Contributors Digital South Africa

Content Assistant at Bizcommunity.

Managing Director at SA's Best Small PR Agency 2023 / Finalist for Business Partners, SA Entrepreneur of the Year / PRCA Africa board member / United Nations Development Program (UNDP) SA Taskforce member..

Adelaide Tshabalala is a published, award-winning strategist with over 14 years of experience in communications. Currently a Chief Digital Officer at Nerdware, she continues to break boundaries in digital marketing, data-driven strategies, and brand development..

Albert Makoeng is the Managing Director of Nfinity's influencer division, overseeing two of Africa's leading creator brands, Webfluential and theSalt. His role focuses on connecting brands with creators across the continent..

Andre le Roux, Head of Strategy TBWA\Coastal, has been developing corporate, marketing, product, behaviour change, brand, communication and experience strategies for a wide range of brands in a wide range of categories for over 22 years..

Group CEO at 99c.

Ann is a Partner at Relationship Audits and Management, a global consultancy that measures and optimises client /agency relationships. Her proprietary Radar tool is used by 30 corporates globally and as a result, she interacts with over 200 agencies of all disciplines.

Brendan Seery has been in the news business for most of his life, covering coups, wars, famines - and some funny stories - across Africa. Brendan Seery's Orchids and Onions column ran each week in the Saturday Star in Johannesburg and the Weekend Argus in Cape Town..

Candy Dempers has loved all things media for twenty-three years. A sales and marketing specialist, her first love was radio and bringing brands and platforms together..

Chief creative officer at TBWA\Hunt Lascaris and the chairperson of the Creative Circle..

President & CEO at SCOPEN.

Vacchiano graduated from Madrid Complutense University in Economics and Tourism. After participating in several seminars in Business Administration and Management in USA (UCLA and YALE) he started working as a consultant....

CEO at Rogerwilco.

Chelsea Owens is the client service director at Incubeta SA. A results-oriented digital media marketer, she has accumulated significant industry experience working across a range of verticals..

The Southern African Music Rights Organisation NPC (SAMRO) General Manager Legal Services and Chairperson at the Copyright Coalition of South Africa.

Ciaran Mckivergan is the founder and managing director at 8909. Founded in 2015 by Mckivergan, 8909 is a digital agency that believes that human behavioural psychology and meaningful digital data should be the starting point for any effective marketing campaign, and data should be used as a continual benchmark to evaluate ongoing success..

Clinton Bridgeford is the chief creative officer at Grid Worldwide..

Dale Hefer is CEO of the IMC (Integrated Marketing Council) which incorporates, Africa's foremost integrated marketing conference, the Nedbank IMC..

Danette Breitenbach is a marketing & media editor at Bizcommunity.com. Previously she freelanced in the marketing and media sector, including for Bizcommunity.

Senior Brand Director at HKLM Group. With over a decade of experience in brand and marketing, Donald has worked across diverse industries throughout Africa, including financial services, higher education, telecommunications, hospitality, parastatals, fintech, travel, and mining.

marketing and communications specialist at GCIS. He is a qualified Chartered Public Relations Practitioner (CPRP) from PRISA..

Group Editor: Retail and Lifestyle.

Gail Schimmel is the CEO of the Adverting Regulatory Board. She has a BA (Hon) LLB LLM, and is an admitted attorney.

Geoff Cohen is a founding partner of DYDX, a digital transformation agency. Previously he headed media and marketplace businesses at Naspers subsidiaries..

Gordon Hooper is the Managing Director of Bateleur Brand Planning, a market research company he co-founded in 1988..

Grant Lapping is currently the digital executive at Midnight, he has worked in digital media and strategy since 2005, and has a holistic perspective on the market due to the roles he has held across the agency, client and publisher spectrum..

Greg Bailie is the Head of Growth & Innovation at the Influencer Division of Nfinity Media..

Marketing Communications Manager at Ford SA.

Henda Scott is Senior UX Writer at HELM.

Bizcommunity Editor: Automotive, Entrepreneurship, Education.

Social Media Manager at VML South Africa.

Jaco Lintvelt is a results-driven leader passionate about using digital means to increase customers' profits. His expertise lies in integrated marketing communications, building relationships, leading teams, and achieving key results..

Jacques Du Bruyn is the Managing Director of Flume, a full-service Digital & PR Marketing Agency based in Johannesburg and Cape Town. He is a UJ and Vega School graduate with an honours degree in Brand Strategy..

Janice Spark is a managing partner at advertising and PR agency Idea Engineers (Facebook; @ideaengineerssa). Spark, a founding member of Idea Engineers, has directed the marketing efforts of leading global organisations for over 20 years.

Jarred Cinman authored this article as an ACA board member and a member of the ACASA Future Industry committee, including Vincent Maher, Musa Kalenga, Haydn Townsend, Matthew Arnold and Antonio Petra..

Founder & Director at Novus Group.

Johan is a digital marketing transformation specialist helping brands on their transformation towards digital marketing maturity..

MD of the Independent Agency Search and Selection Company (IAS), and partner in Scopen Africa, with a background that includes being on both the agency and the client side of the fence, Johanna McDowell is well-placed to offer commentary on marketing and advertising in the South African and international contexts. She built her career in marketing and advertising since 1974, holding directorship in both SA and British advertising agencies.

Jordan Major is the strategy lead for culture and innovation at RAPT Creative. He believes in the power of collaborating with culture to connect brands to their customers..

Judith Mugeni is the co-founder, chief strategist and managing partner of Ganizani Consulting Services, a strategic marketing and tech firm. Her passion lies in the integration of all marketing activities.

Karabo Ledwaba is a Marketing and Media Editor at Bizcommunity and award-winning journalist. Before joining the publication she worked at Sowetan as a content producer and reporter.

Katja is the Finance, Property and Healthcare Editor at Bizcommunity..

Kelly Kaimowitz is the Influencer Specialist at Special Effects Media, with a background in marketing. She is passionate about bridging the gap between brands and influencers, ensuring that both sides feel heard and represented..

Blacfox is a marketing strategy consultancy focussed primarily on the tech sector. We serve some of the world's largest brands like Microsoft, SAP, VMware, LexisNexis, etc..

Group executive for marketing and corporate at Nedbank.

Lara is a brand specialist who has been in the advertising industry for over a decade. Her key areas of interest are consumer behaviour & psychology and the impact thereof on creating brand positioning and strategies that solve business challenges and truly resonate with consumers..

Managing editor and retail editor at Bizcommunity.com. Cape Town apologist.

PR Powerhouse is full service public relations consultancy with specialist practice areas in healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, public affairs and hospitality..

Leilah Potter is Sprout Performance Partners’ strategic growth manager..

Lindsey is the editor for ICT, Construction&Engineering and Energy&Mining at Bizcommunity.

Having been in the industry for over 15 years, I have also built and managed award-winning teams and have been lucky enough to work with some of the best people in the industry. I am excited about the future of digital and to continuing my work in this exciting medium..

A technology marketing specialist, she was selected Mail & Guardian Top 200 Young South Africans. She also serves on the board of the young female empowerment organisation, the B.E.A.R Foundation..

SEO specialist at Nerdware.

Lecturer at Northlink College.

Mike Abel is the Up&Up Group executive chairman. Previously he was the chief executive partner of M&C Saatchi Abel, which he launched in South Africa in February 2010.

brand strategist at Rogerwilco.

Musa Kalenga is a technologist, marketer, brand communicator, entrepreneur and author of Ladders and Trampolines. He is the Group CEO and shareholder of Brave Group and co-founder of Bridge Labs..

Digital Campaign Manager at OneX.

Managing Director EMEA at AppsFlyer.

Nick Durrant is MD at Bluegrass Digital, a digital solutions company with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and London. We are experts in crafting web and mobile products and platforms.

Paula Hulley is the managing director of Digitas Liquorice and the Online Revenue Report project lead, IAB South Africa Research & Measurement Council.

Humanz is one of the world's fastest growing AI companies focused on empowering valuable creators and the marketers that work with them. Each day, Humanz analyzes hundreds of millions of social media profiles and content pieces as well as transaction data from online merchants, to generate better benchmarks and predictions for social commerce ROI, while also improving transparency, motivation and access for creators and marketers..

CEO Nfinity Influencer and founder of the SALT, (a Nfinity Media company) a micro influencer marketing platform..

Precious Nala is the founder and driving force behind NXT Consultancy and a Standard Bank Top Women Young Achiever Award winner. With two decades of experience across business sectors and functions, she's a dynamic leader committed to helping businesses thrive. Precious has worked with organisations such as College Campus, Rosebank College, CaseWare Africa, YES 4 Youth, Afrika Tikkun, The Msomi Institute, Working on Fire South Africa, and 10X-E..

Regine is a reputation specialist. She founded Reputation Matters in 2005; where they measure and manage companies' reputations using their unique Repudometer® measurement tool..

Rirhandzu Shingwenyana is a marketing, advertising and communications professional with experience in account management, social media and digital marketing campaign management..

Managing Director - Africa at Incubeta. Roan joined Incubeta in May 2019 after spending 11 years at WPP's global digital marketing technology and consultancy arm, Acceleration, where he was group business director.

chief creative officer at Net#workBBDO and Creative Circle chairperson 2023..

Ronelle Bester, MD of Red Ribbon Communications, started her career in technology at Dimension Data as marketing manager of the Western Cape. She has a BTech degree in public relations from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and has lectured in public relations at both the University of South Africa and Varsity College.

Ryan Falkenberg is co-founder and CEO of software company Clevva..

Dr Sarah Britten has 21 years of experience across various clients and multiple strategic disciplines, including social media and shopper. Her client experience includes Nedbank, Investec, FNB, Bothongo Group, Sanofi, Colgate Palmolive, Aspen, Adcock Ingram, Kraft Heinz, Citroën and Land Rover..

Sasha Kupritz is a public relations specialist at TenacityPR..

Semona Pillay is a lecturer and the Programme Coordinator for the Diploma Retail Business Management at the Department of Marketing Management at University of Johannesburg. She lectures Marketing Communications on the Bunting Road campus and Integrated Marketing Communications on the Kingsway campus.

As a senior creative at Grid Worldwide, I have honed my expertise in graphic design, digital design, branding, and other creative disciplines. My career is driven by a commitment to innovation, artistic excellence, and strategic creativity across both corporate and independent projects..

Shaune Jordaan is the co-founder and chief commercial officer at Hoorah Digital. He is passionate about delivering world class results to brands and building a digital culture that drives change.

Simon Parkinson is a director at Ultimate Media, the radio and audio specialist advertising agency. He is also the current host of The Big Joburg Drive show on Hot 102.7 FM..

Brand and Culture Strategy consulting | Bizcommunity.com CCO at large. Email az.oc.flehsehtffo@yrret, Twitter @terrylevin, Instagram, LinkedIn..

Tlhogi Ngwato, the founder and managing partner of Manaka Publicity, has advised high-profile clients, companies, personalities, sporting personalities and organisations, offering strategic advice that has assisted them through some of their most difficult and thrilling milestones..

Tonya Khoury is an experienced Managing Director with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry..

Im a man with bright ideas and a passion for the industry..

Vincent Maher is the CEO at True I/O and the head of the MMA AI Leadership Consortium (ALC), South Africa..

Wayne Bischoff recently rejoined Mediamark as CEO, having previously held the position of sales and marketing director at what was then Radmark and Digitalmark..

Wilma de Bruin has a freelance career spanning 40 years writing for various newspapers, magazines, PR companies, tertiary institutions and other clients. Also edited various custom and company publications..