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This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on brands in a future where digital wallets are a gamechanger as the technologies of digital identity, crypto/blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) converge.

Born in 1994, Gen Z are the born free generation and they are redefining the world from work to play, opening challenges and opportunities that brands need to understand they want to stay relevant and thrive in the Gen Z world.

This episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on agentic AI and how it is revolutionising business, especially on the continent.

The second episode of RAPT BizTrendsTV focuses on the informal economy, a key growth trend reshaping South Africa’s and Africa's economies. Often referred to as the grey economy, it is brimming with potential.

Afro-optimism, or more specifically, the African growth mindset is a greater sense of optimism that, despite challenges such as electricity and water that the continent faces, is in stark contrast to a growing Western degrowth mindset of pessimism about the future, and Africa.

“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.

At the recent Effies SA, hosted by the Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA), the Grand Effie was awarded to Halo, for its campaign for its client, Pineapple.

Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 1 focuses on that five percent difference, with special guests Wayne Naidoo, CEO of the Duke Group, Marc Algranti from Algranti Music and Nkanyezi Masango, chief creative officer from Dentsu Creative.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with future thinker and Flux Trends partner, Bronwyn Williams.

This exclusive #BizTrends2024 interview is with Ndeye Diagne, the managing director West, East and Central Africa at Kantar.

Professor Beatrys Lacquet, the director and head of Wits Plus, talks about the role of short courses in aligning the needs of business as well as the importance of language proficiency to complement evolving and new job roles.

In this week's episode, Let's Talk Digital host Audrey Naidoo chats to Caitlin Gevers, marketing manager and Craige Dixon, sales and partnership manager, both from Jellyfish, on the topic of 'Why in-housing is the future of digital marketing'.

Watch and listen to Alistair King, CCO and founder King James Group one-on-one with Sydney Mbhele, chief executive brand, Sanlam Group, on their recent campaign which brought home gold for The Olympian. The campaign was a groundbreaking creative solution that allowed SA gymnast Caitlin Rooskrantz to be the only athlete the world saw go through her routine in 2020 at the exact time she would have performed at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Hosted by Rutendo Nyamuda, the discussion touches on topics such as the role of the communications industry and confident brands to be the storytellers and economic drivers behind greater inclusivity in the creative and other sectors - this being the third of our 6-part series of discussions around the value of diversity and inclusion in the SA ad industry - made possible by the ACA....