10 Aug Black advertising agencies association receives government endorsement

Home / Latest News ← Back The Black Agencies Network Association (BANA) recently held its launch at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in Sandton on 4 August 2022, which was a leap forward for transformation in the marketing, advertising and communications sector. Among the honorable guests was the Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Thembi Siweya, who in support of the initiative asserted: “I’m hoping that the unity of black professionals in the advertising industry will become a critical platform, an entity that will address and tackle the issues outlined.” In turn, Groovin Nchabeleng, Chairperson of BANA adds: “The launch of an entity like BANA has been a long time coming as this industry has remained untransformed and largely dominated by multinational agencies from other parts of the world.” He offers clear evidence of the inertia in transformation, explaining that there was only one black-owned advertising agency in 1991, about […]