The Marketing Indaba 2025

Stay up to date with the latest marketing trends, strategies, and ideas at Marketing Indaba 2025—South Africa’s premier marketing conference.

This popular annual event brings together over 14 industry leaders and marketing experts to share fresh insights, proven strategies, and actionable tools across the marketing discipline. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a business owner looking for fresh ideas, this two-day experience is designed to inform and inspire.

Conference Agenda Themes:

• • Marketing & communication strategies & trends

• • Branding for success

• • Target market development / Product, Place & Price

• • Digital marketing

• • Social media & other marketing mediums

• • Customer relations

Featured Speaker: Mike Saunders, CEO of Digitlab

As part of this year’s speaker line-up, Mike Saunders will present “Building a Data-Driven Marketing Strategy.”

In a landscape shaped by data privacy laws such as POPIA and GDPR, Mike will explore how marketers can utilise first-party data, automation, and data triggers to drive performance while respecting the privacy and trust of their customers.

Attendees of Mike’s session will gain:

• • A clear framework for building a compliant, performance-driven marketing strategy

• • Practical tips for collecting and activating first-party data

• • Insights into why digital media is evolving—and how to stay ahead

• • Guidance on mapping automated user journeys based on real-time data signals

Join us at Marketing Indaba 2025 to connect with South Africa’s marketing community and walk away with ideas that will power your next stage of growth.