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The African continent has five jury members represented on the Gerety Awards Grand Jury for 2025 - two from SA, and one each from Nigeria, Kenya and the Côte D'Ivoire (Image supplied)

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5 Gerety Awards Grand Jury members for 2025 from the African continent

3 Dec 2024

From AAA to Cannes Lions: Mike Bond’s global advertising journey

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From AAA to Cannes Lions: Mike Bond’s global advertising journey

Issued by AAA School of Advertising 11 Nov 2024

Lidl's global holiday campaign was created by BBDO Germany and its chief creative officer, South African-born Jonathan Deeb and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Tom Hooper (Image supplied)

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BBDO Germany's 6 minute brand film for Lidl's global holiday campaign

6 Nov 2024

Global triumphs as LIA 2024 honours Middle Eastern agencies

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Global triumphs as LIA 2024 honours Middle Eastern agencies

4 Nov 2024

Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

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Suhana Gordhan of LoveSong to lead Radio & Audio at The One Show 2025

23 Oct 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Digitas Liquorice's Ntokozo Nhlanhla - What does SA need to convert in the digital space

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EXCLUSIVE: Digitas Liquorice's Ntokozo Nhlanhla - What does SA need to convert in the digital space

Ntokozo Nhlanhla 22 Oct 2024

Pernod-Ricard's Nthabi Motsoeneng to chair Warc Awards for Middle East & Africa 2025 jury

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Pernod-Ricard's Nthabi Motsoeneng to chair Warc Awards for Middle East & Africa 2025 jury

17 Oct 2024

Loeries night two

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries night two

Issued by Loeries 14 Oct 2024

Loeries night one

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries night one

Issued by Loeries 14 Oct 2024

Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless with Ben Wagner

Loeries Creative Week

Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 3: The Energy Episode

12 Oct 2024

#Loeries: Frank Hahn throws down the creative gauntlet

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: Frank Hahn throws down the creative gauntlet

Lindsey Schutters 11 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images Joe Public is the Loeries Awards Agency of the Year

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries All the winners, Agency of the Year is Joe Public

11 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images (Left) Preetesh Sewraj, CEO The Loeries, (centre) Bridget Harpur, head of marketing: Volkswagen South Africa was named Marketer of the Year, and (right)
Kabelo Moshapalo, incoming Loeries Chairperson and CCO Ogilvy Johannesburg

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: All the winners, VW's Bridget Harpur named marketer of the year

10 Oct 2024

Loeries Creative Week 2024 honours unyielding creative spirit across Africa and the Middle East

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries Creative Week 2024 honours unyielding creative spirit across Africa and the Middle East

Issued by Loeries 8 Oct 2024

The LIA awarded its first batch of winners and finalists with South Africa’s Promise awarded a Gold and Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai a Bronze (Image supplied)

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LIA: SA's Promise wins Gold, Saatchi & Saatchi ME, Dubai wins Bronze

7 Oct 2024

#Loeries: Discover the future of creativity with award winning creatives and experts at International Seminar of Creativity

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: Discover the future of creativity with award winning creatives and experts at International Seminar of Creativity

1 Oct 2024

Loeries has announced this year's international jury presidents (Image supplied)

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries 2024 announces global creative leaders jury presidents

27 Sep 2024

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2024: The countdown begins—Here’s what to expect

19 Sep 2024

This UAE campaign from MullenLowe MENA wants to fix the bias in AI.

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UAE agencies shine in the 2024 AME Awards shortlist

6 Sep 2024

Source: © Campaign Live Troy Ruhanen is the global CEO of the newly formed Omnicom Advertising Group (OAG)

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Omnicom forms OAG with Troy Ruhanen as global CEO

29 Aug 2024

Source: © LIA Michelle Marais, senior copywriter at Dentsu Creative and a 2024 Cannes See It.Be It. recipient talks about being a female in the creative industry at the tip of Africa

Women's Month

#WomensMonth: Michelle Marais - Working in advertising takes guts; as a woman even more so

Danette Breitenbach 6 Aug 2024

Source: © WPP At the recent Creative Circle Full Circle held in Johannesburg this year's South African Cannes Lions jury members' gave their insights into some of the world's best advertising campaigns

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#Cannes2024: Insights on some of the world's best creative work

Danette Breitenbach 29 Jul 2024

2024 Creative Strategy and Transformative Business Impact jury.

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LIA announces 2024 Creative Strategy and Transformative Business Impact jury

27 Jun 2024

Source: © LLLLITL More Grand Prix and Gold winners have been announced by CannesLions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Day 2: Grande Prix and Gold winners announced

19 Jun 2024

Day one of Cannes Lions has seen a record number of creatives. Seen here is musician John Legend and his model wife Chrissy Teigen. Source: Carl Willoughby.

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#Cannes2024: Creative Circle at Cannes - a vibrant return with a record attendance

Carl Willoughby 18 Jun 2024

Source: © Techsoulogy Ogilvy and Halo have been named in the Cannes Lions 2024 Film shortlist

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Ogilvy and Halo named in latest shortlists

18 Jun 2024

Source: © The Caples Awards The Lions Health Grand Prix for Good has been awarded to Impact BBDO, Dubai, UAE for Child Wedding Cards for its client, UN Women

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Impact BBDO, Dubai awarded the Lions Health Grand Prix for Good

Danette Breitenbach 18 Jun 2024

The world’s Most Effective Marketers are announced: 2023 Global Effie Index Results

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The world’s Most Effective Marketers are announced: 2023 Global Effie Index Results

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 6 Jun 2024

The ACA announces 2024/25 board of directors

PR & Communications

The ACA announces 2024/25 board of directors

Issued by Association for Communication and Advertising 31 May 2024

The Stream of Consciousness

D&AD Awards

Updated: D&AD Awards 2024: SA brings home 8 Pencils

27 May 2024

Image supplied. The final and full shortlist for the D&AD Awards has been released and the 62nd D&AD Awards ceremony takes place tomorrow, Wednesday 22 May in London

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Full D&AD shortlist revealed

21 May 2024

The 62nd annual D&AD Awards’ first shortlist has been announced

D&AD Awards

D&AD Awards announce first shortlist

21 May 2024

Image supplied. Ogilvy South Africa Cape Town is the Middle East & Africa Agency of the Year in The One Show 2024 Global Creative Rankings

The One Club for Creativity

Ogilvy and Promise top the One Show 2024 MEA creative and independent agency rankings

20 May 2024

Source: © Branding Asia South Africa won five Silver Pencils, one Bronze Pencil and 15 Merits from The One Show 2024

The One Club for Creativity

SA leads The One Show regional tally, with Ogilvy heading up the winners

17 May 2024

The event will be held in September in New York City. Source: Supplied.

The One Club for Creativity

The One Club announces 2024 Creative Hall of Fame inductees

15 Apr 2024

Warc Creative has released its top 100. Source: YouTube.

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Warc Media 100 unveils top global media campaigns and companies of 2023

20 Mar 2024

The campaign inspired political change in Honduras. Source: YouTube.

Advertising

Ogilvy dominates as most awarded network in Warc Creative 100 for fourth consecutive year

12 Mar 2024

Source: © Melpomen 123rf Ogilvy, Joe Public and TBWA as well as Carat, OMD and TheMediaShop are all standouts in the Agency Scope as rated by marketers

Marketing & Media

Agency Scope: Top creative and media agencies according to marketers

27 Feb 2024

(Left) Sands Mathura, associate creative director at Sands Mathura in Cape Town, and (right) Lauren Mitchell, group creative head at Accenture Song in Johannesburg have been named winners in the global Next Creative Leaders competition and The 3% Movement

The One Club for Creativity

Two South Africans named winners in global One Club's Young Creative competition

16 Feb 2024

Warc Awards announces top industry and agency experts for Middle East & Africa 2024 juries

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Warc Awards announces top industry and agency experts for Middle East & Africa 2024 juries

6 Feb 2024

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Little Black Book's Immortal Awards 2023 winners

18 Jan 2024

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The One Club for Creativity’s Global Creative Rankings 2023 have been announced with ? and us Dubai named the Regional Agency for the Middle East and Africa.

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‿ and us Dubai named One Club's top Middle East and Africa agency

5 Jan 2024

Image supplied. The New York Festivals AME Awards’ 2023 AME Report has ranked Leo Burnett Middle East, a Publicis Groupe agency, as 2023’s top spot

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Leo Burnett Middle East ranked first in 2023 NYF AME Awards Report

6 Nov 2023

Source: Communicate Leo Burnett, Dubai's The Homecoming campaign, a Finalist in Corporate Purpose/Social Responsibility, won a further Silver and Bronze

Advertising

UAE agencies collect more metal as LIA announces final categories

Danette Breitenbach 18 Oct 2023

Source: © ArabAD The UAE Impact BBDO, Dubai has been awarded three LIA Gold for itsSchoolgirl Newscasters campaign, for client EBM

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Impact BBDO Dubai awarded five Gold and a Bronze at the London International Awards

Danette Breitenbach 16 Oct 2023

Ogilvy SA won a Bronze Award. Source: YouTube.

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Ogilvy SA, Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai and Impact BBDO Dubai awarded at the LIA

13 Oct 2023

Image supplied. Impact BBDO Dubai and Wunderman Thompson Riyadh, Saudi Arabia have been awarded at the London International Awards

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Impact BBDO Dubai wins gold at LIA

12 Oct 2023

Teboho Mahlatsi was awarded posthumously. Source: Loeries.

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2023: Late Teboho Mahlatsi honoured with Hall of Fame award

10 Oct 2023

3 Grand Prix awarded at first round of Loeries 2023 awards

Loeries Creative Week

3 Grand Prix awarded at first round of Loeries 2023 awards

Issued by Loeries 10 Oct 2023

Image: Terry Levin. CEO of Publicis Conseil, Marco Venturelli encourages agencies to partner with client brands to help identify problems and work toward impact solutions

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries2023: Three lessons on how creative thinking can change the world

Terry Levin 10 Oct 2023