EXCLUSIVE: Avatar expands with new Durban office

by MarkLives. Avatar Agency Group (formerly Avatar South Africa) has announced that it is opening a new office in Morningside, Durban.

BREAKING: Avatar buys Espresso DBN to beef up DBN office

by MarkLives. M&N Brands has acquired a 51% stake in Espresso DBN, an independent Durban-based ad agency.

#BigReads2019: The agencies that made waves in 2019

by Herman Manson. We list the ad agencies you made time to read about here on MarkLives during 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Make Beautiful acquired by M&N Brands

by Herman Manson. Zwelakhe Tshabangu’s The Make Beautiful Agency has been acquired by M&N Brands, the network which owns Avatar Agency Group.

Directory of independent creative agencies in South Africa 2021

We’ve created a table of independent creative agencies in South Africa. Listings are voluntary and made directly by the agencies involved.

#BigQ2020: The future is here

by Jarred Cinman. Like all good trend-watching articles, I will pare it down to three big things to watch out for in South African adland this year.

#BigReads2019: Adland’s most read about people in 2019

by Herman Manson. We list the creative people most read about on MarkLives during 2019.

EXCLUSIVE: Aromat, Knorrox appoint new agency

Unilever has appointed Avatar to work on its Aromat and Knorrox food brands in South Africa. These two are the second Durban-based client wins for the full service agency, following its Chicken Express win in October 2019. According to Avatar, it’s been tasked with using digitally led ideas to further entrench the brands in the […]