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#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa?
#BizTrends2023: What's next for payments in Africa? 
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#BizTrends2023: Retail's reality check

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16 Jan 2023

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#BizTrends2019: Social marketing, and true word (of mouth) power

  15 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Digital, data-driven biometrics
#BizTrends2019: Digital, data-driven biometrics

  15 Jan 2019

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

  14 Jan 2019

Alan Knott-Craig
#BizTrends2019: What's holding back the value of 4IR?

  14 Jan 2019

Godfrey Parkin, CEO of Britefire and of Angaza.
#BizTrends2019: Brand building must become more about customer experience

  14 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Social brands get even smarter with insightful strategy
#BizTrends2019: Social brands get even smarter with insightful strategy

  11 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Vertical video, Amazon muscle and integration in 2019
#BizTrends2019: Vertical video, Amazon muscle and integration in 2019

  11 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The rise of new broadcasting business models in Africa
#BizTrends2019: The rise of new broadcasting business models in Africa

  10 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Africa's new creative direction
#BizTrends2019: Africa's new creative direction

  10 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity
#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity

  9 Jan 2019

Global trendspotter, Marian Salzman.
#BizTrends2019: Top 12 trends for SA and the world

  8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The state we are in
#BizTrends2019: The state we are in

  7 Jan 2019

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

  7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Africa - The optimist's view
#BizTrends2019: Africa - The optimist's view

  7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The future of learning in relation to disruptive innovations
#BizTrends2019: The future of learning in relation to disruptive innovations

  7 Jan 2019

4 trends shaping the future of TV and entertainment
4 trends shaping the future of TV and entertainment

  31 Dec 2018

5 PR trends to look forward to in 2019
5 PR trends to look forward to in 2019

  31 Dec 2018

2019 Content trends
2019 Content trends

  13 Dec 2018

Agency Scope UK 2018/2019: Early insights, possible trends
Agency Scope UK 2018/2019: Early insights, possible trends

10 Dec 2018

#MarketingFridays: Tapping into the African consumer
#MarketingFridays: Tapping into the African consumer

12 Oct 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping, BRICS Summit, South Africa.
The next decade of BRICS

30 Jul 2018

How Africa can embrace an AI-enabled future
How Africa can embrace an AI-enabled future

  18 Jul 2018

'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor
'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor

  24 Apr 2018

The Soapbox Films team with Stein back-left.
VR and digital video storytelling as top marketing tools for 2018

  19 Apr 2018

Faithie © –
Why and how to add ephemeral content to your marketing strategy

  12 Apr 2018

#BizTrends2018: 18 trends for 2018
#BizTrends2018: 18 trends for 2018

  10 Apr 2018

Caroline Kende-Robb is chief advisor to Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, chair of the UK Education Commission.
These are the eight reasons why 2018 could be Africa's year

  27 Mar 2018

Consumer engagement today is shaped by technology
Consumer engagement today is shaped by technology

  15 Mar 2018

Pete Case, chief creative officer, Ogilvy & Mather South Africa.
#BizTrends2018: The transformation of the advertising space

  5 Feb 2018

#BizTrends2018: How to manoeuvre through 2018 and come out the other side
#BizTrends2018: How to manoeuvre through 2018 and come out the other side

  5 Feb 2018

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 10 Jan 2019

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#BizTrends2019: Africa's new creative direction

 10 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Business excellence in Africa relies on customer centricity
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 9 Jan 2019

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 8 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The state we are in
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 7 Jan 2019

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 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Africa - The optimist's view
#BizTrends2019: Africa - The optimist's view

 7 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: The future of learning in relation to disruptive innovations
#BizTrends2019: The future of learning in relation to disruptive innovations

 7 Jan 2019

4 trends shaping the future of TV and entertainment
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 31 Dec 2018

5 PR trends to look forward to in 2019
5 PR trends to look forward to in 2019

 31 Dec 2018

2019 Content trends
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 13 Dec 2018

Agency Scope UK 2018/2019: Early insights, possible trends
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10 Dec 2018

#MarketingFridays: Tapping into the African consumer
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12 Oct 2018

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How Africa can embrace an AI-enabled future
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 18 Jul 2018

'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor
'Africa Rising' is a global megatrend - Euromonitor

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 19 Apr 2018

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#BizTrends2018: 18 trends for 2018
#BizTrends2018: 18 trends for 2018

 10 Apr 2018

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 27 Mar 2018

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 5 Feb 2018

#BizTrends2018: How to manoeuvre through 2018 and come out the other side
#BizTrends2018: How to manoeuvre through 2018 and come out the other side

 5 Feb 2018

#BizTrends2018: It's not on top, it's inside
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 2 Feb 2018

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 29 Jan 2018

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#BizTrends2018: Talking to Africa in 2018

 22 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: The agencies of the future will be agile
#BizTrends2018: The agencies of the future will be agile

 22 Jan 2018

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 15 Jan 2018

#BizTrends2018: To survive, marketing must kill its darlings in 2018
#BizTrends2018: To survive, marketing must kill its darlings in 2018

 11 Jan 2018

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