{"id":1164,"date":"2023-09-22T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/?post_type=company_news&#038;p=1164"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T12:52:09","slug":"world-class-content-lauded-at-nedbank-imc-2023","status":"publish","type":"company_news","link":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/company_news\/world-class-content-lauded-at-nedbank-imc-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"World-class content lauded at Nedbank IMC 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Nedbank IMC Conference once again confirmed its top spot as Africa\u2019s leading marketing conference on the 15 September. Over 2000 delegates joined the hybrid event with the Joburg in-person venue being sold out two months in advance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The conference has become known for its dynamic agenda and over 20 local and global industry leaders took to the stage. Seamlessly facilitated by comedian and former adman Donovan Goliath, presenters ranged from opening speaker, SA superstar Pearl Thusi, to closing speaker Allison Knapp Womack, COO at Effies Worldwide, who joined in person from New York.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Also joining in person from New York was keynote speaker Nick Law, Global Creative Chairperson at Accenture Song. Nick provided a global perspective with his iconic 7 pillars for the future of creativity. Nick is Australian and the crowd roared in appreciation when he was handed a personalised Springbok jersey after his presentation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Another highlight of the day was when top Red&amp;Yellow student, Anganathi Beyile, was given the podium to share his thoughts on marketing purpose. Commenting on his presentation, IMC CEO Dale Hefer said \u2018The conference is committed to youth upliftment, and it was rewarding to see the up-and-coming talent in person\u2019. Since inception in 2019 the Nedbank IMC has given ten tertiary bursaries to worthy youngsters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Khensani Nobanda, Group Executive: Marketing and Corporate Affairs at naming sponsor Nedbank, welcomed delegates to the 5<\/span><\/span><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span><\/span><\/sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0Nedbank IMC and expressed her delight at being back in-person.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Industry leaders who presented at the conference also included:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Doug Place, Chief Marketing Officer of Nando\u2019s Africa, Middle East, and South Asia. 2023 MASA Chairperson<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Roanna Williams, Chairperson of the Creative Circle<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dustin Chick, Managing Director of Razor PR<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Arun Sudhaman, CEO and editor-in-chief at PRovoke Media<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shayoni Lynn, CEO and Founder of Lynn<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mteto Nyati, Chairman of Wazo Investments<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Orlando Wood, Chief Innovation Officer of the System1 Group, Honorary Fellow of the IPA and author of Lemon (IPA, 2019) and Look out (IPA, 2021)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Zoe Scaman, Founder at Bodacious &amp; strategy lead at 77X<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Luca Gallarelli, Group CEO of TBWA\\South Africa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shukri Toefy,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CEO at Southfields, Entrepreneurship Expert at Sa\u00efd Business School University of Oxford\/Group CEO at Migration \/ International Speaker<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Brian Mtongana, Executive Creative Director, Woolworths SA<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ann Nurock, Partner: Relationship Audits and Management<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mpume Nogbese, Co-Managing Director at Joe Public<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Nkgabiseng Motau, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Think Creative Africa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Zayd Abrahams, Chief Marketing &amp; Strategy Officer at Tiger Brands<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Mzamo Xala, Group CEO at AVATAR<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sitho Mdlalose, CEO: Vodacom South Africa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Andisa Ntsubane, Managing Executive: Brand Marketing and Communications Africa Vodacom<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sharon Keith, Marketing Director at Heineken South Africa<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ciko Thomas, Group Managing Executive: Nedbank Retail &amp; Business Banking, Nedbank<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Kaleeta McDade, Chief Experience Design Officer VMLY&amp;R<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">All presentations are available on the Event App for three months to conference delegates.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nedbank IMC Conference once again confirmed its top spot as Africa\u2019s leading marketing conference on the 15 September. Over 2000 delegates joined the hybrid event with the Joburg in-person venue being sold out two months in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1165,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"company":[26],"class_list":["post-1164","company_news","type-company_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","company-nedbank-imm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company_news\/1164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/company_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"company","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retailingafrica.com\/companies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/company?post=1164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}