11 Mar 2005
South Africa is by far the richest country in the continent and accounts for about one-third of sub-Saharan Africa's GDP. Thabo Mbeki, formerly Nelson Mandela's deputy, was re-elected president ...
seen as an ambassador for Africa on the world stage.
Mbeki's re-election coincided with the ten ...
08 Mar 2010
| by Arun Sudhaman
Waggener Edstrom has extended its business with key global client Microsoft into Africa..., Central Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, following a three-way pitch. To service the account, Waggener Edstrom has hired Marcus Sorour as GM of a new, wholly-owned office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sorour, who joins Wag-Ed's EMEA board, arrives from Text 100 South Africa. Marcus' proven ability ...
17 Jun 2005
The Wunderman network has bolstered its presence in South Africa by forming a strategic partnership...The resulting outfit, WundermanORD, will be the largest below-the-line agency in South Africa, with a client list including Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Coca-Cola and the J B, Smirnoff and Jose Cuervo drinks accounts. The partnership will be a non-equity affiliation, with participants sharing clients ...
30 Mar 2000
| by HARRIET MARSH
would be the key to informing people in cut-off villages across
Africa about what was happening in the rest of the world. Their company,
the South-Africa based BayGen Power Company, set out to provide ...
% of its units are sold in
the US, 25% in Europe, and the rest in Africa and the Middle East ...
07 Feb 2010
| by Arun Sudhaman
-Saharan Africa....Africapractice will handle Google's PR in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and South Africa. The assignment comes as Google attempts to deepen its product penetration into Africa, promote online access, and educate audiences about the internet. The Google Africa account will be managed locally by teams ...
21 Sep 2007
Motorola has called a review of its advertising across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
09 Jun 2006
, Africa and Asia-Pacific region....The network has been in a protracted pitch for the business since early
2006. In Asia, Ogilvy pitched against TBWA\ Asia, while in the high-growth
markets of India, South-East Asia, the Middle East and Africa, it
pitched against both BBDO and TBWA. The pitches were part of a global
review instigated ...
16 Apr 2004
| by Pippa Considine
Filming overseas is always popular but step aside South Africa and the Czech Republic, adland has...until recently have been South Africa and the Czech Republic.
South Africa started to become a regular ...
to be shot in winter and requires sunshine. Not only is South Africa a cheaper deal, it doesn't take too long ...
to film.
So why is South Africa dipping out of favour? Apart from the strengthening of the rand ...
OgilvyOne has hired Mark South as regional director of strategic services for Europe, Africa
, Middle East and Africa.