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2026 Jury Members

Kerstin

Trikalitis

CEO & Co-Founder Out There Media

Care Jury President

Chinonso

Egemba

Storyteller, Founder, Aproko Doctor Global & Co-Founder, AwaDoc

Care Jury Member

Jacquie

Muhati

Deputy Director Marketing & Group Head of Brands, NCBA Groups Kenya

Care Jury Member

Jelil

Adedoyin

Digital Marketing Manager, Reckitt Sub-Saharan Africa

Care Jury Member

Safo

Mallet

Chief Operating Officer, Optimal OMD, Accra, Ghana

Care Jury Member

Stephen

Obalakun

Creative Director, Playhouse Communication Ltd, Lagos, Nigeria.

Care Jury Member

kenneth

Hammond-Aryee

Chief Operating Officer, Innova DDB Ghana and BrandAlert Ghana, Accra , Ghana

Care Jury Member

Dozie

Okafor

MD/CEO, PHD Nigeria

Channel Jury President

Adeola

Amosun

Group Media Manager, Tolaram Nigeria

Channel Jury Member

Bamitale Catherine

Oladapo

Head, Strategy & Planning All Seasons Zenith, 19 Oduduwa Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos

Channel Jury Member

Colette

Amaeshi

Managing Director, Pulse Ghana

Channel Jury Member

Emmanuel

Ante

Chief Operating Officer, QVT Media Limited, Lagos, Nigeria

Channel Jury Member

Graham

Deneys

Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu South Africa

Channel Jury Member

Peter

Maina

Impact Consultant, RAIA Africa, Kenya

Channel Jury Member

Yash

Deb

Co-Founder & Creative Partner, The Bar Africa, Kenya

Craft Jury President

Aymeric

Austry

Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Director, WALLACE, Dakar / Cotonou

Craft Jury Member

Benjamin

Anyan

Regional Creative & Strategy Director

Craft Jury Member

CEDRIC

EKAMBI

Senior copywriter - Caractère Sénégal

Craft Jury Member

Eric

Mwangi

Creative Director, 3Verse - Nairobi, Kenya

Craft Jury Member

Lord

Adansi

Creative Director, Dentsu Creative Ghana, Accra

Craft Jury Member

Nurveen

Ratty

Executive Creative Director & Chartered Marketer, Crayons Couleur Mauritius & Rwanda.

Craft Jury Member

Olalekan

Akinyele

COO/ECD, JT Agency, Abuja, Nigeria

Craft Jury Member

Olawale

Olukoya

Olawale Olukoya, Creative Director, digitXplus, Lagos, Nigeria

Craft Jury Member

Sow

Hussein Dembel

Gen AI Lead at L'AgenceX, Cote d'Ivoire

Craft Jury Member

Anand

Badami

SVP & Growth Lead, Emerging Markets & Innovation, Publicis West Africa

Culture Jury President

Ayodeji

Razaq

Group CEO RED for Africa

Culture Jury Member

Bineta Ndoye

Niang

MD Bennett Africa - Brand Strategy & Creative Direction

Culture Jury Member

Daniel

Ifeanyichukwu

Hero Daniels . MD, Ito Media

Culture Jury Member

Idiare

Atimomo

Co Founder, Chief Operating Officer, UP IN THE SKY LTD (Lagos/London)

Culture Jury Member

Lola

Akinyele

GM, Dentsu Performance, Lagos, Nigeria

Culture Jury Member

MYRIAM

AMANI

Clients Relationship Director, Efées, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Culture Jury Member

Osato

Evbuomwan

Marketing Director, Moet Hennessy Nigeria

Culture Jury Member

Karim

Yermeche

Chief Executive Officer, Lotus Conseil, Hydra, Algeria

Digital Jury President

Aimien

Evbodaghe

Creative Director, Pulse

Digital Jury Member

Buyi

Mafoko

Managing Director, Matte BLK (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Digital Jury Member

Ifeyinwa

Mogekwu

Founder, Ifyskitchen Omni Media

Digital Jury Member

Lynne

Murrey

Business Unit Head - Digital Dentsu Kenya

Digital Jury Member

Mũtwĩri

Njagĩ

Creative Director, The Bar Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

Digital Jury Member

Sammi

Mwasina

ACD, WPP Scanad Kenya, Nairobi Kenya

Digital Jury Member

Toyin

OSEBEYO

Chief Operating Officer, digitXplus

Digital Jury Member

Oluwatosin

Oyedeji

Chief Operating Officer at BrandEye Media Group, Lagos, Nigeria

Digital Jury Member

Steve

Babaeko

CEO/CCO, X3M Ideas & Vice President, Area Director for Africa, IAA

Entertainment Jury President

Akaoma

Onyeonoru

Academy Director, MultiChoice Talent Factory, West Africa

Entertainment Jury Member

Gregory Leigh

Booysen

Creative Director, Accenture Song South Africa

Entertainment Jury Member

Hadizat

Ibrahim

Executive Producer, March 31 Media (Lagos - Nigeria)

Entertainment Jury Member

Keenan

Mulvaney

Group Creative Director, Ogilvy Africa, Nairobi

Entertainment Jury Member

Kennedy

Thiong'o

Associate Creative Director, The Quollective, Nairobi, Kenya.

Entertainment Jury Member

Serge

Sohen

Owner / Executive Producer MIRRORS (Los Angeles)

Entertainment Jury Member

Uduakabasi

Akpan

Creative Director, Dentsu Creative, Nigeria

Entertainment Jury Member

Yusuf

Adejumo

Creative Director, TBWA\Concept, Lagos, Nigeria.

Entertainment Jury Member

Dawn

Rowlands

CEO Dentsu Africa

Good and Effectiveness Jury President

Carolina

Rodriguez

Founder and Director of Dilucidar

Good & Effectiveness Jury Member

Chima

Amadi

Chief Operations Officer Nigeria & French West Africa, PHD MEDIA

Good & Effectiveness Jury Member

Edna

Njeri

Program Lead, SKY Girls Kenya

Good & Effectiveness Jury Member

Oge

Maduagwu

Head of Marketing & Comms, Samsung Electronics West Africa

Good & Effectiveness Jury Member

Oriane

CANFRIN

Marketing and Communication Director, Ecobank

Good & Effectiveness Jury Member

Whitney

Thompson

Account Director, Ogilvy Africa, Ghana

Good & Effectiveness Jury Member

Maxwell

Ngari

CCO Dentsu Creative Africa - Kenya, Zambia, Uganda and Tanzania

Heritage Jury President

Eugene

Omolo

Head of Creative Solutions, WPP-ScanGroup. Nairobi - Kenya

Heritage Jury Member

Gabriel

Olonisakin

Noah's Ark Communications, Lagos

Heritage Jury Member

Gerald

Ssali

Creative Director, TheQuollective, Uganda

Heritage Jury Member

Nelly

Wainaina

Group Director- Marketing, Communication & Citizenship, NCBA GROUP PLC, East Africa

Heritage Jury Member

Olashile Sodiq

Sheu

Multi-Award-Winning Creative Leader and Multidisciplinary Artist. Nigeria

Heritage Jury Member

Segun

Ayinla

Deputy Creative Director, Insight Publicis, Lagos, Nigeria.

Heritage Jury Member

Tito Anthony

Amuzuo

Creative Director, SO&U.

Heritage Jury Member

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