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Brandtech+ has partnered with SA creative schools to prepare talent for an AI-first industry (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Preparing students for an AI-first industry

2 days

99c has developed more than 40 AI agents to tackle many of the common, time-consuming challenges of modern agency delivery (Image source: © 123rf )

Artificial Intelligence

Agency builds AI capabilities that enhance client delivery

15 Oct 2026

A real creative doesn’t fear new tools, like AI; they use them to their advantage, says Elizma Keyter, art director, Retroviral (Image supplied)

Advertising

From the big idea to pitch: How AI is changing the way we sell campaigns

Elizma Keyter 15 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Lwazi Nene, new Loeries Youth Committee Chair: Tapping into African creativity

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Lwazi Nene, new Loeries Youth Committee Chair: Tapping into African creativity

Danette Breitenbach 1 day

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The Loeries a great stage for SAT

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The Loeries a great stage for SAT

Danette Breitenbach 14 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is now, AI is now!

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is now, AI is now!

Danette Breitenbach 14 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Passionate and purposeful for breast cancer

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Passionate and purposeful for breast cancer

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Good advertising through creativity

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Good advertising through creativity

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | How technology and creativity can be bedfellows

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | How technology and creativity can be bedfellows

Danette Breitenbach 13 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Marketing is so boring... the future of music media

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Marketing is so boring... the future of music media

Danette Breitenbach 12 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Vaseline Mntana ka Gogo: A nearly missed idea to a global sensation

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Vaseline Mntana ka Gogo: A nearly missed idea to a global sensation

12 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | New Loeries chair Carl Willoughby on the yin and yang of the industry

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | New Loeries chair Carl Willoughby on the yin and yang of the industry

Danette Breitenbach 12 Oct 2026

Joe Public was crowned Independent Agency and Agency of the Year at Loeries (Image source: @ Loeries

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | Joe Public takes top honours

10 Oct 2026

The first Loerie Awards were awarded last night, 8 October (Image @ Loeries

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | All the winners from night 1

9 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | SAB's Vaughan Croeser named Marketer of the Year

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | SAB's Vaughan Croeser named Marketer of the Year

Danette Breitenbach 9 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Film strong as effectiveness gains ground

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Film strong as effectiveness gains ground

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | A high standard for print and design

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | A high standard for print and design

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is in good hands

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | The future is in good hands

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Kenya's rise on the creative stage

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Kenya's rise on the creative stage

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Open Chair flies high at Creative Week

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Open Chair flies high at Creative Week

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Loeries CEO Preetesh Sewraj on the real value of the Awards

Loeries Creative Week

VML Birdwatching at the Loeries | Loeries CEO Preetesh Sewraj on the real value of the Awards

Danette Breitenbach 8 Oct 2026

Preetesh Sawraj, Loeries CEO, welcomes jury presidents and members, and industry leaders to the Mayor's Brunch (Image: @ Danette Breitenbach, Bizcommunity)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | Embrace the Madness, find the courage

Danette Breitenbach 7 Oct 2026

(Left) Dominique Baxewanos, creative director at VML South Africa, and her colleague senior conceptual art director (right) Hanro Manefeldt worked on a Loeries finalist breast cancer awareness campaign for Dove, and share how it brought a sense of purpose to their careers (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2026 | The Dove Real TLC campaign: Not a pdf, but a life-saving impact

5 Oct 2026

The iPendoring Awards finalists have been announced. Pictured: Promise: Pendoring 2024 Umpetha winners )

Pendoring

All the iPendoring 2026 finalists

2 Oct 2026

Bird Watching at the Loeries, the official podcast of Loeries Creative Week, a collaborative partnership between VML South Africa and Bizcommunity, is back for the 3rd year (Image @ Bizcommunity)

Loeries Creative Week

Bird Watching at the Loeries: More big names, big ideas and big creative conversations

30 Sep 2026

Winners announced for the 2026 WesBank New Generation Awards

Digital

Winners announced for the 2026 WesBank New Generation Awards

Issued by WesBank New Generation Awards 29 Sep 2026

Image supplied.

Trends

AI may change how we shop, but it hasn’t changed what we value

21 Sep 2026

Warc has released the 5th edition of Warc Rankings analysis linking creativity and effectiveness in The health of creativity 2026 (Image supplied)

Advertising

Why award-winning creative ideas double campaign impact

18 Sep 2026

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Digital

WesBank New Generation Awards announces 2026 finalists

Issued by WesBank New Generation Awards 1 Sep 2026

The Clio Awards rankings are out now. Source: Clio Awards.

Advertising

South African ad talent earns top spots in Clio Africa & ME rankings

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Aug 2026

In a first, the Best Digital agency Award at Bookmarks was shared between two agencies: Accenture Song (pictured) and Ogilvy (Image: @Bizcommunity)

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2026 | It's a first! Best Digital Agency awarded to two agencies

14 Aug 2026

The 2026 South African Cannes Young Lions reflect on their. Cannes experience (Image supplied)

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | SA Young Lions: The opportunity to learn and grow

14 Aug 2026

Lebogang Mashangoane, account director at Riverbed PR says PR’s Golden Age will belong to those who understand people (Image supplied)

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | PR’s Golden Age will belong to those who understand people, not just platforms

Lebogang Mashangoane 31 Jul 2026

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2026 finalists

Effie Awards

Effie Awards South Africa announces 2026 finalists

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 30 Jul 2026

Bafana Bafana's send-off at Standard Bank's headquarters in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on 27 May 2026 (Image supplied)

Sponsorship

A sports sponsorship evolution... from a logo to being part of the conversation

Dominique Baxewanos, Chabi Setsubi and Kavish Harisanker 30 Jul 2026

5 Middle East & Africa creatives are on the ADC Young Guns 24 jury (Image supplied)

Advertising

5 Middle East & Africa creatives on ADC Young Guns 24 jury

28 Jul 2026

The Interactive Advertising Bureau South Africa (IAB SA) has announced the finalists for the 2026 Bookmark Awards (Image supplied)

Digital

#Bookmarks2026 | All the IAB South Africa 2026 Bookmark Awards finalists

17 Jul 2026

#WPRD2026 | Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantage

World PR Day

#WPRD2026 | Human connection is the ultimate competitive advantage

Kisha Reader-Bain 7 Jul 2026

Nhlanhla Ngcobo (left) and Theo Ferreira (right) have been promoted to group executive creative directors at VML (Images supplied, Image composite by Lesley Svenson @ Bizcommunity)

Advertising

VML promotes Cannes-winning ECDs

29 Jun 2026

The Partnership Agency celebrate on stage at Cannes Lions 2026. Source: LinkedIn.

Cannes Lions

#CannesLions | Africa’s winning roundup

Karabo Ledwaba 29 Jun 2026

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Heineken is Creative Brand of the Year

28 Jun 2026

Publicis Africa has won a Bronze Lion under strategy. Source: YouTube.

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Kenya’s The Partnership Agency wins Bronze Lion

Karabo Ledwaba 26 Jun 2026

AI is accelerating almost everything in B2B marketing, except the one thing that actually matters: the decision, says Nicky Turnbull, strategy director at VML South Africa (Image source: © 123rf )

Marketing

B2B marketing: You don’t win deals where you think you do

Nicky Turnbull 26 Jun 2026

#Cannes2026 | Silver for Mtana ka Gogo leads SA's latest wins

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Silver for Mtana ka Gogo leads SA's latest wins

Karabo Ledwaba 25 Jun 2026

Several South African agencies have been shortlisted at Cannes Lions (Image source: @ Media Marketing )

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2026 | Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix leads SA shortlist

Danette Breitenbach 23 Jun 2026

The latest TVC from Ford Everest:Lose Yourself, Find Yourself campaign will flight for the first time on 23 June across national TV and YouTube (Image supplied)

Advertising

#BehindtheCampaign | Preview of Ford Everest's TVC: Lose Yourself, Find Yourself

Danette Breitenbach 22 Jun 2026

#BehindtheIMC | VML’s Jarred Cinman: Caring is the industry’s real superpower

IMC Conference

#BehindtheIMC | VML’s Jarred Cinman: Caring is the industry’s real superpower

19 Jun 2026

Gerety Awards 2026 Shortlist has been announced. Source: Supplied.

Advertising

3 South African campaigns in Gerety craft CUT — Will local agencies win gold?

17 Jun 2026