The Global Women in Marketing Awards 2026 are now open for entries, recognising outstanding women, allies and organisations making an impact across marketing and the wider communications industry.
Since their launch in 2010, the Global WiM Awards have recognised women whose leadership, creativity, innovation and influence are helping shape our industry.
For WiM Africa, the Awards are an important part of our Recognise & Reward pillar — creating an opportunity to celebrate the depth and breadth of work being led by women across the African continent.
And we want to see more of that work entered in 2026.
Celebrating Africa's 2025 awardees
The 2025 Global WiM Awards saw an outstanding cohort of women and organisations from across Africa recognised:
The WiM AI for Impact Award
Winner: Dr Gillian Hammah, CMO, Aya Data — Ghana
Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Marketing – Brand
Winner: Khensani Nobanda, Group Executive: Marketing & Corporate Affairs, Nedbank — South Africa
Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Marketing – Agency
Highly Commended: Venus Tawiah, Agency Lead, Now Available — Ghana
One to Watch Award
Highly Commended: Sthando Msweli, Lead Strategist, Matte BLK — South Africa
Special Mention: Enniye Timiebi, Consumer Marketing Manager, Spotify — Nigeria
Creative Marketer of the Year Award
Highly Commended: Esosa Osagiede, Group Creative Director, Insight Publicis — Nigeria
WiM Copywriting Award
Commended: Michelle Marais, Copywriter, Dentsu Creative — South Africa
The WiM Social Impact Award
Highly Commended: Andra Nel, Head of Corporate Affairs, KFC Africa — South Africa
The WiM Company Award
Commended: Matte BLK (Pty) Ltd — South Africa
Their recognition reflects just some of the exceptional leadership, thinking and creative work being produced across the continent.
The 2026 Awards
The 2026 categories provide opportunities for women at different stages of their careers and across different areas of the industry.
They include:
It's time to put your work forward
We know the talent exists. We see it every day across our community: women leading businesses and teams, building brands, creating culturally powerful work, transforming organisations, experimenting with new technologies, developing the next generation and changing how our industry operates.
Recognition starts with putting that work forward.
Nominate a colleague. Nominate a client. Champion someone whose work deserves recognition. And don't rule yourself out — self-nominations are welcome.
You do not have to wait for someone else to decide that your work deserves to be seen.
Entries close on 25 September 2026.
Explore the categories, read the criteria carefully and start preparing your entry.
If your organisation is interested in partnering with us on the Global WiM Awards get in touch with us at hello@wimafrica.com
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