Next edition of the Festival will run June 21-25, 2021 Cannes Lions announces today that the annual Festival of Creativity will not take place in October as previously planned. The next edition of the Festival will run June 21-25, 2021. As the impact from COVID-19 continues to be felt across the world on consumers and our customers across the marketing, creative and media industries, it has become clear to us our customers’ priorities have shifted to the need to protect peopl

The students were asked to produce a 2-minute video to demonstrate their creativity and suitability to join the Cannes Lions student academy

The organiser's of Pitcher Awards have announced Ivan Johnson, Executive Creative Director and Partner at 3Verse, Cape Town, South Africa as the 2020 Pitcher Awards Heritage Jury President. Ivan will lead the Heritage jury to review campaigns entered under Film, Print, Branded Content, Outdoor and Design sub-categories. According to Nnamdi Ndu, CEO CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions Festival Representative in Nigeria and organisers of Pitcher Awards, "Ivan Johnson has a very strong t

CHINI Africa emerged silver winner at the recently held 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity’s Andrea Suez Representative of the Year Award in London. The award was given in recognition of CHINI Africa’s innovative ideas to engage the Nigerian market. The representative of the year award is judged against 4 main criteria including: Brand Ambassadors, Creative Marketing Activity, Engagement with Young Lions and Business Results. The award is open to Cannes Li

Written by Funke Ademola Aliu Winning the Future Creative Leaders Academy (FCLA) was a dream come true for me. It was a competition I looked forward to since my 200 level, and when the opportunity came and I was nominated to participate in my 400 level I was elated! I registered, the brief came out, I responded, presented, got tutored, won the competition and got the most coveted trip to France, to attend the annual Cannes Lion International Festival of Creativity; the bigges

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