About Aether

We see what others
scroll past.

Africa is full of incredible businesses, people, places and stories. We are here to turn them into things people notice, remember and talk about.

Culture meets creativity and technology.

We build campaigns, films, digital experiences, social content and brand ideas around one simple question: why should anyone care? Beautiful work without a reason is decoration. Our job is to find the reason, then turn it into something people can see, feel and remember.

Different perspectives.
One creative standard.

Carl Kumedzina, Co-Founder of Aether Africa

Co-Founder

Carl Kumedzina

Carl brings over a decade of experience across advertising, production, digital content and marketing. Before co-founding Aether Africa, he worked as Production Manager at Ninani Group, contributing to major commercial productions in Ghana. At Aether, that experience shapes the agency’s work across campaigns, film, content and creative execution.

Yasmine Mayou Essed, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Aether Africa

Co-Founder & Creative Director

Yasmine Mayou Essed

Yasmine is a Caribbean-born creative and digital marketer from St. Maarten whose background spans creative direction, digital marketing, branding, content and visual storytelling. Her creative education includes studies at the New York Film Academy, alongside her certification as a Digital Marketing Professional through the Digital Marketing Institute in Ireland. Well-travelled and internationally exposed, she brings a perspective shaped by different markets, cultures and creative environments. As Aether’s Creative Director, she works across brand strategy, creative direction, digital strategy, content and visual storytelling, combining her Caribbean and international perspective with the agency’s Ghanaian foundation.

Work that built
the production instinct.

Before co-founding Aether Africa, Carl Kumedzina worked as Production Manager at Ninani Group, contributing to commercial productions and campaigns for leading brands across Ghana. That experience now forms part of the production knowledge, creative thinking and industry expertise behind Aether.

MTN GhanaCommercial Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
BetPawaCommercial Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
Frytol / WilmarCommercial Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
EnterpriseAdvertising & Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
Stanbic BankAdvertising & Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
CalBankAdvertising & Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
GTPBrand & Commercial Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
FanMilk / DanoneCommercial Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
EcobankAdvertising & Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
GhanaPayAdvertising & Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
CFAOCommercial Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group
GGBLCampaign Production
Carl Kumedzina — Production Manager, Ninani Group

Selected projects Carl worked on while at Ninani Group. These companies are not presented as Aether Africa clients.

Ideas need
a point of view.

01

Think different.

We question the obvious before we create anything.

02

Make it matter.

Every visual, campaign and idea needs a reason to exist.

03

Move fast.

Technology has changed the creative game. We use it.

04

Stay African.

Global does not mean generic. Our perspective is our advantage.

05

Make people feel.

Attention is rented. Emotion is remembered.

Ideas above
the ordinary.

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