the Advertising community of Zimbabwe

Global ad agency dumping Zim firm over Mugabe campaign?

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:58:00 +0200

Global marketing and advertising agency Young & Rubicam (Y&R) is to sell its stake in Zimbabwean associate Imago Young & Rubicam (Imago Y&R) after the Zimbabwean agency's involvement in an election campaign for President Robert Mugabe. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Winners emerge at Zim advertising awards

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:07:00 +0200

DDH&M dominated Zimbabwe's annual Ngoma Advertising Awards ceremony held on Friday March 28, 2008 in Harare, taking the most sector awards as well as the overall prize – the campaign of the year award. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zim advertising awards go ahead despite lack of new campaigns

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:04:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's Advertising Publicity Club is organising its annual competition for the advertising industry, despite a dearth of new campaigns due to an economic crisis that has stunted growth and limited new advertising campaigns in a once vibrant sector. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Cricket Australia tries to corner image market

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:42:00 +0200

Cricket Australia (CA), the governing body of one of Australia's favourite sports, is trying to force all photographers and agencies to sign a new contract before they enter the cricket grounds. Read full story... | Send to a friend

African nations agree to $1 billion Indian satellite project

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:04:00 +0200

A critical mass of countries are signing on to a plan for India to invest $1 billion in the Pan-African e-Network satellite project, a joint initiative with the Africa Union aimed at developing the region's information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwe can't calculate inflation

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:48:00 +0200

Zimbabwe is so short on consumer goods, the government can't even calculate inflation, the chief statistician said on Tuesday. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwean executives in trouble over newspaper prices

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:40:00 +0200

Media executives in trouble as government maintains blitz ahead of elections. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zimbabwe Advertising Research Foundation 10th Anniversary awards

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:12:00 +0200

The Zimbabwe Advertising Research Foundation has announced its 10th anniversary awards to take place in Harare on Thursday, November 8. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zim media houses call for shorter ad payment terms as haemorrhage persists

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 06:58:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's Advertising Media Association (Adma) says it is negotiating fresh payment terms for newspaper and broadcast advertisements, as Zimbabwe's economic crisis appeared unrelenting after inflation climbed to a record high of close to 8 000% in September. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Emerging agency attempts to save the world

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:16:00 +0200

Led by owner and MD, Antoinette Prophy, the promising young communications agency, Afrofusion Communications (AFC), launched its first TV commercial for South Africa's Environmental Campaign, Indalo Yethu. After winning the pitch the challenge was to launch the campaign with a limited budget but a massive objective. Read full story... | Send to a friend