MTN AFRICA UMOYA

we celebrate the spirit of the youth

BRIEF

Create an exciting identity, user interface and web design for uMoya - an OTT app, offering access to chat services, music, videos, food delivery and more, across the African continent.

INSIGHT

Borders found in Africa are arbitrary, having been drawn up only 136 years ago. We wanted to find commonality between many of the cultures in Africa and speak a unified pan-African written and visual language for this platform aimed at connecting the continent.

IDEA

The word moya, which is found in many languages across the continent, meaning spirit or wind, inspired our visual language lending itself to spirited, vibrant, bold visuals that are full of movement. This combined with the vivid blocks of colour found in the designs in many African cultures, resulted in an exciting cross-cultural identity for the uMoya app UI and web design.

BRIEF

Create an exciting identity, user interface and web design for uMoya - an OTT app, offering access to chat services, music, videos, food delivery and more, across the African continent.

INSIGHT

Borders found in Africa are arbitrary, having been drawn up only 136 years ago. We wanted to find commonality between many of the cultures in Africa and speak a unified pan-African written and visual language for this platform aimed at connecting the continent.

IDEA

The word moya, which is found in many languages across the continent, meaning spirit or wind, inspired our visual language lending itself to spirited, vibrant, bold visuals that are full of movement. This combined with the vivid blocks of colour found in the designs in many African cultures, resulted in an exciting cross-cultural identity for the uMoya app UI and web design.

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leaning into the brand's tone
From your first interaction with the brand at the App Store or on Google Play, through login to interacting with the platform’s content, we have kept the copy simple and youthful. There is room for customisation to include vernac from the various countries the in which the app is available, aligning to the brand’s authentically African vision.
/ YOUTHFUL
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combining an OTT service with an easy-to-navigate app design
With so much to offer, and modern attention increasingly short, we wanted to make finding the right products and services as uncomplicated and fun as possible. This was done through an easy-to-navigate app design, simple copy and high impact images – shining a spotlight on this OTT app’s array of offerings while conveying the brand’s youthful message.
/ MAKE IT FEEL EASY
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cut through
the dullness of outdoor
Make people take notice. While a seemingly obvious objective, so many outdoor campaigns completely miss the mark. UMoya’s OOH campaign cuts through the noise, doing a brand awareness as well as education job. It’s engaging, easy-to-understand and hard to forget.
/ STRIKING