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To create brand affinity in the commuter market, Cash Crusaders is flighting a commercial on the wide-reaching TRANSIT.TV™. The digital channel flights in taxis, in bus stations, in taxi ranks and in train stations throughout South Africa and has proven to be a vital marketing element to reach the mid LSM market. “The Cash Crusaders campaign is the perfect example of purpose driven marketing where brand, messaging and context are a seamless fit. The brand has taken the Zilahlile package which presents as an on-screen broadsheet. TRANSIT.TV™ flights to a widespread audience when they are in a captive environment, be [...]

Leading out-of-home company Provantage Media Group is proud to announce that they have acquired a majority stake in Global Outdoor Systems, a leading African billboard company with a footprint in a large number of African markets. This cements its OOH position as one of the largest OOH media owners on the continent, where it is already well known for successful activations. Global Outdoor Systems, which was established in 2000, is a media owner with fully established operations in ten African countries and affiliations with a further seven; its offices deliver to an additional four neighbouring countries. A partner to 21 [...]

Shamy Naidu, Executive: Transit Ads™ outlines the need for authentic data within the realm of out of home advertising, especially when it comes to the transit environment. Over the past few years we’ve been witness to an enormous growth within the transit environment in South Africa. Public Transport nodes and facilities have been upgraded, extended and added to. We’ve seen the inception of the Gautrain, the BRT and IRT systems and overall, most bus, rail and taxi facilities across the country have had a significant makeover. Information and advertising and the way we access it, consume it and share it [...]

To promote its Instant Money transfer service offering to a wide-ranging target audience, SPAR has implemented an out of home campaign with Transit Ads™. Says John Goncalves of Transit Ads™, “SPAR has partnered with Transit Ads™ on a variety of marketing projects in the past, and now they’ve partnered with us to ensure that millions of consumers know about their Instant Money offering and - through effective messaging and execution - will be enticed to use it.” To create awareness, promote the service and prompt action, the SPAR Money Transfer messaging is visible on Powa Towas located in taxi ranks [...]

To celebrate 30 years of peri-peri, Nando’s used the powerful advertising impact of the MyCiTi bus to spread its birthday message. MyCiTi busses are moving billboards that are visible to commuters, pedestrians and motorists within the greater Cape Town area. Their frequency along high traffic routes ensure that brand creative and messaging is seen and assimilated by the target audience. Following the Birthday campaign, the restaurant brand has implemented a Spring campaign using the same, highly effective media platform.