Afro-optimism, or more specifically, the African growth mindset is a greater sense of optimism that, despite challenges such as electricity and water that the continent faces, is in stark contrast to a growing Western degrowth mindset of pessimism about the future, and Africa.
“We can talk about AI all we want to, but the foundations of AI are about how you can harness the power of digital to transform the continent in the way we want it to transform.”.
Episode 3 is the Energy Episode with special guests Kagiso Tshepe, executive creative director at Grid Worldwide, Roanna Williams, chief creative officer and co-founder of Boundless, Fran Luckin, chief creative officer of VML, Preetesh Sewraj, CEO of The Loeries and Brandon Govender, digital & integrated executive creative director at Joe Public.
Birdwatching at The Loeries Episode 2 is the Emotion Episode and features special guests Neo Segola, head of creative at Le Pub, part of the Publicis Group, Sharleen James, chair of the ACA and marketing practice lead at Accenture Song, Tebogo Skwambane, WPP country manager, Terry McKenna, executive creative director of The Odd Number and rounding it off Carl Willoughby, chief creative officer of TBWA / Hunt Lascaris.
In the latest In My 20s podcast, constitutional law researcher Rebecca Sibanda takes on xenophobia and looks at African history, migration and what it’s like to be a foreigner living in another African country.
In the 30th episode of the In My 20s podcast, features journalist and law and gender master’s student Karabo Mafolo tackles the ever-growing gender-based violence crisis in South Africa and touches on what it feels like to be a woman living South Africa today.
With over 10,000 unique visitors in the first week of going live, John Brown Media is proud to introduce the brand new BMW online magazine, BMW Magazine SA.
21stCentury - one of Africa's most respected and largest remuneration and reward consultancies - has announced today that, after a two-year process of planning and implementation, the organisation has entered into a broad-based share ownership transaction and an Employee Share Ownership Programme.
Habari Media's Tuongee 2014 featured hot digital topics by innovators, creators and propeller heads alike. Aptly titled 'Back to the Future' the conference delivered on the past, present and future of digital.
The Radio Advertising Bureau South Africa (RAB) recently hosted its third annual RadioWorks Conference. Comments Zama Thango, RAB content specialist, "One of the most talked-about highlights was the 'must see' fun skits created by MCs Azania Mosaka and 'Ray-Ray' Mphande that played on the many misperceptions about radio. Thoroughly enjoyed by delegates. Must-see viewing!".