Effie South Africa is pleased to announce 30 finalists in the 2022 Effie Awards South Africa programme. Finalists were announced and celebrated at the Effie finalist’s party held at Hill on Empire’s rooftop venue. The event was hosted by Effie South Africa and The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), organiser of the Effie programme […]
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and the Media Development & Diversity Agency (MDDA) are championing transformation in the industry, specifically the gender agenda, with a programme that will move ambitious bright young black talent from discourse to action and celebrate the industry champions who are moving from good intentions to action. The Leading […]
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and Effie Awards South Africa is calling on South African agencies, clients, media partners and start-ups to submit their Effie Awards entries before the Last-Minute Entry Deadline on Wednesday, June 15th. Entries must be submitted via the Effie Awards South Africa website timeously as acceptance of entries via […]
The Effie Awards South Africa, proudly hosted by The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) has issued a call to representatives of the marketing and communications industry to apply for consideration to be appointed to the 2022 Effie Awards South Africa judging panel. Judging Process By the time an Effie entry has reached the winners’ […]
The Association for Communication and Advertising NPC (ACA) is pleased to announce that GIB Insurance Brokers (Pty) Ltd has been appointed by the Board to service ACA members with respect to preferential insurance rates for ACA Members. This follows a lengthy RFP process initiated in 2021 when the ACA took the decision to conduct a […]
In November 2020 the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA), the official representative body for the Communications and Advertising profession in South Africa launched its new brand identity in preparation for a new era in the broader communications sector in South Africa. The new brand identity provided the springboard along its journey of diversity and […]
Results from the first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) census of the global marketing industry have identified key challenges around family status, age, and gender as well as ethnicity and disability. There are clear gaps in lived experience when these groups were compared to the industry average, both in individual markets and globally. For example, […]
The ACA, the local organising partner of the global Effie Awards and host of the Effie Awards South Africa, is conducting a review of the Events and Sponsorship Supplier for the upcoming 2022 Effie Awards South Africa Programme. Prior to the RFP being issued, the ACA will be shortlisting suppliers and invites all interested parties […]
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) and Effie Awards South Africa have announced that ticket sales have opened for the first Effie Awards South Africa Gala and Summit. The inaugural Effie Awards Gala will be held as a combined virtual and physical event on Thursday 14th October at The Galleria in Sandton. The Gala […]