Countries represented are Algeria, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa
Pitcher Festival of Creativity has released the list of the Pitcher Awards 2021 jury members. Four juries will judge and award entries submitted across the 5 main categories - Channel, Digital, Entertainment, Good and Heritage. Digital and Good will be judged by the same jury. All the sub-regions in Africa - East Africa, West Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa are represented as well as the island nations of Cape Verde in the central Atlantic Ocean and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The winners will be announced at the 2021 Pitcher Awards Show to be broadcast on Africa TV networks and streamed at the Pitcher Festival website on 22 May 2021.
Nnamdi Ndu, CEO CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions Festival Representative in Nigeria and organizers of the Pitcher Festival of Creativity says "We're very proud of the team we have put up to judge, award and benchmark African creativity in 2021, all of them working on the African continent. Pitcher Awards is set up not only to promote and showcase Africa's creativity on the world stage, but also the talent and creative leadership that reside in Africa. This selection is one more way we're demonstrating that".
The jury membership has been listed as follows:
Channel Jury
Jury President - Akua Owusu-Nartey, Regional Managing Director, Ogilvy Africa
Tokunboh George-Taylor, Managing Director, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Lagos, Nigeria
Aristide Mabatto, Managing Director, ACMAR Media Group, Douala, Cameroon
Austin Efienamokwu, Founder & CEO Ubiquity Media Holdings, Lagos, Nigeria
Demola Salami, Chief Operating Officer, BrandEye Media, Lagos Nigeria
Graham Deneys, Group Strategy Director, Carat, Cape Town, South Africa
Stephen Onaivi, Managing Director, mediaReachOMD, Accra, Ghana
Heritage Jury
Jury President - Alistair King, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of King James Group Africa
Vincent Montocchio, Managing Director CIRCUS! Mauritius & Chief Creative Officer Publicis Groupe Africa
Max Ngari, Executive Creative Director, Isobar, Nairobi, Kenya
Ranti Atunwa, Executive Creative Director,TBWA\Concept, Lagos, Nigeria
Kayode Olowu, Founder/Creative Director, ONEWILDCARD, Lagos, Nigeria
Muriel Kla, Executive Creative Director, Caractère, Dakar, Senegal
Junior Lisboa, Mindful Owner & Creative Director, Mantra, Praia, Cape Verde
Digital & Good Jury
Jury President - Juliet Ehimuan, Director, Google West Africa
Emmanuel Amakwah, Creative Director, Now Available Africa, Accra, Ghana
Mariam Ayoade, Director Media/Digital, VISA, Sub Saharan Africa
Solomon Osafile, Creative Lead, The RedWolf Company, Lagos, Nigeria
Alemu Emuron, Chief Creative Officer, Betika.com, Nairobi, Kenya
Obinna Chuku, Partner, Creative Director, Bloom Interactive, Accra, Ghana
Karim Yermeche, Chief Executive Officer, Lotus Conseil, Hydra, Algeria
Entertainment Jury
Jury President - Femi Odugbemi, Founder/CEO, Zuri24 Media Lagos and Academy Director Multichoice Talent Factory, West Africa
Bamidele Ariyo, MD/Chief Creative Officer, Adeptus Advertising, Lagos, Nigeria
Bada Akintunde-Johnson, Country Manager, ViacomCBS Networks, Africa
Kyle Cockeran, Creative Director, 3verse, Cape Town, South Africa
Colette Otusheso, Head Accelerate TV, Lagos, Nigeria
Sakia Ambofo, Directeur Général, Agence Efées, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Vino Sookloll, CEO & Executive Creative Director, FCB CREAD, Mauritius
View profile of jury members here.