We are the Havas Village South Africa

    The Havas Village is a truly unique proposition – creative, media, PR, and health, all under one roof. Our philosophy is to work together seamlessly, building teams around our clients’ needs.

    We operate with one vision, one shared way of working, and under one P&L.

    Our Havas mission: To make a meaningful difference to the brands, the businesses and the lives of the people we work with.

    Our People

    We are a home for collaborators. At a time when the industry has fragmented across specialties and disciplines, we're proud to be truly integrated-physically and philosophically.

    Leadership

    Provit Chemmani

    Provit Chemmani

    CEO for Africa

    Refiloe Mashaba

    Refiloe Mashaba

    Head of Strategy

    Mash Sibeko

    Mash Sibeko

    Head of Digital

    Katherine Couzyn

    Katherine Couzyn

    Managing Director Media

    Fiona O'Connor

    Fiona O'Connor

    Executive Creative Director

    Beverley Jones

    Beverley Jones

    Managing Director Creative

    Carel Scheepers

    Carel Scheepers

    Head of Diversified Services

    Nabiella De Beer

    Nabiella De Beer

    Head of PR

    Andrea Calva

    Andrea Calva

    CFO Havas Africa

    Samkelisiwe Motsa

    Samkelisiwe Motsa

    HR Director

    Vivendi

    Unlike any other agency, our partners are not exclusively advertising companies, but music labels, gaming companies, live event organisers, TV networks, film studios and video distribution platforms.

    We are drawing on talent and thinking which is changing behaviour – and using the creative ideation and capabilities of our Vivendi partnership. A partnership which has grown at pace, delivering new initiatives to make better, more innovative marketing solutions for our clients.

    Together, we boast an unparalleled entertainment offering, reinventing the relationship between brands, consumers and entertainment, to produce industry firsts.

    Daily Motion
    VIDEO

    One of the biggest video content aggregation and distribution platforms in the world, with 250 million users each month.

    Canal+
    FILM AND TELEVISION

    A global force in pay-TV as well as the production, sales and distribution of movies and TV series.

    Gameloft
    GAMING

    A global leader in mobile games, with 2.5 million downloads per day.

    Prisma Media
    MAGAZINES

    The French leader in magazine publishing and online media.

    Lagardere
    PUBLISHING AND TRAVEL RETAIL

    The world’s third-largest book publisher for the general public and educational markets as well as the world’s third-largest travel retail operator.

    Meaningful Brands

    Our proprietary research study Meaningful Brands (that spans 395,000 people worldwide, 30 markets, 21 industries and 2,000 brands each year) discovered that:

    75%

    of brands could disappear and no one would care

    47%

    of brands are seen as trustworthy

    61%

    of people support brands who focus on purpose over profit

    It's these key findings that have led to the creation of our Meaningful Brands strategic framework. A unique approach that has allowed us to understand that a brand’s value - how meaningful it is to its consumers - is defined by a combination of 'functional', 'personal' and 'collective' benefits.

    Used across strategy and planning teams in all our agencies around the world, Meaningful Brands acts as the glue in our integrated process and provides a common approach to strategic thinking to ensure we deliver meaningful business growth for our clients.

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