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Agenda

MMA CONNECT | 10 September 2025

MMA CONNECT | MarTech

8:30 – 9:10

Registration

9:10 – 9:20

MMA Welcome

Creating Value for the C level Marketer

Country Director
MMA South Africa

9:20 – 9:40

Winning with Leadership in Times of Uncertainty

Leadership Consultant & Coach

9:45 – 10:00

Marketing at the Speed of Change

In a world where algorithms evolve faster than strategy decks, the job of a marketer has never been more complex, or more critical. In this provocative opening keynote, Luisa will share thoughts on how today’s top marketers should navigate exponential change, rebalance the brand-performance equation, and design for agility in a world where attention is fragmented and expectations are sky-high.

Chief Growth Officer / MMA SA Chair Emeritus
Mesh.trade

10:00 – 10:35

The Brand Advantage: Leading with Meaning in a Metrics-Obsessed World

  • Reinforcing the importance of brand positioning, emotional connection and long-term consumer relationships in a marketing world increasingly dominated by short-term performance metrics
  • Long-term brand-building strategies, consumer engagement, and the evolving role of marketing leadership
  • Solving the critical barriers to marketer growth, and addressing the challenge of balancing brand love with performance marketing
  • Modern marketing value proposition and capabilities map: A framework developed by the MMA to map the value marketing organisations can deliver to customers and the business along with their capabilities to drive growth
Chief Marketing Officer
PEP
Head of Group Brand and Marketing
Standard Bank Group
CEO
WPP OpenX Africa
Chief Growth Officer / MMA SA Chair Emeritus
Mesh.trade

10:35 – 10:45

Q&A with Audience

10:45 – 11:00

Are you ready for the Martech revolution?

  • Emerging trends
  • Marketing automation
  • Latest technologies
CEO / MMA SA Chair Emeritus
Broadbrand

11:00 – 11:20

Location Data: The Untapped Engine of Smarter Marketing and Business Intelligence

Location data is no longer just a tool for counting footsteps - it's a strategic asset for understanding consumer behaviour in the real world

Managing Partner
Rook Digital

11:20 – 11:30

Q&A with Audience

11:30 – 11:50

NETWORKING BREAK

11:50 – 12:35

Are AI Chat Platforms Replacing Your Martech Stack? Rebalancing Control, Data & Outcomes

Vincent Maher’s recent article explores a seismic shift: marketers increasingly interact directly with AI chat platforms rather than traditional martech dashboards. This panel will dive deeper — exploring where marketing ops sit in this new world, what CMOs need to manage, and how to harness generative AI without losing control

CEO / MMA SA Chair Emeritus
Broadbrand
Strategy Director
VML South Africa
Senior Media Marketing Manager and Digital Lead
Chief Revenue Officer
Arena Holdings

12:35 – 12:45

Q&A with Audience

12:45 – 13:30

LUNCH BREAK

13:30 – 14:00

A roadmap for integrating AI into your marketing strategy/How to boost advertising effectiveness using AI-driven personalisation

  • Marketing AI implementation checklist
  • A comprehensive roadmap for responsibly integrating AI into marketing strategies
  • Leadership endorsement, governance, data strategy, vendor assessment, employee training, risk management, and continuous improvement

Research:

CAP study
How AI personalisation technology can create optimised omnichannel experiences
Use cases in marketing

CEO
African AI Academy
Co-Managing Director
Penquin
AI Business Consultant
ROI from AI
Country Director
MMA South Africa
Moderator
Founder
Girl Speak Up!

14:00 – 14:10 AM

Q&A with Audience

14:10 – 14:30

Unlocking The Power of Data

MTN Ads case study
Connecting with audiences in new and impactful ways

Senior Manager
MTN Ads

14:30 – 14:40

Q&A with Audience

14:40 – 15:00

Why Marketing Needs a Holistic, Data-Driven Approach Across All Touchpoints

  • Data architecture, analytics, digital strategy and media execution, driving business growth through consumer insights and omni-channel excellence
  • Data maturity benchmarking: Longitudinal trends and maturity personas
  • CX maturity
  • Identity strategies
  • Measurement and attribution
  • ROEX: Return on Omnichannel Experience
Chief Growth Officer / MMA SA Chair Emeritus
Mesh.trade

MMA CONNECT | Retail Media

15:00 – 15:30

Registration

15:30 – 15:50

The Rise of Retail Media

Managing Director
Rainmaker Media
Head of FMCG Sales
Rainmaker Media

16:00 – 16:20

From Broad Reach to Precision: Using Data Science for Smarter Retail Audience Modelling

Audience refinement & strategy through predictive analytics

How brands and retailers can use advanced data science techniques (like propensity modelling) to identify who is most likely to respond, purchase, or engage. Case study sharing.
 

Senior Digital Strategist
Rainmaker Media

16:30 – 16:50

Measuring What Matters: Evolving Retail Media Metrics for Next-Level Performance

Audience targeting measurement & advanced performance analytics

How to track and interpret campaign results with more sophisticated KPIs (beyond impressions/clicks) including sales lift, LTV, and unified attribution.
 

Head of Commercial and Strategy
Rainmaker Media

MMA AI Essentials Workshops

9:30 – 10:45

AI Marketing Essentials: Accelerate Your Journey

Discover how to put AI to work in your marketing right now. In this fast-paced, practical session, Quinton Jacobs will showcase real-world tools and use cases that are transforming how brands create content, engage audiences, and analyse performance. You’ll see live demonstrations of AI in action – from generating campaign ideas to producing high-impact visuals – and leave with actionable strategies you can apply immediately to accelerate results and boost ROI.

11:00 – 12:15

Retail Media Mastery: Turning Data Into Measurable Growth - Strategy for CMOs

High-level strategic approaches to integrating retail media into the broader marketing mix.

12:30 – 13:45

Location is the new Intent: A Data-Driven Approach to Audience Targeting

14:00 – 15:15

Pixels with Personality: Where Prompt Engineering Meets Brand Storytelling - Strategy for CMOs

15:30 – 16:45

Leveraging Adtech and Martech to Deliver Marketing Value

Double click on Omnichannel engagement speaking to audiences on & off MTN network,across owned and 3rd party channels.

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