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Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and success

Dentsu Kenya CEO Chris Madison steps down after a decade of growth, innovation, and success

15 Nov 2024

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#MediaAlert! Windhoek Beer and Jupiter part ways

#MediaAlert! Windhoek Beer and Jupiter part ways

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#Loeries2017: TBWA\Raad on winning a Grand Prix in the ‘mother of all categories'

#Loeries2017: TBWA\Raad on winning a Grand Prix in the ‘mother of all categories'

Jessica Tennant 25 Aug 2017

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#Loeries2017: Design Army's Pum Lefebure on how to master the art of seduction

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#Loeries2017: Be the popes, the geeks and the rock and rollers, says Creative Shop's Weera Saad

Jessica Tennant 18 Aug 2017

Loeries2017: Building the new creative economy at the speed of thought

Loeries2017: Building the new creative economy at the speed of thought

Jessica Tennant 17 Aug 2017

#LadiesofLoeries: The Namibian perspective with Chrisna Basson

#LadiesofLoeries: The Namibian perspective with Chrisna Basson

Leigh Andrews 15 Aug 2017

99c appoints managing director for Lusaka

99c appoints managing director for Lusaka

Ninety9cents 15 Aug 2017

César Vacchiano

The final frontier of the independent agency

Danette Breitenbach 14 Aug 2017

Newspaper woes send Murdoch's News Corp into red

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#Loeries2017: What the hell happened to women in leadership? Facebook's Nunu Ntshingila

#Loeries2017: What the hell happened to women in leadership? Facebook's Nunu Ntshingila

Jessica Tennant 10 Aug 2017

Gender intelligent design: What brands, product designers and customer services need to know

Gender intelligent design: What brands, product designers and customer services need to know

Kantar 8 Aug 2017

Is it time for your brand to evolve?

Jessica Edgson 3 Aug 2017

Mike Schalit, Net#work’s creative co-founder and creative chief of BBDO SA Group.

Net#work BBDO to launch limited edition book on creativity

2 Aug 2017

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VR content should be engaging, relevant and appropriate

David Limbert 1 Aug 2017

Calls to professionalise advertising industry in Rwanda

Garikai Nhongo 28 Jul 2017

#NewCampaign: Ever considered ditching your keys?

#NewCampaign: Ever considered ditching your keys?

Jessica Tennant 26 Jul 2017

Audi pulls 'sexist' China ad after public outcry

Audi pulls 'sexist' China ad after public outcry

21 Jul 2017

Cheers! Native VML ECD McManus with Pernod Ricard SA marketing director, Charl Bassil in Cannes.

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Leigh Andrews 18 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

17 Jul 2017

Dentsu Aegis Network signs affiliation agreement with Mojo New Media Limited

Dentsu Aegis Network signs affiliation agreement with Mojo New Media Limited

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How advertising's ugly duckling has turned into a swan

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Bronwyn Williams 13 Jul 2017

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the F8 summit in San Francisco, California on 25 March 2015. Zuckerberg introduced the Messenger platform at the event. On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, Facebook announced that Messenger would soon be hosting ads on its home screen |

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Jessica Tennant 17 Aug 2017

#LadiesofLoeries: The Namibian perspective with Chrisna Basson

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99c appoints managing director for Lusaka

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Mike Schalit, Net#work’s creative co-founder and creative chief of BBDO SA Group.

Net#work BBDO to launch limited edition book on creativity

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Garikai Nhongo 28 Jul 2017

#NewCampaign: Ever considered ditching your keys?

#NewCampaign: Ever considered ditching your keys?

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Audi pulls 'sexist' China ad after public outcry

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Cheers! Native VML ECD McManus with Pernod Ricard SA marketing director, Charl Bassil in Cannes.

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Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Dentsu Aegis Network signs affiliation agreement with Mojo New Media Limited

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London International Awards introduce Regional of the Year Awards in MEA

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New global ransomware attack disrupts thousands of companies

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Facebook Africa's new forward-looking office space

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Arthur Sadoun, Publicis Groupe's new CEO.

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