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Effie Awards South Africa has announced the senior panel of industry leaders who will serve on the 2026 Grand Jury, tasked with adjudicating the programme’s highest honour, the coveted Grand Effie.

From AI’s growing influence on search and SEO to consumer-owned brand narratives and the enduring power of live TV, the latest dentsu Africa Digital Digest explores the trends reshaping platforms, culture and commerce across the continent.

Mozambique demonstrates a paradox that many business leaders overlook: the greater the operating constraint, the more valuable local knowledge becomes.

Exploring how brands can build meaningful connections with African audiences through deeper understanding, listening and authentic localisation.

It is tempting to treat governance as the brake on the car, the boring compliance step that slows everyone down. That framing is wrong and dangerous.

Why the biggest opportunity in gaming is not simply being seen, but giving players something they actually want to engage with.

AI is reshaping the future of work at extraordinary speed. If women aren't equally represented in building it, we risk carrying yesterday's inequalities into tomorrow's workplace.

Accenture Song South Africa has capped a standout awards season by being named Best Digital Agency at the 2026 IAB Bookmark Awards, adding to a year of local and international recognition for its creative, technology and design-led work.

Volume is the easiest thing in the world to measure and the least useful thing to celebrate. The boardroom loves it precisely because it is big and simple. It tells you almost nothing about whether the work is any good or whether the investment paid off.

The Mark Awards celebrates the people, work and organisations shaping South Africa’s marketing, advertising, design, media and communications industries.

With the appointment of Albert De Andrade and Lerato Moleko, Penquin supercharges its creative and strategic energy.

Managing Director, Mandy Davis reflects on an unconventional career journey and the lessons in resilience, growth and leadership she hopes will inspire women this Women's Month.