There are many Loeries firsts for Director Kenny Mumba, a friend of the Key Africans podcast. A first time Loeries nomination which turned into a first time Loeries win in 2022. He was also a first time attendee. The Bronze win was for a Netflix TVC he directed titled THE H-TOWN Gambit under the FILM - TV & CINEMA COMMERCIALS - UP TO 90 seconds category. We caught up with Kenny to get his thoughts around the win and his impressions of the Loeries.

Influencer Marketing is not a gimmick; it's serious business. A campaign called Supper Club was nominated under the category Best Influencer Marketing Campaign at the 2022 Loeries, and we caught up with Vuyisile Dlepu, Brand Manager for Jameson Irish Whiskey and Garreth van Vuuren, Founder and MD of RAPT Creative Agency (Johannesburg, Cape Town and the UK), Jameson's creative agency to discuss the work and their Loeries experience.

Brand South Africa hosted a cocktail evening for the judges at the Loeries. Respected Ad Exec Paul Middleton was there on behalf of Brand South Africa. Shortly after his speech, we had to sit-down to find out a bit more about the content from the speech and also what the mission of Brand South Africa is, particularly when it comes to partnering with influential people in the creative space.

This is a special edition of Key Africans Unlocked as we bring you content from the 2022 Loeries in Cape Town; the most prestigious creative festival across Africa and the Middle East. It's a space where you'll find Key Africans because the ideas that they bring to life impact millions across the world. We sat down with one of the speakers, New York based Monique Nelson, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of UWG as well as Kenny Mumba whose work for Netflix, a TVC titled THE H-TOWN GAMBIT directed by Kenny was nominated and Mr. Lanre Adisa, MD and CCO of Noah's Ark Communications and a judge at the Loeries 2022.

In this first episode of the Evolution series, we spoke to Zambian director Kenny Mumba about why Africa has a new lens on the world, habits that force you to change and what the pandemic meant for him as a creative and an entrepreneur.

For a passionate doctor like Chido Siame, practicing medicine during a pandemic meant relooking how she spends her time and how parts of the Hippocratic oath extend to how she's choosing to raise her sons.

Diaspora living is a shared experience and as Africans, it shows up in living colour wherever in the world we are. For Armando, the vehicle is fashion but a lot of the passion is in collaborations among Africans.

He seems like an uncanny fit for TikTok because he's a lover of words who is not a digital native. But Simon Mwewa Lane is a walking example of how a curious nature means we can thrive on any platform.

The evolution from son to father is one that has peppered Kojo Baffoe's life with questions that still need to be answered, guidance from an era gone by and the memory of a father who shaped him into the wordsmith he is today. We chatted to Kojo about meaning and he told us about finding it in his most important role yet.

The Fratpack brothers Kitso and Kabelo Moremi together with Mokgethwa have been in the podcast game for half a decade now. We sat with our brothers and had an amazing conversation about happiness, authenticity and more.