African Cristal Festival

President of the Jury

EMEA

Ete Davies

Chief Creative Officer Dentsu

Member of the Jury

Ivory Coast

Aurélie Jarry

Managing Director Havas

Member of the Jury

Morocco

Ayoub Choukri

Executive Creative Director Zone Bleu DDB

Member of the Jury

Ouganda

Josephine Muvumba

Managing Director Metropolitan Republic

Member of the Jury

Ghana

Luc Aboussou

Executive Creative Director Publicis Africa

Member of the Jury

Kenya

Prital Patel

Managing Director Creative FCB

Member of the Jury

Mali

Olivier Marchetti

Regional Creative Director AG Partners

Member of the Jury

Morocco

Sara Zouad

CEO & Executive Creative Director Brand Builder

Member of the Jury

Algeria

Samy Aberkane

Managing Director Arabesque Conseil

Member of the Jury

La Réunion

Soufyaan Babai

Co Founder Les Sales Gosses

Member of the Jury

Tunisia

Sophie Alexandra Aiachi

Co Founder Lezard & Balthazar

Member of the Jury

Benin

Maxime Dupuy

Executive Creative Director Team Wallace

Member of the Jury

Mauritius

Fabrice Thevenet

Creative Director. Circus!

Member of the Jury

Ghana

Yaa Boateng

Managing Director & CCO The Storytellers Co

Member of the Jury

Morocco

Mehdi Daheur

Executive Creative Director Optimum

Member of the Jury

Senegal

Ludovic Lima

Managing Director 3W

Member of the Jury

Nigeria

Adebayo Owosina

Co Founder & CCO The Hook

Member of the Jury

Egypt

Mostafa Sherif

Executive Creative Director FP7 McCann

Member of the Jury

Africa

Hala Saab

International Communication & brand Director Canal +

Jury

Our Jury

A prize-giving ceremony during a sit-down dinner will take place in Casablanca. Stay tuned via our newsletter for more information.
The Jury is recruited from across the African continent and consists of some of the world's most experienced and successful people from the industry. All jury members vote independently online, with arithmetical averaging being used to identify the highest ranked work.

2024 was an incredible year and we would like to thank all the participants and winners of this 9th edition.

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Cristal Village Award

African Cristal Festival in partnership with New York Festivals , is proud to present the NYF Cristal Village Award.
This award celebrates creative brand and experience work that educates for good, recognizing campaigns and initiatives across any channel - with broad appeal, purpose, and driving cultural synergy and understanding.
To qualify for this award, work must embody a strong sense of purpose, inspire new thinking, or deeper understanding, change attitudes and behaviors - for social good. The award focuses on entries that bridge cultures and deliver messages with wide-reaching, positive impact.
Entry fees for submissions in this category will go towards sponsoring Pan-African young creatives to attend the African Cristal Festival and both NYF and The African Cristal Festival hope that such an experience for young talent will change and inspire lives.

About us

Who are we?

A creative entrepreneur, worked in Africa, Asia,Europe and Middle-East, Mehdi El Alj has also received numerous awards (Clio Awards, D&AD, Cannes lions).
Founder of the African Unicorns, he is also behind the return of the African Cristal Festival, a reference event which aims to support marketing, communications and media thanks to networking, worldwide speakers talks and networking of the marketing community.But also through an award price that showcases the best creative work and achievements of the African continent.