Kaya 959 is a leading Gauteng commercial radio station, connecting an influential audience through premium music, business, news, current affairs, culture and lifestyle programming. It has been announced as the exclusive radio partner of Africa’s Biggest Marketing Conference™, the Nedbank IMC 2026, marking a strategic partnership that will take the country’s most influential conversations on […]
The theme of the 2026 Nedbank IMC is ‘Shift Happens™’. Media partner Modern Marketing interviewed Khensani Nobanda, Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Nedbank, about the shifts needed in marketing leadership, brand connection and more. The shift to more valuable partnerships. What needs to change in the relationship between brands and their agencies to ensure […]
The rise of vibe coding has all the hallmarks of a technology gold rush. Adolf Lategan, CTO, Rogerwilco, says businesses should favour good architecture over good vibes, and discusses what the latest Drupal Advisory teaches us about building for the long-term. With AI tools now capable of generating websites and applications from a simple prompt, […]
Studies in psychology and consumer behaviour consistently tell us that emotionally charged experiences are remembered vividly. Purely functional ones? Vicki Scheffel, Founder and Creative Director of GeSkenk, doubts many of us can even recall one of them, which honestly should concern more businesses than it currently does. Why? Because companies are spending significant amounts of […]
Leslie Adams, Sales Director at Reach Africa, says Connected TV (CTV) receives just 7% of total media budgets, despite delivering a knockout punch on returns (30% higher ROI according to Analytics Partners). The question worth asking is why, because CTV is not new anymore, and the evidence is strong. Audiences have already made the move, […]
Xoliswa Mkize, Senior Client Success Manager at Humanz, says working on fintech influencer campaigns across Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, and Zambia has reinforced a simple but critical lesson: influencer marketing across African markets does not scale through duplication, it scales through precision. Pan-African marketing strategies are often built on the assumption that Africa can be […]
The agency-client relationship is undergoing a radical transformation in 2026. The days of ‘creative for creative’s sake’ have officially been replaced by a demand for uncompromising accountability. With every cent of marketing spend under scrutiny, the definition of ‘value’ has shifted from the volume of output to the velocity of impact. According to Neill Robertson, […]
Nombulelo Ntakakazi, Marketing Academic and Lecturer at Milpark Education, discusses responsible marketing’s role in a marketplace where confidence must be earned. There is no doubt that consumer trust is evolving. Shoppers are willing to spend 51% more with retailers they trust compared to those they do not, but that trust is fragile. In fact, building trust requires an […]
The IMM Institute will host its annual Gala Dinner on 8 May 2026, recognising outstanding achievement across marketing, supply chain management and business leadership at the prestigious IMM Institute Excellence Awards. Modern Marketing is a proud media partner. The evening, hosted in partnership with Kwikot, will honour exceptional individuals and organisations that have demonstrated excellence […]
The WesBank New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards, South Africa’s premier independent and performance-based digital accolades, have become the definitive benchmark for digital excellence in the South African corporate and agency sectors. The WesBank New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards is proud to announce the opening of early-bird entries for its landmark 14th […]