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#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Vodacom’s Andisa Ntsubane – The anatomy of winning brands in 2025Andisa Ntsubane

#BizTrends2025: 7 steps to riding the next tech PR industry wave

#BizTrends2025: 7 steps to riding the next tech PR industry waveRonelle Bester

Michelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele, Nortons Inc

#BizTrends2025: The fight against corruption in South AfricaMichelle Rawlinson and Melissa Steele

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in Africa

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - what lies ahead for low-cost air travel in AfricaKirby Gordon

Dr Manessah Alagbaoso, the Head: Business Ecosystems and Sustainability for the Standard Bank Group Business and Commercial Banking Unit

#BizTrends2025: Mainstreaming sustainabilityDr Manessah Alagbaoso

El Broide, managing director at The Platinum Club, explains why data-driven insights and creativity will shape the future of PR(Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: The Platinum Club’s El Broide on why data-driven insights and creativity will shape the future of PREl Broide

Phillipa Geard, founder and CEO of RecruitMyMom and its sister platform, RecruitAGraduate.

#BizTrends2025: 7 trends impacting the HR and recruitment sector in 2025 and beyondPhillipa Geard

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable future

#BizTrends2025: Adapting agriculture - key trends and strategies for a sustainable futureBrendan Jacobs

Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right placeAdelaide Tshabalala

Orange Ink's Portia Mvubu examines the shift in influencer marketing from popularity to genuine influence, referred to as “social opinion leadership" by some brands (image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Orange Ink's Portia Mvubu - Redefining influence, from popularity to leadership and other influencer marketing trendsPortia Mvubu

Ashley du Plooy, Chief Executive Officer at ERA

#BizTrends2025: Why 2025 looks green for SAAshley du Plooy

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyond

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends that will transform the forensics and compliance sector in 2025 and beyondZaakir Mohamed and Mawande Ntontela

Abigail Buckley, digital business director at Joe Public, examines the impact on digital marketing when it comes to AI (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Joe Public’s Abigail Buckley - AI's impact on digital marketingAbigail Buckley

#BizTrends2025: Why employer branding will matter more than ever in 2025Celeste Sirin

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

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

Peter Andrew, CEO, CCI South Africa

#BizTrends2025: BPO industry ready for transformationPeter Andrew

Source: Supplied. Jeff Ryan, managing director for AWCape, now a member of TydeCo.

#BizTrends2025: Navigating the future of financial managementJeff Ryan

#BizTrends2025: A vision for the future – transforming transport education and shaping the logistics economy

#BizTrends2025: A vision for the future – transforming transport education and shaping the logistics economyMaphefo Anno-Frempong

Caroline van der Merwe, co-founder & chief product officer, Jem HR

#BizTrends2025: AI-assisted HR - fast-forward to business valueCaroline van der Merwe

Source: Supplied. Privesan Naidoo, Executive: Trading Product VP (card and payments) at Nedbank.

#BizTrends2025: The evolution and future of payments and e-commerce in South AfricaPrivesan Naidoo

Joon Chong, Partner, Webber Wentzel

#BizTrends2025: Tax bill proposal - benefits of offering ADR at an earlier stageJoon Chong

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscapeLula

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logisticsAmadou Diallo

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

#BizTrends2025: African employment law trends - employee rights and well-being, workplace and technology evolutionChloë Loubser

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025Ravi Nadasen

Dr Chris Blair, CEO of 21st Century

#BizTrends2025: Salary trends shaping the remuneration revolutionChris Blair

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovationChristy Tawii

El Broide, managing director at The Platinum Club, explains why data-driven insights and creativity will shape the future of PR(Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: The Platinum Club’s El Broide on why data-driven insights and creativity will shape the future of PR

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Adelaide Tshabalala is chief digital officer at Nerdware. Source: Supplied.

#BizTrends2025: GeoSpatial targeting - capturing the right moment, not just the right place

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#BizTrends2025: Rirhandzu Shingwenyana's 3 social media trends influencing marketing in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rirhandzu Shingwenyana's 3 social media trends influencing marketing in 2025

Rirhandzu Shingwenyana 15 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Jonathan Sinden, chief operations officer at Liberty Two Degrees.

#BizTrends2025: How collaboration between retailers and landlords is shaping customers’ experiences

Jonathan Sinden 14 Jan 2025

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

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

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2025

Kate Stubbs, Marketing Director at Interwaste

#BizTrends2025: Turning waste into wealth - SA’s ESG roadmap for 2025

Kate Stubbs 14 Jan 2025

Yuneal Padayachy, Chief Support Officer at The BEE Chamber

#BizTrends2025: Anticipating B-BBEE transformation in South Africa in 2025

Yuneal Padayachy 14 Jan 2025

Joon Chong, Partner, Webber Wentzel

#BizTrends2025: Tax bill proposal - benefits of offering ADR at an earlier stage

Joon Chong 14 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Madelein O’Connell, Executive: Marketing, Sales and Corporate Relations at Bestmed Medical Scheme

#BizTrends2025: The role of medical schemes in preventative healthcare and wellness trends

Madelein O'Connell 13 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Anton Keet, head of Risk Service at 1Life Insurance.

#BizTrends2025: Enhanced digital enablement – the future of long-term insurance in South Africa

Anton Keet 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

Lula 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Justin Thom, director of Galetti Corporate Real Estate.

#BizTrends2025: Top trends shaping industrial leasing in 2025

Justin Thom 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Joe Public Engage's Mandlakazi Mpahlwa highlights 3 factors driving PR

#BizTrends2025: Joe Public Engage's Mandlakazi Mpahlwa highlights 3 factors driving PR

13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Amadou Diallo 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

Alan Browde 13 Jan 2025

President and CEO of Scopen, Cesar Vacchiano examines the trends shaping marketing in 2025 (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Scopen's Cesar Vacchiano - The trends shaping marketing in 2025

Cesar Vacchiano 13 Jan 2025

Nosiyabonga Mongane the first black woman to serve as the President of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession

#BizTrends2025: The future of quantity surveying is all about AI and budgets

Nosiyabonga Mongane 13 Jan 2025

Jon Kornik is CEO of Plentify

#BizTrends2025: How geysers can pave the way for a solar energy boom

Jon Kornik 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

Ravi Nadasen 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

Source: © CIO SA Vincent Maher, True I/O CEO and the leader of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium looks at the five trends driving the reshaping of marketing through AI

#BizTrends2025:True I/O's Vincent Maher - 5 AI trends shaping marketing in 2025

Vincent Maher 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Christy Tawii 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Key trends for local SMEs and entrepreneurs in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Key trends for local SMEs and entrepreneurs in 2025

Miguel da Silva 13 Jan 2025

Dr Chris Blair, CEO of 21st Century

#BizTrends2025: Salary trends shaping the remuneration revolution

Chris Blair 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top automotive trends for 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top automotive trends for 2025

Felipe Yagi 13 Jan 2025

Gerhard Swart is chief technology officer at Performanta

#BizTrends2025: Finding cybersecurity's place in the world

Gerhard Swart 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

Feryal Domingo, acting executive director, Inyathelo

#BizTrends2025: New challenges, new opportunities for nonprofits

Feryal Domingo 13 Jan 2025

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

#BizTrends2025: African employment law trends - employee rights and well-being, workplace and technology evolution

Chloë Loubser 13 Jan 2025

6 key trends shaping digital marketing in SA in 2025

6 key trends shaping digital marketing in SA in 2025

TDMC 8 Jan 2025

Human8 unveils 2025 'What Matters' trend report

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

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

Gillian Rightford 14 Jan 2025

Yuneal Padayachy, Chief Support Officer at The BEE Chamber

#BizTrends2025: Anticipating B-BBEE transformation in South Africa in 2025

Yuneal Padayachy 14 Jan 2025

Joon Chong, Partner, Webber Wentzel

#BizTrends2025: Tax bill proposal - benefits of offering ADR at an earlier stage

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Source: Supplied. Madelein O’Connell, Executive: Marketing, Sales and Corporate Relations at Bestmed Medical Scheme

#BizTrends2025: The role of medical schemes in preventative healthcare and wellness trends

Madelein O'Connell 13 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Anton Keet, head of Risk Service at 1Life Insurance.

#BizTrends2025: Enhanced digital enablement – the future of long-term insurance in South Africa

Anton Keet 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

#BizTrends2025: Top trends set to define SA's business landscape

Lula 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Rapt Creative's Melanie Campbell - Advertising in 2025

Melanie Campbell, RAPT Creative Agency 13 Jan 2025

Source: Supplied. Justin Thom, director of Galetti Corporate Real Estate.

#BizTrends2025: Top trends shaping industrial leasing in 2025

Justin Thom 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Joe Public Engage's Mandlakazi Mpahlwa highlights 3 factors driving PR

#BizTrends2025: Joe Public Engage's Mandlakazi Mpahlwa highlights 3 factors driving PR

13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

#BizTrends2025: Unleashing Africa’s economic potential through transformative logistics

Amadou Diallo 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

#BizTrends2025: Curating the future - the transformation of food security in South Africa

Alan Browde 13 Jan 2025

President and CEO of Scopen, Cesar Vacchiano examines the trends shaping marketing in 2025 (Image supplied)

#BizTrends2025: Scopen's Cesar Vacchiano - The trends shaping marketing in 2025

Cesar Vacchiano 13 Jan 2025

Nosiyabonga Mongane the first black woman to serve as the President of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession

#BizTrends2025: The future of quantity surveying is all about AI and budgets

Nosiyabonga Mongane 13 Jan 2025

Jon Kornik is CEO of Plentify

#BizTrends2025: How geysers can pave the way for a solar energy boom

Jon Kornik 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

#BizTrends2025: South Africa’s cannabis market: preventing misuse or missed opportunities

Christopher John Day 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top automotive trends for 2025

#BizTrends2025: Top automotive trends for 2025

Felipe Yagi 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Key trends for local SMEs and entrepreneurs in 2025

#BizTrends2025: Key trends for local SMEs and entrepreneurs in 2025

Miguel da Silva 13 Jan 2025

Gerhard Swart is chief technology officer at Performanta

#BizTrends2025: Finding cybersecurity's place in the world

Gerhard Swart 13 Jan 2025

Source: © CIO SA Vincent Maher, True I/O CEO and the leader of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium looks at the five trends driving the reshaping of marketing through AI

#BizTrends2025:True I/O's Vincent Maher - 5 AI trends shaping marketing in 2025

Vincent Maher 13 Jan 2025

Dr Chris Blair, CEO of 21st Century

#BizTrends2025: Salary trends shaping the remuneration revolution

Chris Blair 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

#BizTrends2025: The future of tourism - transformative trends driving growth, sustainability, and innovation

Christy Tawii 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

#BizTrends2025: 5 trends shaping education in 2025

Ravi Nadasen 13 Jan 2025

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

#BizTrends2025: Digicape - Making marketing’s future smarter than ever before

Digicape 13 Jan 2025

Feryal Domingo, acting executive director, Inyathelo

#BizTrends2025: New challenges, new opportunities for nonprofits

Feryal Domingo 13 Jan 2025

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

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6 key trends shaping digital marketing in SA in 2025

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Human8 unveils 2025 'What Matters' trend report

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Source: © 123rf People are increasingly seeking depth, authenticity, and sensory richness in their experiences, aiming to engage with the world in meaningful ways. this is one of five macro trends identified by the Accenture Life Trends 2025 report

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Thriving world of esports: Trending games, top countries and prize money

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Source: © 123rf Social media is the largest channel worldwide for advertising investment according to Warc Media’s latest forecast, Global Ad Trends

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Source: Dilip Naran, vice president, product architecture, CompuGroup Medical South Africa.

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#BizTrends: James Cloete - Marketing trends: Lessons from Bill Bernbach, Nelly the Elephant & others

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