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The Marketing + Media Alliance (MMA) Smarties South African winners for 2026 were announced last night. Picture: Ogilvy was awarded Best in Show for Audi TikTok Test Drive (Image supplied)

Marketing

MMA Smarties South Africa 2026 winners announced

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Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

Corporate & Commercial Law

Kenya court dismisses bid to stop Diageo's $2.3bn sale of East African Breweries

Duncan Miriri 9 Apr 2026

Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

Events & Conferencing

Tidal Rave Festival: How a youth festival is building Africa’s cultural infrastructure

Issued by BA:KO by EchoHouse 12 Jan 2026

Beer bottles pass through a conveyor belt along a production line at the East African Breweries' microbrewery as the company released its half-year results in Ruaraka, Nairobi, Kenya, 26 January 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi//File Photo

Competition Law

Kenyan beer firm asks court to block Diageo's $2.3bn EABL sale to Asahi

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 8 Jan 2026

Diageo sells East African Breweries stake to Asahi for $2.3bn

Food & bev. services

Diageo sells East African Breweries stake to Asahi for $2.3bn

Duncan Miriri and Emma Rumney 22 Dec 2025

EchoHouse: Johnnie Walker's creative and digital agency in Southern, Western and Central Africa

Marketing

EchoHouse: Johnnie Walker's creative and digital agency in Southern, Western and Central Africa

Issued by BA:KO by EchoHouse 26 Aug 2025

All the 2025 African Marketing Confederation Awards winners

Marketing & Media

All the 2025 African Marketing Confederation Awards winners

25 Aug 2025

Johnnie Walker’s iconic striding man stops walking to encourage men to pause, reflect, and rest during Men’s Mental Health Month (Image supplied)

Advertising

Johnnie Walker’s #Men’sMental Health campaign: Rest. Reset. Keep walking.

29 Jul 2025

Distinctive packaging design reshapes the wine industry

Packaging

Distinctive packaging design reshapes the wine industry

17 Jul 2025

A day of prestige: Johnnie Walker Blue Polo unites icons of fashion, whisky and polo in Johannesburg

Events

A day of prestige: Johnnie Walker Blue Polo unites icons of fashion, whisky and polo in Johannesburg

Issued by OrchardOn25 12 Jun 2025

Pan African marketing just got easier for global brands: Connect with BA:KO By EchoHouse

Marketing

Pan African marketing just got easier for global brands: Connect with BA:KO By EchoHouse

Issued by BA:KO by EchoHouse 4 Jun 2025

All set for Cape Town Pick n Pay Wine & Food Festival

Events

All set for Cape Town Pick n Pay Wine & Food Festival

24 Apr 2025

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

Music

Trace Awards 2025 to showcase Africa's musical diversity

3 Jan 2025

Source: © 123rf The 20th edition of the Sunday Times GenNext Awards winners have been announced

Youth Marketing

Sunday Times GenNext Awards crowns the coolest of the cool crowd

20 Nov 2024

The winners of the second Annual Shopper Marketing Awards by Shop! South Africa, which represents SA’s shopper and retail environment industry, have been named. Pictured Tradeway and clients (Image supplied)

Marketing

2nd Annual Shopper Marketing Awards winners

15 Nov 2024

Loeries night one

Loeries Creative Week

Loeries night one

Issued by Loeries 14 Oct 2024

Source: © Gallo Images (Left) Preetesh Sewraj, CEO The Loeries, (centre) Bridget Harpur, head of marketing: Volkswagen South Africa was named Marketer of the Year, and (right)
Kabelo Moshapalo, incoming Loeries Chairperson and CCO Ogilvy Johannesburg

Loeries Creative Week

#Loeries: All the winners, VW's Bridget Harpur named marketer of the year

10 Oct 2024

Fashion & Homeware

Johnnie Walker Blonde steps into fashion with local clothing brand, Happyville

23 Aug 2024

Agro-processing

Global spirits shine at Investec Trophy Spirits Show 2024

2 Jul 2024

Source: © LLLLITL More Grand Prix and Gold winners have been announced by CannesLions

Cannes Lions

#Cannes2024: Day 2: Grande Prix and Gold winners announced

19 Jun 2024

Rapt Group welcomes Melanie Campbell as partner: group strategy

Advertising

Rapt Group welcomes Melanie Campbell as partner: group strategy

13 Jun 2024

Father's Day deals to spoil all the dads at City Lodge Hotels

Travel

Father's Day deals to spoil all the dads at City Lodge Hotels

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 30 May 2024

Natalie Celani is the marketing and innovation director at Diageo. Source: Supplied.

Marketing

Natalie Celani, marketing & innovation director at Diageo celebrates 20 years in alcohol industry

Karabo Ledwaba 17 Oct 2023

#BehindTheBrandManager

#BehindtheBrandManager: Samori Gambrah, global brand director for Captain Morgan

Karabo Ledwaba 14 Jul 2023

• Pentawards, the global platform for packaging design, has announced the shortlisted entries for the 2023 competition

Packaging

Pentawards shortlist for packaging design announced

13 Jul 2023

Njabulo Phewane from KWV with trophies for Best Distilled Gin and Best Gin of Show for Imagin Classic. Source: Supplied.

FMCG

The 2023 Trophy Spirits Show winners announced

7 Jul 2023

Image supplied.

IAB Bookmarks Awards

#Bookmarks2023: IAB SA Bookmark Awards 2023 finalists announced

22 Jun 2023

Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes dies shortly before retirement

FMCG

Diageo CEO Ivan Menezes dies shortly before retirement

7 Jun 2023

Advertising

Pitcher Awards 2023: Nigeria brings it home for Africa

Karabo Ledwaba 22 May 2023

Source: © Provoke Media The 2023 Africa Sabre Awards finalists and winners have been announced

PR & Communications

All the Sabre Awards Africa 2023 winners & finalists

14 Apr 2023

Marketing

Modern marketing dilemmas: Is brand differentiation an effective way to reduce customer price sensitivity?

Mary Kyriakidi and Graham Staplehurst, Issued by Kantar 7 Mar 2023

Cocktails at City Lodge Hotels just got better!

Food & Wine

Cocktails at City Lodge Hotels just got better!

Issued by City Lodge Hotels 9 Dec 2022

Makro and Diageo collaborate on exclusive Johnnie Walker Reserve Room

Retailers

Makro and Diageo collaborate on exclusive Johnnie Walker Reserve Room

9 Dec 2022

Source © Patrick Tomasso Kirsty Bisset gives her five key takeaways from the Digital Marketing World Forum 2022

Trends

5 key takeaways from the Digital Marketing World Forum 2022

Kirsty Bisset 6 Dec 2022

Source: © Joy Online Johnnie Walker’span-African The Ones Who…Keep Walking has won a Grand Prix and a Gold at the World Media Awards

Media

Johnnie Walker's The Ones Who...Keep Walking wins Grand Prix and Gold

3 Nov 2022

Image supplied. The inaugural Keep Walking: Africa Top 30 List have been announced

Youth Marketing

Africa's Next-Gen cultural shapeshifters announced

26 Oct 2022

Top-rated liquor awarded at Trophy Spirits Show 2022

FMCG

Top-rated liquor awarded at Trophy Spirits Show 2022

3 Aug 2022

Source: Supplied

FMCG

Diageo buys flavour-matching AI tech company Vivanda

7 Jul 2022

Supplied. All the 2022 Bookmark Awards finalists

IAB Bookmarks Awards

All the Bookmarks 2022 finalists: Did you make the cut?

17 Jun 2022

TV advertising embraces digital in Kantar's Creative Effectiveness Awards 2022

Advertising

TV advertising embraces digital in Kantar's Creative Effectiveness Awards 2022

Issued by Kantar 3 May 2022

East African Breweries sees lingering Covid concerns after strong first half

FMCG

East African Breweries sees lingering Covid concerns after strong first half

Duncan Miriri 28 Jan 2022

#ACACelebratingDiversity: In conversation with Darling Films' femme filmmakers

ACA Celebrating Diversity

#ACACelebratingDiversity: In conversation with Darling Films' femme filmmakers

16 Nov 2021

SA's top consumer product innovations for 2021 - Bases

Research

SA's top consumer product innovations for 2021 - Bases

2 Nov 2021

2021 Pendoring e tjhunwa ke Hollard Awards finalists announced

Pendoring

2021 Pendoring e tjhunwa ke Hollard Awards finalists announced

15 Oct 2021

Source: Reuters/Rogan Ward

ESG

Diageo SA launches R25m relief fund for businesses hit by unrest

12 Aug 2021

All the Pitcher Awards 2021 winners!

Advertising

All the Pitcher Awards 2021 winners!

24 May 2021

All the SA Bar Awards winners

Food & Wine

All the SA Bar Awards winners

28 Sep 2020