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Primary & Secondary Education

Rise of AI in education: Transforming fear into fascination

Mosidi Modise 14 Jul 2025

Merging gaming and virtual play with real world commerce

Media

Merging gaming and virtual play with real world commerce

Issued by Advertising Media Forum 26 May 2025

The ocean is coming to Joburg and making a big splash at The Rand Show 2025

Exhibitions

The ocean is coming to Joburg and making a big splash at The Rand Show 2025

Issued by Rand Show 24 Mar 2025

Education

From chalkboards to chatbots: AI in the 2025 classroom

Herkulaas MvE Combrink 24 Jan 2025

Film & Cinematography

5 commercials that show how David Lynch elevated advertising to an art form

Jonatan Sodergren 21 Jan 2025

Rainbow Chicken supports FAO’s 2024 World Food Day Poster Contest initiative

ESG

Rainbow Chicken supports FAO’s 2024 World Food Day Poster Contest initiative

Issued by Rainbow Chicken 16 Oct 2024

Youth Month

Harnessing the power of youth: The future of brand marketing

Ilhaam Sass, Issued by 3RC 3 Jun 2024

Image supplied. Knorr's #ModTheVeg campaign with Tyler Ninja’ Blevins, a world-famous gamer and streamer, to promote healthier eating choices in the gaming world

Promotions & Activations

Knorr's #ModTheVeg campaign: Healthy eating in the gaming world

19 Apr 2024

Image supplied. Nedbank's Roblox Chow Town campaign engages pre-teens in an interactive and educational gaming experience within the virtual world of Roblox

Youth Marketing

Influencers promote Nedbank's online gaming platforms to improve youth financial literacy

16 Apr 2024

How are mobile platforms and the metaverse driving SA’s long-term insurance industry growth?

Insurance & Actuarial

How are mobile platforms and the metaverse driving SA’s long-term insurance industry growth?

Issued by Insight Survey 6 Mar 2024

Rooibos appears in the game as the bush in summer bloom.

Software

Of course you can harvest Rooibos in the metaverse

12 Feb 2024

5 tech trends and predictions for small businesses in 2024

Trends

5 tech trends and predictions for small businesses in 2024

James Bergin 29 Jan 2024

#BizTrends2024: 5 key trends transforming the transport and logistics industry

Trends

#BizTrends2024: 5 key trends transforming the transport and logistics industry

Vanessa Schonborn 8 Jan 2024

The Futures Less Traveled: Dentsu Creative’s 2024 Trends Report

Research

The Futures Less Traveled: Dentsu Creative’s 2024 Trends Report

Issued by Dentsu 8 Dec 2023

Ronny Levitan is head of South Africa for Deel

Management & Leadership

Debunking myths about hybrid, remote, and traditional office-based workstyles

Ronny Levitan 9 Nov 2023

Digital

Take your brand beyond reality with AR

Issued by Hyphen Creatives 2 Nov 2023

Reviving the hospitality industry in a post-Covid digital world

Hospitality

Reviving the hospitality industry in a post-Covid digital world

Lerato Nako 27 Sep 2023

Image supplied. FP7McCann Dubai for its client the Testicular Cancer Society for its campaign Wall Street Balls is one of four 2023 Genius 100 Inspiration Award winners

Advertising

FP7McCann Dubai one of four 2023 Genius 100 Inspiration Award winners

11 Aug 2023

Source: Campaign Creators Even as we get used to remote and hybrid boardrooms and studios, nothing substitutes for in-person pitches writes Johanna McDowell, CEO of the Independent Agency Search & Selection Company (IAS) and Scopen partner

Marketing

Exclusive: The jury's in: Reality wins in visual versus virtual pitches

Johanna McDowell 26 Jun 2023

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Trends

6 trends shaping the future of work

Phumza Capa De Bruin 24 May 2023

Source © 23rf To take advantage of the metavers, you'll need to get past 5 myths

Digital

5 metaverse myths and 3 ways to reap value from the metaverse

Willie Schoeman and Sheetal Patel 19 May 2023

Bringing education to life with Extended Reality (XR)

E-learning

Bringing education to life with Extended Reality (XR)

Evan-Lee Courie 22 Mar 2023

How SA's cash-constrained consumers are shifting shopping habits to save on costs

Research

How SA's cash-constrained consumers are shifting shopping habits to save on costs

20 Feb 2023

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Trends

Tech convergence a disruptive trend for retail in 2023

10 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Cloud trends for 2023 in South Africa

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Cloud trends for 2023 in South Africa

Jonathan Oaker, Issued by CloudZA 9 Jan 2023

Managing director of Red & Yellow Creative School of Business Verusha Maharaj. Source: Supplied.

Youth Marketing

#BizTrends2023: Keeping youth interested in advertising key to industry success

Verusha Maharaj and Carmen Schaefer 9 Jan 2023

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Digital

Wunderman Thompson partners with The Sandbox to develop metaverse brand experiences

20 Dec 2022

How engineers can design the next 100 years with digital twins

Infrastructure & Utilities

How engineers can design the next 100 years with digital twins

Bonga Ntuli 19 Dec 2022

Nedbank Golf Challenge tees off in the metaverse

Digital

Nedbank Golf Challenge tees off in the metaverse

Issued by Mann Made 9 Nov 2022

Marketing

"It's Corn"

Issued by Ask Afrika 4 Nov 2022

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Art

Immersing Africa in the world of NFT art

Emily Stander 14 Oct 2022

#Loeries22: The rise of the metaverse and the question of ethics

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries22: The rise of the metaverse and the question of ethics

Karabo Ledwaba 5 Oct 2022

The metaverse reality check that businesses need

4th Industrial Revolution

The metaverse reality check that businesses need

Pankaj Bhula 9 Sep 2022

Image supplied. Celeste Williams, GM at Discovery says inspiring people to change their lifestyles in a meaningful way is incredibly rewarding

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Discovery's Celeste Williams - inspiring better lifestyles

Danette Breitenbach 24 Aug 2022

Mzansi's favourite radio station gets the nod for purpose and bravery in the metaverse

Radio & Audio

Mzansi's favourite radio station gets the nod for purpose and bravery in the metaverse

Issued by Jacaranda FM 25 Jul 2022

Source: © Techcabal South Africans are ready to hop on “the metaverse train?

Digital

Is SA ready for the metaverse train?

30 Jun 2022

The metaverse: Definition, history, and future

Digital

The metaverse: Definition, history, and future

Craig Hannabus, Issued by Rogerwilco 17 Jun 2022

The metaverse and the rise of homo virtualis

Digital

The metaverse and the rise of homo virtualis

Issued by Ebony+Ivory 8 Jun 2022

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Primary & Secondary Education

High schools go digital through Telkom Foundation's virtual classroom initiative

7 Jun 2022

Virtual land for mahala

Digital

Virtual land for mahala

Issued by Mann Made 23 May 2022

Kids these days

Marketing

Kids these days

Tasneem Cassim, Issued by Clockwork 17 May 2022

PR & Communications

It's all about the energy

Marie Yossava, Issued by Grapevine Communications 12 May 2022

Educational gaming: Why it's okay to let your kids play Minecraft

Primary & Secondary Education

Educational gaming: Why it's okay to let your kids play Minecraft

4 May 2022

Source: © hubspot For brands to be successful in the Metaverse they need the creative talent of advertising agencies coupled with the innovation of tech companies.

Digital

Happy Friday, Carver Media join forces to decode the metaverse

4 May 2022

Extending e-commerce to m-commerce and q-commerce: The ABCs of CX in 2022

CRM

Extending e-commerce to m-commerce and q-commerce: The ABCs of CX in 2022

Andrew Wiseman, Issued by Kantar 7 Apr 2022

Who will win at the 26th Annual Webby Awards?

Online Media

Who will win at the 26th Annual Webby Awards?

7 Apr 2022

PR in the metaverse: A virtual world with real opportunities?

PR & Communications

PR in the metaverse: A virtual world with real opportunities?

31 Mar 2022

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HR Tools & Software

How to digitally recreate company culture in a hybrid work environment

Andrew Bourne 28 Mar 2022