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Elouise Kelly, managing director at Ogilvy Johannesburg.
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  17 Jan 2020

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#BizTrends 2020: Gearing up our people for the future

 27 Jan 2020

Kirk Gainsford, chief creative officer at MullenLowe SA.
#BizTrends2020: #IamTrending, so now what?

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#BizTrends2020: The collective economy, attributing a state of mind
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 24 Jan 2020

Odette van der Haar, managing director of Publicis.
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Ntombizamasala Hlophe.
#BizTrends2020: The future of work in adland

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#BizTrends2020: Pop culture and its drivers in 2020

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 22 Jan 2020

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#BizTrends2020: Speaking of things yet to come

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Josephine Buys, CEO of The Publisher Research Council (PRC).
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#BizTrends2020: Consuming media and living the dream
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Elouise Kelly, managing director at Ogilvy Johannesburg.
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Mike Abel and Makosha Maja-Rasethaba, chief executive partner at M&C Satchi Abel Group and head of strategy for M&C Saatchi Abel Johannesburg respectively.
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Top 10 global consumer trends for 2020 - Euromonitor
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Masego Motsogi, managing director at Grid Worldwide.
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Linah Maigurira, retail industry manager, Google South Africa.
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