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Mzansi’s AmaReacting with new AmaMemes, Built By Guerilla

by madimetja
4 December 2020
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From AmaAngry to AmaShook, DStv’s newest meme platform gives us Mzansi’s freshest, tastiest, locally sourced GIFs and reaction shots from the Nation’s favourite DStv shows.

In the words of the launch campaign and Guerilla, the co-founders and creators of the platform, AmaMeme has AmaEverything for AmaSocial!

DStv’s brand-new meme only platform, known as AmaMeme, was created by Guerilla – the multi-awarded, anti-traditional creative agency known to set the proverbial box on fire as it seeks to disrupt advertising’s staid status quo.

As a creative tech-lead agency, Guerilla’s Customer Experience (CX) approach puts clients at the new edge of the merger between advertising and technology.

The brief behind the AmaMeme project provided Guerilla with what Cameron Naidoo, founder and creative partner of the agency, calls the god of briefs.

Cameron Naidoo.

“DStv aimed to find an innovative way for viewers to discover its content. We needed something provocative. Something that would make prospective users ‘lose their sh*t’ so to speak – pardon the ama-French! With platforms like Giphy and Tenor having all the fun, we tapped into the power of signature Mzansi reactions – and so it was born – the ama-fire of GIF platforms, organically grown from the DStv library of local, international, sport and kids hit shows,” he said.

As a business asset, AmaMeme is a communication powerhouse for DStv, with just under 1 000 GIFs created and uploaded in its first week. It holds exceptional future value as almost all third-party channels have agreed to join the platform to date and a Showmax partnership is on the horizon.

The latest win for the project was the onboarding of content from the DStv Premiership (formerly PSL).

One of the challenges needing to be solved for the DStv brand through the brief was the fast-paced need to keep South Africans’ short attention span talking.

Naidoo said that South Africa has an imaginative sense of humour and as a result, the team needed to bed that down in the platform from the get-go.

“Meme selection and production were vital to ensure the platform doesn’t get tired and that we keep users coming back for their unique social reactions. We also needed to cater for all of Mzansi,” he said.

“There are close to 50 million smartphones in the market that vary from entry-level to high end – our development team was stoked to navigate that winning solve.”

‘Shu’, he said as he explains more about the process behind the creation of the platform.

“AmaMeme took close on 15 months to complete from concept to launch. The platform needed an intrinsic behavioural UX (User Experience) approach as well as incredible systems architecture to serve GIFs quickly.”

What is Guerilla most proud of – AmaEverything! The fact that the team took the project from conceptualisation and platform development, through to execution with absolute distinction and polish.

Leasha Naidoo.

Managing Director of Guerilla, Leasha Naidoo, added: “The week of the launch had everyone smiling at the agency as we kept checking Twitter and other social platforms for first reactions. It was a proud moment to see that the country was enjoying what we created.”

Check out www.amameme.co.za. Simply search for a reaction, copy the meme and paste it into any messaging or social platform.

Boom, Cameron added.

“We mean AmaBoom! While the next disruptive move is top secret, what we can say is that as more DStv channels come on board, the platform will be a force in unique memes. The People may just be getting an AmaMeme keyboard for easy searching and use.”

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