by Herman Manson. Openco caused a significant upset this year when it won BMW SA from long-time agency, Ireland/Davenport.
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#BigQNarratives: An African narrative — is there such a thing?
by MarkLives. Michelle Beh is our second panellist to tackle: “Are SA ad agencies and brands embracing an authentically African narrative and aesthetic or do they continue to imitate US and European work?”
EXCLUSIVE: Wunderman Thompson SA on BMW Group win
by Herman Manson. BMW Group South Africa has moved both its BMW and MINI brands to Wunderman Thompson South Africa.
John Davenport joins Havas South Africa as CCO
by MarkLives. John Davenport has joined Havas South Africa as its new chief creative officer.
#OpenAfrica: Understanding migrating multinationals
an #OpenAfricaMag feature. Global organisations migrate much the same as people do, but the reasons behind this are as complex as the implications.
#OpenAfrica: ICT, Africa’s silver lining [interview]
an #OpenAfricaMag interview. Peter Allerstorfer chats about the investment potential of ICT in Africa in general, and ecommerce in specific.
#CannesLions: South Africa’s shortlisted work [updated]
by MarkLives. All the Cannes Lions 2016 shortlists are now out. Congrats to South Africa’s shortlisted work!
#CannesLions: Radio Grand Prix for South Africa
by MarkLives. Thirty three of the 91 winning entries for Radio are South African, including the Grand Prix.
BMW leaves Ireland/Davenport for OpenCo
by MarkLives (@marklives) BMW will be parting ways with its South Africa agency, Ireland/Davenport (a WPP agency), after a decade of working together. BMW was Ireland /Davenport’s founding client. The BMW business will be taken over by Openco (majority owned by TBWA\South Africa).
#CannesLions: First South African work awarded
Cannes Lions 2015 has announced winners in the Direct, Mobile, Promo & Activation and Press categories.