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The IAB SA 2025 Bookmarks Awards winners have been announced, with Ogilvy named Best Digital Agency of 2025 (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

Ogilvy and KFC take the double in the IAB Bookmark Awards

19 hours

Source: © 123rf Derek Coles, president and MD of McCann Joburg says ‘digital-first’ isn’t enough and make a case for idea-first thinking in modern advertising

Marketing & Media

McCann Joburg's Derek Coles: Stand out, don't fit in

Derek Coles 19 hours

McCann Joburg has appointed (left) Thandeka Gilbert as creative director and (right) Toni Hughes as executive creative director (Images supplied. Image composite by Lesley Svenson © Bizcommunity)

Marketing & Media

McCann Joburg appoints diverse leadership

7 Aug 2025

ACA welcomes new board and leadership team for 2025/26

Advertising

ACA welcomes new board and leadership team for 2025/26

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 22 Jul 2025

The finalists were announced on 9 July 2025. Source: Supplied

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the 2025 Bookmark Awards finalists

9 Jul 2025

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2025: Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2025

The New York Festivals Advertising Awards (NYFA) 2025 winners have been announced (Image supplied)

Advertising

Dentsu Digital Inc. awarded New York Festivals 2025 Best of Show Award

13 Jun 2025

Effie announces 2024 Global Effie Index, unveiling the world’s Most Effective Marketers

Marketing

Effie announces 2024 Global Effie Index, unveiling the world’s Most Effective Marketers

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Jun 2025

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

Marketing & Media

Part 2: Scopen - More long-term relationships between advertisers and creative agencies

13 Jun 2025

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2025 jury panel

Marketing

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2025 jury panel

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 6 Jun 2025

Six Middle East & Africa creatives have been selected for the Next Creative Leaders 2025 jury, part of the One Club for Creativity. L to R: Nnenna Onyewuchi - founder, The Barefoot Strategist, Lagos, Ali Rez - CCO, Impact BBDO, Dubai, Nayaab Rais - ECD, FP7 McCann, Dubai, Enas Rashwan - founder, CEO, Cairo Ad School and Saudi Ad School; president, The One Club-Cairo chapter, Cairo/Riyadh, Sands Mathura - ACD, Accenture Song South Africa, Cape Town, Rana Sadek, creative director, IMPACT BBDO, Dubai (Picture by Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

The One Club for Creativity

The Next Creative Leaders 2025 jury includes six MEA creatives

29 May 2025

Provantage leads the way in community empowerment with SocioTech partnership

OOH

Provantage leads the way in community empowerment with SocioTech partnership

Issued by Provantage 23 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Cingulate Marketing and Advertising, a healthcare marketing company, has been acquired by McCann Joburg to solidify the agency’s position in the healthcare space.

Marketing

McCann Joburg acquires a healthcare marketing company

21 May 2025

Impact BBDO Dubai is the Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Show Global Creative Rankings (Image supplied)

Advertising

One Show 2025: ME & Africa Agency of the Year - Impact BBDO Dubai

20 May 2025

$Joe Public, Promise and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris are among the South African agencies that are Pencil and Merit winners in the One Show (Image supplied)$

The One Club for Creativity

One Show winners: Joe Public, Promise and TBWA\Hunt Lascaris

16 May 2025

The 2025 Bookmark Awards Learner Jury features 18 promising early-career professionals already making an impact in their respective fields (Image supplied)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2025 Awards Learner Jury: More than just a seat at the table

14 May 2025

Ogilvy SA won four Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East Africa including gold for its Bread of the Nation campaign for AB InBev SA

Advertising

Ogilvy wins all SA’s Warc Awards 2025 - Middle East and Africa

29 Apr 2025

Of the 68 One Show 2025 finalists from the Middle East and Africa, South Africa 18 and Kenya two (Image supplied)

Advertising

One Show 2025 finalists: 18 for SA and 2 for Kenya

22 Apr 2025

Source: © Dubai Lynx Held after the Lynx Awards, the Winners’ Lunch celebrates the success and creativity of the teams that took home Awards for their work

Advertising

All the 2025 Dubai Lynx Awards

14 Apr 2025

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Advertising

Kantar Creative Effectiveness Awards 2025. Connecting with people in the age of AI

Issued by Kantar 9 Apr 2025

Sbu Sitole is the chief creative officer at The Odd Number. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Sbu Sitole named LIA Audio & Radio jury president

8 Apr 2025

The Warc Rankings 2025 Effective 100 reveal the most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness
(Image supplied)

Marketing & Media

Warc Effective 100 ranks world’s most awarded campaigns and companies for effectiveness

25 Mar 2025

McCann Joburg's Modjadji Mashatola on AME WE Champion jury

Advertising

McCann Joburg's Modjadji Mashatola on AME WE Champion jury

14 Mar 2025

Andrea Quaye and Sbusiso Khumalo are on the list.

Advertising

2025 Dare list unveils next-gen Black leaders in creativity

25 Feb 2025

Four leaders from Africa ar eon the 2025 Gerety MEA jury. (L to r): Nnenna Onyewuchi, Koo Govender, Linda Kachingwe-Sisya,Nnenna Onyewuchi,Jeanine Gomes. (Source: © Bizcommunity, Image by Ruth Cooper)

Advertising

4 creative and marketing leaders from Africa in Gerety 2025 MEA jury

4 Feb 2025

The Marketing Achievement Awards has unveiled the 2025 qualifiers (Image supplied)

Marketing

Marketing Achievement Awards unveils 2025 qualifiers

3 Feb 2025

The Loeries Official Rankings 2024 have been released (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

The Loeries Official Rankings 2024 released

27 Jan 2025

Andy Awards The International Andy Awards has released its shortlist with SA heading up the Africa shortlist

Advertising

Andys' Africa shortlist announced, Nigeria’s Steve Babaeko on Andy Awards Global Jury 20025

14 Jan 2025

The One Club’s ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury has been announced. It includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa region (Image by © Bizcommunity)

Sales

One Club ADC 104th Annual Awards global jury includes 10 creatives from the Middle East and Africa

9 Jan 2025

Source: © Behance Ogilvy South Africa Cape Town is the top-ranking agency for the One Club's Middle East & Africa region with seven SA agencies featured in the regional rankings

The One Club for Creativity

Seven SA agencies feature in One Club’s regional rankings, Ogilvy Cape Town ranked No.1

7 Jan 2025

The African continent has five jury members represented on the Gerety Awards Grand Jury for 2025 - two from SA, and one each from Nigeria, Kenya and the Côte D'Ivoire (Image supplied)

Advertising

5 Gerety Awards Grand Jury members for 2025 from the African continent

3 Dec 2024

VML won gold in the Community Core category dnd in the Sound On Please category, for Vodacom Hearing Challenge in the inaugural TikTok METAP region Ad Awards (Image supplied)

Social Media

SA agencies shine at inaugural METAP region TikTok Ad Awards

29 Nov 2024

Promise won the coveted Prestigious Umpetha trophy for The Vluit Project campaign, developed for AfriSam (Image supplied)

Advertising

All the 2024 Pendoring winners: Promise’s Vluit Project wins Pendoring Umpetha

25 Nov 2024

Javier Campopiana. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

Global creative icon Javier Campopiano to preside over NYF 2025 executive jury

22 Nov 2024

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

Advertising

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

23 Oct 2024

Advertising

Outvertising's push for inclusivity: How pronouns are reshaping workplace culture in advertising

Karabo Ledwaba 21 Oct 2024

Loeries night one

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries night one

Issued by Loeries 14 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images Joe Public is the Loeries Awards Agency of the Year

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries All the winners, Agency of the Year is Joe Public

11 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images (Left) Preetesh Sewraj, CEO The Loeries, (centre) Bridget Harpur, head of marketing: Volkswagen South Africa was named Marketer of the Year, and (right)
Kabelo Moshapalo, incoming Loeries Chairperson and CCO Ogilvy Johannesburg

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: All the winners, VW's Bridget Harpur named marketer of the year

10 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images the excitement is real as Loeries Creative week kicks off

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: “The most fun you can have and still call it work*”

10 Oct 2024

This UAE campaign from MullenLowe MENA wants to fix the bias in AI.

Advertising

UAE agencies shine in the 2024 AME Awards shortlist

6 Sep 2024

#Behindthe IMC: Ana Carrapichano on social behavioural change communication

IMC Conference

#Behindthe IMC: Ana Carrapichano on social behavioural change communication

4 Sep 2024

The series stars South African female personalities.

Women's Month

Worth in progress: All women McCann creative team launches L'Oréal Paris SA campaign

30 Aug 2024

Announcing the judging panel for the Assegai Awards 2024

Direct Marketing

Announcing the judging panel for the Assegai Awards 2024

Issued by DMASA 6 Aug 2024

Source: © WPP At the recent Creative Circle Full Circle held in Johannesburg this year's South African Cannes Lions jury members' gave their insights into some of the world's best advertising campaigns

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Insights on some of the world's best creative work

Danette Breitenbach 29 Jul 2024

(Image supplied) Off the back of Youth Month, the IAB South Africa Bookmark Awards has launched its Learner Jury Initiative

IAB Bookmarks Awards

IAB SA Bookmark Awards launches Learner Jury initiative

17 Jul 2024