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Tim Modise's 30-year media legacy earns NWU honorary doctorate

South Africa, Oct. 8 -- The honorary doctorate will be conferred during a special ceremony at the NWU's Mahikeng Campus on Thursday, 22 October 2026. Modise is regarded as one of South Africa's pione... Read More


VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Open Chair flies high at Creative Week

South Africa, Oct. 8 -- The Open Chair hosts a key event, Friends in High Places in its calendar at Creative Week. The event connects young women in advertising and marketing with industry leaders in ... Read More


Global ad spend set to hit $1.34tn in 2026 driven by AI and mega-events

South Africa, Oct. 8 -- This growth is being bolstered by significant corporate AI investment and major events including the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and US mid-term elections. While the economy has ... Read More


More data does not mean better data

South Africa, Oct. 8 -- According to Carmen Brown, general manager of Field IQ, research is often commissioned before the business has clearly defined what it needs to know and the results can be leng... Read More


Jonsson Workwear becomes front-of-shirt sponsor of World Test Champions, the Proteas

South Africa, Oct. 8 -- The Proteas haven't had a front-of-shirt Test sponsor since 2020. That changes on Friday, when proudly South African company Jonsson Workwear takes its place on the front of th... Read More


VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Kenya's rise on the creative stage

South Africa, Oct. 8 -- Kenya's The Partnership Agency secured its first-ever Cannes Lions Grand Prix, and the continent's only Grand Prix of 2026, in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) category ... Read More


#Loeries2026 | Embrace the Madness, find the courage

South Africa, Oct. 7 -- In his welcome, Preetesh Sewraj, chief executive officer of Loeries, says This is Madness is a good madness, as it comes from the passion that this industry has to be able to c... Read More


The fallacy of the fragile asset

South Africa, Oct. 7 -- Township out-of-home is being imitated faster than it is being understood. If the copies carry only the look, the category pays the price. The hit Today The Media Krate opens... Read More


AI can automate the podcast business. It can't automate trust

South Africa, Oct. 7 -- I came back from Podcast Movement New York with an uncomfortable thought: for the first time in years, I felt the rest of the world had caught up. South Africa was ahead of th... Read More


The cost of great talent: Inside the 2026 Ad Talent Salary Survey

South Africa, Oct. 7 -- Today, marketers are expected to understand data. Creatives are embracing digital and AI. Media specialists are navigating programmatic, performance and retail media. Social te... Read More