Juries

Carmen Murray
Carmen Murray - founder of Boo-Yah!

Carmen, The Original CyberPunk, is the representative of The Connected Marketer™ in Africa. She is an influential marketer and was recognised by Meltwater as one of the top Women in Tech in Africa, 2019. She also received the most prestigious awards, a Black Pixel, IAB Bookmarks, 2019 for her best individual contribution to Digital, Africa. Carmen is a popular podcaster for two podcasts: "The Carmen Murray Show" and the "The IN with the TWO Øutsiders" podcast, co-hosted with John Vlismas. Boo-Yah is he Leonardo da Vincis of Marketing producing radical ideas that keep our clients in touch with tomorrow, and relevant to the time we now live in. Murray has been a keynote speaker at more than 140 events in over 30 countries.

She served on the following councils:

  • MMA Events Committee
  • IAB: Innovation Council
  • IAB: Education and Transformation Committee
  • Representative of the Professional Body for Digital Practitioners in South Africa
  • Faculty Member for RebaOne Academy

Mbali Ndandani
Mbali Ndandani - Africa Digital Lead, Unilever

Mbali leads digital for Unilever Africa, leading the organisation's digital media approach across Sub Saharan Africa. Her role includes defining how to deliver salience with consumers using the power of digital, providing strategic thinking and frameworks for their 50+ brands as they reach consumers. She also leads the open innovation digital transformation programme in the region- Unilever Foundry. This aspect of her work includes identifying and delivering innovative startups and solutions, models and approaches powered by digital and technology to enable the business' future growth across all functions and departments. Mbali is a candidate for the MPhil in Inclusive Innovation at the UCT Graduate School of Business, with a thesis assessing the role of the African mobile technology ecosystem in the informal economy.

Koo Govender
Koo Govender - CEO Dentsu Aegis South Africa

As the first female CEO of the VWV Group, Koo’s passion for women’s empowerment and mentorship was demonstrated by her championing of the Phakama Women’s Academy, which is a bridging programme to equip and empower marketing university graduates for the ‘realities’ of the corporate world. Koo remains a trustee of the academy to ensure continuity and momentum for this vital and unique initiative. Joining the Dentsu Aegis Network in 2016 took her back to her media roots having been active in the broadcasting and media industry for 22 years, culminating in her holding the Corporate Marketing and Communications Directorship at M-Net. During her tenure at M-Net, Koo and her team won numerous industry awards, including Loeries and Promax, and coordinated the Pay-TV station’s 25thbirthday celebrations. In addition to being a prominent and accomplished public speaker, Koo has won various business and female empowerment awards; the latest of which was the Mail & Guardian Investing in the Future and Drivers of Change Awards 2015.She boasts a combination of client and agency experience, a thorough grounding in media, and an underpinning drive and passion.

Margie Carr
Margie Carr - MD, InTouch Media

Margie is the founder and MD of a specialist OOH Advertising Agency, operating in South Africa and the rest of Africa. In Touch Media provides tailored Out of Home solutions for its clients, supported by strategic, research-based insights, from the inception to the completion of a campaign.

Candice Goodman
Candice Goodman - MD: Mobitainment

Candice Goodman was the DMA’s Direct Marketer of the Year 2016. She is currently on the Education & Transformation Committee of the IAB. She has headed up Education at the Mobile Marketing Association of South Africa for the past five years and was on the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA of SA) Advisory Board as Chairman and was the first Certified MMA Mobile Marketer in South Africa. She founded mobile marketing consultancy and technology enabler, Mobitainment, over 12 years ago now, and has won multiple international awards over the past 11 years. Mobitainment earned the coveted title of “#1 Technology Provider in Africa, #4 in EMEA, and #8 globally” from the MMA Global in 2018 and “SME of the Year 2016” from the DMA of South Africa. Candice is a prolific speaker on the subject and has spoken around South Africa, Africa and in Europe about her passion for mobile in the African Market at various conferences over the years like AfricaCOM, East AfricaCOM, The Internet Show, Mobile Web Africa, Tech4Africa, Wired Women, Mobile Entertainment Africa, Marketing Mix, MRMW Africa, The Best of Digital and M-Days, to name a few.

Oresti Patricios
Oresti Patricios - CEO, Ornico Group

An avid exponent of chaos theory, Oresti has long been on the cutting edge of the media and advertising industries. Doing his social media MBA at GIBS when Twitter was barely a twit, he has always driven his vision of an African media and brand intelligence firm. Founding OrnicoGroup in 1984, Oresti now fronts an organisation of more than 150 dedicated individuals that services the top 450 local advertisers. He is also chairman of SAMMA as well as a board member of FIBEP (World Media Intelligence Association) & PAMRO (Pan African Media Research Organization). Opening offices in Nigeria in 2010 was a milestone - the first in a major African expansion plan for OrnicoGroup to standardise media and brand measurement taxonomies across the continent. He also won the PAMRO “Achiever of the year” Award, recognizing what he has done for the research industry in Africa.