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WiM Africa is part of Women in Marketing (WiM) Community Interest Company – a not for profit organisation.
WiM Africa is an ally member of the Unstereotype Alliance South Africa chapter.
Convened by UN Women and launched in 2017 at Cannes Lions The Unstereotype Alliance is a thought and action platform that seeks to eradicate harmful gender-based stereotypes in all media and advertising content. It brings together partners and seeks to collectively use the advertising industry as a force for good to drive positive change all over the world.
Members work towards creating a world without stereotypes, empowering women in all their diversity, whether that be related to race, class, age, ability, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, language or education and addressing harmful masculinities to help create a gender equal world.
The Unstereotype Alliance South Africa Chapter launched in February 2020 in Johannesburg with the following priority focus areas identified by the members:
For more information and to become a member, visit the Unsterotype Alliance website.
WiM Africa is a strategic partner of the International Advertising Association Africa Region having worked on their landmark Africa Rising Conference since 2021.
The IAA is the world’s most influential network of marketing and marketing communications professionals. Established in 1938, the International Advertising Association is the only global association that represents all spheres of the marketing and marketing communications industry. For over eighty years the IAA has played a strong role in supporting key industry issues such as freedom of commercial speech, self-regulation, responsible advertising, education and professional development.
For more information and to become a member, visit IAAGlobal.org.
Marklives.com launched in 2012 as a journalism-driven alternative to existing advertising and marketing trade media in South Africa. It actively invests in journalism and good old-fashioned journalistic systems and processes, including editing, subbing and fact-checking. It has become known for presenting a fresh, independent and investigative view of southern Africa’s changing communication landscape, as well as for the depth of its insights section, and is the go-to source for breaking industry news.
The team at MarkLives believes in covering a broad spectrum of industry businesses, both small and large, and the full diversity of its people. As part of its commitment to telling the stories of women, we celebrate remarkable women leaders in our annual #AgencyLeaders Women of the Year poll. Until we achieve gender parity at senior management level, it will play a role in punching out the glass ceiling women shouldn’t be subjected to in the first place.
MarkLives.com in partnership with WiM Africa Interview series
Established in 2017, the Top Marketers Club is a volunteer-based organization that provides mentorship, support and networking opportunities to sales and marketing professionals - in Kenya and across the East Africa region - from seasoned marketing executives such as CMOs and Marketing Directors, to those embarking on a career in marketing. To achieve this the club organizes the following educational and social events.
The Top Marketers Club convenes an annual conference - The Marketers Conference which brings together sales and marketing professionals from Kenya and beyond to learn, share and discover the latest marketing techniques and tools in the marketing industry.
Since launch in 2019, the Nedbank IMC has become Africa’s biggest marketing conference. This conference is aimed at anyone in the business of communication, and is attended by more CMOs, Agency leaders, industry influencers and senior marketing students than any other event on the continent. There are no sales pitches, presentations are short and the content is relevant to all disciplines, designations and levels within the industry.
Date: 18 September 2025
Venue: Mosaiek, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Insider Scoop with Mariam is a fireside chat series hosted by Papillon Creative Academy. It's a dynamic content and thought leadership platform focused on branding, marketing, and business growth, led by Mariam Kaleem Agyeman-Buahin, an expert in creative strategy and business development. The series aims to provide attendees with practical insights and strategies for navigating the creative and business landscape.
Insider Scoop with Mariam is partnering with WiM Africa on the WiM Africa Connect Accra networking series.
Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies, including 96 of the world’s 100 biggest advertisers.
They have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of people around the world: how they think, feel and act, globally and locally in over 90 markets.
Kantar doesn't just help clients understand what’s happened, we tell them why and how they can shape the future.
Kantar is a partner and host on the WiM Africa Real Talk Debate Series.