Telecommunications sector retained its lead position as the highest advertiser in Nigeria in 2015 with a combined total expenditure of N16.7billion.
This is according to the report of the just released 2015 Mediafacts, which is a key media resource for marketing professionals in West and Central Africa.
According to the report, produced annually by mediaReach OMD, a specialist media company that provides media planning, buying, control and inventory management services, the figure represents 17 per cent of the total advertising spend in Nigeria of N97.9billion in the same year.
The report also identified other top advertising product categories that contributed to the total ad spend to include: Personal Paid (N12.2billion), Corporate Communications (N6.3billion), Banking and Finance (N5.8billion), Lager Beer (N4.6billion), Public Service (N3.8billion), Soft Drinks (N2.8billion), Cable TV (N2.5billion), Milk and Diary (N2.2billion) and Broadcast (N2.2billion).
Others are: Noodles (N2.1billion), Cocoa Beverages (2.0billion), Skin Cleansing (N1.8billion), Nutritional Drinks (1.8billion), Dental care (N1.6billion), Seasonings (N1.5billion), Online mall/Education imparting knowledge & Skill/Malt (N1.4billion), NSD Powder (N1.3billion) and others (N22.4billion). Mediafacts stated that these are the top 20 advertising product categories in 2015.
According to Mediafacts, “The top 10 advertisers in Communication and Telecommunications sector in 2015 include: Sundry Ad (other Inform. Service) – N13.5billion, MTN – N4.7billion, Airtel – N4.1billion, Etisalat – N3.7billion and Globacom – N3.7billion. Others are: Nigerian Breweries – N3.7billion, The State Government – N3.1billion, Sundry Advertisers (Services) – N3billion, Reckit Benkiser Nigeria – N2.7billion and Procter & Gamble – N2.1billion.
The report stated: “The top 20 advertisers contributed 64% of total spend and the top four telecom players contributed 17% of the total spend in 2015.” Mediafacts also revealed that the total advertising spend recorded in 2015 represented an increase of N4.8billion above the N93.1billion documented in 2014.
“The 2014/2015 electioneering campaigns and the successful change in government may have positively impacted on the advertising spends in 2015 as it records a positive growth of about 4.8% over 2014 total media spend,” the report further said.
Mediafacts further revealed that the television stations attracted the highest advertising expenditure of N39billion in 2015. The report also put the advertising expenditure attracted by the print media, outdoor and radio stations at N23.7billion, N20.1billion and N15.1billion; respectively.
