The inaugural Marketing Achievement Awards (MAAs) were held in a glittering ceremony at the Sun City Superbowl last week, and saw Ogilvy emerge as the most awarded agency, with a staggering 8 campaigns recognized on the night. The awards, endorsed by the Marketing Association of South Africa, were established to celebrate excellence in the science […]
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Young South African wins gold at Cannes ad awards
With one of his first ever TV commercials, Nare Mokgotho has won gold at the 20th Shots Young Director Awards held annually during the Cannes Lions Festival. The ad, which attracted the attention of the ASA when it aired in South Africa, is for the Showmax Zero Bucks Given campaign. A South African has taken […]
Continue readingMore TagKokstad sister & brother become first Africans to screen at top VR competition
Last week The Lost Botanist, co-directed by the Kokstad-raised sister and brother team of Ree and Rick Treweek, became the first virtual reality (VR) experience from Africa to screen in competition at Annecy, the world’s most prestigious animation festival. The Lost Botanist was one of just nine VR experiences competing at VR@Annecy, from 90 submissions […]
Continue readingMore TagAds24, Jacaranda FM and Viacom commit to MOST sponsorship
The 11th annual MOST Awards will take place on 10 September 2019 at The Wanderers Club in Illovo, Johannesburg where, for the first time, Viacom will sponsor this year’s prestigious Bell Award. “Viacom is an important addition to our list of MOST supporters. Their marketing team recognises the MOST mantra which is ‘by the media […]
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Ten in a row for Engen: SA’s coolest Petroleum Brand
Engen has again been voted the “Coolest Petroleum Brand” in the Sunday Times Generation Next awards. This is the tenth consecutive year that South Africa’s youth have backed Engen, reaffirming the company’s uncontested brand leadership and market strength. With youth development playing a central role in Engen’s social investment and sponsorship initiatives, the company remains […]
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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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Boomtown’s Bayeza internship programme listed as a finalist in the 2019 Future of HR awards
Boomtown’s innovative internship programme Bayeza, is a finalist in the 2019 Future of HR Awards in the Best Graduate Development Programme category. Hosted in partnership with Careers24, the Future of HR Awards celebrate industry leaders achieving exceptional standards in people management and showcase strategies that make a direct impact on business performance and reshape HR […]
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Farmer’s Weekly editor awarded international accolade
Denene Erasmus, editor of Caxton Magazines’ Farmer’s Weekly, has been awarded the inaugural IFAJ-Alltech International Award for Leadership in Agricultural Journalism at the Alltech Ideas Conference (ONE19) in Kentucky, USA. This accolade is a new award from the IFAJ (International Federation of Agricultural Journalists) that recognises excellence and leadership by young journalists. After a nomination […]
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Spitfire Inbound Becomes A HubSpot Platinum Partner Agency
Spitfire Inbound, an inbound marketing, sales and services agency in Johannesburg, recently announced its HubSpot Platinum Partner status. HubSpot is a leading growth platform, and works hand-in-hand with agency partners to grow their businesses through inbound software, services and support. HubSpot awards Platinum status to agencies demonstrating inbound marketing,sales and services to the highest standards. […]
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The Creative Economy Is Important To Africa’s Growth
The Afrofuturistic theme for this year’s Vodacom Durban July is a big step in helping nurture the business of Art & Commerce in SA and on the continent. When Cannes Lion Award-winning Kenyan photographer, Osborne Macharia, undertook a shoot with SA fashion designers Laduma Ngxokolo of Maxhosa, Sindiso Khumalo and Rina Chunga of Ri.ch Factory […]
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