied)

ESG

#MentalHealthMonth: How agencies can build care

Steven Mervis 31 Oct 2025

Chief executive officer of WPP, Cindy Rose, has acknowledged the network’s poor performance as Q3 revenue dropped by 8.4% YoY (Image source: © The Drum )

Marketing & Media

WPP Cindy Rose on Q3 performance: “There is a lot to do”

30 Oct 2025

Johanna McDowell, founder and CEO of IAS and partner for Scopen Africa, reports back from the AdForum Worldwide Summit. Social, she says, is rising in importance

Advertising

EXCLUSIVE: Wrap up of AdForum Worldwide Summit from Johanna McDowell

28 Oct 2025

Image source: drobotdean from

Advertising

Why the proposed ban on alcohol advertising has a valid point

Corné Kritzinger 10 Oct 2025

Source: © Gallo Images executive mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, says the creative economy is a key part of the city’s vision to be a City of hope and opportunity

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2025 and City of Cape Town drive creative industry

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2025

Marketing

In search of agencies at speed: The case for the fast track pitch

2 Oct 2025

Source: © 123rf 76% of advertisers in Mexico work with specialised agencies and still wish to continue working with them in the future, with one agency as the lead agency

Marketing & Media

Part 1: Agency Scope Mexico - Specialised agencies still preferred over integration

2 Sep 2025

Advertising

$13.5bn Omnicom-IPG merger approved by FTC

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2025

Vikas Mehta, regional CEO of Ogilvy Africa Network (center), and Raphael Beecham, creative director at Ogilvy Tanzania (left), receive the Africa Company of the Year Award for Advertising Agency of the Year from (right) Salim Baabde, managing director of Camel Oil and chairman of the Tanzanite CEO Roundtable, Dar es Salaam Chapter

Advertising

Ogilvy Africa Network named Advertising Agency of the Year

25 Jun 2025

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Marketing

Google’s Veo 3: Advertising’s new AI tipping point

Musa Kalenga, Issued by Brave Group 19 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

Pan African marketing just got easier for global brands: Connect with BA:KO By EchoHouse

Marketing

Pan African marketing just got easier for global brands: Connect with BA:KO By EchoHouse

Issued by BA:KO by EchoHouse 4 Jun 2025

Source: © Tourism Business Council of SA Dashni Vilakazi, managing director of The MediaShop, highlights the differences between celebrity and nano influencers, offering insights into how brands can harness their distinct advantages. Pictured: Trevor Noah promoting SA for TSA

Digital

What works best for brands? Celebrity influencers vs nano influencers

Dashni Vilakazi 3 Jun 2025

Media24 unveils unified advertising and content team

Advertising

Media24 unveils unified advertising and content team

Issued by Media24 29 May 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

Advertising

Reliance plans to dominate Indian Premier League ads post-Disney merger using neuroscience

26 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf Panoramic view of Santiago de Chile with the Andes mountain range in the back. Scopen's latest report analyses the new business practices of creative companies and advertisers' practices in Chile

Marketing

Scopen research finds Chilean creative companies invest an average of R500,000 per year in New Business

28 Jan 2025

Navigating the hybrid work model in advertising

Advertising

Navigating the hybrid work model in advertising

Issued by Penquin 20 Nov 2024

5 key focuses global CMOs have prioritised for 2025 relevant for local CMOs

Marketing

5 key focuses global CMOs have prioritised for 2025 relevant for local CMOs

Jessica Jacobs 14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: ACA’s Gillian Rightford - Navigating the smile curve; reinventing agency value in 2025

Advertising

#BizTrends2025: ACA’s Gillian Rightford - Navigating the smile curve; reinventing agency value in 2025

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2025

Source: © Fernando Dantas The 10th edition of the Agency Scope Brazil 2024/25 study has identified an increase in the use of a pitch as a method of selecting agencies

Marketing & Media

Part 2: Agency Scope Brazil 2024/25 study: Pitch the number one method for agency selection

17 Dec 2024

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Marketing & Media

Part 1: Agency Scope Brazil 2024/25 study: Brazilian advertiser companies revenue reaches R$ 3.6bn

13 Dec 2024

Source: © NBC News The Toys R Us made with generative video was depressing but that will change and fast

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: Entering the wonderful world of generative video... or not

Jarred Cinman 26 Nov 2024

Advertising

Why hybrid work is the future for advertising agencies

Nicole Glover 26 Nov 2024

Embracing the production renaissance

Advertising

Embracing the production renaissance

Katherine Jones and Hylton Heather, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 25 Nov 2024

Digital transformation - shaping Mediamark for the future

Digital

Digital transformation - shaping Mediamark for the future

Wayne Bischoff, Issued by Mediamark 22 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf If you are worried about the dangers of AI taking over the world, the interview with Nobel winner Geoffrey Hinton is chilling and essential viewing

AI in Advertising

Part 3: AI in Advertising - From the threat of AI to Nobel Prizes for AI

6 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf Vincent Maher, CEO at True I/O, gives seven lessons from AI creative optimisation

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising Part 2 of 3: Seven lessons from AI creative optimisation in SA

Vincent Maher 5 Nov 2024

Source: © 123rf This month VML's strategy director Antonio Petra gives a practical guide to using AI to improve the way your agency operates with your clients and internally

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising Part 1 of 3: How to transform agency workflows with AI

Antonio Petra 4 Nov 2024

Advertising

South African advertising and PR agencies named and shamed for collaborating with fossil fuel giants

Kristin Engel 18 Oct 2024

'Add a bit of vernac M': Unpopular opinion by a senior strategic copywriter

Advertising

'Add a bit of vernac M': Unpopular opinion by a senior strategic copywriter

Mahlatse Mokautu, Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 2 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf This month AI in Advertising examines a key topic in AI: the state of regulation and all the legal issues that this topic raises

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: How AI regulation is shaping the future of advertising and its impact

Jarred Cinman 16 Sep 2024

Image by Terry Levin @Bizcommunity.com. AI in Advertising is brought to you by the Association for Communication and Advertising. It examines AI and how it is changing the industry

AI in Advertising

AI in Advertising: AI - The most pressing challenge to the future of our industry

Jarred Cinman 30 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Scopen 2023-2024 shows that the number of marketers seeking integrated agencies is set to rise in South Africa

Marketing & Media

Finding that integration Unicorn: Is it media agencies?

22 Jul 2024

Primedia hires heavy hitter, Tobie Badenhorst from Nedbank, to head up Primedia Sport

Radio & Audio

Primedia hires heavy hitter, Tobie Badenhorst from Nedbank, to head up Primedia Sport

Issued by Primedia Broadcasting 26 Jun 2024

Roanna Williams attended Kantar's talk on whether the industry has lost its funny bone. Source: Roanna Williams.

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Creative Circle at Cannes - Roanna Williams on bringing back the funny

Roanna Williams 21 Jun 2024

Advertising

VML South Africa and Vodacom to part ways as contract completion nears

10 Jun 2024