Major infrastructure investment and new direct routes are turning regional airports into high-value gateways for travellers, brands and local economies. A wave of capital spending at regional airports across George, King Phalo International Airport, Upington Read More
Effie Awards South Africa, hosted by the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), has announced its 2026 jury, with this year’s panel significantly expanded across Round 1 and Round 2 judging in response to another Read More
Publicis Groupe Africa is celebrating a standout performance at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026, with the Leo Constellation named Regional Network of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa and the region’s creative talent Read More
Publicis Groupe Africa has announced the appointment of Gideon Khobane as Managing Director: Rest of Africa (excluding West Africa), effective immediately. Khobane joins the company’s Executive Committee and will report directly to Koo Govender, CEO Read More
VML South Africa has promoted Nhlanhla Ngcobo and Theo Ferreira into new positions as Group Executive Creative Directors, as the agency builds on its creative momentum with progressive thinking and an obsession with craft. The Read More
Since first capturing the hearts of South Africans on Heritage Day last year, Mntana ka Gogo has become one of the country’s most celebrated recent advertising campaigns. Its portrayal of the bond between caregiver and child Read More
By Matongo Matamwandi, the President of African Marketing Confederation When Morocco reached the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, millions of people with no connection to the 1,200-year-old kingdom followed the story. It was the Read More
Many brands spend months searching for the right agency, only to spend years treating them like suppliers. In an industry where many client-agency relationships remain transactional, Penquin’s Business Development Director, Sean Devlin, is calling on marketing Read More
Effie Worldwide has released the 2025 Effie Index® (effieindex.com), the definitive global ranking of marketing effectiveness. Now in its 15th year, the Index recognizes the marketers, brands, agencies, and networks behind the world’s most effective Read More
The lazy story about young South African consumers is that they are broke, stuck, unemployed and hard to reach. The more useful story is that they are under-capitalised, overly mobile, digitally fluent and actively building Read More