Unemployment climbs to 32.9% in 2025 Q1
The number of persons employed in the formal sector decreased by 245,000 in Q1: 2025, and the informal sector employment increased by 17,000 over the same period.
2025
Ogilvy SA top African agency in the Warc Effectiveness Awards 2025 shortlist
Ogilvy South Africa is the top African agency named in the The Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2025 shortlist with four of the six African campaigns.
Gagasi FM nominated for Best Radio Station at the 2025 Urban Music Awards South Africa
Gagasi FM is proud to announce its nomination for Best Radio Station (South Africa) at the prestigious Urban Music Awards 2025 (UMA).
The World’s 50 Most Valuable Brands in 2025
The value of brands, together with other intangible assets such as intellectual property and research and development (R&D), stands at all-time highs of $80 trillion globally.
WARC Rankings 2025: Media 100 revealed
PHD Costa Rica for Nosotras Women Connecting was the most awarded campaign for media in 2024, while Mediaplus Munich topped the agency rankings, Mindshare Worldwide and Serviceplan were the top networks, WPP led the holdcos, and Dove and Unilever were the leading brand and advertiser in the WARC Media 100 – here’s what you need to know.
2025 Effie Awards: Entry dates announced
Entries will be accepted from 3 April to 28 May 2025. How to Write a Winning Effie Entry workshop will be held Wednesday, 19 March 2025.
What’s next for programmatic advertising in 2025?
Investments in programmatic advertising keep growing, which means that the industry’s evolution is not going to stop in the foreseeable future. Continuously offering new opportunities to both advertisers and publishers, the niche keeps moving forward.
Warc: Media in 2025 – Defined by abundance, driven by algorithms
Warc’s The Future of Media 2025 report examines how the endless optionality within the media ecosystem creates new opportunities for marketers to drive effectiveness and deliver growth.