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Africa is the world’s largest market for Guinness beer – how its ad campaigns exploit men

Jordanna Matlon 25 Sep 2024

Source: © Olympics A As a sponsor, from January to May 2024, Visa has spent nearly $29m on advertising for the Olympics

Branding

#Paris2024: How brands are using long-term sports sponsorships to build brand equity

5 Aug 2024

Source: © Bizcommunity Joe Public has achieved the top position, the position it achieved in the last edition, as the most attractive agency to work for among creative agency professionals in Scopen's Best Agency to work for Study on creative and media agencies in South Africa

Marketing & Media

Scopen study: Joe Public and Mindshare the top choices for South African agency professionals

5 Apr 2024

Source: © Melpomen 123rf Ogilvy, Joe Public and TBWA as well as Carat, OMD and TheMediaShop are all standouts in the Agency Scope as rated by marketers

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope: Top creative and media agencies according to marketers

27 Feb 2024

Image supplied. Agency Scope’s Top 10 most admired media agency professions is headed up by Wavemaker's Merissa Himraj and half of the top 10, are women

Media

Wavemaker's Merissa Himraj tops Agency Scope's Top 10 media professionals rankings

16 Feb 2024

Source: Luum Awards For the first time, an African agency, Nigeria's X3M Idea, has been named Independent Agency of the Year at the Luum Awards

Advertising

Nigeria's X3M Ideas wins Luum Awards Independent Agency of the Year - a first for Africa

9 Nov 2023

Incubeta announces change in leadership

Digital

Incubeta announces change in leadership

Issued by Incubeta 9 Oct 2023

#BehindtheCampaign of 'Have You Heard' - a TVC for Spotify Kenya by Machine_

Streaming

#BehindtheCampaign of 'Have You Heard' - a TVC for Spotify Kenya by Machine_

Issued by Machine_ 17 Aug 2023

BTS in the winning McDonalds advert.

Advertising

Warc Effective 100 rankings for 2023 released

22 Mar 2023

Advertising

All the 2023 Dubai Lynx winners

16 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Tesco takes the top prize at the 2022 UK Effie Awards

21 Oct 2022

Effie Awards South Africa 2022 judges announced

Marketing

Effie Awards South Africa 2022 judges announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 19 Aug 2022

Image by John Hogg: Edna Jaime

Events

All about the upcoming live Jomba! Dance Experience

27 Jul 2022

Are 'influencer fatigue' and distrust signalling a comeback for traditional advertising?

Advertising

Are 'influencer fatigue' and distrust signalling a comeback for traditional advertising?

Issued by Spark Media 23 Mar 2022

Lessons from Boomtown's Bayeza Graduate Internship Programme

Education

Lessons from Boomtown's Bayeza Graduate Internship Programme

Issued by Boomtown 18 Mar 2022

Media

Warc 2021 Rankings revealed

30 Nov 2021

South African groundwater project shows the power of citizen science

Infrastructure & Utilities

South African groundwater project shows the power of citizen science

Jacqueline Goldin 30 Nov 2021

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2021: 'Brand communicators need to show up, listen more and be better,' says Justine Drake

Evan-Lee Courie 13 Oct 2021

Picking a future in media: An AMF webinar

Advertising

Picking a future in media: An AMF webinar

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 30 Jul 2021

Universities called to verify student information to access laptops

Higher Education

Universities called to verify student information to access laptops

1 Jul 2021

UM named Global Media Agency of the Year by Campaign magazine

Media

UM named Global Media Agency of the Year by Campaign magazine

1 Jul 2021

New York Festivals announces 2021 TV & Film Awards Finalists

Film & Cinematography

New York Festivals announces 2021 TV & Film Awards Finalists

10 Jun 2021

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Forestry

Demand for meat is driving deforestation in Brazil - changing the soy industry could stop it

Angela Guerrero and Malika Virah-Sawmy 4 Jan 2021

#BehindtheMask: Jess Weiner, cultural expert and CEO of Talk to Jess

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheMask: Jess Weiner, cultural expert and CEO of Talk to Jess

Jessica Tennant 11 Nov 2020

Marketing

Brand New Galaxy expands to the Middle East

23 Oct 2020

IAB SA and IAB Tech Lab's virtual open forum on ad experiences and measurement

Digital

IAB SA and IAB Tech Lab's virtual open forum on ad experiences and measurement

Juanita Pienaar 25 Aug 2020

Adult Swim gives us a reason to stay indoors this winter with the return of Robot Chicken

Streaming

Adult Swim gives us a reason to stay indoors this winter with the return of Robot Chicken

Issued by Showmax 15 Jun 2020

Advertising

Warc Awards 2020 announces Effective Content Strategy shortlist

22 Apr 2020

Image from It's a Tide ad.

Advertising

Warc Rankings announces Effective 100

17 Mar 2020

KFC's The First Colonel to Conquer eSports campaign. Image supplied.

Media

Warc Rankings announces Media 100 results

10 Mar 2020

Al Umobuwah - Putting 'Mum' into 'Parenthood' campaign, Babyshop. Image supplied.

Advertising

Effective Channel Integration winners announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

15 Jan 2020

#BehindtheSelfie with... Kevin Ndinguri, managing director at UM South Africa

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie with... Kevin Ndinguri, managing director at UM South Africa

Leigh Andrews 15 Jan 2020

A startup is like having a 50 pound baby

Community

A startup is like having a 50 pound baby

Katie Cunningham 17 Dec 2019

#BehindtheSelfie with... Brad Smale, group MD at IPG Mediabrands

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie with... Brad Smale, group MD at IPG Mediabrands

Leigh Andrews 8 Jan 2020

Kevin Ndinguri, managing director at UM.

Media

#Newsmaker: Kevin Ndinguri, UM's new MD

Jessica Tennant 29 Nov 2019

Advertising

Effective Channel Integration shortlist announced for Warc Media Awards 2019

27 Nov 2019

Media

UM headhunts Kevin Ndinguri for managing director role

20 Nov 2019

King James Group, Atmosphere ranked 17th at 2019 Global Sabre Awards

PR & Communications

King James Group, Atmosphere ranked 17th at 2019 Global Sabre Awards

25 Oct 2019

Diners Club announces national winners of 2019 Winelist Awards

Food & Wine

Diners Club announces national winners of 2019 Winelist Awards

1 Oct 2019

Climate change and air travel: Why we have a responsibility to countries dependent on tourism

Travel

Climate change and air travel: Why we have a responsibility to countries dependent on tourism

Tom Baum 24 Jul 2019

Oelschig's favourite place – at the centre of the buzz in Cerebra’s Rivonia offices.

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie with... Michael Oelschig

Leigh Andrews 24 Jul 2019

This year's SA Cannes Lions' judges...

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Accuracy of SA judges' predictions, revealed!

Leigh Andrews 27 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Entertainment winners include VMLY&R and Net#work BBDO!

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Entertainment winners!

18 Jun 2019

#CannesLions2019 Entertainment Grands Prix winners: Top row is Final Cut and Droga5 New York's New York Times journalism's Resolve (Myanmar), Rigor (Taxes), Courage (Mexican Spyware), Perseverance (Immigration) and Fearlessness (Isis) campaign. Bottom left is Digital Craft Grand Prix winner Virtue's work for Carlings' Digital Collection, 'Address the Future'. Bottom right is Industry Craft Grand Prix work for Momentum New York and Canada's Nike 'Just Do It: HQ at the Church'.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Craft winners!

18 Jun 2019

Cannes Lions Grands Prix awards.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: All the Grand Prix winners!

21 Jun 2019

The #Cannes Lions 2019 Health & Wellness and Pharma Grand Prix winners: McCann Tel Aviv, Craft London and UM Tel Aviv, for IKEA 'ThisAbles' and McCann Health Shanghai, for GSK GlaxoSmithKline's 'Breath of Life' respectively.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions2019: Health & Wellness and Pharma Lions winners!

17 Jun 2019

4 reasons to visit The Marine in Hermanus

Travel

4 reasons to visit The Marine in Hermanus

Ruth Cooper 25 Apr 2019