The Media Online’s weekly column delivering news of award wins, entries, competitions, dates to note and winners in the media industry.
UCT and Tip Africa score in the South African Corporate Communication Excellence Showcase
The past three years have challenged corporates and publication practitioners in ways not known before. They had to communicate under strange new circumstances brought on by a pandemic while digital development has also leapfrogged, providing new methods and media for communication. The new normal has certainly brought opportunities and innovation.
The SA Publication Forum (SAPF) remains a relevant and crucial benchmarking forum for excellence in corporate communication. This year’s corporate competition is yet again proof of the importance of building a community of practice.
2022’s overall best corporate publication astonished and wowed the judges and moderators. Your Career Guide, created for the University of Cape Town (UCT) by the Cape Town-based agency, GAPdesign, is bulging with incredibly useful and inspiring information and advice.
The best corporate publication is chosen from the pool of winners of all 9 categories in the Corporate Publication Competition of a specific year.
The two runners-up were both created by another Cape Town-based agency, Tip Africa. The first runner-up, Let’s Build a Bank, tells the history of Capitec – a journey from payday lender through the ‘bank-in-the-boot’ to the financial powerhouse of today. The story is fluidly and compellingly told. The investment in the many, many hours spent interviewing personnel and researching the history really comes through in the wealth of detail, biographical information, and anecdote.
Second runner-up, the online annual report of Mediclinic International, is a near-perfect annual report. By employing digital technology, the multi-layered medium of the internet is used to its fullest potential in this remarkable publication. By combining this with innovative design, difficult and dense content is dealt with in an effective manner. Colour, graphics, and good design make information clear, accessible and easy to understand. It conveys vast amounts of information in an easily digestible format.
The variety in industries, publications and methods of communicating is proof of the innovation and excellence that exist in the corporate communication industry in South Africa and the SAPF is humbled to be the vehicle for showcasing these examples.
Entries open for the 2023 MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy
The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) is calling all talented South Africans with big dreams to be in the film and television industry to apply to be a part of the 2023 intake. Applications are now open and will close on 28 February 2023.
Eligible graduates who are passionate about telling their own stories are encouraged to apply for the film skills development programme and stand a chance to have a unique opportunity to improve their skills and ultimately contribute to the growth of the local and pan African film and broadcasting industries.
Now in its eighth year, the MTF South Africa is a 12-month long industry readiness programme that affords the opportunity to learn from some of the leading TV producers in the country, while acquiring valuable experience in directing, producing, cinematography, commissioning, art direction and many other skills.
“The MTF Academy is our commitment to the future of our industry and gives young Africans the chance to hone their television and film production skills through a world-class training programme. After so many successful years, we’re proud to announce a new call to entry to and look forward to meeting the next generation of African film makers,” says Bobby Heaney, Director of MultiChoice Talent Factory South Africa.
To apply, eligible applicants can download and complete the application which needs to be submitted on 28 February by 12pm with all supporting documents, for more information on the application process visit multichoicetalentfactory.com.
The Gerety Awards are open for 2023 entries
The 10 locations where the executive jury will be meeting are announced along with new categories for 2023. The locations for the fifth season of the Gerety awards are London, Chicago, Dubai, Mumbai, Berlin, Bucharest, AUNZ, Madrid, Bogota, and Stockholm.
South Africa is represented on the Grand Jury by Zubeida Goolam, founder and creative managing partner, Valiant Agency.
New for 2023: participants will be able to submit entries for Strategy as well as Emerging Commerce into any of the Gerety cuts for Communication, Media, Innovation, B2B, Health, Pharma, Works for Good, Entertainment, Experience and Humour. Entries celebrating strategy will show creative examples of the customer journey and strategic planning that redefined a brand or product.
Emerging commerce will show new channels that organically use the Metaverse, NFTs, Blockchain, AI, AR and other advanced technologies and tools to seamlessly support the development of a brand, product or service.
The ambassadors leading the executive jury sessions for the 2023 Gerety Awards include:
- Kathrin Jesse, CEO, BBDO Germany
- Gia Fernandes, Group Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, India
- Natasha Romariz Maasri, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett MEA, UAE
- Amy Kean, CEO, Good Shout, UK
- Manuela Villegas, Co-Founder, Sí Señor, Colombia
- Gema Arias, Digital Strategy and Creative Director, Kitchen, Spain
- Simina Zidaru, Managing Director & Creative Director, Tribal DDB, Romania
- Kim Pick, Executive Creative Director, VMLY&R, New Zealand
- Nina Kurn, Strategy Director & Senior Creative, McCann Stockholm & Nordics, Sweden
- Myra Nussbaum, President & CCO, Havas Chicago, USA
The 2023 Gerety Awards are now open for entries.
INMA Global Media Awards 2023: Your chance to spotlight your best work
The INMA Global Media Awards competition rewards outstanding achievement in news brands, use of media features, product, subscriptions, advertising, data and insights, and newsroom.
INMA has rewarded excellence in news media since 1937 through good times and bad times (economic challenges, wars, famines, pandemics). The challenges we face today – with pandemic tailwinds and economic headwinds – provide a unique context to the news industry’s transformation and reinvention.
INMA aspires in 2023 to capture the progress of the news industry’s transformation and reinvention, accelerated by the developments of the past year.
We invite you to submit entries in 20 categories across 2 segments of media company so that our 40+ judges can make an even-handed comparison of campaigns and initiatives worldwide.
Submit entries here.
MultiChoice calls on climate change activists and innovators across Africa to submit nominations for the prestigious Earthshot Prize with a chance of winning R20 million
The Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize to discover, accelerate, and scale ground-breaking solutions to repair and regenerate the planet, has begun its 2023 search for breakthrough solutions to solve the globe’s biggest environmental challenges. MultiChoice, the official African broadcast partner and member of The Earthshot Prize Global Alliance, is issuing a call for entries from African organizations, businesses, governments, and individuals who are doing scalable and impactful work in this capacity.
Potential nominees can enter into any of the five categories of the Earthshot Prize, including: Protect and Restore Nature, Clean our Air, Revive our Oceans, Build a Waste-Free World and Fix our Climate. The Prize is awarded annually to five winners, each receiving a R20 million (£1 million) prize grant to scale their projects.
Each year, The Earthshot Prize launches a global search for breakthrough solutions, with a worldwide network of more than 350 nominating individuals and organizations from 66 countries tasked with ushering the process through. As an official nominator, MultiChoice has established an official entry portal here and asks that all submissions be submitted by 27 January 2023. Representatives from MultiChoice will then review these entries and officially nominate selections directly to The Earthshot Prize.
Kwikspace donates winnings from anonymous 4th place winner of its 50th Anniversary Photo Competition
One of five winners from Kwikspace’s 50th Anniversary Photo Competition held last year chose their winnings to be donated to the local Tinkerbell Nursery School in Meyerton. The winnings of the 4th place prize, R 5 000, was used to host a fun day on 24 November for 60 children between the ages of seven months and six years old.
Two jumping castles were provided by Kwikspace through Happy Kids Jumping Castles, and a third was supplied by the jumping castle supplier at no cost. Boerewors rolls, cool drinks, ice creams, and party packs were offered to the children. The children, performed a heart-warming show that included singing and dancing for Kwikspace’s management who attended the event, and joined in on the last song.
