8.ta Print FARMLANDS by McCann Erickson Johannesburg, Velocity Films

FARMLANDS
The Print Ad titled FARMLANDS was done by McCann Erickson Johannesburg, Velocity Films advertising agencies for 8.ta in South Africa. It was released in Jan 2011.
Advertising campaign: 8.ta: Heita

8.ta: FARMLANDS

Brand
8.ta
Media
Print
Released
January 2011
Posted
January 2011
Market
South Africa
Agency
Velocity Films
Art Director
Yvonne Hall
Copywriter
Tim Beckerling
Art Director
Sarita Immelman
Art Director
Sean Harrison
Account Supervisor
Hester Robb
Photographer
Michael Poliza
Illustrator
Rob Frew
Agency
McCann Erickson Johannesburg
Executive Creative Director
Vanessa Pearson

Credits & Description:

Category: Photography
Advertiser: 8.TA
Product/Service: MOBILE NETWORK
Agency: McCANN ERICKSON SOUTH AFRICA
Type Of Ad: Newspaper
Date of First Appearance: Aug 23 2010
Entrant Company: McCANN ERICKSON SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA
Executive Creative Director: Vanessa Pearson
Copywriter: Tim Beckerling
Art Director: Sean Harrison/Yvonne Hall/Sarita Immelman
Photographer: Michael Poliza
Illustrator: Rob Frew
Art Buyer: Kirsten Zietsman
Account Supervisor: Hester Robb
Planner: Bruce Williamson

English Translation of Main Headlines
An unbranded, un-named, logo-less, teaser newspaper campaign appeared in the mainstream South African press in late 2010, in order to generate intrigue, hype and expectation for the pending launch of South Africa's new cellular network called 8.ta, pronounced 'aytah'.
Powered by telecoms giant Telkom, 8.ta is the derivative of the slang township greeting 'heita' which means hello.
Clues to the brand's eventual identity were a pink dot in every execution and the word 'heita' which caught South Africans how to pronounce the brand's name. The teaser resulted in viral wildfire in a quest to discover the brand's identity. The brand, 8.ta, exists to make cellular communication accessible to large numbers of poorer South Africans.