Nunu Ntshingila

Summary:

Nunu Ntshingila is Facebook’s Head of Africa, with responsibility for leading the team that engages with agencies and brands in Africa to help them make the most of the company’s products including Facebook itself, Instagram and related services. She is passionate about the role of technology in driving social inclusion in Africa and about Facebook’s mission of creating value for African advertisers and people. Before joining Facebook, Nunu helped drive the creation of Ogilvy’s network in sub Saharan Africa, which spans some 27 countries. During a long career at Ogilvy & Mather South Africa, Nunu served as Deputy Managing Director and was later promoted to Chief Executive Officer. She later took on an extended role managing the offices in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.

A graduate of the University of Swaziland and Morgan State University in the US, Ntshingila has also held senior marketing positions at Nike and the South African Tourism board. Nunu was appointed to the Ogilvy & Mather global board. She has also served on the boards of Transnet, the V&A Waterfront, and Old Mutual South Africa. Nunu has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Financial Mail for her work in leading and transforming the advertising business in South Africa.

Here is a timeline of her noteworthy achievements:

2003 - She was named a finalist in the Businesswoman of the Year Award.
2004 - she again attained finalist status in the Shoprite Checkers/SABC Woman of the Year award, as well as being named Financial Mail’s Advertising Leader of the Year.
2005- she won the coveted prize of Business Personality of the Year at the Top Women in Business and Government Awards.
2011 - was appointed to the Ogilvy & Mather Board, where she joins 30 of the world’s top advertising and marketing professionals as the unique representative from Africa.
2012 - Nunu takes on the role as Chairman of the Ogilvy Group in South Africa, succeeded by Abey Mokgwatsane as CEO.
2016 - She became the first woman to be inducted into the Loeries Hall of Fame, after she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Financial Mail for her work in leading and transforming the advertising business in South Africa.
2017 - The New African Magazine announced her on their list as one of the 100 Most Influential Africans of 2017 along competent other Africans.

Luckily she is still alive and kicking in 2020, hopefully as the current head of Facebook in Africa she will continue living her life and grow old enough to see her grandchildren. One of her favourite quotes is:

"You can’t become what you don’t see."

Which is something she said when she was interviewed by Claude Grunitzky in 2017 for the True Africa magazine.If you have time, you should listen to the interview she had on : RealTalk

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