"The Official Rankings are calculated based on performance each year, and they provide a useful and independent measure of who’s doing what across our region,” says Loeries® CEO Andrew Human.

For the second year running, KFC is the top brand, having won 11 Loeries® – including a Grand Prix. Flight Centre and Marble take second and third place respectively.

Mike Middleton, chief marketing officer at KFC, has emerged as the top brand representative, followed by Divan Viljoen of Flight Centre, Jacques Cronje of KFC, Gary Kyriacou of Marble, and Melanie Campbell of Absolut in fifth place. Middleton was also awarded the Loeries® Marketing Leadership & Innovation Award at the awards held in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal in August.

The top three Agencies of the Year are Impact BBDO Dubai, Ogilvy Johannesburg, and Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg. The top three Regional Agency Groups of the Year are; BBDO MEA, TBWA\, and Ogilvy EMEA.

The top three ranked agencies in South Africa are Ogilvy Johannesburg, Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg, and Native VML. From the region, excluding South Africa, the top three places all go to the United Arab Emirates. Impact BBDO Dubai ranks as the top agency, followed by Y&R Dubai and TBWA\RAAD. Other countries included in the regional agency rankings are Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Israel, Egypt, Namibia, Morocco, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Nigeria.

Impact BBDO has taken the top position in the Large Agency category, while Y&R Dubai has the highest ranking among Medium-sized Agencies. Grid Worldwide Branding and Design leads the Small Agency table.

The top-ranked chief creative officer for 2017 is Pete Case from Ogilvy Johannesburg, with Peter Khoury of Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg coming in at number two, and Jason Xenopolous of Native VML in third place. Fadi Yaish of BBDO Dubai leads the executive creative director table, followed by Mariana O’Kelly from Ogilvy Johannesburg and Jenny Glover from Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg.

Vega School is the top education institution, and The Open Window, AAA School of Advertising Cape Town, Stellenbosch Academy of Design & Photography, and Red & Yellow School make up the top five in the category.

Overall ranking by brand 2017:

  • KFC;
  • Flight Centre; 
  • Marble; 
  • ABSOLUT; 
  • Sanlam; 
  • The Cartel; 
  • Visa; 
  • La Libanaise Des Jeux; 
  • Nissan; 
  • Landmark Group; 
  • Surf Shack; 
  • Nando's; 
  • Mada Masr; 
  • Mars; 
  • Ol Pejeta Conservancy; 
  • BRF; 
  • Volkswagen South Africa; 
  • Law Andak Dam; 
  • HuffPost SA; and 
  • Interreligious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Overall ranking by agency 2017: 

  • Impact BBDO Dubai – United Arab Emirates;
  • Ogilvy Johannesburg – South Africa; 
  • Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg – South Africa; 
  • Native VML – South Africa; 
  • Grid Worldwide Branding and Design – South Africa; 
  • Y&R Dubai – United Arab Emirates; 
  • King James Group – South Africa; 
  • Y&R South Africa – South Africa; 
  • TBWA\RAAD – United Arab Emirates; 
  • J.Walter Thompson Dubai – United Arab Emirates; 
  • J. Walter Thompson KSA – Saudi Arabia; 
  • Net#work BBDO – South Africa; 
  • DDB – South Africa; 
  • FoxP2 Cape Town – South Africa; 
  • Ogilvy Cape Town – South Africa; 
  • Joe Public United – South Africa; 
  • Ogilvy & Mather Africa – Kenya; 
  • The Odd Number – South Africa; 
  • Grey Advertising – South Africa; and 
  • Leo Burnett Israel – Israel. 

The overall ranking includes agencies from across the region – Africa and the Middle East – as well as international agencies that produced work to be flighted within the region.

Ranking by regional agency group 2017: 

  • BBDO MEA; 
  • TBWA\;
  • Ogilvy EMEA; 
  • Y&R Africa & Middle East;
  • J. Walter Thompson MEA; 
  • VML; 
  • King James Group; 
  • FCB Africa; 
  • Joe Public United; and 
  • DDB. 

The regional agency group ranking is for the group networks across Africa and the Middle East. The full rankings include more tables on specialist agencies, production companies, and individual credits. Entry for Loeries® 2018 will open in February.

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