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Last call to enter IABC African Gold Quill awardsThe Gold Quill, the International Association of Business Communicators' (IABC) global awards competition recognising outstanding achievement in communication, is still open for entries and the final deadline is this Friday, 10 February 2012 by the close of business. All entries should be submitted... read more 6 Feb 2012 PromaxBDA Africa Awards extends deadlineThe 2011 PromaxBDA Africa Awards which recognizes excellence in on-air promotion, branding and advertising has extended its deadline to Friday 26 August 2011. Awards are open to satellite, cable, broadcast television, radio stations and associated new media, their agencies and production houses who... read more 24 Aug 2011 Loeries Travelling Exhibition off to North WestThe Loeries Travelling Exhibition sponsored by Adobe will visit North-West University, 25 August -2 September 2011, for its fifth consecutive year and will be hosted by the Potchefstroom Campus' Graphic Design Subject group. The exclusive exhibition will display work across all areas of brand... read more 15 Aug 2011 Looking for African women leadersThe Kuwa Ajabu Foundation ("be extraordinary") is a non-profit organisation which empowers and builds sustainable capacity in the form of job creation for young, unemployed people across Africa. Affiliate partners include the UN, Women In Finance, Menprow and the fully black-owned Blue Rain... read more 8 Apr 2011 Luvi Ogilvy wins at Indian Ocean Creative Awards 2010Luvi Ogilvy, an Ogilvy Africa-affiliated agency was awarded seven gold awards at the Indian Ocean Creative Awards 2010 on Friday, 26 November 2010, with the Reunion Island branch picking up six and Mayotte winning one gold. Together they walked away with 10 awards in total. The awards ceremony was... read more 30 Nov 2010 Ogilvy Africa scoops AdFocus Agency Network of the Year againOgilvy Africa has been awarded African Advertising Agency Network of the Year for the 2010 Financial Mail AdFocus Awards for the second year running. The awards ceremony was held earlier this week at the Alexander Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. For more read Ogilvy Joburg:... read more 25 Nov 2010 Firehouse Group signs Arik Air International accountCommunications agency, The Firehouse Group, has signed the Arik Air International account; the partnership begins in June 2010. Arik Air International is a Nigerian commercial airline that has been operating daily flights to Lagos from Johannesburg since launching the route on 1 June 2009. "The... read more 10 Jun 2010 Still time to enter Loeriesclick to enlargeThe deadline of 31 May 2010 for Loeries 2010 entries, other than 2010 FIFA World Cup entries, has been extended to 14 June 2010 but does carry a 5% late fee. This means that all work flighted between 1 June 2009 and 14 June 2010 is eligible for entry. World cup- related entries have... read more 21 May 2010 Loeries: 5% discount for early bird entrantsThe early bird deadline for entries into The 2010 Loerie Awards is 16 April 2010. Entries before this date will receive a 5% discount. The Loeries is open to work conceived and produced anywhere in Africa and the Middle East, including island states off the African coast like the Seychelles or... read more 8 Apr 2010 2010 Festival of Media Awards deadline extentionThe deadline for entries in the 2010 Festival of Media Awards has been extended to 5 February 2010. Organisers announced the extention due to an overwhelming response from the global media and marketing industry and many requests received for more time. The festival takes place in Valencia, Spain,... read more 22 Jan 2010 Luvi Ogilvy Reunion dominates Indian Ocean Islands Awardsclick to enlargeLuvi Ogilvy Reunion, affiliated agency of Ogilvy Africa was the most rewarded agency on Friday, 27 November 2009 at the Indian Ocean Islands Awards 2009 in Saint Denis of Reunion Island. Ogilvy Reunion won 13 awards (four Gold, one Silver, five Bronze, one Special Jury, one digital... read more 1 Dec 2009 YoungGuns deadline extendedDue to technical difficulties with entries, the deadline for YoungGuns for both the digital and advertising award entries is extended to Friday 6 November 2009. The student deadline of 6 November remains as is. 30 Oct 2009 Skype launches CNN International multimedia campaignclick to enlargeLONDON: CNN International and Skype have signed an advertising partnership around the network's nightly programme, Connect the World. Skype will advertise around the show's 'Connector of the Day' feature segment and will advertise on the show's website and mobile WAP site. A spot... read more 9 Sep 2009 10th PAMRO Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research Conferenceclick to enlargeThe 10th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) Meeting and 2008 All Africa Media Research Conference will take place 17 - 19 August 2008 at the Protea Hotel in Oakwood Park, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria. PAMRO aims to make Africa the leader in the world in providing a research... read more 24 Jul 2008 AMEP is coming soon...The 3rd Maputo International Advertising Festival will take place from 26 - 29 May 2008. Pieces that were created and can be proved to have been displayed between 1 April 2007 and 30 April 2008 shall be accepted. Works may be submitted to the competition, on payment of the respective fee, between 1... read more 10 Apr 2008 Celebrating ten years in AfricaOgilvy Africa celebrated its 10th birthday at its annual conference held in Malawi this month, where 26 people from 16 different countries gathered to network, share ideas and iron out challenges. According to Ogilvy Africa MD John Little, Ogilvy Africa has established the largest footprint in... read more 21 Jan 2008 Saatchi Africa network continues winning streakclick to enlargeAt the first-ever Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival held in Lagos this month, SO&U Saatchi & Saatchi clinched six awards. One Gold was received for MTN's "Dance with Me" TV ad, three Silvers for clients MTN, Guinness and Peak Milk, and two bronze awards for Nicon Insurance and... read more 21 Jan 2008 A truly mobile ad campaign for Z-Connectclick to enlargeTanzania's fourth cellular communications provider, Z (pronounced 'zee') has recently launched a new ad campaign, produced by through-the-line advertising agency, Roots Marketing Communications. The first campaign for Z's new CDMA mobile offering, Z-connect, is a communications mix... read more 5 Apr 2007 Press, Outdoor and Film Lions entries extensionLast week’s deadline of 9 March 2007 for the Cannes Press, Outdoor and Film competitions has been extended until Friday, 30 March. This will allow entrants extra time to prepare their entries and also to enter new work that has been completed recently or may be running later than expected. The... read more 14 Mar 2007 Dove ad fails to appealDove’s new television ad in America, which is indicative of two current advertising trends - debuting during the Academy Awards telecast and consumer-generated advertising - lacks appeal, according to daily web magazine Slate.com. For more, click here. 13 Mar 2007 Anti piracy campaign wins againclick to enlargeTBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg’s Tsotsi Anti Piracy Campaign took first place in the Creative Circle “Ad of the Year” outdoor category earlier this week. The campaign has previously taken gold at both The Loeries Awards and Cannes, and its PR campaign has won many awards, including... read more 9 Mar 2007 Sanlam sponsors Pendoring yet againSanlam has once again joined the likes of the ATKV, Vodacom, Media24 and Rapport as a main sponsor of this year’s Pendoring Advertising competition and project, which focuses on the advancement of excellent Afrikaans advertising. Says Dawid Brand, Pendoring co-ordinator, “An investment in Pendoring... read more 6 Mar 2007 Julian Watt to judge at Clios, CannesNot only will Net#work BBDO’s executive creative director Julian Watt be jetting to Miami in the US in May 2007 to judge at the Clios, a month later he will be judging the print work at Cannes in Frances. “Judging globally is good for perspective,” says Watt. “South Africa must grow its reputation... read more 13 Feb 2007 Lesson learnt by FNBIOL reports that according to Paul Harris, CEO of FirstRand, “‘the most important thing is that you have (to have) an objective… But if you’re not going to achieve that objective, then your campaign is flawed.’” Harris was speaking in relation to the aborted FNB anti-crime advertising campaign. For... read more 13 Feb 2007 Lawyers take out anti-crime adEarlier this week, Pretoria-based Van Huyssteens attorneys took out an ad in Beeld voicing its grievances against crime and were planning an English version in Thursday’s Pretoria News, reports IOL. The Beeld ad was addressed to Government and referred to FNB’s ad campaign budget, as well as to the... read more 9 Feb 2007 Outrage over Lebo adAn Arrive Alive billboard campaign featuring Lebo Mathosa apparently does not have permission from her family, reports The Citizen. The billboards have been spotted in Rosebank, Woodmead and on the N17 in Johannesburg. For more, click here.... read more 7 Feb 2007 FCB campaign receives international recognitionA mixed media campaign for a SABC Radio Winter sales drive last year, created by FCB Impact 361 Johannesburg, a division of FCB South Africa, will be receiving a second place certificate for outstanding creativity at the 36th International Mobius Advertising Awards Competition in California, USA,... read more 18 Jan 2007 Advertising de-cluttering taking off at airportsclick to enlargeIn line with international strategies toward the improvement of airport design, and the enhancement of the customer experience, ACSA and Clear Channel Outdoor have embarked on an advertising de-cluttering programme at all ACSA domestic and international airports. As part of this... read more 16 Jan 2007 FCB MD Morley resignsGodfrey Morley, FCB South Africa's Group MD, is leaving the group to take up an 'offer that he could not refuse'. A successor is expected to be announced shortly. 16 Jan 2007 Ogilvy arrives in Woodstockclick to enlargeOgilvy Cape Town has officially moved into its new premises in Woodstock at 41 Sir Lowry Road with all 215 staff members. The cutting-edge interiors include floating meeting spaces which are joined by 'Hogwart's-style' staircases connecting the building's five levels in the void... read more 10 Jan 2007 |
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