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Retailer Game partners with Blackboard to unveil local UGC merchandise on Roblox
After becoming South Africa's first retailer to tap into the Roblox universe in 2022, Game has launched Season two of the Game game on the platform, bringing with it a new first for South Africa - locally-inspired and designed user generated content (UGC).
Invibes streamlines its AI offering to combine the best in innovation and excellence for its clients
Since developing a model that utilised hashes to identify users rather than relying on third-party cookies back in early 2020, Invibes has gone from strength-to-strength bringing unique, proactive offerings to the market that accelerate business outcomes and brand uplift for our 800+ clients.
Dentsu broadens partnership with Google Cloud by deploying advanced generative AI technologies
Dentsu Group Inc. has announced a significant evolution in its longstanding relationship with Google Cloud by deploying Google Cloud’s Vertex AI and Duet AI for Google Workspace – increasing its focus on driving innovation through emerging technologies such as GenAI.
24 essential AI tools for marketing
The marketer in 2023 cannot do without the relevant AI tools. From promoting their brands and businesses to gathering competitors’ intelligence and gaining an upper hand, these tools have become pivotal in helping marketers achieve their goals faster and at scale.
[Column] Tushar Vashnavi: New channels, New powers: Are you up to speed with customer communications?
Not all the changes of the past two years are here to stay. But one area that has transformed is customer communications.
Yahoo appoints Tressie Lieberman as Chief Marketing Officer
A talented and respected marketing leader, Lieberman brings over twenty years of traditional and digital marketing experience transforming world-class consumer brands such as Chipotle, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut. She will report directly to Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone.
45 per cent of executives say ChatGPT has prompted an increase in AI investment
Seventy percent of executives said that their organization is in investigation and exploration mode with generative AI, while 19% are in pilot or production mode.
Reporters Without Borders, partners launch international committee to regulate use of AI in media
The committee consists of 21 distinguished members from 13 different countries, academic and professionals in the fields of journalism, AI and digital technologies.
Flapmax partners with Intel to accelerate Artificial Intelligence innovation in Africa
Flapmax, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced its strategic partnership with Intel, the global technology leader, to foster AI innovation and drive economic empowerment in Africa.
[Marketing Week Africa] Bob Koigi: Partnerships drive continent’s ad, marketing and media space
Companies and brands are deepening collaborations and expansions across the continent as they seek to grow their foothold and expand their solutions portfolio.
Samsung and Warner Bros. Pictures collaborate to bring movie trailers to consumers in 8K quality
Samsung Electronics, the world’s TV manufacturer for 17 consecutive years, has announced a partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures that will bring highly-anticipated movie trailers to Neo QLED 8K screens in more than 65,000 retail stores around the world.
Dentsu partners with Microsoft to launch AI-powered innovation for brands
This latest milestone in dentsu’s longstanding partnership with Microsoft has already resulted in the development of two new CXM solutions.
The Trade Desk launches a media buying platform that brings the power of AI to digital marketing
In a major advancement in programmatic AI, Kokai distributes deep learning algorithms across all aspects of the digital media buying process.
Accenture partners with Adobe to help marketers unlock the value of their content supply chains
The companies have worked together to develop new services based on Adobe’s integrated Content Supply Chain technologies to help marketers more effectively.
Podcast incubation studio SemaBOX launches podcast distribution platform
Over the last couple of years, podcasting in Africa has been on the rise. Despite this growth, the industry continues to face a number of challenges such as the lack of investment and of course monetization for the creators.
Elon Musk’s internet firm Starlink picks Karibu Connect as its authorized reseller in Kenya
Starlink, the satellite internet company owned by Elon Musk has gone live in Kenya. The company had hinted about this launch back in January and even ahead to open pre-orders for its hardware.
Jumia and KFC expand food delivery services to secondary cities
Jumia Food has announced the expansion of its operations to Meru and Nanyuki. This is part of Jumia Food’s strategy to deepen its reach in secondary cities in Kenya.
WhatsApp rolls out Channels feature for broadcast messages
Meta is rolling out a new feature on WhatsApp called Channels. Channels, the Meta says is a “one-way broadcast tool for admins to send text, photos, videos, stickers and polls,”
Opera launches shake and win campaign targeting Kenyan, South African and Nigerian customers
Opera – the company behind the popular data-saving Opera Mini browser, which has 100 million users across Africa – is back with a new edition of its renowned “Shake and Win” campaign.
Nielsen introduces Media Data Room as next phase to modernizing data delivery, architecture
Nielsen, a global player in audience measurement, data and analytics, has announced the introduction of Nielsen Media Data Room (MDR), a cloud-based platform that will modernize the way the company distributes its wealth of audience data.
Amazon Fire TV surpasses 200 million devices sold globally
Amazon has announced the expansion of its Amazon-built TV family.