Join global entertainer, entrepreneur and Hartbeat founder Kevin Hart and Thai Randolph, CEO of Hartbeat, for a keynote conversation sharing Hartbeat’s core principles in building a next-generation media company that breaks through to consumers, advertisers and creators with storytelling that harnesses humour and heart.
2,000+ Industry Peers
100+ Speakers
25+ Sessions
Advertising Week, the world’s largest annual gathering of marketing, media, and technology leaders, makes its long-anticipated debut in Africa on 15-18 February 2023, after the planned launch was delayed by the global pandemic.
AWAfrica has partnered with Hartbeat on a programming track titled “Branding with Hart,” a thought leadership series making its debut during the event. Global entertainer, entrepreneur and Hartbeat founder Kevin Hart will keynote a session to discuss his next-generation media company and share his vision and principles for building purpose-driven brands that breakthrough with storytelling harnessing humor and heart.
Our founding mission is to scale Africa’s cultural influence, talent and solutions to the world. Join us for Advertising Week’s debut in Africa and get inspired by the African story of entrepreneurship, innovation, inspiration and positive disruption.
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Part of AWAfrica’s programme is designed around the central theme of scaling Africa and its talent globally. We will be inviting the greatest thought leaders from inside and beyond the industry to gaze to the future, predict trends, analyse the data and set agendas.
Future is Female: Africa Edition will be a networking and awarding platform that aims to provide an inclusive environment to highlight trailblazers that will be selected based on a combination of proven achievements, demonstrated ability to affect organizational change and commitment to external impact.
South Africa still has wounds of the past, however, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has always been an institution focused on healing the nation. An evening where the Nelson Mandela Foundation shines a light on the endeavours it has made around healing those social ills through inclusion, reconciliation and embracing the multicultural society in which we live.
The Creator Residency Program (2023) is a 12-month program designed to showcase young African creators to a global market. Every year the program will select twelve (12) across different parts of Africa and take them through a 12-month program that includes the development of a solution that solves an African problem, brand programming and creative production for global brands.
The AWAccelerate program provides education and acceleration to marketing-related technology companies. Participants will learn from the world’s greatest marketers and have strategic amplification access to the Advertising Week global platform. The innovation program will connect startups to AW constituents around the globe, including brands, agencies, media companies, investment and more.
AWAfrica100 is an annual program that is part of the launch of Advertising Week Africa. This program will celebrate 100 of the most talented and gifted minds in the industry, who we believe will have a lasting impact in their communities, careers and on a global scale in the next decade.
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