Leading out of home (OOH) media owner Tractor Outdoor has introduced a new premium cladding design for its digital billboards, bringing a sleek, standardised aesthetic to its roadside network while ensuring advertisers enjoy greater visibility and brand safety.

NielsenIQ (NIQ) South Africa has released its State of the Retail Nation analysis for the first half of 2025, showing healthy increases in retail sales value and volume. SA consumers spent just over R324.4bn on fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) through traditional and modern trade channels during the first six months of the year. This represents year-over-year value growth of 7.4%, with unit sales also increasing by 7.2%.

South Africa’s Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) recorded another decline for the third quarter of the year, driven by tanking sentiment among the country’s middle class.

David Mignot was recently announced as CEO of Canal+ Africa, which has assumed control over MultiChoice Group after clearing all regulatory conditions for its takeover. The Frenchman is a seasoned media and telecoms executive and has notched significant achievements leading Canal+ in its predominantly Francophone African markets.