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Creativity Week
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Pitcher Awards Releases 2020 Shortlist Ahead of Festival
The Pitcher Awards, the new pan-African benchmark for creative excellence, has today revealed the shortlisted entries in all categories for its 2020 edition. The final winners will be announced on the 4th of July 2020 at the Pitcher Awards show. The Pitcher Awards Show is the crowning event of the Pitcher Festival of Creativity, which will take place from the 2nd to the 4th of July, 2020. The Pitcher Awards 4 main categories were judged by 3 juries: Heritage, Channel, and Inn
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Creativity Week
- Dec 6, 2019
- 1 min
Ivan Johnson Named 2020 Pitcher Awards Heritage Jury President
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
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Creativity Week
- Dec 6, 2019
- 2 min
From Africa with Love
Introduction to Pitcher Awards 2019 Winners Showcase By Nnamdi Ndu, CEO CHINI Africa Many Africans, especially those from the bigger countries like Nigeria, get so pained when people from other parts of the world say someone is from Africa or going to Africa. They feel the fact that Africa is a mega continent is lost on them. Indeed, Africa is huge - 54 recognized independent countries with a total land mass of over 30 million Km2. Africa is 3 times the size of Europe and ha
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Creativity Week
- Nov 19, 2019
- 2 min
Pitcher Awards Opens for Entries Names Emeka Okeke Channel Jury President
The organisers of the Pitcher Awards have announced the opening of entries for the 2020 awards. Entries are open to campaigns created or implemented in any of the 54 African countries. Nnamdi Ndu, Chief Executive Officer of CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions official festival representatives in Nigeria and organisers of Pitcher Awards said “2020 is a very important year for Africa. We have seen awareness grow about the need for Africans to come together and take their destinies into
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Creativity Week
- Sep 11, 2019
- 5 min
Campaigns are not won by agencies, they are won by brave clients
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
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