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Massmart selects Criteo for retail media platform
The collaboration will see Massmart deploy Sponsored Product Ads and Onsite Display Ads, enabling advertisers to deliver targeted campaigns across the retailer's digital channels while providing shoppers with more relevant advertising experiences.
[Fintech Event by Verto, Paystack: May 19, Cape Town, South Africa] Solving the African Payment Puzzle
Global fintech firm, VertoFX, in collaboration with Paystack, will gather together industry leaders in an event that will focus on simplification of business processes on an international scale.
Volkswagen Group Africa recreates iconic 1988 ad
The activation revisits the original 1988 television advertisement, which featured thousands of employees working together and was widely recognised in South Africa.
Boundless creates Mazda AI-produced campaign
The campaign supports Mazda’s re-entry of the MX-5 into the South African market and demonstrates how AI-native production tools are being used to streamline commercial filmmaking while maintaining creative control and brand consistency.
GfK wins BRC bid to modernize South Africa’s media measurement
The appointment marks a significant step for South Africa’s media and advertising sectors, with the goal of delivering consistent, actionable insights into audience behaviour across platforms.
[Interview] Ronelle Bester, Founder, Red Ribbon Communications
This commitment was recently formalized when Red Ribbon signed the Clean Creatives pledge, vowing to refuse any future work with fossil fuel organizations.
PR firm Red Ribbon signs pledge for fossil-free future
With this step, the agency joins a growing movement in the communications sector that aims to distance the industry from coal, gas, and oil.
[Column] Jacqui Mills: PR is the new SEO in South Africa’s AI era
Artificial intelligence is now disrupting that model, reshaping how people search, evaluate, and trust information.
The real cheetah behind the Volkswagen ad
The project, developed by Ogilvy Cape Town, would become a global sensation, lauded not for slick special effects, but for its raw and powerful authenticity.
[Free Webinar August 14th] Unlock South Africa: Guide for Expansion, Compliance and Capital Movements
Join this open web session as it explores the evolving landscape of international payments for South African businesses, highlighting challenges like high costs, friction, and FX volatility in cross-border transactions.
Verto launches business award, empowers startups in South Africa, Kenya Nigeria with $10,000 prize
Verto has launched the Verto Global Business Award—a transformative initiative to recognize and accelerate the growth of early-stage startups.
South African travel-focused fintech TurnStay raises $2m to accelerate Africa expansion
South African travel-focused fintech TurnStay, has raised $2 million seed round led by First Circle Capital, with participation from TLCom Capital
Absa celebrates South Africans’ untold stories and ambitions in new campaign
These are the stories that too often go unseen. Yet across South Africa, they’re everywhere — a testament to the strength and creativity of a country in motion.
Joe Public turns bone phobia into viral comedy for Chicken Licken
The campaign launched with a film that focused on the plights of the bone-phobic few. It showed South Africans from different walks of life, coming together and sharing their harrowing, yet humorous, bone encounters.
Heineken's social screen turn mobile devices into a shared football experience
In a dynamic and high-profile event that redefined the UEFA Champions League experience, Heineken unveiled the Heineken Social Screen – an unprecedented, expandable screen wall created by seamlessly connecting multiple mobile devices.
Takealot partners with Joe Public to deliver growth in e-commerce
Joe’s enthusiastic about the opportunity to help strengthen Takealot’s brand presence as they continue to shape the future of e-commerce.
VML South Africa develops Asili AI to combat bias in AI-generated African imagery
Named after the Swahili word "Asili," meaning "origin" or "essence," it focuses on culturally significant imagery rooted in African heritage.
Joe Public and Nedbank launch campaign to shed light on financial abuse of women
The key insight to the campaign was that amongst the various forms of abuse that women face, money is also used as a form of abuse and financial abuse occurs in 99% of abusive relationships.
[Interview] Pepe Marais, Co-Founder, Joe Public
Joe Public is one of South Africa’s largest, fully independently owned advertising and communications groups that has, over the last 26 years, made a mark in creative excellence while delivering impactful campaigns and brand storytelling that has resonated with diverse audiences.
[Interview] Judith Middleton, CEO, DUO Marketing+Communications, South Africa
DUO Marketing+Communications is a South Africa-based public relations and digital marketing agency that has been supporting the technology industry across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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