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2025 Nedbank Pitch & Polish launches with R1m grand prize

SMEs

2025 Nedbank Pitch & Polish launches with R1m grand prize

3 days

AuthenticA Series Lab spotlights Africa's rising screenwriting talent at Series Mania Forum

Film & Cinematography

AuthenticA Series Lab spotlights Africa's rising screenwriting talent at Series Mania Forum

2 days

Applications open for landmark $1m startup pitch in SA

SMEs

Applications open for landmark $1m startup pitch in SA

19 Mar 2025

120 participants selected for Bolt Accelerator Programme

Community

120 participants selected for Bolt Accelerator Programme

18 Mar 2025

#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s 'Rand-a-Rama' ad taps into 90s nostalgia

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Shoprite’s 'Rand-a-Rama' ad taps into 90s nostalgia

Brendan Seery 17 Mar 2025

Scopen has unveiled key trends from its first media agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African media agencies participated in an average of 45 pitches last year (Image supplied)

Media

South African media agencies compete for new business in 45 pitches annually

14 Mar 2025

Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

Advertising

Promise’s 2024: A year of growth and consolidation in equal measure

Issued by Promise 12 Mar 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen unveils key trends from its first creative agencies’ New Business Report in South Africa, which shows that South African creative agencies participated in an average of 47 pitches last year

Marketing & Media

Exclusive: South African creative agencies compete for new business in 47 pitches a year

11 Mar 2025

Adidas and Liverpool Football Club announce multi-year partnership

Sport

Adidas and Liverpool Football Club announce multi-year partnership

11 Mar 2025

Newly launched Orange Corners Innovation Fund offers up to R1m funding to innovative startups

Funding

Newly launched Orange Corners Innovation Fund offers up to R1m funding to innovative startups

11 Mar 2025

Boundless wins BIC Stationery account, forging a partnership rooted in creativity and joy

PR & Communications

Boundless wins BIC Stationery account, forging a partnership rooted in creativity and joy

Issued by Boundless 10 Mar 2025

Female entrepreneurs graduate from WiT Accelerator Programme, 5 walk away with $10,000 seed funding

Tech Startups

Female entrepreneurs graduate from WiT Accelerator Programme, 5 walk away with $10,000 seed funding

7 Mar 2025

Take control: Why CMOs are building internal agencies to drive growth

Digital

Take control: Why CMOs are building internal agencies to drive growth

Issued by Hoorah Digital 5 Mar 2025

The PR industry’s open-source problem: The unpaid pitch

PR & Communications

The PR industry’s open-source problem: The unpaid pitch

Issued by Brandfundi 27 Feb 2025

Dentsu Creative South Africa wins Capfin account

Marketing

Dentsu Creative South Africa wins Capfin account

Issued by Dentsu 26 Feb 2025

PR & Communications

Why your press release isn't making headlines

Gwen Sparks 25 Feb 2025

Entrepreneurial dreamers battle in #YouthStartCT competition's final rounds

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial dreamers battle in #YouthStartCT competition's final rounds

20 Feb 2025

L’Oréal’s Brandstorm Innovation Competition calls for applications

Health & Beauty

L’Oréal’s Brandstorm Innovation Competition calls for applications

19 Feb 2025

Source: Pexels.

Property

Introducing SA's dynamic youth property platform

18 Feb 2025

Hisense named official partner of the Fifa Club World Cup 2025

Sport

Hisense named official partner of the Fifa Club World Cup 2025

17 Feb 2025

Image supplied.

Film & Cinematography

8 animation projects selected for Durban FilmMart 2025 programme

14 Feb 2025

Rick Ross teams up with Pick n Pay for Cape Town Smart Shopper campaign

Advertising

Rick Ross teams up with Pick n Pay for Cape Town Smart Shopper campaign

11 Feb 2025

UEFA Champions League 24/25 official match ball revealed

Sport

UEFA Champions League 24/25 official match ball revealed

11 Feb 2025

PR on the Go masterclass with Nicole Pearl: PR for indie beauty and wellness brands

PR & Communications

PR on the Go masterclass with Nicole Pearl: PR for indie beauty and wellness brands

Issued by The Coup 7 Feb 2025

Johannesburg MD for M&C Saatchi Abel, Masego Motsogi says the pan-African energy and excitement have never been higher at the agency (Image supplied)

Advertising

The Up&Up Group's M&C Saatchi Abel expands cross-border clients

7 Feb 2025

Retroviral has launched the Retroviral Ai Lab, offering generative AI, GPT development and TikTok engagement capabilities (Image supplied)

Artificial Intelligence

Retroviral and by COB's collaboration launches the 'Retroviral Ai Lab'

6 Feb 2025

Source: © 123rf Scopen South Africa has launched its New Business Report, a no-charge resource designed to enhance industry knowledge around new business activity in the advertising and communications sectors

Marketing

Scopen South Africa unveils creative and media agencies new business report

30 Jan 2025

Brenda Khumalo started her agency in 2020. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

#Newsmaker: Lobengula's Brenda Khumalo is pioneering a new era of the misfits

Karabo Ledwaba 28 Jan 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

Source: Supplied. Marc Ashton, chief executive officer of Decusatio.

Markets & Investment

#BizTrends2025: 6 investor relations trends to watch in 2025

Marc Ashton 24 Jan 2025

Source: Donald J. Trump/Facebook.

Markets & Investment

Citizens of global powers are upbeat about a second Trump presidency – but this is by no means universal

17 Jan 2025

Caroline van der Merwe

Trends

#BizTrends2025: AI-assisted HR - fast-forward to business value

Caroline van der Merwe 16 Jan 2025

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

Exhibitions & Events

Inaugural Africa-focused Massmart Growth Summit set for April 2025

15 Jan 2025

4 trends South African e-tailers can't ignore in 2025

Trends

4 trends South African e-tailers can't ignore in 2025

15 Jan 2025

Habits that build empires: 6 keys to entrepreneurial success

Entrepreneurship

Habits that build empires: 6 keys to entrepreneurial success

Allon Raiz 10 Jan 2025

Absa announces proud banking partnership with Betway SA20

Banking

Absa announces proud banking partnership with Betway SA20

Issued by OnPoint PR 7 Jan 2025

Media

As trust plummets, how can mainstream media rebuild credibility?

Anita Varma 6 Jan 2025

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The One Club for Creativity

Young Ones One Show launches new creative brief Clash Royale

23 Dec 2024

Source: Adidas.

Fashion & Homeware

Teen football star Lamine Yamal collaborates with Adidas for signature soccer boot

20 Dec 2024

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

CMOs: How to get the best out of agencies

Advertising

CMOs: How to get the best out of agencies

Shaune Jordaan, Issued by Hoorah Digital 12 Dec 2024

Under The Tongue, the untold story of the adidas Predator football boot

Film

Under The Tongue, the untold story of the adidas Predator football boot

9 Dec 2024

#OrchidsandOnions: Is Jaguar's "Type 00" a risky gamble or a marketing masterstroke?

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Is Jaguar's "Type 00" a risky gamble or a marketing masterstroke?

Brendan Seery 9 Dec 2024

Image source: Aleksandra Gigowska –

Career Advice

3 benefits of being an independent consultant - do you have what it takes?

Johann van Niekerk 6 Dec 2024

Can virtual agents play an effective role in outbound sales?

Technology

Can virtual agents play an effective role in outbound sales?

Ryan Falkenberg 6 Dec 2024

Betway SA20 and Switch Energy Drink partner to energise fans

FMCG

Betway SA20 and Switch Energy Drink partner to energise fans

Issued by Switch Energy Drink 4 Dec 2024

Recycling influencers - Are we just following the herd? Unpopular opinion by a HOD

Marketing

Recycling influencers - Are we just following the herd? Unpopular opinion by a HOD

Suwi Kabwe, Issued by Wetpaint Advertising 4 Dec 2024

Festival of Ideas 2024: A decade of empowering social entrepreneurs in a bold new format

Social Entrepreneurship

Festival of Ideas 2024: A decade of empowering social entrepreneurs in a bold new format

Issued by Gordon Institute of Business Science 27 Nov 2024

SA Movie thriller set to open New York Film Fest

Film & Cinematography

SA Movie thriller set to open New York Film Fest

Issued by Giant Films 27 Nov 2024

Driving industry change in 2024

PR & Communications

Driving industry change in 2024

Issued by Dialogue PR 25 Nov 2024