Leslie Adams, Sales Director at Reach Africa, writes that advertisers are planning TV for a consumer that no longer exists. Audiences are moving freely between broadcast, streaming, online video and gaming on the same TV, yet advertisers are still playing catch-up up with their planning. Switch on the TV at home and you could end […]
Large language model (LLM) ChatGPT boasts that it has approximately 900-million weekly active users worldwide. If just one LLM, albeit the most popular, is boasting almost a billion users a week, it is hardly surprising that more people are starting to roll their eyes at the flood of AI-generated content everywhere. DUO Marketing + Communications […]
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 […]
Jacques Burger, CEO at The Up&Up Group, says as creative industry leaders, we like to believe we are in the business of rational persuasion. We talk about being data-led, insight-driven and optimised. We measure what works and we defend what we can prove. We build cases, not just campaigns. And yet, quietly, often uncomfortably, we […]
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, […]
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 […]
According to new data from consumer insights agency KLA using YouGov Profiles+ data, among South African internet users, 62% stream games and 61% download games. A further 49% actively play games online, placing gaming firmly alongside the most common internet activities. These are not fringe numbers, they reflect a mainstream shift in how South Africans […]
S’phindile Kabwe Garcer from Tribeca Public Relations says in 2026, we are moving into a space where ‘search’ as we know it, is dying. People aren’t clicking through 10 different websites to find an answer anymore, they’re just asking AI, and expect the first answer to be the right one. Whether it’s ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilotor […]
Laura Rapson, PR and Communications Lead at Stardust Global, says that in recent years, fractional executives have become a familiar part of the business landscape. Fractional CMOs, CFOs and CTOs offer senior strategic expertise without the overhead of full-time employment. Increasingly, a new kind of consultant is joining their ranks: the fractional communications leader. In […]
The continent is in the midst of a profound shift in how entertainment and media (E&M) is created, consumed and monetised. This is according to PwC’s latest Africa Entertainment and Media Outlook – Perspectives Report 2025–2029. The report reveals that Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa are not only outperforming global benchmarks but are also redefining the future of media through mobile-first [...]