The International News Media Association (INMA) 2016 African Global Media Summit took place at the Vineyard Hotel, Cape Town between 14 and 15 November.
Smirnoff 1818: How 'Light Up the Moment' transformed a vodka brand to rival the South African beer market.
In 2012 Smirnoff 1818 had reached a volume ceiling; trading purely on price within the white spirits category. Brandhouse approached J Walter Thompson to reposition the brand against a shifting South African consumer landscape and expand its potential while sourcing volume from the hugely dominant mainstream beer drinking ritual.
An idea was born out of the insight that the brand needed to deeply connect to the hearts and minds of both older, traditional loyalists and a younger, more aspirational set. An idea that harnessed the power and raw appeal of vodka consumed in social occasions. This allowed us to step more provocatively into beer drinking occasions....
On Tuesday, 18 November, Toni Younghusband's book, titled Wallop! An advertising phenomenon called Rightford, Searle-Tripp & Makin, was launched by Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town and Tafelberg Publishers.
On 3 October 2014, Tropika launched its #TropikaCruise campaign where we gave celebrities an opportunity to win double tickets to a five-day cruise on the MSC liner to the Portuguese and Inhaca Island in Mozambique.
Habari Media's Tuongee 2014 featured hot digital topics by innovators, creators and propeller heads alike. Aptly titled 'Back to the Future' the conference delivered on the past, present and future of digital.
