Kwesé Makes A Play For South Africa

Jul 30, 2018 | ,

Confession. I started writing this six months ago and kept on meaning to finish and post. So here it is. The evolution of video entertainment is a wonder to behold. Where once television ruled, the space has become highly competitive with everyone from the teenager in their bedroom to YouTube content producers to Netflix to media houses/practitioners reaching beyond their traditional mediums jumping into the fray. Multichoice (initially M-Net), which has had a monopoly on the satellite TV front, particularly in South Africa, has had to compete on multiple fronts, and has repositioned itself...

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The Future Of Work In Technology

Mar 7, 2017 |

The flaws in our collective education systems globally have been widely documented, in particular how we are educating our children for jobs that will not exist in the near future. In the World Economic Forum Regional Community Briefing document: Human Capital Outlook (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) 2016, it was stated that “By one popular estimate, 65% of children entering primary school today will ultimately end up working in completely new job types that don’t yet exist. In many industries and countries, the most in-demand occupations did not exist 10 or even five years ago, and...

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VISA Seeks To Redefine The Future of Payment

Sep 1, 2016 | ,

By the time my daughter was 2 years old, she knew what YouTube was. She was born into a household with an iPad. My son was her conduit into the world of technology. While I spend quite a bit of time trying to keep with technological developments to ensure that I can both monitor and protect them, my children were born into a world where things like mobile phones, laptops, wi-fi, etc are commonplace. I often have conversations with them about how we took pictures with cameras that used film or how cellphones only became pervasive when I was in my twenties. They are fascinated by ATMs and how...

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This Is True Africa

Jun 11, 2015 | ,

I was recently approached to write an article on interesting trends in Africa for Africa Travel Market Magazine which is positioned as "a new glossy travel, trade and business publication that dares to reposition the African continent as a destination of choice. The trailblazing magazine features a strong lifestyle element and is available in both traditional (print) and digital (embracing new media and social media) platforms." While the world 'discovers' us all over again, I truly believe the future of this continent lies in the hands (and minds) of the many people who quietly go about...

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Africa As One

Jan 6, 2015 | ,

Africa is a vast continent made up of a multitude of countries, cultures, languages, etc. There are said to be an estimated 2000 plus languages spoken on the continent and over 3000 ethnic groups. We have a history that stretches back centuries, beyond colonialism, etc, but we are still seen as the location for beautiful landscapes and safaris or war and disease. There often seems to be no middle ground for those looking from the outside in. We evolve and grow but the image that is projected and shared outside does not. Yes, the business and political worlds recognise the power of getting...

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Create Xmas Card With WeChat

Dec 25, 2013 | ,

While social media has cut into the instant messaging space, apps like Whatsapp and BBM continue to battle it out for a presence on our mobile devices. TenCent, with WeChat, has carved out a significant space for itself in the Asian markets as a social messaging service. Launched in Africa, with its primary base in South Africa (Naspers owns a stake in Tencent), a few months back, WeChat has been aggressively establishing itself in SA and across the continent , firstly with its ad with Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi, and with the WeChat Guy. (See article I wrote on DESTINY Man site:...

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