Austin Efienamokwu Appointed Channel Juror for Pitcher Awards 2020
Austin Efienamokwu, Chief Executive Officer, Universal McCann has been named a Channel Juror for Pitcher Awards 2020. The Channel jury will judge entries for Use of Media, Use of Data, Use of Insights and Strategy, PR and Reputation Management and Integrated Campaigns.
Pitcher Awards, now in its third year, has become one of the most valuable and internationally respected accolades for creative works coming out of Africa. The Pitcher Awards started as an annual celebration of creativity in West Africa, but beginning with the 2020 edition, the scope has now widened to include all works created, released or implemented anywhere on the African continent in line with its vision to provide the true and authentic benchmark for African creative excellence.
Meanwhile, entries for the 2020 edition of the awards which opened some weeks back are for campaigns created or implemented in any of the 54 African countries. The entries will close on February 14, 2020; while the festival will run from March 26-30, 2020. In the words of Nnamdi Ndu, Chief Executive Officer of CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions official festival representatives in Nigeria and organisers of Pitcher Awards said “2020 is a very important year for Africa. We have seen awareness grow about the need for Africans to come together and take their destinies into their own hands. “We have seen Africans speak against xenophobia in one voice. We have seen the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. 2020 is the year when we will begin to see the practical implications of all these developments and Pitcher Awards is to lead in this new charge by celebrating and showcasing the creativity of Africa to the world”. The programme, which will be presided over by the icon of revival evangelism Pastor Lazarus Muoka, will witness salvation, sanctification, Holy Ghost baptism, deliverance from spiritual limitations, demonic possession, barrenness of the womb, intellectual and financial barrenness to needs for physical challenges such as paralyses of all kinds, diseases, sicknesses, economics and political thunderbolt. As the pastor leads the people to God through prayers and sermon, the supernatural anointing that accompanies his sermons will break every yoke of the enemies. It is expected to attract an unprecedented crowd going by what was witnessed in the last event
Free transport arrangement has been made by the ministry to convey participants to the venue from any location within Anambra and Imo States. And most importantly provision has been made for a digitalise security measure that will address any breach of order.
The General Overseer, Pastor Lazarus Muoka is inviting all to come and witness the demonstration of God’s power that will bring a rebirth that will enable you overcome the challenges of 2020.