The New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards

The New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards WesBank New Gen Awards
SAs leading Performance-Based Social & Digital Media Awards. Entries for the 14th Annual New Generation Awards open on 01 May 2026.

Honoring Corporates, Agencies, Top Creatives, & Students, for Innovative Campaign Marketing, Tech Innovation, Social First Marketing, AI & Standout Results As we embark on our 14th year, the New Generation Awards remain a beacon of excellence in South Africa's digital media landscape. Celebrated as the largest performance-based, independent awards in social and digital media, AI, cre

ativity, integrated marketing, and online technology. They represent the pinnacle of achievement in these dynamic fields. In just 13 years, New Gen has welcomed over 5500 corporate and agency submissions and awarded more than 1700 accolades, inspiring the industry to soar to new heights. The awards inspire us to strive for excellence and push the boundaries of innovation, setting new standards of success that we can all aspire to. With 60 industry-specific categories, the New Generation Awards are the country's most prestigious independent digital media awards program. They acknowledge exceptional and innovative result-driven marketing campaigns, the best use of social and digital media, creativity, traditional marketing, and cutting-edge tech solutions employed by leading companies, agencies, and individuals to promote their brands and products in disruptive and pioneering ways. The window period for work to be considered for the 2026 awards runs from 01 May 2025 to 12 June 2026

Our Judging Process: We pride ourselves on having the fairest judging process, which ensures each entry is marked by at least four judges, measuring them against the following criteria: strategy, innovation, creativity, content, results, reach, and engagement. The judges value ingenuity and creative brilliance as key factors in the judging process and ensure that it is primarily about the results achieved. The 2026 awards gala ceremony takes place at the end of September, at a brand new, larger venue, and sees the awards take on a new format. One that we are positive you will love.

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Highlights from this year's WesBank New Generation Awards ceremony.

Renowned as the largest independent, performance-based accolades in social-first marketing, digital media, AI, creativity, integrated marketing, and online technology, the WesBank New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards embody the pinnacle of achievement in these vibrant fields. The winners were announced at a packed banquet ceremony in Sandton on Tuesday, 23 September.

Videographer Credits go to Wingman Communications

Sponsors Included: WesBank, Unilever South Africa, Algorithm Agency Forge By Brave, Brave Group, and Volkswagen Financial Services I South Africa
Modern Marketing Expo & News is the proud media partner of these prestigious awards.

Interviews include: Lebogang Gaoaketse, Kenosi Matsebatlela, Samukelisiwe Kay Mngadi, Ensly Dooms, Jacques Bezuidenhout, Robyn Willmore, Dawn Rowlands

Our amazing entertainment Tyler Page 🙌

Highlights from this year's WesBank New Generation Awards ceremony.Renowned as the largest independent, performance-base...
06/10/2025

Highlights from this year's WesBank New Generation Awards ceremony.

Renowned as the largest independent, performance-based accolades in social-first marketing, digital media, AI, creativity, integrated marketing, and online technology, the WesBank New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards embody the pinnacle of achievement in these vibrant fields. The winners were announced at a packed banquet ceremony in Sandton on Tuesday, 23 September.

Videographer Credits go to Wingman Communications

Sponsors Included: WesBank, Unilever South Africa, Algorithm Agency, Forge By Brave - Brave Group South Africa

Interviews include: Lebogang Gaoaketse, Kenosi Matsebatlela, Samukelisiwe Kay Mngadi, Ensly Dooms, Jacques Bezuidenhout, Robyn Willmore, Dawn Rowlands

Shout out to our amazing Entertainment Tyler Page 🙌

Renowned as the largest independent, performance-based accolades in social-first marketing, digital media, AI, creativity, integrated marketing, and online t...

05/10/2025

Spitfire Inbound wins 6 New Generation Social & Digital Awards. Discover our results-driven CRM, RevOps, automation, and HubSpot onboarding solutions.

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29/09/2025

Penquin, who has cemented itself as South Africa’s powerhouse brand and communication agency, proudly emerged as one of the biggest winners at the 2025 New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards...

29/09/2025

The 2025 WesBank The New Generation Social & Digital Media Awards winners have been announced! 🎉

Congratulations to all the industry trailblazers! 🔥

Modern Marketing is the proud media partner of these prestigious awards. Read all the highlights here: https://tinyurl.com/yrmwm3ac

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