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MediaVest wins Nissan SA account

With effect from 1 April 2010, MediaVest South Africa will handle all strategic media planning requirements for Nissan South Africa.

5 Feb 2010

MediaVest wins Nissan SA account

This win, announced yesterday, Thursday, 4 February 2010, comes straight after another recent major win, Nestlé and several other blue chip accounts since the global brand's entrance into the South African market in October 2009.

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(Left) Bridget von Holdt, founder of Inzalo Consulting and (right) Maria Gergova-Bengtsson, founder and CEO of United Partners Network, have joined forces (Image by @Lesley Svenson, Bizcommunity)

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