Robyn de Villiers, chairperson and CEO of BCW Africa, says, "It is at times like these that recognition is all the more important. I want to thank our teams for their hard work and dedication to our people, to our business and importantly to our clients."

"I also want to take this opportunity to recognise the clients we work for, whose trust in us and partnership with us is what allows us to do such great work that gets recognised by the industry. We are very pleased to share these honours with our clients," adds de Villiers.

The African SABRE Awards, now in its fourth year, are organised by Provoke (previously known as The Holmes Report) as part of its global SABRE programme, which has a 30-year heritage and recognises the best public relations campaigns from around the world. This inlcudes competitions in North America, EMEA, the Asia-Pacific and Latin America.

The full listing of BCW honours inlcudes:

Gold winners
  • Northern Africa: Knowing which way the wind blows, Siemens Gamesa with BCW Africa (South Africa)
  • Crisis / Issues Management: Pharma Students Demonstratem, United States International University, Africa (USIU_A) with Engage BCW (Kenya)
  • Public Education: Restating the Obvious, ARS, COREVIH with Blast BCW (Mauritius), and
  • Media, Arts and Entertainment: Cartoon Network Soccer Superfan, WarnerMedia with BCW Africa (South Africa).
Certificates of Excellence
  • Business-to-Business Marketing: Knowing which way the wind blows, Siemens Gamesa with BCW Africa (South Africa)
  • Corporate Image: Bringing Good Times from a Good Place, Pernod Ricard with BCW Africa (South Africa)
  • Marketing to Consumers (New Product): Boomerang Tunes, WarnerMedia with BCW Africa (South Africa)
  • Media, Arts and Entertainment: Long Live the Bat! WarnerMedia with BCW Africa (South Africa), and
  • Not for Profit / Charities: Pharma Students Demonstrate, United States International University, Africa (USIU_A) with Engage BCW (Kenya)
BCW Africa has additionally announced that it has launched the '#StayINReachOUT' initiative, which asks each one of us to identify a personal circle of contacts and commit to reaching out to them regularly, while we are all staying at home.

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