Ogilvy Africa has won a Gold Lion in the Design, Special Editions & Bespoke Items category for "Lesso Lessons" at the 2022 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. This is the first-ever Gold for Kenya, and the first Gold for any country or agency in East, Central and West Africa.

OMTV, India's first sanatan storytelling platform, has announced the appointment of Sahil Kiran Vaidya as head of business and strategy. In this new role, Vaidya will take care of the overall growth of the company. He will look after the distribution of content and revenue generation via syndication.

Over the past two years, companies around the world learned just how important digital experiences are, says Greg Gatherer, account manager at Liferay Africa. Gatherer adds that for many organisations, those digital experiences were simply the only kind they could provide their customers.

Primedia Group has announced that it has appointed Tholoana Ncheke as group legal counsel. The group says that Ncheke is an accomplished attorney, proficient in corporate law, taxation, administrative law, litigation as well as media and communication law.

Brand Africa has announced that Toyota has been named one of Africa's Most Admired Brands. Brand Africa says that it is an intergenerational movement established in 2010 to inspire a brand-led African renaissance to drive Africa's competitiveness, connect Africa and create a positive image of the continent.

Nando's has announced that it has launched two new variants of the 'Bag and Bake' product. The new variants, namely Paprika Citrino and Smokey Churrasco will be launched at the new pop-up located in Braamfontein between Friday, 24 June and Sunday, 10 July.

Debranding has become a trending marketing strategy amongst numerous major brands. But what has inspired this movement towards minimalism? media update’s Lara Smit delves into why brands are dialling things down through debranding.

Reuters Events has announced its speakers for its Strategic Marketing 2022 conference. The conference aims to bring together the world's most influential CMOs and marketing leaders to combat new challenges, share creative insights and discover innovative solutions.

The Loeries Creative Future Scholarship is celebrating the success of recent graduates from its programme. The scholarship was launched in 2008 to award deserving matriculants in need of financial assistance with full-time bursaries to study towards qualifications in brand communication.

Mediamark, a leading audio and digital solutions company, has announced a rebrand with a shift from its previously blue logo to invigorate and inspire both staff and the industry. As part of the rebrand, Mediamark has also added the tag line 'Bringing people and media together'.