Travelstart has appointed Oluwakemi Ojo as the new Head of Communications for the company's Kenyan operations. 30 Jun 2015
Full-service digital marketing specialists, Clicks2Customers, recently opened its Africa division and has now also officially opened its East Africa office, headquartered in Nairobi. 11 Sep 2014
Twinpine Network, Africa's largest premium advertising business, has appointed Thomas Mbalu as Country Manager, East African region. 31 Jul 2014
Patricia Hidalgo has joined Turner International as senior vice president and chief content and creative officer kids for Turner Broadcasting System EMEA. 2 Jul 2013
Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group has announced the appointment of Julius Mukumbya Musoke, previously Principal Counsel at the Africa Development Bank in Tunis, as a partner in its Ugandan firm, AF Mpanga, from 1 December 2012. 3 Dec 2012
Anthony Chacha recently joined DuPont Sub-Saharan Africa, leaders of market-driven science, as Business Development Consultant for the Eastern Africa region. 11 Mar 2010
Virgin Atlantic has appointed Nilanthi Manatunga as Country Manager for Virgin Atlantic's Kenya office. 14 Apr 2008
Keith Scafturis joins the group as its new marketing director, following 25 years with the FNB group – the last ten as the national relationship manager with FNB home loans, where he built and cemented relationships at executive level with FNB’s real estate intermediary business partners nationally. Scafturis’s new appointment as marketing director with the RE/MAX group will see him developing the RE/MAX brand by guiding, growing and leading an existing and highly successful team at the group’s head office in Cape Town, while at the same time supporting the more than 2200 associates and broker/owners in more than 170 independently owned offices across South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mauritius and Mozambique. 7 Mar 2007
Jason Stewart has been promoted to brand manager of the Instant Seed Division within the international trendspotting and youth insight agency, Instant Grass. 27 Sep 2006
The appointment of Matifadza (Mati) Nyazema as Executive Director of the Sandton Convention Centre heralds an exciting new future for South Africa's premier meeting, exhibition and special events space. 27 Jul 2006
Intelligent business email solutions provider Rocketseed has appointed Mark Williams, formerly of Tinderbox Interactive, Dimension Data, VWV and 8 Seconds, as its new managing director. 31 May 2006
Outdoor advertising company Ad Outpost Africa has appointed Mr Michael Ngugi as the General Manager of its Kenya operations. 9 Mar 2006
A further strategic position has been confirmed at Media24 Africa as the company sets its sights on future growth and development in Africa. 12 Feb 2006
Greg Maloka, founding member and ex-General Manager of YFM, has joined youth trends agency Instant Grass. 11 Jan 2006
Brand and image company, 8seconds, have made a number of appointments off the back of solid growth in South Africa, and following the opening of new offices in Nigeria and Kenya. 17 Nov 2005
Privately-run business incubator, Raizcorp, has a new managing director at the helm. 20 Oct 2004
Fresh Eye Film director, Jonathan Parkinson has just completed a big budget, 60" commercial for the second largest conglomerate in Mauritius - Ireland Blythe Limited (IBL). 20 Oct 2004
Filmmaker and entrepreneur Jason Xenopoulos, who was contracted into Young & Rubicam to develop the creative strategy for its successful MTN pitch, has subsequently been appointed Executive Creative Director for the agency. 18 May 2004
Nathalie Sweeney, recently promoted to Senior Brand Manager for Frisco Coffee, was presented with the National Brands Limited "Marketer of the Year" award at the annual NBL Sales Conference, held in Mauritius in August. 15 Sep 2003
DDB South Africa has further strengthened its consolidation of its Africa network through the appointment of Peter Rolland to head up DDB Interstation. DDB Interstation has been established to act as the lead agency and brand custodian of DDB's Africa clients, and co-ordinates activities in Kenya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. 9 Jan 2003
Two new creative directors have been appointed in the Leo Africa network, says Jonny Cohen, Director of Leo Africa." The appointment of these two senior candidates adds impetus to Leo Africa's vision to deliver world-class African solutions". 1 Nov 2002
In a move to create a more visual personality for the pan-African television network, TVAfrica has appointed two continuity announcers to its team. 30 Sep 2002
In a major coup for JWT Cape Town, the agency announced that it has gained the formidable creative talents of Wendy Moorcroft, the country’s top copywriter according to the latest AdFocus survey. 21 May 2002
Mac Maharaj, a leading member of the government from 1994 to 1999, has been appointed Deputy Chairman of Clear Channel Independent, the South African outdoor advertising company jointly controlled by the two international media companies, Clear Channel and Independent News & Media. 24 Apr 2002
