About Wavemaker Global

Who We Are

Exceptional growth requires uncomfortable change. We do our best work for brands who relish being provoked to go further and faster, together.

We believe there always is a better way to grow. That's why we've built Provocative Planning, a way of working powered by our spirit of restless enquiry in pursuit of better outcomes. Its modular approach fuses machine learning and human intelligence in a unique way that gets the best from both. The three growth modules in Provocative Planning - Unlock, Maximize and Transform - provoke growth at different speeds, for today, ongoing, and for tomorrow.
Positive Provocation empowers our people every bit as much as it does our clients. It inspires us to be well-informed, careful listeners with confidence and knowledge to ask tough questions. We become more confident, more courageous, more capable. When we positively provoke, we Grow Fearless.
We shape consumers' brand decisions and experiences through media, content and technology. We understand where and how you can win consumer growth segments, through the world's most powerful consumer decision-making data platform.
The intelligent insight this provides is activated through world-class precision capabilities in every area of our business, from planning and activation, through our integrated practices such as ecommerce and content - provoking growth for many of the world's leading brands and businesses.
Our 7,200 people across 90 markets have the deep knowledge, confidence and courage to provoke growth for some of the world’s leading brands and businesses.
In 2018 we were born as MEC and Maxus joined forces – to form a new agency. Not just a super-sized media shop (ours was the biggest-ever merger in media) but a new breed of global agency delivering world-class solutions for clients through media, content and technology. 
The launch was a chance for us to build an agency free from legacy structures and models; an agency with the right talent mix, set-up and speed to help clients find growth in a tough environment. We knew that our combined 20 years of global expertise in media strategy, planning and investment was hugely valuable to clients, but that by integrating it with new skills, we could do a bigger and better job for these clients. ​
So, we built out from media into new areas. Not areas unconnected to our media expertise – but areas in which we would succeed precisely because of that expertise. The benefits for clients are clear. We can offer a more diverse range of solutions than ever before. By combining media with content and technology, these solutions are more sophisticated, more integrated, and more effective.

Industry Sectors

  • Alcohol
  • Asset & wealth management
  • B2B
  • Cellular
  • Construction & engineering
  • Airlines
  • Arts & culture
  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Charity
  • Cosmetics
  • Electronic goods
  • Fashion
  • Financial services
  • Food & drink
  • Government & public sector
  • Industrial
  • Marine
  • Mining
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Property
  • Security
  • Technology
  • Transportation & logistics
  • Utilities
  • Advertising / Communication
  • Alcohol and NGO
  • Automotive Product
  • Awareness
  • Banking/ Financial/ Insurance
  • Beer
  • Beverages / Non-Alcoholic
  • Clothing / Footwear / Accessories
  • Consumer
  • Cosmetics / Perfume
  • E-Commerce
  • Fashion/clothing
  • Food / Retail / Snacks
  • Food/Retail/Snacks
  • Foods/ Restaurants/ Fast Foods
  • Goverment
  • Home improvement
  • Media
  • Non Profit Company
  • Petroleum/Lubricants
  • Public Service, Fundraising, Charity
  • Radio
  • Retail Services / Stores
  • social media
  • Travel
  • Travel and tourism
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Film & broadcasting
  • FMCG
  • Forest, paper & packaging
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Media & entertainment
  • Outdoor
  • Professional service
  • Retail & consumer
  • Sport
  • Telecoms
  • Travel & leisure
  • Foods / Restaurants / Fast Food
  • Agencies
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Automotive Products
  • Banking / Financial / Insurance
  • Banking/Financial/Insurance
  • Beverages / Alcoholic
  • Branding
  • Co-working space
  • Consumer / Brand
  • Cosmetics / Perfumes
  • Fashion and Beauty
  • Food
  • Food & Beverage
  • Foods / Restaurants / Fast Food
  • Foods/Restaurants/Fast Food
  • Home Furnishings/ Appliances
  • Leisure & Outdoor
  • NGO
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Public Service / Fundraising / Charity
  • Publication
  • Retail
  • Retails
  • Telecommunications
  • Travel / Tourism
  • Web Design & Development

Agency Type

  • Media Planning

Services

  • CRM
  • Media Buying
  • Research
  • SEO
  • Influencer Management
  • Digital
  • Programmatics
  • Strategy
  • Data
  • Media Planning
  • Social
  • Tech

Other Information

  • 60-80 Staff Members
  • Revenue Range - R550+m
  • Year Established - 1993
  • BEE - Level 1

Team Members