The Lead Creative: Unpacking Cannes 2025 with Xolisa Dyeshana and Saf Sindhi

Dyeshana reflects on his role and experience as a jury president while also giving insights into the trends in the category. Sindhi gives insight into the KFC campaign Let there be cake for KFC 40th for KFC Thailand.

#CreativeCircle2025: South African audio needs to evolve | Xolisa Dyeshana's key takeaways

Danette Breitenbach  5 Aug 2025

Together with hosts Mongezi Mtati, also the founder of the podcast and Bizcommunity's marketing and media co-editor, Danette Breitenbach, they examine the importance of platforms like Cannes, and South Africa's performance at Cannes, as well as the trends of South Africans working abroad.

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

Danette Breitenbach  22 Jun 2025

About The Lead Creative

The podcast is hosted by The Lead Creative founder Mongezi Mtati, and Bizcommunity's marketing and media co-editor, Danette Breitenbach.

The Lead Creative podcast shares analysis, trends, and strategic brand intelligence through a series of conversations with great minds behind some of the leading brands, businesses, organisations and top ideas that we all love. From advertising thought leaders, forward-thinking brand leaders, innovative digital marketing minds, to content creators, the podcast delves into what makes the world engage with some of the top brands.

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