Anna Malczyk - Born in Poland, Anna Malczyk swapped an icy future for one in sunny South Africa. Fast forward to 2012 and that move has paid off: Anna is the latest addition to the Cape Town Quirk Education team (www.quirk.biz/courses/home) as a knowledge officer.
Banele Rewo - Banele Rewo is a Founder and Creative (re)Director of Authentic Creatives.A creative development project that offers creative strategy, consumer collaboration and relationship marketing services specialising in the urban African market. Currently studying Integrated Marketing Communications at the AAA, he has contributed to the success of local and global brands through innovation and unique creative approachs.
Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai - Carole Kimutai is a writer and editor based in Nairobi, Kenya. She is currently an MA student in New Media at the University of Leicester, UK..
Craig Wilson - Craig Wilson is an ICT journalist and speaker based in Johannesburg. He currently works as a senior journalist at TechCentral, the South African source for technology news, reviews and opinion, and regularly provides insight into the technology industry for radio and television.
Donna Rachelson - Donna Rachelson, a branding and marketing innovator, is focused on South Africa's client service based businesses. She is the founder of Branding & Marketing YOU - a company that specialises in personal branding and marketing - and the author of the best-selling book of the same name.
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Douglas Kruger - Professional speaker and presentation-skills coach Douglas Kruger is the author of 50 Ways to Become a Better Speaker, 50 Ways to Position Yourself as an Expert, and co-author of So You're in Charge. Now What?.
Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd - Award-wining Duncan McLeod is the founder and editor of wwwTechCentral.co.za, South Africa's latest technology news site offering breaking news, in-depth analysis and opinion that launched in September 2009 (follow @TechCentral on Twitter). Before that, he was associate editor at the Financial Mail/FM.
Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi - Gregory Gondwe is a Malawian journalist who started writing in 1993. He is also a media consultant assisting several international journalists pursuing assignments in Malawi.
Gwen Watkins - Now based in Gaborone, Botswana, Gwen provides freelance writing services for Southern African clients through her company Entrepreneurs for Africa (E4A) and conference, events and exhibition services for companies wishing to explore the fastest growing economy in Africa - Botswana. E4A also assists women-based businesses in expanding their marketing and business strategy..
John Boe - American John Boe presents a wide variety of motivational and sales-oriented keynotes and seminar programs for sales meetings and conventions. John is a recognised sales trainer and business motivational speaker with an impeccable track record in the meeting industry.
Llew Claasen - Llew Claasen is VP: marketing at Clickatell.com, an online SMS mobile messaging gateway covering 869 networks in 223 countries and territories. He is a member of the CMO Council advisory board for Africa, the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience global advisory board, the Customer Experience Board, and Mobile Marketing Association Research and Metrics Committee.
Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal - Mandy de Waal is a heavyweight writer and senior journalist who reports on technology, business, science, the media sector and whatever else she finds interesting. Back in journalism after spending time in the corridors of corporate greed, De Waal has written for City Press, Rapport, Noseweek, Brandchannel (New York) and other good titles.
Megan Louw - Megan Louw is the Brand Manager of Demographica. Megan studied Art History, Media and Writing at University of Cape Town (UCT) before doing her post-graduate in Advertising and Marketing at Red and Yellow.
Mongezi Mtati - Mongezi Mtati (@Mongezi) is an entrepreneur and the founding MD of WordStart (www.wordstart.co.za). Apart from being a kite-boarding and sandboarding adventurer, Mongezi connects companies with measurable word-of-mouth through young African influencers at WordStart.
Naseem Javed - Naseem Javed, recognised as a world authority on corporate image and global name identities, is a harsh critic of casual and accidental naming. He is a dynamic speaker on corporate image and branding issues, and is also the author of Naming for Power and Domination, the GTLD Name Game.
Robin Parker - Robin Parker is managing director of Bizcommunity.com. He is a seasoned specialist in online content and portals and has spent much of his time developing online businesses on the continent of Africa.
Sindy Peters - Sindy Peters (@sindylp) is the Head of New Content Development at Bizcommunity.com and content manager and contributor on the BizLifestyle section. She can be reached at ..
Thabani Khumalo - Thabani Khumalo is a researcher, writer and commentator with various radio stations and newspapers and MD of Think Tank Marketing Services, a marketing, communication and media consultancy. Contact him on tel +27 (0)31 301 2461 or email ..
Walter Pike - Walter Pike (@walterpike), the founder of PiKE | New Marketing (www.pike.co.za), consults to agencies and brands in learning how to build brands and businesses in the connected world. He founded and runs the Digital Academy (www.digitalacademy.co.za) to equip people to be successful in this world..
Walter Wafula - Walter Wafula is a seasoned journalist who has reported for the Daily Monitor newspaper in Kampala-Uganda. He is also a contributor on Bizcommunity.com website.
Wikus Engelbrecht - Wikus Engelbrecht is a marketing writer, journalist and media liaison at GraphicMail (www.graphicmail.co.za; @GraphicMail), an international email and mobile marketing service provider. Since 2003, his professional career in language and media has spanned the film, print advertising, magazine publishing, web development and online content industries.
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