REED EXHIBITIONS AFRICA WELCOMES NEW EVENTS DIRECTOR TO FAME

Reed Exhibitions Africa is delighted to welcome Judith (Judy) Goddard, named the new Event Director of FAME Week Africa taking place in the beautiful Host City of Cape Town from 12 – 14 September 2021.

Founder and director of creative events agency Masiwela, Judy has a passion for events, people and working on creative, collaborative projects. Combined with her Swiss Education Group Alumni from the Swiss Hotel Management School graduating class of 2008 and her involvement in key industry events such as the kykNET Fiestas, The Johannesburg Film Festival, The Ghoemas, Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor South Africa, The Bachelorette South Africa to name a few, Judy is ready to meet the magnificent highs of FAME.

Judith has earned the respect of her clients and peers through her very hard work ethic, her calm and composed demeanour under pressure, and her reliability. She’s won their hearts and minds for her unique joy, enthusiasm and passion for life.

“It is an incredible privilege to join the RXSA team; they are a big thinking, action orientated and dynamic team of people who are leading the trajectory of business events in Africa.”

Judy adds, “There is a lot to look forward to with FAME Week Africa. Each pillar, FILM, ARTS, MEDIA and ENTERTAINMENT is set to showcase the best of the best in terms of talent and skill that we as Africa have to offer. Our comprehensive approach to qualifying Buyers ensures that our meetings / match makings will be of the highest quality. Our Global relationships enhance our efforts from a brand association point of view,  as well as in actively driving a knowledge sharing economy across continents. The FAME Reel Talent Showcase is also going to be a showstopper, our vision here is that this becomes a platform that helps artists launch their careers. Did I mention that Comic Con and Cape Town International Animation Festival will be co-located at FAME Week Africa? We are truly a safari of events bringing FILM, ARTS, MEDIA and ENTERTAINMENT together. And this is just a snippet of what there is to look forward to, there is SO much more!”

As the inaugural FAME Week Africa 2021 embraces and reinvigorates all sectors of the continent’s ultra-creative community, Reed Exhibitions Africa extends the warmest, brightest welcome to our newest family member.

For more information of specific requests from Reed Exhibitions Africa, please visit www.reedexpoafrica.co.za

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About Reed Exhibitions Global

Reed Exhibitions is a leading global events business. It combines face-to-face with data and digital tools to help customers learn about markets, source products and complete transactions at over 400 events in 22 countries across 43 industry sectors, attracting more than 7 million participants.  Our events leverage industry expertise, large data sets and technology to enable our customers to connect face-to-face or digitally and generate billions of dollars of revenues for the economic development of local markets and national economies around the world.   Reed Exhibitions is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.www.reedexhibitions.com

About RELX

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 33,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. The shares of RELX PLC, the parent company, are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX.  The market capitalisation is approximately £33bn,  €39bn,  $47bn.*

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