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Real Talk Series - The Men's Edition

Women in Marketing Africa presents Real Talk, The Men’s Edition – the third in a series of open and frank conversations with senior professionals, industry leaders and business owners.

With the world celebrating International Men’s Day 2022 on the 19th November, this edition will focus on bringing men into the discussion around gender equality in the workplace, looking at the important role that men have and can play in balancing the playing field and, where there is resistance, examine the reasons why.

 

Where

Online

When

22nd November 2022
2pm SAST

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Historically, initiatives around gender equality and equity have been owned and driven by women. In recent years it has become obvious that by leaving 50% of the population out of the conversation we cannot really move forward. Men are key to gender equality and have the potential to be great allies in our quest for achieving gender balance. But has there been too little effort devoted to communicating the enormous benefits that greater equity offers including better business and organisational performance as all talent is better developed and deployed?

 

In this Real Talk Series we take a look at the role men play in the move toward gender equality specifically in the workplace. Some of the issues we’ll examine include:

  • Is traditional masculinity keeping men tied to outdated expectations in many organisational cultures?
  • Is passive and even active resistance by men to gender equality more prevalent than imagined?
  • Why is this issue particularly important in the marketing and advertising sector?
  • Why is it so important for men to participate and engage in D&I Issues in the workplace?
  • What can men do to be good and effective allies in the flight for gender equality?
  • What can networks like Women in Marketing and other community groups do to bring more men into the conversation?

Progress is slow with the prospect of regression ever-present. Persistent gender pay gaps reveal the uphill challenge we still face. Is there over-optimism on the rate of progress and the distance yet to be travelled? In this Real Talk we get the male perspective.

 

This will be a free event hosted on Google Meet.

 

Real Talk Series Overview

Since the beginning of time women have faced challenges in being seen and being treated as equals to their male counterparts. The effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic have in some ways worsened the situation and new challenges have arisen:

  • A widening gender pay gap
  • Lack of sponsorship
  • Burnout is on the rise
  • Limited access to funding for their businesses
  • Women are rising as stronger leaders, but their work is going unrecognised

This series of conversations aims to allow women to share their experiences of the challenges they’ve faced and in doing so help others.

The discussions cover career progression; balancing work and home life; the impact of the global pandemic; the hard decisions and sacrifices they have had to make; and what has worked for them as ambitious professionals.

 

The conversation will be delivered as a panel discussion with audience members able to pose questions to the panellists.

Real Talk Series – The Men's Edition has only been made possible with the support of our partners:

Unstereotype Alliance - South Africa Chapter

Convened by UN Women the Unstereotype Alliance is a thought and action platform that seeks to eradicate harmful gender-based stereotypes in all media and advertising content. It brings together partners and seeks to collectively use the advertising industry as a force for good to drive positive change all over the world.

Kantar

Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. They have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of how people think, feel and act; globally and locally in over 90 markets. By combining the deep expertise of their people, data resources and benchmarks and their innovative analytics and technology, they help their clients understand people and inspire growth.

HeForShe

A United Nations global solidarity movement for gender equality, HeForShe is an invitation for men and people of all genders to stand in solidarity with women to create a bold, visible and united force for gender equality. The men of HeForShe aren't on the sidelines. They're working with women and with each other to build businesses, raise families, and give back to their communities.

HeForShe Kantar UnStereotype Alliance
Bolanle Olukanni

Bolanle Olukanni

MODERATOR - Presenter; Executive Producer, On The Carpet with Bolinto; Executive Producer, Bolinto Media Company

Bolanle Olukanni

Bolanle Olukanni

MODERATOR - Presenter; Executive Producer, On The Carpet with Bolinto; Executive Producer, Bolinto Media Company

Future Award (2016) winner for “On Air-Personality” and documentary nominated filmmaker, Bolanle Olukanni is a TV host, a radio host and seasoned Compère. She was the host of the acclaimed interview show “The Juice” on Ndani TV. Most recently, Bolanle is also the host of the International Women’s Month special on Channels TV, the number 1 news station in Nigeria.

Bolanle landed her first TV gig as a co-host on “Moments with Mo” after being chosen out of over 400 other hopefuls to host alongside talk show host and CEO of EbonyLife, Mo Abudu, “Moments” which aired across forty-four different Africa countries and on TalkTalk television in UK. Bolanle has interviewed a variety of politicians and celebrities such as President Muhammdu Buhari , Naomi Campbell, Oscar nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, Grammy award winning singer Brandy, Oscar winning actor Daniel Kauulya , BBC presenter Zeinab Badawi and many more.

Bolanle has compèred and acted as a panel moderator at a variety of conferences such as the 2022 Ports to Arms - Africa Responds : Equity, Delivery and Manufacturing hosted by the World Bank and Wilton Park. UK AID/DFID ‘Not for Sale’ launch , The Rebuild Borno Summit in partnership with UNICEF, United Bank of Africa CEO Awards, Social Media Week, Vanguard Personality of the Year Awards, 2022 Afro Ball. In 2015, as an executive producer, Bolanle co-founded Sage & Walls, a multimedia production company and began producing and hosting "On the Carpet with Bolinto" a red carpet show covering A-list events in Africa. “On the Carpet with Bolinto” has partnered with major international brands such as Cocoa-Cola, Uber, Samsung, Budweiser, Heineken and Martell to name a few. was also an official media partner for the acclaimed King Sunny Ade at 70 concert in 2016. In 2016, Bolanle was awarded the On-Air Personality of the Year (visual) from one of Africa’s most prestigious awards – The Future Awards.

In 2017, Bolanle founded the God’s Wives Foundation, an NGO that raises funds and provides funding for skills acquisition centres focused on the vulnerable groups - widows and single
mothers. Inspired by the determination and resilience of women she met, Olukanni wrote, directed and produced her first documentary “Gods Wives.” The documentary was used as a fundraiser for the women and went on to be nominated as “Best Documentary” by the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards. Bolanle developed “The Presenting Course “ which gives aspiring presenters an opportunity to learn how to harness their TV Hosting and Presenting skills. The course saw over 300 applicants but was narrowed down to 8 students. The course saw the successful placement of one student as a TV host on Spice TV a-the fashion channel for Africa.

Raised in Nigeria, Israel and Kenya. Bolanle graduated from Loyola University Chicago, in Chicago, America with Honours in a double degree, of BA Communications and BA International Studies. After graduating from Loyola University Chicago, she decided she wanted to do her own part in contributing to the development of Nigeria. Bolanle moved back to Nigeria to do her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), where she spent her service year working for a non-profit organization in Ekiti, Nigeria. During her NYSC service year, Bolanle and a fellow corps member started ‘Girls For The Future’, a gender based empowerment workshop for secondary school students aimed at teaching the girl child of their rights and providing mentorship for the students. Olukanni is the founder of the Olukanni Legacy Foundation, an NGO which focuses on social justice and creating a more equitable society. The foundation also provided free adult education classes across various communities. Bolanle is currently a board member of the Self-Worth organization- an NGO that provides empowerment classes and supplies assistance to widows and single mothers in Nigeria. She is also a board member of the Transformative Leadership and Sustainable Development Initiative a forum focused on Youth, Governance and Development.

Nathan Palmer

Nathan Palmer

PANELLIST - Business Lead, Unilever Homecare (SA)

Nathan Palmer

Nathan Palmer

PANELLIST - Business Lead, Unilever Homecare (SA)

Nathan admired Unilever and its iconic brands. Entrenched and loved by so many South Africans, Unilever brands played a pivotal role in his upbringing thus he considered it a privilege to join Unilever in 2006 through the graduate recruitment programme, having contributed to its journey and impact on the world.

Since joining the company, Nathan has worked across Southern Africa, Central Africa and held a global digital role in London for several years, driving & developing partnerships with Facebook, Google and Spotify. With experience across all three Divisions (Foods, BPC and Home Care), he developed a wealth of experience, insight and love of the people he serves.

What Nathan admires most about the company is its commitments to crafting a better world for all, revolutionising people’s everyday lives through products and services and investing in its people to achieve the impossible.

His passion points include digital marketing, ground-breaking creative content and connecting with people in their homes and communities.

Nathan is married with 2 boys and a girl and enjoys to keep fit and serve in his local church and community.

Purpose: To love and serve my fellow man

Ivan Moroke

Ivan Moroke

PANELLIST - CEO, Kantar's Insights Division (SA)

Ivan Moroke

Ivan Moroke

PANELLIST - CEO, Kantar's Insights Division (SA)

Ivan is the CEO of Kantar’s Insights Division for South Africa. A seasoned marketing practitioner, he’s driven by mining for insights from diverse sources, which are then used to develop differentiated and actionable marketing and communication strategies that deliver profitable growth.

His key expertise in insight and strategic marketing has been honed by a career that formally started at British American Tobacco (BAT), working across the entire marketing value chain. This was followed by an introduction to consulting at Added Value (now the strategic consulting arm at Kantar), where he worked on various strategic marketing projects for a list of blue-chip companies across diverse industries. Ivan has since held leadership roles at Lowe Bull, Yellowwood Future Architects and TBWA Hunt Lascaris, later founding the marketing insights and strategic consultancy, Co-Currency.

Passionate about business and societal growth in Africa, both at a personal and professional level, in helping develop the industry, Ivan has served as chairperson of the jury for the APEX Effective Awards (now Effies South Africa), chairperson of Brand Council South Africa (BCSA), and as vice-chairperson of the Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA). He is currently a committee member of the Effies South Africa and chairperson of the Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) and has been on the judging panel of the Loeries for Creative Effectiveness, Service Design, Shared Value in 2021 and 2022. He is also a director on the board of trustees for the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund and chairman of the board for Heartlines.

Dr. Mzamo Masito (PhD)

Dr. Mzamo Masito (PhD)

PANELLIST - Chief Marketing Officer, Google Africa

Dr. Mzamo Masito (PhD)

Dr. Mzamo Masito (PhD)

PANELLIST - Chief Marketing Officer, Google Africa

Dr. Mzamo Masito, is a seasoned executive and currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Google Africa. Prior to joining Google, he held the position of CMO/Managing Executive for Vodacom Africa Group, a JSE Listed company. This was a position which Mzamo took up after his assignment as Global Head of Brand Engagement at Vodafone London during which time he was responsible for Global Brand Engagement Strategy.

He earned his stripes at Unilever where he rose through the ranks to become the Vice President Brand Building and an Executive Board Member. His talent and confidence earned him the position as Chief Brand Officer Nike SA, where he was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s successful brand positioning for the 2010 World Cup which won several national and international brand and design awards.

In 2006, Mzamo founded People’s Insights Consultancy and co-founded African Men Care (AMC) NPO. The consultancy advised local South African as well as global corporations on world class consumer behaviour, behavioural science and brand growth levers. The NPO focuses on democratising opportunity for every black child, as it believes that to be black, young, gifted and free, without opportunity is a devils gift and to deny that opportunity is evil.

Mzamo is a graduate of the University of Cape Town with majors in Statistics and Economics, a PhD Business Science (Marketing), where he also served as a Lecturer and Convener. Dr Masito was also a consultant and respected orator for the UCT Unilever Institute, an institute well known for brand innovative topics such as Black Diamonds. He’s presented around the country to SMEs, Large enterprises, and NGOs on wide ranging topics mainly focusing on diversity, personal branding, crafting brands for life, purpose driven brands, and the science and art of marketing . Dr. Masito also serves in various advisory boards: GIBS Advisory Board, Red and Yellow Creative Business School. Non executive board role with TiAuto.

Mzamo has three beautiful daughters and is an avid runner, having completed major local and international races: ultras and marathons like The Comrades, Two Oceans, New York and Amsterdam marathons.

Mzamo's purpose: To democratise opportunity and increase transcendence for everyone.

Values he lives by: respect, ubuntu and freedom.




The Real Talk Series - Founders Edition

Women in Marketing Africa presents Real Talk, The Founders Edition – the second in a series of open and frank conversations with senior professionals, industry leaders and business owners

Continuing the 2022 International Women’s Day theme #BreakTheBias, this edition will focus on women founders of high growth start-ups across the continent, looking at the challenges they’ve faced in starting and scaling their businesses.

Where

Online

When

12th July 2022
2pm SAST

Book Tickets

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According to the World Bank Africa leads the way in female entrepreneurship with it being the only region in the world with more female than male entrepreneurs. However, female founders’ experience is that the business world is not necessarily wired to support them. Women business owners face the most challenges when it comes to seeking funding and support to scale their business.

Real Talk - The Founders Edition will take a deeper look into these challenges; address the importance of representation and visibility in the start-up environment; and what successful female founders would advise others who have similar aspirations. 

This will be a free event hosted on Google Meet.

 

Real Talk Series Overview

Since the beginning of time women have faced challenges in being seen and being treated as equals to their male counterparts. The effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic have in some ways worsened the situation and new challenges have arisen:

  • A widening gender pay gap
  • Lack of sponsorship
  • Burnout is on the rise
  • Limited access to funding for their businesses
  • Women are rising as stronger leaders, but their work is going unrecognised

This series of conversations aims to allow women to share their experiences of the challenges they’ve faced and in doing so help others.

The discussions cover career progression; balancing work and home life; the impact of the global pandemic; the hard decisions and sacrifices they have had to make; and what has worked for them as ambitious professionals.

The conversation will be delivered as a panel discussion with audience members able to pose questions to the panellists.

The Real Talk Series – Founders Edition has only been made possible with the support of our partners:

Unstereotype Alliance - South Africa Chapter

Convened by UN Women the Unstereotype Alliance is a thought and action platform that seeks to eradicate harmful gender-based stereotypes in all media and advertising content. It brings together partners and seeks to collectively use the advertising industry as a force for good to drive positive change all over the world.

Inc Africa

Inc. Africa is a pan-African platform on a mission to tell the stories of Africa’s entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, founders, innovators and business builders – and to provide a platform for them to tell their own stories.

Kantar

Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. They have a complete, unique and rounded understanding of how people think, feel and act; globally and locally in over 90 markets. By combining the deep expertise of their people, data resources and benchmarks and their innovative analytics and technology, they help their clients understand people and inspire growth.

Kantar Inc Africa UnStereotype Alliance
Catherine Young

Catherine Young

PANELLIST - Founder, Thinkroom; Managing Partner, Grindstone Ventures

Catherine Young

Catherine Young

PANELLIST - Founder, Thinkroom; Managing Partner, Grindstone Ventures

Catherine Young is an African entrepreneur with executive level experience across a number of businesses, including a successful corporate career, holding various senior and executive positions in companies including Deloitte, Chevron and SAP Ariba. She is the founder of Thinkroom and Managing Partner of Grindstone Ventures

Her capabilities are underpinned by deep engagement and care for people across her work career, with an astute ability to build and grow businees. As the founder of Thinkroom, she is involved in entrepreneurial ecosystem development across Africa and currently expanding into Europe and the UK, as well as acceleration programmes through her co-ownership in Grindstone Accelerator and Grindstone Ventures. She is an SME ecosystem influencer in Africa and works with clients in the space of entrepreneurship development across the continent. Catherine also co-founded Grindstone Ventures, a post-seed, pre-series A fund for businesses in the Grindstone Growth Engine. 

Catherine holds a B.Comm with specialisation in Marketing and National Diploma in Procurement from University of South Africa and Nelson Mandela University respectively.

Mamela Luthuli

Mamela Luthuli

PANELLIST - Founder and CEO, Take Note IT

Mamela Luthuli

Mamela Luthuli

PANELLIST - Founder and CEO, Take Note IT

Mamela Luthuli is a seasoned business professional, founder and CEO of Take Note IT, a company which provides cyber security and innovative IT solutions for its cliets. 

Mamela is extremely passionate about mentoring young people and creating opportunities for them. She is championing Take Note's Cyber Security Centre of Excellence by training young people straight from schools, colleges, and universities and equipping them with the skill required for work opportunities within Take Note IT and its associated companies internationally. This is critical given the estimated 2 million vacancies in cyber security worldwide. 

Mamela has been an entrepreneur her whole life, having started a number of informal ventures since the age of 14, to now being at the help of one of the few black, female-led cyber security firms in South Africa.

She has a number of qualifications including an MBA from Henley International School and has received numerous awards.

Charles Lee Mathews

Charles Lee Mathews

MODERATOR - Publisher & CEO, Inc.Africa

Charles Lee Mathews

Charles Lee Mathews

MODERATOR - Publisher & CEO, Inc.Africa

A former investigative journalist, advertising agency owner and growth hacker, Mathews founded and exited Idea Engineers, and worked to drive global scale with pioneering teams at Naspers and Tutuka.com. A part of Daily Maverick's startup team, Mathews has been published in Guardian and Rolling Stone Magazine and done investigations for AmaBhungane and the Centre for Public Integrity in Washington.

Moky Makura

Moky Makura

PANELLIST - Executive Director, Africa No Filter

Moky Makura

PANELLIST - Executive Director, Africa No Filter

Moky Makura was born in Nigeria, educated in England and has lived in London, Johannesburg and Lagos. She has been a TV presenter, producer, author, publisher and a successful entrepreneur in her own right. She is currently the Executive Director of Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative focused on shifting the African narrative.

Moky started her media career as the African Anchor and field reporter for South Africa’s award-winning news and actuality show – Carte Blanche. She conceptualized, co-produced and presented a lifestyle TV series for the pan African pay TV channel MNet called “Living It”, which focused on the lifestyles of the African continent’s wealthy elite. She also played a lead role in the groundbreaking and popular MNet Pan-African drama series Jacob’s Cross.

Her book Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs with a foreword written by Richard Branson, featured on the top 10 best-selling business books in South Africa when it launched. Moky has since compiled and published a number of non-fiction titles under her imprint MME Media. Titles include South Africa’s Greatest Entrepreneurs, Going Global which tells the stories of South Africa’s most successful global companies and a biography of one of its top entrepreneurs; Herman Mashaba, called Black Like You. Moky started a fiction book series called Nollybooks aimed at getting young Africans to read, and then adapted the series for television co-producing over 21 television movies for the South African TV station etv. The books are available on Worldreader, and Okadabooks.

Watch Moky at:

-Living it promo

-TED Talk on telling the African story




The Real Talk Series - Tech Edition

The Women in Marketing Africa network presents to you The Real Talk Series – a series of open and frank conversations with senior professionals and industry leaders.

International Women’s Day in March 2022 - themed around driving a sustainable future through representation and visibility, and breaking the bias – will focus on the lived experiences of women in the tech industry.

Where

Virtual via Google Meet

When

08th March 2022
Tuesday 8th March 2022 14:00 SAST

Since the beginning of time women have faced challenges in being seen and being treated as equals to their male counterparts. The effects of the COVID-19 global pandemic have in some ways worsened the situation and new challenges have arisen:
 
  • A widening gender pay gap
  • Lack of sponsorship
  • Burnout is on the rise
  • Women are rising as stronger leaders, but their work is going unrecognised
This series of conversations aims to allow women to share their experiences of the challenges they’ve faced and in doing so help others.
 
The discussions cover career progression; balancing work and home life; the impact of the global pandemic; the hard decisions and sacrifices they have had to make; and what has worked for them as ambitious professionals.
 
In this, the Tech Edition, celebrating International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2022, we will address the importance of representation and visibility in typically male dominated industries, taking a look at the lived experiences and challenges faced by women in tech marketing.
 
This will be a free on the Google Meet platform and will be live streamed via YouTube.

The conversation will be delivered as a panel discussion with audience members able to pose questions to the panellists.

Convened by UN Women the Unstereotype Alliance is a thought and action platform that seeks to eradicate harmful gender-based stereotypes in all media and advertising content. It brings together partners and seeks to collectively use the advertising industry as a force for good to drive positive change all over the world.

Members work towards creating a world without stereotypes, empowering women in all their diversity, whether that be related to race, class, age, ability, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, language or education and addressing harmful masculinities to help create a gender equal world.

Google UnStereotype Alliance
Dr Stacie CC Graham

Dr Stacie CC Graham

MODERATOR - Global Racial Equity Programme Director, WPP

Dr Stacie CC Graham

Dr Stacie CC Graham

MODERATOR - Global Racial Equity Programme Director, WPP

Dr Stacie CC Graham is the Global Racial Equity Programme Director at WPP. The Racial Equity Programme refers to the $30 million commitment to antiracism that Mark Read, WPP’s CEO, made on behalf of WPP in June of 2020. Prior to joining WPP, Dr Graham worked as an independent management and strategy consultant and executive coach. She is also the founder of Colour Balance Images (CBI), a two-sided marketplace licensing images and footage that are representative of the global majority. CBI has it strongest presence in Africa, partnering with prominent cultural institutions, such as Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Nubuke Foundation in Accra, Ghana.

Victoria Henry

Victoria Henry

PANELLIST - Head of Group Marketing & Fractional CMO, Alphawave

Victoria Henry

Victoria Henry

PANELLIST - Head of Group Marketing & Fractional CMO, Alphawave

Victoria is a B2B technology marketing and communications leader with almost 20 years’ experience. She is currently Head of Group Marketing at Stellenbosch based technology investment company, Alphawave Group, responsible for Group marketing and supporting the companies in the portfolio as a Fractional CMO.

 

Prior to joining Alphawave Group, Victoria was CMO at DataProphet – recognised as a World Economic Forum (WEF) Technology Pioneer and selected for CB Insights 100 most innovative AI start-ups.

 

Victoria spent most of her career in London, both in-house and agency side working with a range of start-ups and global tech firms including Symantec, VeriSign and Salesforce.

Ifeoma Jibunoh–Dozie

Ifeoma Jibunoh–Dozie

PANELLIST - Group Chief Marketing Officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Ifeoma Jibunoh–Dozie

Ifeoma Jibunoh–Dozie

PANELLIST - Group Chief Marketing Officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Ifeoma is Chief Marketing Officer of Liquid Intelligent Technologies. She was previously Director of Marketing and Communications for Sub-Saharan Africa at Mastercard, where she was responsible for the development of an integrated marketing and communications strategy that drove Mastercard’s business performance, brand salience, and reputation in the region.

Before MasterCard, she worked at Heineken for 17 years in senior marketing roles across multiple markets and regions in Europe and Africa.

Ifeoma has a law degree (LLB) from the University of Bristol and a master’s degree in international business (LLM) from Kings College London.

Asha Patel

Asha Patel

PANELLIST - Head of B2B Marketing SSA & Head of Marketing South Africa, Google

Asha Patel

Asha Patel

PANELLIST - Head of B2B Marketing SSA & Head of Marketing South Africa, Google

Asha is an innovative leader with over 17 years of experience in tech and media across emerging and developed markets.

Prior to Google, Asha spent 4 years at Standard Bank, where she established the group's web and mobile presence across 18 African markets. Before that, she spent 3 years at Primedia subsidiary, The Mobile Games Company.

Asha is a passionate diversity advocate and has been deeply involved in transformation from the age of 16 when she was appointed to the Junior City Council. She has been recognised as one of Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans and as a One Young World Ambassador. 

Asha holds degrees in Informatics, Honours Cum Laude in Business Management, and multiple Business Schools certifications.

Watch the full replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LGhn5RpMYw




INFLUENCE

THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED.

Harnessing one’s own power of influence and examining the myths, truths and longevity of influencer marketing

Where

Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry Lion Match Office Park 892 Umgeni Road Morningside, Durban South Africa

When

22nd August 2019
18:00 - 21:30

Book Tickets

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Women in Marketing (WiM) Africa network in association with the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry Women in Business Forum, invite you to an evening of networking, knowledge sharing and discussion on the topic of INFLUENCE.

The event will examine the concept and complexities of Influence: harnessing one’s own power of influence, its use in business and professional situations. In addition, given the shift of power from large brands and corporations to entrepreneurs and individual consumers, the event will look at influencer marketing and its longevity as a valuable marketing tool.

The INFLUENCE event falls under the ‘Educate & Inspire’ pillar of Women in Marketing’s four pillar remit where we seek to share knowledge from thought leaders and inspire women to push forward in their endeavours.

Speakers and Panellists include:

  • KEYNOTE: Elizma Nolte - Regional Marketing ManagerFacebook Africa

  • PRESENTATION: Stéphane Rogovsky - Founder and CEO, R-Squared Digital South Africa

  • PANELLIST: Stacey Grant - Consumer and Market Insights Director Africa, Unilever

  • PANELLIST: Nneka Keshi - Client Partner, Facebook Africa

  • PANELLIST: Taweni Gondwe Xaba - Chief Marketing Officer, The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry

  • PANELLIST: Andrea Opoku - Director and Africa Ambassador, Women in Marketing (WiM) CIC

  • MODERATOR: Amanda Onamandla Mathe - Founder / Director, Ndlovukazi Media Online

Women of Influence panel

If you would like to pose a question to the panel please submit your question here. Only pre submitted questions will be put to the panel.

 

The Influencer Marketing presentation will touch on these key areas:

  • What is influencer marketing and how it differs from other segments of marketing

  • The growth of influencer marketing and why it's an extremely powerful tool - some important numbers!

  • Advertising using celebrities VS Influencer marketing VS Brand Advocacy

  • Reach VS influence

  • Key steps for a successful influencer marketing campaign

  • Addressing ROI - the important metrics

  • The power of women in influencer marketing

 

Cost: ZAR 300.00 / USD 20.00 + eventbrite fee

Cash payments (ZAR 300) can be made on the day, however YOU MUST REGISTER FIRST selecting to pay at the event and bring the correct cash with you.

ENTRY WILL NOT BE GRANTED TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT REGISTERED.

 

Keynote

Examining the power of women’s influence in business, society, communities and politics.

Mini Masterclass: Influencer Marketing

Understanding influencer marketing and its uses as a valuable marketing tool. Busting some of the recent myths and truths around influencer marketing.

Women of Influence

A panel discussion and Q & A with three senior level women on the influence they hold, how they discovered it and how they use it to get things done.

Networking and Dinner

 

Thank you to all our partners for their involvement.

Event graphics designed by: Rejoice Kunene - behance.net/rejoice

Event photography by: Siphelele Nzuza - Journalism Student at Durban University of Technology, +27 76 918 6358

Demonstrate your leadership on diversity and inclusion in the industry and support the work we do. For specific event and corporate sponsorship opportunities contact us.

R-Squared Digital South Africa Unilever South Africa Facebook Souled Studios Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Elizma Nolte

Elizma Nolte

Keynote - Regional Marketing Manager, Facebook Africa

Elizma Nolte

Elizma Nolte

Keynote - Regional Marketing Manager, Facebook Africa

Elizma Nolte is Regional Marketing Manager for Facebook Africa. She is passionate about media, technology and Africa – and finding ways to connect the three for positive change.

Before joining the Facebook Africa team, she did so as Country Marketing Manager for Google South Africa and as media entrepreneur, journalist and publisher. She holds a B. Computer Science and BA Honours Journalism from Stellenbosch University, M.Sc Online Publishing from City University London and an MBA from INSEAD in France and Singapore. In her free time she is an avid trail runner and maker, whether with pen and ink, brush and paint or Maya and Unity.

Stacey Grant

Stacey Grant

SPEAKER - Consumer & Market Insights Director Africa, Unilever

Stacey Grant

Stacey Grant

SPEAKER - Consumer & Market Insights Director Africa, Unilever

Deeply passionate about people, Stacey Grant leads the Africa Insights Team and is a member of both the Unilever South Africa leadership team, as well as the Unilever Africa Leadership Team. In this role, she is ultimately responsible for showing the business where and how to win – through converting data into insights that inform solutions to the unmet needs of consumers across the continent. A strong believer in African creativity and solutions, Stacey has led her team to a number of major Global Unilever honors, including awards for Innovation and Communications excellence. Her biggest passion is centered on building sustainable businesses and Stacey believes that this is one of the key elements in unlocking the potential of the African continent. 

In over 13 years of Unilever experience, Stacey has continuously leveraged her ability to empathise and advocate for the needs of the consumer, and combined it with her technical expertise to lead for innovation. This has included provocative research into gender narratives, as well as understanding the evolution of female identity in Africa. Insights from this work have directly fed into the powerful creative executions and purposeful brand messages which have seen Unilever rise as an industry thought leader and society shaper in areas like gender stereotyping and racial equality. 

As a working parent with a busy household, 2 energetic sons, a couple of pooches, and a demanding job, Stacey is fiercely passionate about helping people advance in both their careers & personal lives.  

Taweni Gondwe Xaba

Taweni Gondwe Xaba

Chief Marketing Officer, Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Taweni Gondwe Xaba

Chief Marketing Officer, Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Stéphane Rogovsky

Stéphane Rogovsky

Founder & CEO - R-Squared Digital South Africa

Stéphane Rogovsky

Founder & CEO - R-Squared Digital South Africa

Stephane is a 40 year old Belgian citizen. He grew up in Brussels, lived in Switzerland and moved to South Africa in 2014.

Authentic conversations with real people inspire Stephane, an entrepreneur with more than 15 years’ leadership experience, utilizing strategic foresight, analytical abilities, and trend spotting in diverse areas. He worked for 13 years in finance and reached Senior Management level in a Swiss Private Bank, before making a career move to marketing. He is now the CEO of R-Squared Digital, a leading Influencer Marketing Agency in South Africa, operating locally and internationally.

 

Experience defines joy. Cigars, food, travel and his pets are his life.

Nneka Keshi

Nneka Keshi

Client Partner - Facebook Africa

Nneka Keshi

Nneka Keshi

Client Partner - Facebook Africa

Nneka is a Client Partner at Facebook Africa managing some of the organisations biggest clients.

A global digital strategist and marketer, Nneka has over 11 years of highly successful digital marketing expertise, leadership, seasoned business development and client account management acumen to her credit. Her strength lies in focusing on the ROI and her engines rev best when she is in the digital realm, building an army of ambassadors to promote a company, clients, products, people or services. Nneka has extensive global digital marketing expertise meaning she can provide immediate value navigating the US, European, African and Middle Eastern markets.

Amanda Onamandla Mathe

Amanda Onamandla Mathe

Founder and Director - Ndlovukazi Media Online

Amanda Onamandla Mathe

Founder and Director - Ndlovukazi Media Online

Nicked named the digital matriarch and known to agencies as the Olivia Pope of social media. Amanda prides herself in building recognisable brands and providing support in the love of building a better community. She is a professional journalist, with years of experience in the news media, corporate social media management, and online development space

Andrea Opoku

Andrea Opoku

Director and Africa Ambassador - Women in Marketing (WiM) CIC

Andrea Opoku

Director and Africa Ambassador - Women in Marketing (WiM) CIC

Andrea has been a founding member of the Women in Marketing (WiM) network since its creation in 2004 when it was part of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. In December 2017 she was brought on as a Director to support the activities of the organisation which had recently been formed as a Community Interest Company (CIC). Andrea has led onWiM’s global expansion strategy, specifically on the African continent, hence the launch of WiM Africa.

Andrea runs astrategic marketing and branding consultancy and was formerly Executive Director at BSP Media International, a UK-based market and industry intelligence provider – producing and delivering conferences and industry events on Technology, Media and Telecoms across Africa.

Andrea’s career began at a multimedia software publishing company in Paris and over a 10-year period moved into campaign management and communications roles in property, education, food retail, men’s fashion, office design and build, and outdoor adventure sports.

Andrea trains and lectures on marketing planning, social media and digital marketing strategy; she also blogs and writes about marketing, business and Africa.

WiM Africa Launch Presentation

 

18:00 Registration - Networking, Food and Drink served  
 
18:45 Welcome Address

Taweni Gondwe-Xaba - CMO, Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Andrea Opoku - Director and Africa Ambassador, Women in Marketing CIC

 
19:05 Keynote address:

Elizma Nolte - Regional Marketing Manager, Facebook Africa 

 
19:25 Influencer Marketing: Stephane Rogovsky - Founder and CEO, R-Squared Digital
 
20:00 Panel discussion

Moderator: Amanda Onamdamdle Mathe – Founder and Director, Ndlovukazi Media Online

Panellists:

  • Stacey Grant – Consumer and Market Insights Director Africa, Unilever
  • Nneka Keshi – Client Partner, Facebook Africa
  • Taweni Gondwe-Xaba – CMO, Durban Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • Stephane Rogovsky - Founder & CEO, R Square Digital
 
20:55 Closing Address Andrea Opoku - Director and Africa Ambassador, Women in Marketing CIC
 
21:00 Networking and close  



WiM Africa launches at the Loeries

THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED.

Female Representation and the Media - Who controls the narrative?

Where

Durban, South Africa

When

16th August 2018
10:00 - 13:00

Book Tickets

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The first ever WiM Africa event on the continent takes place during the prestigious Loeries Creative Week with a focus on the role the marketing and advertising industry has to play in stereotypical representations of women in society and culture.

The stereotypical portrayal of women in the media and on our TV screens is nothing new. But with issues around equal pay, gender equality and global movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp, isn’t it time to look at the role the advertising and marketing industries have to play and which areas of the sector can effect the most change?

Globally only 3% of creative directors are female and out of the top 50 most influential CMOs only 18 are women (2017). Given these disparities in female representation and influence at the highest levels, what is the impact on the dynamics of marketing departments and advertising agencies across the continent? How does this influence the brand strategies and the creative produced; the portrayal of women in the media and resulting impact on society?

This event will focus on the impact this under representation of senior female executives at the very top of our organisations has on the portrayal of women in the media, and the effects on our society and culture.

Female Representation and the Media – Who controls the narrative? An exclusive gathering that will not only introduce a new network, resource and voice for women in marketing, advertising andcommunications, but will also seek to address some of the specific challenges faced by those in the sector across the continent.

Thank you to all our partners for their involvement.

Demonstrate your leadership on diversity and inclusion in the industry and support the work we do. For specific event and corporate sponsorship opportunities contact us.

FCB Agency Africa Unilever Facebook UnStereotype Alliance Diageo BizCommunity Free The Bid DStv Media Sales Mark Lives.com Accountability International Bestow Elan
Stacey Grant

Stacey Grant

SPEAKER - Consumer & Market Insights Director Africa, Unilever

Stacey Grant

Stacey Grant

SPEAKER - Consumer & Market Insights Director Africa, Unilever

Deeply passionate about people, Stacey Grant leads the Africa Insights Team and is a member of both the Unilever South Africa leadership team, as well as the Unilever Africa Leadership Team. In this role, she is ultimately responsible for showing the business where and how to win – through converting data into insights that inform solutions to the unmet needs of consumers across the continent. A strong believer in African creativity and solutions, Stacey has led her team to a number of major Global Unilever honors, including awards for Innovation and Communications excellence. Her biggest passion is centered on building sustainable businesses and Stacey believes that this is one of the key elements in unlocking the potential of the African continent. 

In over 13 years of Unilever experience, Stacey has continuously leveraged her ability to empathise and advocate for the needs of the consumer, and combined it with her technical expertise to lead for innovation. This has included provocative research into gender narratives, as well as understanding the evolution of female identity in Africa. Insights from this work have directly fed into the powerful creative executions and purposeful brand messages which have seen Unilever rise as an industry thought leader and society shaper in areas like gender stereotyping and racial equality. 

As a working parent with a busy household, 2 energetic sons, a couple of pooches, and a demanding job, Stacey is fiercely passionate about helping people advance in both their careers & personal lives.  

Andrea Opoku

Andrea Opoku

Director and Africa Ambassador - Women in Marketing (WiM) CIC

Andrea Opoku

Director and Africa Ambassador - Women in Marketing (WiM) CIC

Andrea has been a founding member of the Women in Marketing (WiM) network since its creation in 2004 when it was part of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. In December 2017 she was brought on as a Director to support the activities of the organisation which had recently been formed as a Community Interest Company (CIC). Andrea has led onWiM’s global expansion strategy, specifically on the African continent, hence the launch of WiM Africa.

Andrea runs astrategic marketing and branding consultancy and was formerly Executive Director at BSP Media International, a UK-based market and industry intelligence provider – producing and delivering conferences and industry events on Technology, Media and Telecoms across Africa.

Andrea’s career began at a multimedia software publishing company in Paris and over a 10-year period moved into campaign management and communications roles in property, education, food retail, men’s fashion, office design and build, and outdoor adventure sports.

Andrea trains and lectures on marketing planning, social media and digital marketing strategy; she also blogs and writes about marketing, business and Africa.

WiM Africa Launch Presentation

Nunu Ntshingila

Nunu Ntshingila

SPEAKER - Regional Director, Facebook Africa

Nunu Ntshingila

SPEAKER - Regional Director, Facebook Africa

Nunu Ntshingila is Facebook’s Head of Africa, with responsibility for leading the team that engages with agencies and brands in Africa to help them make the most of the company’s products including Facebook itself, Instagram and related services.

She is passionate about the role of technology in driving social inclusion in Africa and about Facebook’s mission of giving Africans the power to build community and bring the world closer together.

Before joining Facebook, Nunu helped drive the creation of Ogilvy’s network in sub Saharan Africa, which spans some 34 countries. During a long career at Ogilvy & Mather South Africa, Nunu served as Managing Director of Ogilvy Johannesburg, Chief Executive Officer of the Ogilvy Group, Chairman of Ogilvy Africa and member of the Ogilvy Worldwide Board

A graduate of the University of Swaziland and Morgan State University in the US, Ntshingila has also held senior marketing positions at Nike SA and the South African Tourism board.

Nunu has served on a number of boards including Telkom, Old Mutual, Transnet, and the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Property Group. Today she serves as a council member of the Women’s World Banking Council.

Nunu has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Financial Mail for her work in leading and transforming the advertising business in South Africa. In 2016 she became the first woman to be inducted into the Loeries Hall of Fame in recognition for driving creativity in Africa. 

Suhana Gordhan

Suhana Gordhan

SPEAKER - Creative Director, FCB Agency Africa

Suhana Gordhan

Suhana Gordhan

SPEAKER - Creative Director, FCB Agency Africa

Suhana is passionate about the art of copywriting and loves parenting an idea well enough so that nobody molests it along its journey from birth to maturity. She believes that the best agency-client relationships are more marriage and less bondage. She entered the advertising industry in 2001 and has worked on some of the country’s much-loved brands at agencies like Ogilvy, Black River FC, NativeVML and Net#work BBDO.

WiM Africa Masterclass Presentation

Zumi Njongwe

Zumi Njongwe

SPEAKER - Marketing & Innovation Director, Diageo

Zumi Njongwe

Zumi Njongwe

SPEAKER - Marketing & Innovation Director, Diageo

Zumi Njongwe has been named marketing and innovations director for Diageo South Africa. With her appointment, Njongwe takes responsibility for further growth at Diageo locally.

Njongwe has spent the last two years in Ethiopia as marketing and innovations director at Diageo’s Meta Abo Breweries. She also led the establishment of ETEAGE (“queen” in Amharic), a women’s network within Diageo which drives coaching, mentorship and empowerment of women in order to contribute to the diversity agenda.

Njongwe has been with Diageo since 2005, working in various roles across Africa and in London. Prior to her role in Ethiopia, she held a number of roles in the Diageo business, from marketing manager on J&B to regional marketing manager for Guinness (Africa), responsible for Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, until she was portfolio manager of whisky, leading the development of the category and strategies to deliver business results for the category. She was also an active member of the marketing leadership team driving the talent agenda and team training, as well as leading the Spirited Women of Brandhouse (SWOB) initiatives. She holds a BSC (chemistry and psychology) and honours degree in psychology.

Diageo owns the five of the top 10 whiskies in SA (Johnnie Walker, J&B, Bells, Vat 69 and Black & White) and is a market leader in vodka and rum with Smirnoff and Captain Morgan; and it also leads the fast-growing premium gin category with Tanqueray.

WiM Africa Masterclass Presentation - Pt 1

WiM Africa Masterclass Presentation - Pt 2

Shaadia Vawda

Shaadia Vawda

SPEAKER - General Manager Ice-Cream Southern Africa, Unilever

Shaadia Vawda

Shaadia Vawda

SPEAKER - General Manager Ice-Cream Southern Africa, Unilever


Based: Global citizen living in Durban

Growing up in pre-1994 South Africa, and with a dad who was diagnosed with Cancer when Shaadia was 16, and a mum who valiantly worked to get her and her brother through school and university, Shaadia has never been afraid of a challenge! And gets most joy from the challenge of turning around impossible briefs, challenging markets and segments. She has 20years business experience working across 4 different industries, 10 different categories, 2 different continents & multiple countries.  She is currently the General Manager for the Ice Cream Business Unit in Southern Africa which she leads with a talented business unit team comprising of marketing, finance, CD, supply chain, factory, R&D, legal, media, HR & shopper. 

She is a passionate member of the Unilever South Africa Executive Leadership team. She is proud to hold this seat, as she represents hope and belief for a younger generation of women who believe that they CAN have a seat at the table, and contribute meaningfully.  

We are in the middle of a gender revolution! Global studies show that 40% of women DO NOT identify with the women they see in advertising! 3% of ads feature women in leadership/professional roles. In most of the ads women are confined to domestic chores! This is staggering, and we can something about it. Banishing stereotypes goes beyond the misrepresentation of women in advertising. This is about creating multi-dimensional people in our ads – ‘unstereotyping’ people, not just women. Advertising can be a real agent of change and a force for good, by inspiring people with positive and progressive portrayals. This isn’t only a moral case it is also a business case.

At home, the nest is kept frenetically busy with a 9-year-old daughter, who keeps her parents grounded, happy and in touch with all things slime and squishy. 

Fahmeeda Cassim-Surtee

Fahmeeda Cassim-Surtee

PANELLIST - CEO South Africa, DStv Media Sales

Fahmeeda Cassim-Surtee

Fahmeeda Cassim-Surtee

PANELLIST - CEO South Africa, DStv Media Sales

Holding a variety of qualifications in media management, strategic marketing, business management and journalism, Cassim-Surtee began her career at City Press newspaper as both an advertising consultant and freelance sports writer. This extended to radio broadcasting and contributions to international publications. She joined the MultiChoice Group in 1998 and has since held a variety of positions within DStv Media Sales, the advertising and sponsorship arm of the business, rising to her current position as CEO of DStv Media Sales in October 2017. Nominated for SA Woman of the Year and SA Business Woman of the Year, she says of work, “I love it because I don’t treat it as a job. It’s integrated into my life. It’s different everyday. I like the opportunity to influence people in our organisation.” Never one to shy away from a challenge, Cassim-Surtee lives by the motto, “I can do anything even if it scares me.”

Emma Reeves

Emma Reeves

SPEAKER – Executive Director,
Free The Bid

Emma Reeves

Emma Reeves

SPEAKER – Executive Director,
Free The Bid

Emma Reeves has an extensive background as a Creative Strategist working across all aspects of cultural communication and new media in the print, digital and live space. Emma became the Creative Director of the highly influential MOCAtv in 2012, a part of the YouTube original content initiative funded by Google, radically changing the landscape of access to art in the digital realm while managing and creating digital engagements. Whilst at MOCA, Emma programmed and oversaw production on the game changing, interdisciplinary cultural event Step and Repeat in 2014 and 2015.

Previously, Emma worked in documentaries and TV production in London before joining Gorgeous Enterprises from 1996 - 1999 working with Frank Budgen on his seminal work for Playstation and Guinness as well as multiple award winning commercials with Chris Palmer.

After Gorgeous Emma joined Jefferson Hack at the Dazed Group in London from 1999 until 2007 working as photo director for Dazed she also helped found Another Magazine and Another Man. Emma then moved to New York to oversee the branding agency Li, Inc working with Patrick Li for three years prior to moving to LA in 2012.

Emma continues to live in Los Angeles.

Since January 30th 2017 Emma has been Executive Director of Free The Bid:

Free the Bid is a 501c3 non-profit initiative advocating on behalf of women directors for equal opportunities to bid on commercial jobs in the global advertising industry.

Leigh Andrews

Leigh Andrews

MODERATOR - Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media, Bizcommunity.com

Leigh Andrews

MODERATOR - Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media, Bizcommunity.com

Leigh Andrews (@leigh_andrews) is Editor-in-Chief: Marketing & Media at Bizcommunity.com and Lifestyle contributor. Leigh is passionate about issues of inclusion, equality and diversity, and was the only South African finalist shortlisted for the Women in Marketing #WIMawards2017.

Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, Leigh writes top breaking news stories interviewing key people in the industry, as well as driving the daily delivery of fresh and accurate content, aligning editorial goals with the BizCommunity.com strategic direction. Having spent 12 years in the industry, working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's publications, Leigh is at the forefront of all this marketing and media in South Africa.

Leigh Ogilvie

Leigh Ogilvie

SPEAKER - South Africa Ambassador, Free The Bid

Leigh Ogilvie

Leigh Ogilvie

SPEAKER - South Africa Ambassador, Free The Bid

Leigh has been directing professionally for twenty years.

She started her career in 1997 specialising in African music videos that saw her as four-time SAMA winner amongst other accolades.

In 2003 she transitioned into a multi award winning commercial director for a diverse spectrum of clients both locally and internationally, enjoying repeat business from brand giants such as Diageo, Jim Beam (US) Coca-Cola, Castrol, SAB, Virgin Money, Cell C along with Channel O, Metro FM, Nedbank, A1 (Austria) Ingdiba (Germany) and First for Women.

Locally Leigh is represented by Monkey Films and is the local ambassador for Free The Bid, a global initiative that asks clients and agencies to consider taking a pledge that one in every three way bid be a woman director.

Czerina Patel

Czerina Patel

PANELLIST - Manager - Advertisers Activists Collective, Accountability International

Czerina Patel

Czerina Patel

PANELLIST - Manager - Advertisers Activists Collective, Accountability International

Czerina Patel works for Accountability International (AI), an international civil society organisation that holds leaders accountable for their responsibilities to human rights, equality and transparency. Czerina manages the Advertisers Activists Collective (AAC) Initiative, which engages activists, advertisers, marketers and businesses in promoting equality, with a focus on LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer) inclusion in Africa ads. Czerina holds a BA in Economics and in Philosophy from Brown University, and a MSc. from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her journalism and broadcast recognitions include the George Foster Peabody Award and three Third Coast International Audio Festival Awards.

Female Representation and the Media: Who controls the narrative?

AGENDA

 

09:00 Arrival, registration and networking  
 
10:00 Welcome Address Andrea Opoku, WiM Africa
 
10:15 Partner presentation

Emma Reeves & Leigh Ogilvie, Free The Bid

 
10:30 Keynote Stacey Grant & Shaadia Vawda, Unilever and #UnStereotype
 
10:55 Agency Suhana Gordon, FCB Africa
 
11:25 Brand Zumi Njongwe, Diageo
 
11:50 Media Nunu Ntshingila, Head of Facebook Africa
 
12:10 Panel discussion

Moderator: Leigh Andrews, BizCommunity

Panellists:

  • Zumi Njongwe, Diageo
  • Suhana Gordhan, FCB Agency Africa
  • Fahmeeda Cassim-Surtee, DStv Media Sales
  • Nunu Ntshingila, Head of Facebook Africa
  • Emma Reeves, Free The Bid
  • Czerina Patel, Accountability International 
 
12:45 Closing Address Andrea Opoku, WiM Africa
 
13:00 Close  

 




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