ByDesign Communications has won a 2025 Africa SABRE Award for its 'Understanding the Pulse of Mining Communities' campaign that it created alongside Anglo American. This is the second year running that ByDesign has won the SABRE Mining and Extractives category for its project with Anglo American. 

The One Club for Creativity, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to support and celebrate the global creative community, has announced new leadership to its Board of Directors. Pum Lefebure, Co-Founder and CCO of Design Army in Washington DC, has been elected Board Chairperson. Tiffany Rolfe, Chair and Global CCO at R/GA, has been named Board Vice Chair.  

In celebration of the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on Thursday, 22 May, Xperien has launched a biodiversity restoration project across its headquarters. The initiative combines educational workshops, volunteer-driven garden creation and thought leadership on the critical role of IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) in corporate biodiversity and ESG strategies.

The Travel Lifestyle Network (TLN), an alliance of independent travel and lifestyle communications agencies, has marked its 20^th anniversary. To mark this milestone year, celebrations will take place during TLN's upcoming AGM, hosted in Montreal, Canada, from Wednesday, 4 to Friday, 6 June, bringing together all partner agencies under one roof.

Y, a South African youth radio station, has announced the return of GRYND 2025 — a content creation convention. 

New data from Trade Intelligence has revealed key shifts in South Africa's FMCG retail landscape, with discounters and e-commerce formats outperforming other channels in 2024. Despite easing inflation, South African shoppers remain under economic pressure, leading to changing missions, increased cross-channel behaviour and format diversification among major retailers.

Aleph and Spotify have announced an expanded partnership that makes Aleph Spotify's advertising sales partner in 80+ markets, providing access to 20 000+ advertisers.

The Shoprite Group has launched a recyclable 7kg potato pocket. Potato pockets consist of two layers — an outer layer and an inner wet-strength layer, which is not recyclable through existing local facilities. This contributed to the 18 600 tons of potato pockets disposed of in South Africa in 2023. 

The AdForum PHNX Awards has announced its 2025 Grand Prix winners, with Monks Bogotá winning two Grand Prix awards for 'Beer Retirement Account,' earning it Agency of the Year, while the broader Monks network claimed the title of Network of the Year. 

The World Out of Home Organization (WOO) has announced that Justin Cochrane, the new Head of Bauer Media Outdoor and former CEO of Clear Channel Europe, will speak publicly for the first time about the plans and prospects for Bauer Media at the WOO Annual Congress in Mexico City.