Michael Power (character)

Michael Power in Critical Assignment, 2003

Michael Power is an advertising character (played by Cleveland Mitchell), the cornerstone of a large marketing campaign by the beer company Guinness to promote its products in Africa from 1999 to 2006. By 2003, it became one of the best-known alcohol advertising campaigns in Africa. Jo Foster of the BBC referred to Power as "Africa's very own 'James Bond'".[1]

  1. ^ Foster, Jo (17 April 2003). "Africa's very own 'James Bond'". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2017.