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Bibi Bonnecwe, Executive Creative Director at Brave Group looks at why in 2026 human truths matter more than marketing trends (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | Brave Group’s Bibi Bonnecwe: Why human truths matter more than marketing trendsBibi Bonnecwe

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#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

#BizTrends2026 | Up & Up Group’s Jacques Cilliers: AI is everywhere. Taste is our advantage.

Jacques Cilliers 4 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Jubez Digital: What Search in 2026 demands of marketers

#BizTrends2026 | Jubez Digital: What Search in 2026 demands of marketers

Julie Rosenbaum and Heleen Alberts 2 Feb 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

#BizTrends2026 | Brandtech+’s Gabrielle Gray: AI isn’t taking creative jobs - it’s creating better ones

Gabrielle Gray 30 Jan 2026

5 out-of-home trends that will define 2026

5 out-of-home trends that will define 2026

Steve Duck, Tractor Outdoor 29 Jan 2026

The ninth edition of VML’s Tomorrow’s Commerce report looks to shopper behaviour in 2026 and far beyond. The big take-out? Technology isn’t slowing down, but the humans are rebelling (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2026 | VML’s Tomorrow’s Commerce: Technology isn’t slowing down but the humans are rebelling

VML 28 Jan 2026

Brenda Khumalo is the founder of Lobengula Advertising. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2026 | Lobengula Advertising team: If employees don't believe, neither will the market

Brenda Khumalo and Adene Van Der Walt 26 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | ARB CEO Gail Schimmel: The year of industry self-regulation

#BizTrends2026 | ARB CEO Gail Schimmel: The year of industry self-regulation

Gail Schimmel 22 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Publicis Groupe’s Jonty Fisher: A much more synthetic world

#BizTrends2026 | Publicis Groupe’s Jonty Fisher: A much more synthetic world

Jonty Fisher 20 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Digicape: Steering the future through digital architecture

#BizTrends2026 | Digicape: Steering the future through digital architecture

Digicape 19 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is next

#BizTrends2026 | Nahana CEO, Thabang Skwambane: Africa will ignite what is next

Thabang Skwambane 19 Jan 2026

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Warc 2026 media trends: Systems planning, AI, & the creator economy

16 Jan 2026

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

#BizTrends2026 | ACA executive director Gillian Rightford: The Renaissance is back. Leadership must catch up.

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2026

Erica Bopape (CM SA) is the executive for marketing and communications at Absa Business Banking. Source: Absa.

#BizTrends2026 | Absa's Erica Bopape: What 2026 will demand of financial services marketers

Erica Bopape 14 Jan 2026

Clinton Bridgeford, chief creative officer at Grid Worldwide says with the speed and agility of content creation, now amplified by tech tools and AI, the creative industry is being challenged to rethink the creative product (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Grid Worldwide’s Clinton Bridgeford - The challenge of creativity in 2025

Clinton Bridgeford 28 Jan 2025

Ann Nurock, Cannes forecaster says it is time for brands to move beyond performance marketing to embrace the transformative power of emotion (Image supplied)

#BizTrends: Ann Nurock – It’s time to embrace the transformative power of emotion

Ann Nurock 27 Jan 2025

Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right place

Adelaide Tshabalala 21 Jan 2025

Gillian Rightford, executive director, Association for Communication and Advertising, examines how agencies will look in the future, will add more value and charge appropriately - and have more fun (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: ACA’s Gillian Rightford - Navigating the smile curve; reinventing agency value in 2025

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

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20 key trends from VML's Tomorrow’s Commerce report

28 Mar 2024

Zetu Damane is the chief strategic officer at McCann Joburg. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2024: Zetu Damane - Trends which will make or break brands in 2024

Zetu Damane 6 Feb 2024

Image supplied. Boomtown's Lara-Anne Derbyshire says four trends are changing the advertising game, presenting opportunities for agencies - if they are bold enough to take them

#BizTrends2024: Lara-Anne Derbyshire - 4 trends that demand bold moves from creative agencies

Lara-Anne Derbyshire 25 Jan 2024

Navigating media trends in 2024: adapting strategies for consumer engagement

Navigating media trends in 2024: adapting strategies for consumer engagement

Senamile Zungu, Kantar 25 Jan 2024

Image supplied. Ciaran McKivergan, founder and managing director at 8909 looks at how the migration toward subscription-based social media and AR opportunities is going to make life simultaneously easier and tougher for the creative industry

#BizTrends2024: Ciaran McKivergan - The migration toward subscription-based social media and AR opportunities

Ciaran McKivergan 18 Jan 2024

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Warc report: Advertising spend to double in 2024

18 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: Ndeye Diagne - Africa at a crossroads: Threads of gold

Karabo Ledwaba 16 Jan 2024

Veronica Moleele is the CEO of Penquin. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2024: Inclusive marketing takes centre stage

Veronica Moleele 16 Jan 2024

Nilesh Hansjee is a business analyst at Marketing Intelligence Hub. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2024: A peek into the marketing crystal ball

Nilesh Hansjee 11 Jan 2024

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#BizTrends2024: Mike Sharman - From earned virality to purposeful purpose

Danette Breitenbach 10 Jan 2024

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