| Titel | Last Dictator Standing |
| Agentur | Black River FC |
| Kampagne | Last Dictator Standing (2011) |
| Werbende | Nando's |
| Marke | Nando's South Africa |
| Datum der ersten Ausstrahlung/Veröffentlichung | 2011 / 11 |
| Geschäftsbereich | Gastätte & Schnellgaststätte |
| Slogan | No one should ever have to eat alone |
| Story | Nando’s is a South African Peri-Peri chicken brand that is known for its irreverent advertising through social commentary. The brief from Nando’s for this Campaign was to promote a meal to share during the South African festive season whilst creating talkability around the brand. The festive season is a time for sharing and it’s usually when friends and family spend time together. While this is true of the festive season, Nando’s isn’t a sentimental brand. On the contrary, it’s a brand that always has its finger firmly on the pulse of current issues and uses humour to comment on those issues. So the creative concept was born out 2011’s much-publicized fall of dictators. The idea revolves around one particular African dictator and his memory of the ‘good times’. The main thrust of the campaign is the notion that no one should eat alone and no matter who you are, Nando’s provides the perfect opportunity for friends to get together and share a delicious meal. |
| Philosophie | The festive season is a time for sharing. So this was the insight employed to promote the meals to share. Robert Mugabe is Southern Africa’s last standing dictator, so with 2011’s much-publicized fall of dictators, we wondered whom he would share his meal with. The main thrust of the campaign is the notion that no one should eat alone and no matter who you are, Nando’s provides the perfect opportunity for friends to get together and share a delicious meal. |
| Problem | In our 2010 Festive Season campaign assisted in selling a record amount of meals for that particular period. A year later, we were faced with the monumental task of creating a Nando’s Festive campaign that would top the 2010 campaign. This meant ensuring that our promotional meals exceeded 2010’s 15% contribution to overall sales. This was no small feat. |
| Ergebnis | Within hours of flighting, the campaign was a trending topic on Twitter and on the front page of YouTube. To date, there are over 2 million combined YouTube views, a first for a South African TV ad. This result is relevant when understood in the context of the region – only 14% of South Africans have Internet access. The campaign sparked local and international debate and made headlines in major newspapers, news networks and blogs. With a miniscule media budget of $185 000 the total earned media exceeded $2 500 000. The advertised meals were the highest selling promotional meals for any festive season in the history of Nando’s. |
| Medientyp | Case Study |
| Soundtrack | 'Those Were The Days' by Mary Hopkins |
| Produktionsfirma | Bouffant |
| Regisseur | Dean Blumberg |
| Texter | Nhlanhla Ngcobo |
| Art Director | Monde Siphamla |
| Agency Producer | Iolanthe Grobler |
| Creative Director | Suhana Gordhan |
| Executive Creative Director | Ahmed Tilly |
| Produzent | Melina McDonald |
| Produzent | Chanelle Critchfield |
| Redaktionsbüro | Left Post Production |
| Post-Produktion | Left Post Production |
| Post-Produktion | Blade Works |
| Produktionsfirma | Cut and Paste Generation |
| Flame | Paul Marangos |