[Biz Takeouts Podcast] 115: Greenpop Zambia Festival of Action and Kilowatt AV

We discussed how Greenpop started in 2010, why trees, what inspired Greenpop (@greenpopSA) and how you can get involved. We look back at the start of planting 1,000 trees to where the organisation is today - with15 staff members.

The organisation is on a mission to reconnect people with our planet and will hit the 50,000 trees planted milestone in early 2015.

We also discussed what can be expected from the Greenpop Festival of Action happening in June 2015.

For more, go to www.greenpop.org.

We then shifted our attention to events, audio visual, 3D mapping and animated video content with Kilowatt AV (@Kilowatt_AV). We spoke to CEO, Dillon Jearey (@DillonJearey) and discussed how the company started, the services offered by the team and some of the events they are currently involved with.

We discussed how you should approach picking an AV partner and what to look for in your content animation and 3D mapping needs. Lastly, we touch on some events you would have seen Kilowatt AV at and we chat about what the future holds for the company and the 3D mapping speciality.

For more, go to www.kilowatt.co.za.

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