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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 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 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 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 Music video or brand ad?click to enlarge "Our new Crosse and Blackwell ad really is a mini movie," says Nestle Food Business Unit head Yasser Abdul-Malak. "With a unique South African flavor, we capture the richness of color and culture. To be able to secure a soundtrack like Mowbray Kaap - this pulls everything together... read more 11 Dec 2006 Internet advertising to overtake outdoorLONDON: Fin24.co.za reports that forecaster Zenith Optimedia, a unit of Publicis Groupe SA, is predicting that in 2007 the Internet "will for the first time take a greater share of global advertising revenue than outdoor advertising... [and] will overtake radio globally by 2009". For more, click... read more 6 Dec 2006 Handfield-Jones takes on Arrive AliveRob Handfield-Jones, editor of Caxton's AutoDealer, recently won the consumer complaint that he lodged with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of SA against a Department of Transport radio commercial for the Arrive Alive campaign, which was aired on Radio 702 until 1 December 2006. The... read more 3 Dec 2006 Move to Woodstock symbolic of regenerationclick to enlargeAfter 22 years in Roeland Street, Ogilvy Cape Town is set to move into innovative and custom-built office space at The District on Sir Lowry Road in Woodstock in December 2006. The Gandhi phrase "Be the change you seek in others" is the rationale behind Ogilvy's R70-million financial... read more 3 Dec 2006 Grey Worldwide withdraws from lottery pitchGrey Worldwide SA has withdrawn from the National Lottery pitch shortlist due to corporate governance, as well as deadlines on three other pitches - Absa, Sasol and Cadbury. "Our chairman also chairs the Gidani consortium, and we feel it would be a breach of corporate governance and not in keeping... read more 30 Nov 2006 The trouble with toothpasteThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa recently upheld a competitor complaint lodged by GlaxoSmithKline against Colgate toothpaste. The ASA found that Colgate's advertising did not sufficiently clarify that its "2x Better Cavity Protection" is only when compared to non-fluoride... read more 21 Nov 2006 ASA rules on driver's licence scamIn a recent ruling, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa partially ruled against a company offering 20-year international licences through street pole advertising. In essence, the complainant submitted that the ad is misleading as an international license is only valid for one... read more 20 Nov 2006 SA judge for international direct marketing awardsProximity#TTP creative director Stuart Stobbs, a 2005 Caples winner for Virgin Atlantic, has been selected to judge the 2006 John Caples International Awards being held in New York next week. Named after John Caples, a direct response pioneer, the awards recognises excellence in the direct marketing... read more 13 Nov 2006 RetractionBizcommunity.com apologies to The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town for the incorrect impression generated by the headline carried in Bizcommunity.com, 9 November 2006, which read: "Jupiter loses Foschini to morrisjones". This was incorrect as Jupiter in fact no longer held the Foschini account, having... read more 13 Nov 2006 ASA gets new CEOThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa announced the appointment of its new CEO, Thembi Msibi, earlier this week. "I'm excited about the new challenges presented by an organisation like the ASA," says Msibi, who took up her position on 1 November 2006. Msibi holds an LLB (Honours)... read more 8 Nov 2006 Saatchi declines MTN tenderSaatchi & Saatchi has declined the offer to tender for the MTN Group's marketing advertising account in South Africa because of a potential conflict with multinational client Orange. The Saatchi & Saatchi Africa Network holds this account across 13 countries on the continent. 23 Oct 2006 ASA warns of Swiss scamThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa is advising the SA hospitality industry to be very careful of signing offers for free advertising. A Swiss company called Nova Channel appears to be scamming South Africa hotels and accommodation services with an offer to place a listing in... read more 17 Oct 2006 Grey wins EmiratesGrey Worldwide has won the Pan African pitch for Emirates airline. Grey will manage the account in all Emirates markets across the continent except South Africa, where the account will remain with FCB. 17 Oct 2006 Futurefin in breach of ASA rulingThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa's Advertising Industry Tribunal recently confirmed that Futurefin's advertising is in breach of previous ASA rulings. Standard Bank submitted that a claim substantially similar to the offending claim still appeared in the television and... read more 16 Oct 2006 |
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