Archive for 'Interviews'
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: 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 [...]
Giving Back Time: Angus Robinson On Mobile Interconnectedness
We chatted recently to Angus Robinson, Director for Mobile, Content and Community Divisions at NATIVE, about the impact of being connected, “interconnectedness” and the synchronising of all our devices that ultimately will “manage our lives”. We undoubtedly live in a connected economy. The lines between offline and online are already blurred. With rapid urbanisation and increased [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Sabelo Sibanda – Millbug
Today I’m chatting to Sibelo Sibanda, the fearless founder of a new e-commerce venture focusing on selling sartorial items of quality online. This is a tough category to enter into, yet Sibelo and his business partner have the energy, drive and savvy to make it work. How did the Millbug concept come about ? Millbug [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
1 Min With A Superhero: Adesh Naidoo, SEDA Small Business Stars Winner
Adesh Naidoo is the recent winner of the SEDA Small Business Stars, an initiative after Ideate’s heart. Adesh is the founder of Clean Street, which plans to distribute a “green” lamppost-mounted bin that is theft-resistant, provides an easy litter disposal option for pedestrians, and offers the city a new advertising revenue stream. Adesh, how does [...]
1 Min. With A Superhero: Hein Van Vuuren On Debt Counselling
We chatted with Hein van Vuuren, from National Credit Revolution, on the topic of debt counselling. As personal and business debt has sky rocketed over the past two decades in South Africa we aim to find out how the NCA and other initiatives are helping entrepreneurs and business people to challenge this rising problem. Hein, [...]
Innovative Entrepreneurs Kill Jobs: Breakfast With Adrian Gore
On Tuesday 7 February, I and a group of YBSA members had the rare opportunity to have breakfast with the CEO and founder of Discovery Holdings – Adrian Gore. Apart, from being a director at YBSA and attending in that role, I also wanted to understand what makes the mind of an entrepreneur who questions [...]
