Media group in advertising awards partnership[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's growing media group Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) has joined hands with Meet the Challenge Conference to create a new advertising awards brand, AMH Ngoma Awards, an announcement from the organisers said. | |
Ad expert pledges to transform Zimbabwe's advertising[Dumisani Ndlela] Advertising and design practitioner Jarrod Pretorius has established an advertising agency with great promise to transform advertising in Zimbabwe which he said had "become lazy and obvious". | |
Zim: Advertising industry players say the worst is over[Dumisani Ndlela] Newspaper executives have not yet seen the excitement that characterised yesteryear festive season bumper editions in which publications overflowed with advertisements, but their advertising industry counterparts agree that the market has turned the corner. | |
Zim: Michael Hogg buys CM&A Ogilvy[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwean marketing guru Michael Hogg, who sold his advertising agency in 2005, has staged a phenomenal come back after a surprise acquisition of CM&A Ogilvy from Barker McCormac Ogilvy & Mather. Bizcommunity has learnt that the transaction was completed last week and Hogg had already assumed the position of CEO and was re-organising CM&A. | |
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Zim: Women's rights activists condemn HIV/AIDS campaign[Dumisani Ndlela] The Population Services International (PSI) Zimbabwe is to withdraw all advertisements discouraging promiscuous behaviour by men after women's rights activists condemned it as sexist. The PSI, which has been at the forefront of campaigns against the spread of HIV/AIDS for over a decade in Zimbabwe, said it would completely pull out its billboards on the campaign by the end of November. | |
Zim: Adma aims to stem decline in standards[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Advertising Media Association (Adma) is to hold an advertising seminar in the country amid growing concerns over a slump in standards that has resulted in the violation of advertising ethics. | |
Zim: Imago Advertising loses accreditation[Dumisani Ndlela] Beleaguered advertising agency, Imago Advertising, formerly Imago Young & Rubicam, has lost its accreditation after failing to extricate itself from huge debts incurred from a campaign on behalf of President Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF in 2008. | |
Zim: Adma boss forecasts increase in ad campaigns[Dumisani Ndlela] Pilate Machadu, media / marketing guru and chairman of the Advertising Media Association (Adma) has projected advertising growth in Zimbabwe, but said the cake was still small for an increasing number of media outlets in the country. | |
Insurance ad sparks outrage in Zimbabwe[Dumisani Ndlela] An insurance renewal advertisement by RM Insurance has provoked the women's rights lobby in Zimbabwe, which is demanding an apology from the company for demeaning “wives, mothers, daughters, sisters and grannies.” | |
Zimbabwe Human Capital website launched[Dumisani Ndlela] The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has launched an advertising platform targeting Zimbabweans in the Diaspora for jobs and investments back home. | |
Zim: Ad agency launches monthly magazine[Dumisani Ndlela] Advertising agency, Axa Corporate Images, has launched a monthly, advertising-only magazine called Necessity Magazine. | |
Zim ad industry on slow rebound[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's advertising industry is picking itself up as the country's economy moves slowly towards recovery, industry experts said. | |
Zimbabwe: Ad agency in dire straits[Sam Hungwe] One of the country's biggest advertising agencies, Imago Young & Rubicam (IY&R), has fallen in trouble after failing to pay for President Robert Mugabe's re-election campaign advertisements. | |
Global ad agency sells Zim associate for US$1[Dumisani Ndlela] Global marketing and advertising agency Young & Rubicam (Y&R) said this week it had finally sold its 25% stake in Zimbabwean associate Imago Young & Rubicam (Imago Y&R) for a mere US$1 after its involvement in a re-election campaign for President Robert Mugabe. | |
ADMA agrees on shorter ad payment terms as crisis worsens[Dumisani Ndlela] The Zimbabwe Advertising Media Association (ADMA) has abandoned its 30-day payment system for new payment terms for newspaper advertisements as inflation continues to escalate in the crisis-torn economy. A statement issued by the ADMA chairman, Pilate Machadu, said a meeting of the ADMA executive committee held on July 1, 2008 had unanimously agreed to reduce the payment period. | |
Global ad agency dumping Zim firm over Mugabe campaign?[Dumisani Ndlela] Global marketing and advertising agency Young & Rubicam (Y&R) is to sell its stake in Zimbabwean associate Imago Young & Rubicam (Imago Y&R) after the Zimbabwean agency's involvement in an election campaign for President Robert Mugabe. |