As part of its #ACACaresCovid19 initiative to address various issues affecting the marketing, advertising and communications sector, the ACA will be launching a series of webinars. The series is aimed at helping the industry understand the human capital function and the myriad layers of which it is composed. The inaugural webinar, titled The Importance of […]
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The Association for Communication and Advertising Launches Effie Awards South Africa 2020
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), the official representative body for the Communications and Advertising profession in South Africa, has partnered with Effie Worldwide to launch the annual Effie Awards Programme in South Africa. Effie Awards South Africa replaces the highly respected APEX awards, held annually in South Africa, providing an opportunity to local […]
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The new Board of Directors of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) for the 2019/2020 fiscal were elected at the 72nd Annual General Meeting held on Thursday 25th July at the AAA School of Advertising campus in Johannesburg – they are: Wayne Naidoo: Chair CEO Duke Group Boniswa Pezisa: Vice Chair Group CEO Net#work […]
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The highly anticipated annual APEX events were held on the 11th July in Johannesburg, where the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) hosted the NeXt Level of Thinking Masterclass in the morning followed by the APEX Awards Ceremony in the evening. Marketing moguls and brand barons converged on The Venue at The Houghton to attend […]
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The official industry body for the advertising profession, the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has secured funding toward providing twenty academic bursaries to prospective students looking to enter the exciting world of Copywriting. The initiative has the full backing and support of the Creative Circle, an organisation dedicated to maintaining high levels of creativity […]
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Ticket sales for the APEX 2019 events are open
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) is pleased to announce that ticket sales have opened for the 2019 APEX awards events being held on Thursday 11th July, 2019. This year the events will be held at the impressive new The Venue At The Houghton Hotel. Tickets for the NeXt Level of Thinking Masterclass and […]
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Jury for the 2019 APEX awards announced
Drawn from strategy, digital, creative, research, media, marketing as well as agency heads, the 2019 APEX award adjudication panel consists of highly regarded individuals and industry trail blazers. The group is tasked with the significant responsibility of combing through entries to identify and award the ‘work that works’. Since inception by the ACA in 1995, […]
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#Budget2019: The Aloe in the room
Mathe Okaba, CEO of the ACA looks at the 2019 Budget and what the communication and advertising sector can learn from it. In his first budget speech as Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni provided the country with some insight into how the government intends to get us back on track and back on the path […]
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APEX 2019 – Call for Entries
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) is pleased to announce that the 2019 APEX awards season is officially open for entry. The annual APEX awards is hosted by the ACA, the official representative body for the Communications and Advertising sector in South Africa. The APEX awards programme recognises and awards those advertising and communications […]
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