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1 Min. With A Superhero: Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, Founder Of Digital Marketing Agency AVATAR
Today we’re chatting to Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, a multi-award winning South African digital entrepreneur and the CEO of AVATAR. Zibusiso serves on the boards of the National Economic Education Trust and is the chairman of the The Red Quarter brand agency. Most recently Zibusiso has been nominated as one of the Top 25 Media Game Players [...]
1 Min With A Superhero: Carolyn Holgate – GM Of MWEB Connect
MWEB recently launched a few new connectivity packages targeting SMME’s. We decided to follow up and managed to grab a few precious moments with Carolyn Holgate, GM of MWEB Connect. 1. Are you seeing a lot of activity in the e-commerce sector? We see a 30% growth in etailing from last year. Are you seeing [...]
1 Min With A Superhero: Phil Bartholomew From DialMedia
If you are a consumer who enjoys those cash-back offerings, then DialMedia should be your next call. We recently spoke with Phil Bartholomew, the co-founder of DialMedia about what exactly they are offering their consumer. DialMedia looks great, tell us how the concept came about? The concept was born from the need for cheaper (or [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Pastel Founder Steven Cohen On Entrepreneurship, SA Tech, And Expansion To Cloud Computing
Today, we’re talking to a somewhat unsung hero in the SA tech scene. Steven Cohen is the founder of Softline Pastel, the company behind the ubiquitous accounting and ERP software. Steven talks to Ideate about his challenges in building the company, entrepreneurship in SA, his expansion plans and some advice for budding tech entrepreneurs in [...]
Upcoming September Heavy Chef Session: Johannesburg With Angus Robinson And Jon Hoehler On M-commerce
This month The Heavy Chef Project is pleased to announce the rather unexplored topic of M-commerce. Last month’s session with Shirley Wakefield shed light on the undeniable importance of mobile in Africa, which provided a solid foundation for what we will examine next – mobile shopping. Angus Robinson is the Director of Mobile, Content, Community [...]
Vespa Launches A Brand New Charmer: No Salesmanship Required
For years I’ve been a fan of Vespa ever since I went to see Andy Reid, the MD of Vespa SA, a while back. I went there with the intention of selling him a bunch of services that my agency World Wide Creative could implement for him, and I came away with a bunch of [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: 36Boutiques.com CEO, Gadjia Gamieldien
Today, being Woman’s Day n’ all, is a good day to chat to one of the spectacularly smart South African women in business – and one such woman is Gadjia Gamieldien, CEO of 36boutiques.com, a relatively new online store, from the MIH stable (the same group that brings you Kalahari and Pricecheck.co.za). Gadija – 36Boutiques is focusing [...]
Book Review: Management In 10 Words, Terry Leahy
I must confess that before I read this book I’d not heard of Terry Leahy, the erstwhile CEO of Tesco (1997 to 2011) who is credited with turning a struggling supermarket chain to the third largest retailer in the world. Now however, I’m quoting Leahy and the words in his book to all and sundry, [...]
Confessions Of A Tech Addict
Last week my – and my family’s – most unhealthy obsession was brought painfully to light, and I made a commitment to come clean with this article on Ideate as a way of putting a stake in the ground. It’s perhaps just something to keep me accountable, or perhaps to measure my progress by later [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Andy Hadfield, Founder Of Real Time Wine
Ideate is super excited to be interviewing the founder of a brand new South African start-up: Andy Hadfield of Real Time Wine. Andy’s an experienced campaigner, and has been a fixture in the local social media and marketing scene for the past decade. After a stint as consultant to big corporates, Real Time Wine is [...]
