When your work gets a nod from the calibre of jury presidents such as we have... you get a global recognition.

I literally took my fate in my hands when it all started. Eminem’s opening lines in “loose yourself” sums it up.

Communicating in Africa requires the creation of new references and the Caractère agency has always functioned as an agitator.

At a time like this when things are on the gloomy side globally, it is heartwarming to see creativity being celebrated as Pitcher Festival..

The Pitcher Festival of creativity kicked off with the See It Be It Africa programme at 10:00 am with a brief talk about See It Be It Africa by Adebola Adebulugbe, Creative Team Lead at Leo Burnett and Cannes Lions See It Be It alumni. Then we had the first panel session titled “How Can Diversity Improve the Quality of Creativity and Storytelling?” The panelists included Nnenna Onyewuchi, co-founder and Director of Strategy at Yellow Brick Road; Temitope Jemerigbe, Managing

Dubai Lynx announces that the Festival of Creativity will no longer take place in September 2020 as planned. New date is 7-10 March 2021.

After nearly 5 years working at Ogilvy UK on American Express and Nestle, she moved to Africa to lead the Digital discipline for Ogilvy

Jonah Otieno is the the Chief Executive Officer of 5ive ltd, an East African creative and branding services agency. In this chat with Creativity Week, Jonah shares about the ideas behind setting up 5ive, his work and views about creativity in Kenya and Africa as whole. What inspired you in forming 5ive and how has the journey been so far? I did the first Cannes Creative Leaders Programme and when I came back, the agency that I was Creative Director of at the time wasn’t ready

Insel Communications Accra, Ghana is part of the Dentsu Aegis Network. It describes itself as the big idea agency that takes your brand to the streets. In 2018, they created a storm at Pitcher Awards by winning the agency of the year with such memorable campaigns like “Jack, Where Are You?” for Ghana Post Co, Ltd which won several awards including a Grand Prix in Integrated Campaigns (see campaign here). In this interview, the MD and Creative Director of the agency, Russel En