Johannesburg has recently hosted the first International Explorers Festival to take place on African soil, with the National Geographic Society welcoming Explorers from more than 15 countries across the continent.

Global travel management company FCM has appointed Lance Nkwe as Business Leader for FCM Meetings and Events South Africa, responding to a demand from organisations seeking more sophisticated ways to plan and deliver business events.

For 12 consecutive years, the Top Employers Institute has certified Samsung as the 2026 Top Employer of the Year. The global electronics giant has yet again been applauded for its consistent and exceptional performance in employee relations, workplace culture and human resources practices.

Havas has announced that it has been selected under the new Framework Contract of the European Commission and its main Directorates-General for a duration of five years.

Jewellery Afrika has announced that it has been awarded Jewellery Publishing Platform of the Year 2025 — Africa at the Global Excellence Awards by Lux Life Magazine in London, United Kingdom.

For years Langa has been described as a community full of potential but starved of opportunity. The REACT DRH launch at Khulani Secondary School has proven that the community was never the limitation. The real barrier was access.

The global Art Directors Club has announced an exclusive partnership with Dreamina AI, part of ByteDance, for the inaugural free ADC AI Visual Design-Dreamina AI category dedicated to honouring the frontier of generative craft in this year's ADC 105^th Annual Awards. 

Momentum Group has been certified as a Top Employer for 2026 for the sixth consecutive year, with this year's results again showing persistent and high performing scores.   

WARC's latest 2026 forecast has shown that global advertising spend is forecast to grow 9.1% in 2026 to USD$1.30-trillion, doubling in size since the pandemic and equivalent to USD$150 spent on every person.

In saturated and highly competitive categories, many brands have a similar problem: audiences may remember an advert, but not the brand behind it.