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ALX, Anthropic, and the Government of Rwanda launch landmark AI learning initiative

Trends

ALX, Anthropic, and the Government of Rwanda launch landmark AI learning initiative

Issued by Connect Media 16 hours

Peak season 2025/26: 3 must-do marketing priorities for South African retail

Retail Marketing

Peak season 2025/26: 3 must-do marketing priorities for South African retail

Anwar Jappie, Issued by Google 18 hours

Dale Hefer, CEO of the Nedbank IMC on stage at this year's Nedbank IMC. The official 2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper has been released (Image source: © IMC)

IMC Conference

2025 Nedbank IMC White Paper: 5 calls to action for marketers

1 day

Leadership lessons from building an agency: How the Key brothers are shaping Moonsport

Marketing

Leadership lessons from building an agency: How the Key brothers are shaping Moonsport

Issued by Moonsport 1 day

10 marketing trends for 2026

Marketing

10 marketing trends for 2026

Issued by Kantar 1 day

Smartphones, women’s rights and coupons: New trends that can boost insurance for African farmers

Agriculture

Smartphones, women’s rights and coupons: New trends that can boost insurance for African farmers

Berber Kramer and Ruth Vargas Hill 2 days

Lessons from the Runway: What advertising can learn from the fashion industry

FMCG

Lessons from the Runway: What advertising can learn from the fashion industry

Issued by Ebony+Ivory 2 days

More marketing leaders are turning to competitor intelligence by using earned-media data to see what’s working in the market before spending a cent (Image supplied)

Media

How earned-media insight turns marketing constraint into competitor advantage

2 days

Supported by Property Point, the 15 Black-owned SMEs presented their climate-resilient, socially inclusive solutions at the 2025 Green Building Convention in Cape Town. Image supplied.

ESG & Sustainability

How these 15 Black-owned SMEs highlight inclusive sustainability

2 days

Construction & Engineering

NexXora Technologies Launches Next-Generation Engineering & IoT Solutions to Empower Industry 4.0

15 Nov 2025

Absa and One Young World empower young African entrepreneurs to lead change

Community

Absa and One Young World empower young African entrepreneurs to lead change

Issued by OnPoint PR 14 Nov 2025

Early-bird tickets now live for the 2026 Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba

Agriculture

Early-bird tickets now live for the 2026 Mzansi Young Farmers Indaba

Issued by YehBaby Marketing Creatives 14 Nov 2025

‘I can teach this now’: How teachers are bringing Coding and Robotics into the Foundation Phase

Skills Training

‘I can teach this now’: How teachers are bringing Coding and Robotics into the Foundation Phase

Issued by Oxford University Press 13 Nov 2025

A journey of purpose, growth, and ubuntu: The Mandela Washington Fellowship experience of a CRET alumnus

Higher Education

A journey of purpose, growth, and ubuntu: The Mandela Washington Fellowship experience of a CRET alumnus

Issued by Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation 13 Nov 2025

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Marketing

Can the Sunlight bar become a youth icon through #RaiseTheBar?

Karabo Ledwaba 13 Nov 2025

In 2026, there will be changes to the Cannes Lions Awards (Image source: © Bizcommunity)

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2026: A new Creative Brand Lions and other changes

13 Nov 2025

Play and project-based learning: cultivating future leaders through innovative education

Education

Play and project-based learning: cultivating future leaders through innovative education

Issued by Sifiso Learning Group 11 Jun 2025

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

Media

Top 53 Debut Programme participants advance to the Catalyst Phase

Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 12 Nov 2025

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Artificial Intelligence

Rethinking AI-Generated advertising: How real people really react

Ecem Erdem and Věra Šídlová, Issued by Kantar 12 Nov 2025

The University of Cape Town MBA cements its position as a global leader in teaching sustainability and impact

Higher Education

The University of Cape Town MBA cements its position as a global leader in teaching sustainability and impact

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 11 Nov 2025

Big ideas, bold minds and real connections define Singularity Summit 2025

Artificial Intelligence

Big ideas, bold minds and real connections define Singularity Summit 2025

Issued by Mann Made 11 Nov 2025

Marketing

Warc's 2026 toolkit: Marketers' confidence wanes

11 Nov 2025

Creative legend John Hunt retires

Advertising

Creative legend John Hunt retires

11 Nov 2025

Lindiwe Maseko, Head of Human Resources at CMS South Africa

Employment Equity

Redefining inclusion: How SA workplaces can lead in LGBTQIA+ rights

Lindiwe Maseko 10 Nov 2025

TEARS Foundation founder Mara Glennie honoured with International Women Icon Award

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

TEARS Foundation founder Mara Glennie honoured with International Women Icon Award

Issued by TEARS Foundation 10 Nov 2025

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

#OrchidsandOnions

#Orchids&Onions: SAB drives a hard message home, KFC does ESG right

Brendan Seery 10 Nov 2025

The International Andy Awards Africa regional jurors have been announced (Image by Lesely Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Advertising

The International Andy Awards Africa regional jurors announced

10 Nov 2025

Thule Ngcese, creative partner & co-founder at Distrikt 9, a supplier development partner of VML South Africa, has watched from the jury room as work out of the Middle East increasingly dominates the Loeries. The South African creative industry, he says, needs to up its game (Image supplied)

Advertising

Thule Ngcese: "Time to lead, not follow. SA needs to up its game."

Thule Ngcese 7 Nov 2025

Well-being and healthy school environments

Higher Education

Well-being and healthy school environments

Issued by SACAP 6 Nov 2025

GC Now Johannesburg convenes President Ramaphosa and world leaders for a historic global turning point

ESG & Sustainability

GC Now Johannesburg convenes President Ramaphosa and world leaders for a historic global turning point

Issued by OnPoint PR 6 Nov 2025

Insaaf Daniels, head of human capital at redPanda Software

#EvolutionofWork

How job hugging is impacting organisations and what to do about it

Insaaf Daniels 5 Nov 2025

AI is transforming how travellers plan, book, and navigate trips, new research finds

Travel

AI is transforming how travellers plan, book, and navigate trips, new research finds

5 Nov 2025

Niko Kougioumtzis, RAPT Creative strategist asks culture, pop culture, and the marketing mirror: which influences which? (Image source: © Professional Jeweller )

Marketing

What came first: Marketing or culture?

Niko Kougioumtzis 4 Nov 2025

Where a high-performance culture meets mutual commitment and trust

Marketing

Where a high-performance culture meets mutual commitment and trust

Lesley Rencontre and Phoebe Opperman, Issued by DUO Marketing + Communications 4 Nov 2025

Thousands thrive through the Social Employment Fund

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Thousands thrive through the Social Employment Fund

Thula Zondi, Issued by The Social Employment Fund 4 Nov 2025

Source: Supplied. Blue Chip founders, Fay Lamond and Vanya Futter.

Office Property

Amazing Spaces to broaden reach with Blue Chip acquisition

3 Nov 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere, but understanding is scarce, says Garon Campbell, founder and AI director at Breadbin Productions (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

AI literacy to define Africa’s next creative boom

Garon Campbell 4 Nov 2025

Global thought leaders converge for Singularity Summit in Sandton

Artificial Intelligence

Global thought leaders converge for Singularity Summit in Sandton

Issued by Mann Made 3 Nov 2025

Keshin Govender, head of creative and production at Siemens AG talks about how a purpose-driven creativity approach has given the company measurable results (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

4 steps to a purpose-driven creativity approach for measurable results

Keshin Govender 31 Oct 2025

Scopen’s eighth edition of its PR Scope study in Spain has found that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now firmly on the sector’s agenda (Image source: © 123rf

PR & Communications

Part 2: Scopen Spain PR Scope - AI as a transformative force

31 Oct 2025

Ogilvy wins most effective agency at Effies 2025

Marketing

Ogilvy wins most effective agency at Effies 2025

Issued by Ogilvy South Africa 30 Oct 2025

The Lead Creative: "More creative freedom, less money"

The Lead Creative

The Lead Creative: "More creative freedom, less money"

29 Oct 2025

The eighth edition of Scopen’s Public Relations (PR) R Scope study in Spain has found that the average PR budget has increased (Image source: © 123rf Pictured: People in Barcelona)

PR & Communications

Part 1: Scopen Spain PR Scope - Budgets have increased

29 Oct 2025

Human8 doubles down on AI-enabled consultative power

Artificial Intelligence

Human8 doubles down on AI-enabled consultative power

Issued by Human8 29 Oct 2025

Tembisa West Secondary School crowned champions of 2025 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition

Technology

Tembisa West Secondary School crowned champions of 2025 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition

Issued by Samsung 29 Oct 2025

Higher Education

AI in the classroom is hard to detect – time to bring back oral tests

Shahper Richter and Patrick Dodd 28 Oct 2025

One in five (21%) creatively awarded ideas are also awarded for effectiveness, says Warc’s Health of Creativity 2025 report based on Warc Rankings analysis. (Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

Warc: The correlation between creativity and effectiveness

28 Oct 2025

SA algae-fuel startup wins world’s largest green business competition

Entrepreneurship

SA algae-fuel startup wins world’s largest green business competition

28 Oct 2025

Communications leader, Perri King, crowned at Forty Under 40 South Africa

DEI

Communications leader, Perri King, crowned at Forty Under 40 South Africa

28 Oct 2025