Loeries Creative Week Durban 2016 drew to a close on Sunday night, 21 August 2016, at the Durban International Convention Centre. A total of 316 awards were handed out over the two nights, selected from 3112 entries from 22 countries across the Africa Middle East region. There were eight Grand Prix winners.
The full list of Grand Prix winners are:
Nando’s “Global Visual Identity System”, by Sunshinegun
Tusker Lager’s “Team Kenya”, by Net#work BBDO
Channel O’s “Youth Day” by Black River FC
Nando’s “Chicken Run” & “Heartfelt Celebration of South African Design”
KFC’s ‘’The Everyman Meal’’, by Ogilvy & Mather Johannesburg
Saudi Telecom Company – STC, “1st Branded Online Entertainment Hub” by J.Walter Thompson KSA
Chicken Licken’s“Kung Fu” by Net#work BBDO
Ster-Kinekor’s “#OpenEyes” by FoxP2
Of the special awards, the head of Facebook South Africa, Nunu Ntshingila-Njeke, became the first woman inducted into the Loeries Hall of Fame and Yegs Ramiah, chief executive of brand at Sanlam and Santam was given the Marketing Leadership & Innovation Award.
The Adams and Adams Young Creatives Award went to Katie Mylrea, art director at Ogilvy & Mather Cape Town, and Amori Brits, head of design at Shift Joe Public, who each received R60 000 and a South African Airways flight to New York City. The Loeries Creative Future Scholarship went to four young KwaZulu-Natal Grade 12 students, Londeka Gumede, Roxanne Schoon, Mali Khuzwayo and Samkelisiwe Faku, to study at Vega School of Brand Leadership and the Design School South Africa.
Suhana Gordhan, creative director at FCB Africa, was named the Loeries’ chairperson, taking over the reins from Neo Mashigo, who completes his two-year tenure this year.