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Call for judges: Effie Awards South Africa 2025

Marketing

Call for judges: Effie Awards South Africa 2025

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Feb 2025

Lobengula powers Effie Awards South Africa to greater industry impact

PR & Communications

Lobengula powers Effie Awards South Africa to greater industry impact

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 11 Feb 2025

Applications open for 5th ACA Women in Leadership Programme

Education

Applications open for 5th ACA Women in Leadership Programme

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 10 Feb 2025

Pat Mahlangu is the CEO of Lerato Agency and Top 16 YOBA's. Source: Supplied

Marketing

#BizTrends2025: Pat Mahlangu - Trends end, focus on brand building

Pat Mahlangu 20 Jan 2025

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

Advertising

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

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2025

BrandMapp's Stuart Lowe passes away, industry pays tribute

Media

BrandMapp's Stuart Lowe passes away, industry pays tribute

Danette Breitenbach 31 Oct 2024

The winners were announced on Thursday night. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

Effie Awards SA: Halo and Pineapple's bold campaign claims Grand Effie, Ogilvy takes home 10 Effie Awards

25 Oct 2024

Nedbank's Khensani Nobanda was on stage. Source: Supplied.

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2024: Leading with heart, grit and gut

Karabo Ledwaba 27 Sep 2024

Reigniting the industry: The ACA’s bold path forward

Advertising

Reigniting the industry: The ACA’s bold path forward

Sharleen James, Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 19 Sep 2024

Effie SA holds thought-provoking dialogue on the effectiveness of influencer marketing

Social Media

Effie SA holds thought-provoking dialogue on the effectiveness of influencer marketing

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 10 Sep 2024

The best of marketing: 2024 Effie Awards finalists announced

Marketing

The best of marketing: 2024 Effie Awards finalists announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 15 Aug 2024

Effie joins Ascential’s Lions Division to amplify marketing and creative industries

Marketing

Effie joins Ascential’s Lions Division to amplify marketing and creative industries

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 13 Aug 2024

2024 Effie Awards South Africa Grand Jury announced

Advertising

2024 Effie Awards South Africa Grand Jury announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 12 Aug 2024

2024 Effie Awards South Africa judges announced

Events & Conferencing

2024 Effie Awards South Africa judges announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 3 Jul 2024

Effie South Africa extends 2024 deadline

Advertising

Effie South Africa extends 2024 deadline

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 5 Jun 2024

The ACA announces 2024/25 board of directors

PR & Communications

The ACA announces 2024/25 board of directors

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 31 May 2024

Source: © Effie Awards The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), with Ipsos, will host a webinar on 8 May 2024 to share key insights from the 2023 Effie South Africa Trends Report, and the Global Best of the Best Effie Awards

Advertising

Effie Awards SA and Ipsos webinar to share key insights on winning campaigns

30 Apr 2024

Applications open for fourth intake of the ACA Women in Leadership Programme

Events & Conferencing

Applications open for fourth intake of the ACA Women in Leadership Programme

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 23 Apr 2024

Effie Awards South Africa 2024 call for entries

Advertising

Effie Awards South Africa 2024 call for entries

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 19 Feb 2024

Advertising

ACA, Red & Yellow launch graduate programme

16 Feb 2024

Applications to judge Effie Awards 2024 announced

Digital

Applications to judge Effie Awards 2024 announced

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 16 Feb 2024

Source: Image from an by Kevan Aspoas, in 2012 on marketers understanding Africa

Advertising

Kevan Aspoas, The Jupiter Drawing Room co-founder and CEO passes away

15 Feb 2024

#Newsmaker: Gillian Rightford - Preparing the ACA for the future

Advertising

#Newsmaker: Gillian Rightford - Preparing the ACA for the future

Danette Breitenbach 12 Feb 2024

The ACA welcomes Gillian Rightford, ensuring smooth transition following former CEO's departure

Advertising

The ACA welcomes Gillian Rightford, ensuring smooth transition following former CEO's departure

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 29 Jan 2024

#BestofBiz 2023, Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Marketing & Media site over the past year

Marketing & Media

#BestofBiz 2023: Marketing & Media

19 Dec 2023

Birdwatching at the Loeries: E1 State of the Nation

Loeries Creative Week

Birdwatching at the Loeries: E1 State of the Nation

3 Oct 2023

3 steps for effective account leadership

Marketing & Media

3 steps for effective account leadership

Gillian Rightford, Issued by Red & Yellow 10 Aug 2023

Recognising remarkable results: Introducing the 2023 Effie Awards Jury

Marketing

Recognising remarkable results: Introducing the 2023 Effie Awards Jury

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 11 Jul 2023

#BizTrends2023: More heart - a micro trend that will make a mega difference

Advertising

#BizTrends2023: More heart - a micro trend that will make a mega difference

Gillian Rightford 9 Jan 2023

Image supplied. 2022 AdFocus chair Faheem Chaudhry (right) with 2020/21 AdFocus jury chair, Tumi Rabanye (centre) and Rob Rose, FM editor (left)

Marketing & Media

FM AdFocus Awards announce 2022 jury, extend deadline

26 Aug 2022

Source: © rawpixel The School of Thought, an online community for the marketing and advertising community that focuses on knowledge sharing and talent/skills building, launched recently

Education

New online community resource for the advertising and marketing industry

Danette Breitenbach 26 Jul 2022

Tumi Rabanye, 2021 FM AdFocus Jury Chairperson

Marketing & Media

Jury members announced for 2021 FM AdFocus Awards

6 Sep 2021

Source: Instagram

IMC Conference

#NedbankIMC2021: Spoofy octopus, the diversity jungle and being true to yourself

Nicci Botha 30 Jul 2021

RIP Brian Searle-Tripp

Advertising

RIP Brian Searle-Tripp

6 Oct 2020

Gillian Rightford, Adtherapist and business/strategy lead at SoloUnion.

Trends

#BizTrends2020: Creativity's tipping point in business

Gillian Rightford 20 Jan 2020

#StartupStory: How SoloUnion SA's plugging the senior-level agency brain drain

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: How SoloUnion SA's plugging the senior-level agency brain drain

Leigh Andrews 5 Sep 2019

Controversial trends and tough questions to be asked at the 2019 Nedbank IMC Conference as marketing gets nak*d

Marketing

Controversial trends and tough questions to be asked at the 2019 Nedbank IMC Conference as marketing gets nak*d

Issued by IMC Conference 19 Feb 2019

Asking the right questions means that you answer the right question

Marketing

Asking the right questions means that you answer the right question

Gillian Rightford 29 Jan 2019

Rightford captions this selfie: “Just take the pic already!"

Behind the Selfie

#BehindtheSelfie with... Gillian Rightford

Leigh Andrews 23 Jan 2019

20 top industry experts. One day. One stream. TED talk-style

Marketing

20 top industry experts. One day. One stream. TED talk-style

Issued by IMC Conference 20 Nov 2018

Screen grabs from the ad.

Advertising

#OrchidsandOnions: Mahindra's tongue-in-cheek challenge to the bakkie big boys, and Mediclinic's marketing is sick

Brendan Seery 7 Nov 2018

Cover image of Youth Report (2018). UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing & Instant Grass International.

Research

#YouthReport2018: Who are those 'SA millennials' you're marketing to?

Leigh Andrews 6 Sep 2018

#BizTrends2018: It's not on top, it's inside

Trends

#BizTrends2018: It's not on top, it's inside

Gillian Rightford 2 Feb 2018

The Rightfords - Gillian with father-in-law, Bob.

Advertising

Honouring Bob Rightford: 10 lessons for agencies and marketers

Gillian Rightford 24 Jan 2018

Mokgatswane, Luckin and Rightford.

Marketing

#IMC2017: Creatives on effective storytelling

Leigh Andrews 1 Jun 2017

Creative, tech and insights at the IMC Conference

Marketing

Creative, tech and insights at the IMC Conference

Issued by IMC Conference 19 May 2017

[BizTrends 2016] 16 trends for 2016

Top Trends

[BizTrends 2016] 16 trends for 2016

Louise Marsland 16 Feb 2016

Marketing

Bad marketing decisions cost South Africa billions every year

Chris Moerdyk 11 Feb 2016

#BizTrends2016: Integrate, collaborate, flatten and rebuild

Marketing

#BizTrends2016: Integrate, collaborate, flatten and rebuild

Gillian Rightford 22 Jan 2016

Branding

Brand Council South Africa presents insights on branding

15 Oct 2015