#CannesLions: South Africa makes Film, Radio, Brand Exp shortlists
by MarkLives. Winners for these three categories will be announced on Thursday and Friday nights this week.
#CannesLions: South Africa wins in Entertainment
by MarkLives. South Africa has taken home two Bronzes in Entertainment
#CannesLions: South Africa makes Direct, PR shortlists
by MarkLives. South Africa has also made the Digital Craft, Entertainment and Industry Craft shortlists.
Omnicom Africa announces new CEO
Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has announced that OMG South Africa CEO, Josh Dovey, will be responsible for the group’s media operations in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, effective 1 January 2016. “We have been developing our presence in Africa for some years and already work with a number of major clients across the continent,” says Daryl […]
AdForum Worldwide Summit NYC: Africa is DDB’s next major growth area
by Johanna McDowell (@jomcdowell) NEW YORK: Day 3 of the 2014 AdForum Worldwide Summit in New York City was a spectacular day where we, as consultants, were exposed to work of a world-leading quality in our industry. It is extraordinary how talented the advertising community is and how adaptable.
Design Annotator: Young South Africa, motion photography and Show & Tell #2
by Uno de Waal (@Unodewaal) For Design Annotator today, we’ve chosen: Young South Africa featuring Sibs Shongwe-La Mer; Bizarre AfrikaBurn motion photos by Lukas Renlund; Show & Tell creative talks; 10 creatives inspired by the city; Jo Anke Gallery’s Hlengiwe Vilakati; illustrator and standup comedian Donovan Goliath; artist blankets for Mr Price Home; and a call to enter the Nokia Asha A-List Competition.
Africa finally gets to tell its story – Africa.com founder Teresa Clark
Teresa Clarke recently visited South Africa as an international judge at the Bookmarks Awards. The Bookmarks, an initiative of the Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA), awards local digital marketing and publishing efforts.
#BigReads2019: The big account moves of 2019
by Herman Manson. We list the most-read-about account pitches and new business wins on MarkLives during the course of 2019.
Standard Bank changes media, digital agencies
by MarkLives. Wunderman Thompson South Africa and Mindshare South Africa are the two new agencies.
2019 MMA SA Smarties finalists
The Mobile Marketing Association South Africa (MMA SA) has released the Smarties SA shortlist. The awards show has 18 categories into which marketers, agencies and tech enablers entered their work this year. Judging took place in September 2019 by a panel of industry experts with Dudu Mokholo, Samsung Africa CMO, as jury chair. “Our judging […]