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Peter Magona believes the future of advertising will be decided by how quickly agencies learn to work with AI, not fight it. With clients already using powerful tools, he argues that relevance now depends on integration, combining human insight, strategic judgment, and creative instinct with AI’s speed, scale, and analytical power before the gap becomes impossible to close.
Peter Magona believes the future of advertising will be decided by how quickly agencies learn to work with AI, not fight it. With clients already using powerful tools, he argues that relevance now depends on integration, combining human insight, strategic judgment, and creative instinct with AI’s speed, scale, and analytical power before the gap becomes impossible to close.

AI, Automation & the Future Adman: How Technology Will Rewrite the Advertising Industry

If the first four parts of this MadMen, Dreamers and Deal-Makers series were about the machine, how it was built from accidents, battered by economics, bruised by burnout, and handed to a
December 16, 2025
Uganda’s advertising industry has been shaped by resilient leaders who understand both the brilliance and the burden of creative work. David Galukande built an agency culture so intense it felt like a movement, while Josephine Muvumba powered through long, thrilling yet exhausting early years that blurred passion and pressure. John Chihi continues to navigate the financial strain that quietly wears teams down, and Seanice Kacungira leads in a digital era where constant iteration leaves little room to breathe. Together, their stories reveal an industry fuelled by ambition but shadowed by stress and burnout—demanding systems that protect the people behind the ideas.
Uganda’s advertising industry has been shaped by resilient leaders who understand both the brilliance and the burden of creative work. David Galukande built an agency culture so intense it felt like a movement, while Josephine Muvumba powered through long, thrilling yet exhausting early years that blurred passion and pressure. John Chihi continues to navigate the financial strain that quietly wears teams down, and Seanice Kacungira leads in a digital era where constant iteration leaves little room to breathe. Together, their stories reveal an industry fuelled by ambition but shadowed by stress and burnout—demanding systems that protect the people behind the ideas.

Brilliance at a Bad Price: Burnout, Stress and Survival in Uganda’s Advertising Industry, Where Working Long Hours is a Norm

If the first part of this series was about how the madmen stumbled into the machine, and the second about how the money broke it, this part is about what the machine
December 12, 2025

 

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