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How local businesses can overcome the skills shortage dilemma

Talent Acquisition

How local businesses can overcome the skills shortage dilemma

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Lebo Madiba is at the World Communications Forum Association’s Davos Communications Summit. Here, she reports on the message from the keynote speaker, Paul Holmes, founder and chair of PRovoke Media (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

Exclusive: Lebo Madiba - The Chaos Dividend - Corporate Affairs must lead with pattern recognition, not panic

Lebo Madiba 11 Apr 2025

Seacom appoints two senior executives, strengthening the top Seacom Group leadership

Marketing

Seacom appoints two senior executives, strengthening the top Seacom Group leadership

Issued by Stone 7 Apr 2025

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

Management & Leadership

C-suite’s transformative role in shaping ESOPs

Shaun Smit and Bruce Hunt 4 Apr 2025

UCT GSB’s EMBA ranked best in Africa and 11th globally by CEO Magazine

Higher Education

UCT GSB’s EMBA ranked best in Africa and 11th globally by CEO Magazine

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 28 Mar 2025

Can new leadership finally fix NSFAS?

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

Can new leadership finally fix NSFAS?

Yershen Pillay 25 Mar 2025

Face reading workshop with transformation expert Meike Bettscheider

Skills Training

Face reading workshop with transformation expert Meike Bettscheider

Issued by The Coup 11 Mar 2025

Ogilvy has strengthened its senior leadership, with the appointment of Ipi Thibedi. Pictured left to right: Pete Case (CEO of Ogilvy), Ipi Thibedi (Group MD), Nkosinathi Biko (Chairman of Board, Ogilvy), Neo Makhele (Chief Strategy Officer), Angela Madlala (Chief People Officer), Graham Vivian (Chief Financial Officer)

Advertising

Ipelegeng (Ipi) Thibedi joins Ogilvy South Africa’s as group managing director

11 Mar 2025

South African creativity shines in 2025 SABRE Awards shortlist

Marketing

South African creativity shines in 2025 SABRE Awards shortlist

5 Mar 2025

The future of digital commerce in the consumer packaged goods industry

Retail

The future of digital commerce in the consumer packaged goods industry

Setjhaba Molloyi & Lauren Samaai 4 Mar 2025

Triple industry award winner talks marketing effectiveness and delivering results that matter

IMC Conference

Triple industry award winner talks marketing effectiveness and delivering results that matter

Issued by IMC Conference 24 Feb 2025

Navigating global regulations to enhance BPO data governance

Services

Navigating global regulations to enhance BPO data governance

Christopher Lawson, Cobus Pretorius and Niko Mastropaolo 19 Feb 2025

Levi Strauss & Co restructures its C-suite leaders

Retail

Levi Strauss & Co restructures its C-suite leaders

13 Feb 2025

Call for judges: Effie Awards South Africa 2025

Marketing

Call for judges: Effie Awards South Africa 2025

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Feb 2025

Media effectiveness: How CMOs get CFOs to see marketing as a value driver

Marketing

Media effectiveness: How CMOs get CFOs to see marketing as a value driver

Issued by Google 5 Feb 2025

Estée Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs globally

Health & Beauty

Estée Lauder to cut up to 7,000 jobs globally

5 Feb 2025

PR & Communications

Tlhogi Ngwato | The permacrisis of corporate communications

Tlhogi Ngwato 4 Feb 2025

The world of work in 2025

Employee Wellness

The world of work in 2025

Issued by GO Content Lab 31 Jan 2025

Provoke Media's Paul Holmes says PR and CCO need to understand business if they are to shape policy and impact organisations. Holmes was speaking at the inaugural PRCA Africa conference in Cape Town (Image supplied)

PR & Communications

The need for PR to understand business to make an impact

Danette Breitenbach 30 Jan 2025

Phillipa Geard, founder and CEO of RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate.

Trends

#BizTrends2025: 7 trends impacting the HR and recruitment sector in 2025 and beyond

Phillipa Geard 21 Jan 2025

Marketing is Business. Nedbank IMC 2025 talks bottom line

IMC Conference

Marketing is Business. Nedbank IMC 2025 talks bottom line

Issued by IMC Conference 20 Jan 2025

Trends

#BizTrends2025: Why employer branding will matter more than ever in 2025

Celeste Sirin 20 Jan 2025

Incubeta Africa’s MD Jaco Lintvelt says CMOs must get back to the idea of marketing as a key driver of value (Image supplied)

Marketing

#BizTrends 2025: Incubeta Africa’s Jaco Lintvelt – Getting back to marketing as a key driver of value

Jaco Lintvelt 20 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: PR Powerhouse’s Lebo Madiba - Breaking through in 2025: Trust, personalities, and the new rules of engagement

Media

#BizTrends2025: PR Powerhouse’s Lebo Madiba - Breaking through in 2025: Trust, personalities, and the new rules of engagement

Lebo Madiba 16 Jan 2025

Branding

3 questions to identify your brand’s strategic priorities for 2025

Cynthia Vega and Piers Lindsay-Taylor, Issued by Kantar 5 Dec 2024

Why fear is the single biggest challenge in B2B marketing, and how to overcome it

Marketing

Why fear is the single biggest challenge in B2B marketing, and how to overcome it

Issued by Machine_ 25 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf According to the research participants the disconnect between CCOs and the executive suite is significantly impacting media relations strategies

PR & Communications

Communications and C-Suite disconnect impacts negatively on media

25 Oct 2024

Fixing the bAIs performed well at the AME Awards. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

Middle East shines at AME Awards 2024 with leading AI campaign

20 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf Warc research found that while 71% of marketers agreed that their business was ambitious about delivering creative excellence, only 37% of respondents felt their business had the right capabilities to deliver ground-breaking ideas

Marketing

Warc: Gap between ambition and ability a hurdle to creative effectiveness

11 Sep 2024

This UAE campaign from MullenLowe MENA wants to fix the bias in AI.

Advertising

UAE agencies shine in the 2024 AME Awards shortlist

6 Sep 2024

Inclusive leadership in real estate: A pathway to better cities

Trends

Inclusive leadership in real estate: A pathway to better cities

Bathobile Chime, Issued by Catchwords 29 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf While AI, customer behavioural data, and the Internet of Things (IoT) can personalise customer interactions, they also pose significant security risks

Marketing

Safeguard and grow brand trust through a strong CMO-CISO partnership

26 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf AI is a driving force behind the evolutions of myriad industries, including marketing, and to keep up with this change, MMA Global recently launched the MMA Academy.

Marketing

AI, the new competitive battlefield, leads to MMA Academy launch

23 Aug 2024

Source: The Bookmarks Bizcommunity was named Best Publisher at the IAB SA Bookmark Awards 2024. (L to r): Karabo Ledwaba, co-editor, marketing & media, Danette Breitenbach, managing editor Bizcommunity & co-editor marketing & media, and Terry Levin, marketing director

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Bizcommunity named #Bookmarks2024 Best Publisher

Issued by Bizcommunity.com 16 Aug 2024

Source: Kimberley Taylor, founder and chief executive officer of Loop.

Technology

Loop CEO champions women in STEM, leading inclusive innovation

14 Aug 2024

More than employees: Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, from exile to excellence

Hospitality

More than employees: Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo, from exile to excellence

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 12 Aug 2024

Speedy problem resolution, the biggest driver of CX quality

Marketing

Speedy problem resolution, the biggest driver of CX quality

Issued by Semaphore Communications 7 Aug 2024

Source: © 123rf Immersive Fox has launched its AI-driven text-to-video AI actor technology in South Africa

Artificial Intelligence

AI-driven text-to-video AI actor technology launches in SA

2 Aug 2024

The great equaliser: how hybrid can help bridge the gender gap

Trends

The great equaliser: how hybrid can help bridge the gender gap

Issued by GO Content Lab 1 Aug 2024

Marketing

How can you approach the CFO to argue for greater investment in your brand?

Mary Kyriakidi, Issued by Kantar 31 Jul 2024

PR & Communications

#WPRD2024: The role of AI in PR: Augmenting human judgment, not replacing it

Ethel Ramos 16 Jul 2024

Bizcommunity is a finalist in the IAB Bookmark Awards in two categories

Marketing & Media

Bizcommunity: Finalist in 2 IAB Bookmark Awards categories

15 Jul 2024

2024 Effie Awards South Africa judges announced

Events & Conferencing

2024 Effie Awards South Africa judges announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 Jul 2024

Day one of Cannes Lions has seen a record number of creatives. Seen here is musician John Legend and his model wife Chrissy Teigen. Source: Carl Willoughby.

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Creative Circle at Cannes - a vibrant return with a record attendance

Carl Willoughby 18 Jun 2024

(Image supplied) Tickets for the Bookmark Awards 2024 ceremony and the Finalists’ Showcase are now available

IAB Bookmarks Awards

The Bookmark Awards 2024 — Another year of moving the industry forward: Tickets now available

13 Jun 2024

E-commerce is growing faster than businesses can adapt - Accenture study finds

E-commerce

E-commerce is growing faster than businesses can adapt - Accenture study finds

9 May 2024

Jaco Lintvelt appointed as the new managing director of Incubeta Africa

Digital

Jaco Lintvelt appointed as the new managing director of Incubeta Africa

Issued by Incubeta 11 Apr 2024

Jonah Naidoo, CEO of Mindworx Consulting

Talent Acquisition

Executive search for a digital world is not the same as for traditional models

Jonah Naidoo 3 Apr 2024

14th Annual 'Where Are All The Black People' conference returns to New York

The One Club for Creativity

14th Annual 'Where Are All The Black People' conference returns to New York

15 Mar 2024