ADC 104^th Annual Awards Announces Middle East and Africa Finalists

The One Club says that in Egypt, one finalist each went to Bahia Shehab Cairo for NUART Aberdeen's 'Bear Witness' and Islam Hassan Cairo for Odoriko's 'Odoriko Logo.'

The One Club says that in Saudi Arabia, BigTime Creative Shop Riyadh picked up the country's three finalists, all for the Ring Magazine's '4th Judge.' 

The One Club says that in South Africa, BCKRDS Johannesburg has one finalist, for 54 Collective's '54 Collective Rebrand.'  Also with one is Pola Maneli, Port Elizabeth, for 'Narrating Slavery’s Wake' on behalf of The Smithsonian Institute.

The One Club says that in Turkey, both ADC 104^th Annual Awards finalists from Turkey went to Sadi Akbudak Istanbul for 'TUGFO 24' on behalf of The Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.

The One Club says that in the United Arab Emirates, Publicis Middle East Dubai has all of the finalists from the UAE, with four, all for Babyshop's 'ColourCheck.'

Globally, Klick Health Toronto has the most finalists with 39, including 18 for Café Joyeux's '47' and 11 for KVI Brave Fund's 'Voice 2 Diabetes,' says the awards. Other top finalists are FCB New York with 36, Serviceplan Germany Munich with 29, Apple Cupertino with 22, Rethink Canada with 17 and The New York Times Magazine with 15.

The awards says that 772 finalists from 40 countries were selected by this year's ADC 104^th Annual Awards jury.

All finalists will win a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Cube or Merit, to be announced on Wednesday, May. ADC Gold and special award winners will be celebrated that evening at the gala awards ceremony at Gotham Hall during Creative Week in New York, says The One Club. 

Now in its 15^th year, Creative Week (Monday, 12 to Friday, 16 May) is an annual gathering for the advertising and design industries to come together and celebrate the creative excellence showcased in four of the club's leading global awards shows, and discuss the latest creative trends and issues, says The One Club. 

The awards concludes Creative Week 2025 includes awards ceremonies for the Young Ones Student Awards on Monday, 12 May, Type Directors Club TDC71 Best of Discipline winners and exhibition on Tuesday, 13 May, ADC 104^th Annual Awards on Wednesday, 14 May, exclusive Executive Creative Summit — New York on Thursday, 15 and Friday, 16 May and the first Creative Week AI Creative Challenge on Thursday, 15 May. 

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