by MarkLives. Alistair Mokoena, Ogilvy South Africa CEO, is leaving the communications group to take up the role of Google South Africa country director.
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In Africa, the youth is the market
by Herman Manson. HDI Youth Marketeers, the youth marketing consultancy, will soon be exiting its teens.
Openco — the agency that won over BMW South Africa
by Herman Manson. Openco caused a significant upset this year when it won BMW SA from long-time agency, Ireland/Davenport.
EXCLUSIVE: Gallarelli off to TBWA\SA
by MarkLives. Luca Gallarelli will be replacing Sean Donovan as TBWA\South Africa group CEO, effective 1 December 2019.
Grid Worldwide swallows Openco
by Herman Manson. TBWA\South Africa has merged agencies Grid Worldwide and Openco.
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).
TBWA plans up to six acquisitions
by Herman Manson (@marklives) TBWA is looking at as many as six more acquisitions spread out over the next four quarters, says Derek Bouwer, CEO at TBWA\South Africa. At the end of 2013, TBWA acquired 80% stake in youth marketing agency, HDI Youth Marketeers. It also increased its stake in marketing agency Openco to 51% from a previous holding of 30%.
BREAKING: Elouise Kelly leaving Ogilvy Joburg
by Herman Manson. The Ogilvy Joburg MD is leaving the ad agency to take up a new position outside adland.
#CoronavirusSA: Adland responds to #covid19 • 23–27 Mar
by MarkLives. 23–27 Mar 2020: Tracking South African and African brand and agency reactions and news, related to the covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
Winners: Bookmarks 2020
by MarkLives. The 2020 results comprise 15 Gold Pixels, 47 Silver Pixels and 67 Bronze awards across 71 categories.