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Mark Tomlinson, group managing director Hellocomputer.

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Mimi Kalinda, group CEO and co-founder of Africommunications Group.

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#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer

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Peter Khoury, Creative Circle chairperson and CCO of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg.

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Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect.

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#BizTrends2019: Selling to the other 98% - the move to physical retail

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#BizTrends2019: Brands with purpose will change South Africa for the better

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Auryn Hiscock and Mikhaila Hunter, executive creative director and strategic relationships & marketing manager at Fort respectively.

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#BizTrends2019: Africa's consumers - connected, in control, and hungry for convenience

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Yatish Narsi 22 Jan 2019

Lamin Momodou Manneh, director, UNDP Regional Service Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Mark Tomlinson, group managing director Hellocomputer.

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Mimi Kalinda, group CEO and co-founder of Africommunications Group.

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#BizTrends2019: Shopping the future, right now

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#BizTrends2019: Top mobile trends for the 2019 consumer

Lynette Hundermark 17 Jan 2019

Andy Hadfield, CEO, forgood.co.za

#BizTrends2019: Quick hit trends and the problem with competing giving behaviours

Andy Hadfield 17 Jan 2019

Peter Khoury, Creative Circle chairperson and CCO of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg.

#BizTrends2019: The rise of live communications and branded everything

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Kalliebree Keynerd, head of social media at Joe Public Connect.

#BizTrends2019: From disappearing acts to dark social and digital wellness

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#BizTrends2019: Selling to the other 98% - the move to physical retail

#BizTrends2019: Selling to the other 98% - the move to physical retail

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#BizTrends2019: Brands with purpose will change South Africa for the better

#BizTrends2019: Brands with purpose will change South Africa for the better

Michael Baretta 16 Jan 2019

Euromonitor's top 10 global consumer trends for 2019

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Auryn Hiscock and Mikhaila Hunter, executive creative director and strategic relationships & marketing manager at Fort respectively.

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#BizTrends2019: Digital, data-driven biometrics

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#BizTrends2019: Africa's consumers - connected, in control, and hungry for convenience

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Global trendspotter, Marian Salzman.

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#BizTrends2019: A new golden age of OOH media in Africa

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#BizTrends2019: 4 Tech trends to watch for in 2019

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#BizTrends2019: Africa - The optimist's view

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