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Mark Sham is a dynamic entrepreneur, author, and speaker from South Africa, renowned for his passionate advocacy of informal education and his commitment to supporting small businesses. Despite being expelled from school at 17 and lacking formal education, Mark mastered the world of informal learning, leveraging his experiences and self-taught knowledge to propel his career forward. He is the founder of several innovative ventures, including Suits & Sneakers, The Tryst, and Like a Tourist.
Suits & Sneakers is a social enterprise dedicated to revolutionizing education. It hosts events and creates content aimed at promoting lifelong learning through informal education, believing in the power of continuous learning to stay relevant in today’s fast-paced world.
The Tryst is a multi-purpose content creation hub located in Johannesburg, featuring a hybrid event space, video studios, training areas, and a bar. It serves as a collaborative space for bold brands and innovative ideas, helping individuals and companies create meaningful and engaging content.
Like a Tourist focuses on creating unique travel content that highlights the beauty and diverse experiences available in South Africa, aiming to inspire both locals and visitors to explore and appreciate the country’s many hidden gems.
Mark’s entrepreneurial journey is remarkable, given his unconventional path to success. He speaks with a ferocious energy and passion, adept at synthesizing broad-based thinking into formats that audiences can understand. He is not only creating awareness around his vision to change education and training in South Africa but also forging a network of entrepreneurs and corporate businesses to champion these causes.
Mark has spoken at various notable events, including the EOH Finance Indaba and the CEO Series with Lee Naik. He has been invited to speak at events hosted by companies such as EOH, City Logistics, and Standard Bank.
Event planners should consider booking Mark Sham for their next event because of his unique perspective on education and entrepreneurship. His talks are insightful, humorously delivered, and filled with thought-provoking messages. He has a proven track record of captivating audiences and leaving them energized and inspired. His passion for transforming education and his commitment to lifelong learning make him a valuable addition to any event.
In summary, Mark Sham is a passionate entrepreneur and speaker who is making significant strides in revolutionizing education through his various ventures. His story of overcoming adversity and using unconventional means to achieve success serves as an inspiration to many aspiring entrepreneurs and lifelong learners. His dynamic speaking style and commitment to lifelong learning make him a sought-after speaker for events focused on education, entrepreneurship, and innovation.
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Sara-Jayne King is a mixed-race South African/British journalist and radio presenter whose career has taken her across the globe in search of remarkable stories and fascinating characters.
Her career began as a junior journalist in local radio in London and since then has included roles in the Middle East and Africa, most recently as a senior editor for news channel eNCA and presenter for Primedia’s talk radio station Cape Talk.
Born Karoline King in 1980 in Johannesburg South Africa, Sara-Jayne King (as she will later be called by her adoptive parents) is the result of an affair, illegal under apartheid’s Immorality Act, between a white British woman and a black South African man.
Her story reveals the shocking lie created to cover up the forbidden relationship and the hurried overseas adoption of the illegitimate baby, born during one of history’s most inhumane and destructive regimes.
Killing Karoline follows the journey of the baby girl who is raised in a leafy, middle-class corner of the South of England by a white couple. Plagued by questions surrounding her own identity and unable to ‘fit in’ Sara-Jayne begins to turn on herself.
She eventually returns to South Africa, after 26 years, to face her demons. There she is forced to face issues of identity, race, rejection and belonging beyond that which she could ever have imagined.
She must also face her birth family, who in turn must confront what happens when the baby you kill off at a mere six weeks old returns from the dead.
Sara-Jayne King is passionate about issues relating to identity, race, adoption, mental health and addiction and addresses all of those factors in her talks.
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Supafly Band is a fun, vibrant band that brings a new level of energy and audience interaction to the corporate scene.
About Supafly Band
Combination of Pop, Rock & Party Songs
Featuring members of Just Jinjer
SupaFly is an adaption of the current popular band FLIES specifically design for the corporate market and upmarket events
FLIES consists of Brent Harris (Drums & Vocals), Denholm Harding
(Bass Guitar & Vocals) and Gavin Morein (Electric Guitar& Vocals) all of whom have been in the music industry for well over a decade and have played both locally and internationally with Just Jinjer.
Originally from a variety of successful cover bands, the group brings a wealth of experience, incredible talent and an understanding of just what songs to play to keep their audience wanting more.
SupaFly sees the incorporation of Andy Klee and Veronique Lalouette on lead vocals, adding a certain softness and sophistication to the all male group which has also allowed the group to incorporate popular female tracks like “It’s Raining Men”, “I Will Survive” etc and provide an even wider variety to their existing repertoire.
With her extensive experience singing in the hottest nightclubs in Hong Kong & Dubai. Andy is great at getting the party started for any occasion.
Andy and Veronique have huge amounts of experience in the Corporate markets.
Veronique came third on Idols season three and had a number one hit on her solo album. Both are magnificent singers, each bringing their own uniqueness to the stage.
SupaFly is a fun, vibrant band that brings a new level of energy and audience interaction to the corporate scene.
FLIES consists of Brent Harris (Drums & Vocals), Denholm Harding
(Bass Guitar & Vocals) and Gavin Morein (Electric Guitar& Vocals) all of whom have been in the music industry for well over a decade and have played both locally and internationally with Just Jinjer.
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Andisa Liba is a powerhouse in human capital strategy, leadership development, and organisational transformation. With over 15 years of experience across Africa, she is currently the Chief People Officer at Floatpays, where she aligns people strategies with business objectives to cultivate high-performance cultures. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, she co-founded Women’s Tech Connection, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women in the technology sector.
A highly sought-after Pan-African moderator, Andisa has facilitated leadership dialogues in countries including Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Eswatini, Namibia, and South Africa. She has a unique ability to bring together policymakers, executives, and thought leaders to tackle pressing socio-economic and governance challenges.
Her influence in the leadership and tech spaces has earned her numerous accolades, including the 2024 Women in Tech Africa Summit Best Ally Award, Forty Under 40 South Africa Human Capital & Social Impact Award, and special recognition from the African Union for her contributions to human capital development.
Previously serving as CEO of the Pan African Chamber of Commerce, Andisa has been a vocal advocate for enterprise development and job creation, shaping policies that support sustainable economic growth. Recognised as one of Africa’s Most Influential Women in Digital Transformation, she continues to champion leadership excellence through mentorship, coaching, and public speaking.
From driving organisational success to fostering inclusivity in tech, Andisa Liba is a catalyst for transformation—making an undeniable impact on businesses, communities, and the next generation of leaders across the continent.
Andisa serves on the LeanIn Sustainability and Equity South Africa Chapter where she moderates dialogues around the impact of ESG and facilitating conversations with executives for best practice and strategy for the country.
In 2024 Andisa was conferred a special recognition award of excellence by The African Union in partnership with The Hesed Foundation for her exemplary dedication and contribution to the human capital field.
Andisa Liba was a top finalist in the inaugural Wired4Women Awards a platform aims to recognise the achievements of women working in the South African tech sector and pay it forward, opening doors for future generations. She was a finalist in the Leader of the Year Award as well as Tech for Good categories respectively. She has recently been nominated as a finalist in the Gender Mainstream Awards under the category Inclusive Leader & Positive Role Model.
Andisa Liba is not only a leader in her field but also a true pioneer driving social change through innovation and empowerment.
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Khaya Dlanga is well-regarded marketing personality, having been listed in “The Annual – Advertising, Media & Marketing” as one of the 100 most influential people in Advertising, Media & Marketing.
Khaya Dlanga is a winner of Financial Mail’s Adfocus New Broom award 2009, awarded to a young marketer making an impact in the industry.
He is passionate about social causes. In 2015, he organised the Peace Bus initiative which spoke out against Xenophobia and provided supplies for displaced people.
The initiative garnered wide-ranging public support.
He has been awarded more than 40 times both locally and globally for his work in the advertising and marketing field.
His accolades include Loerie Grand Prix, Loerie Gold for Marketing Effectiveness, two New York Festival Grand Prix, two Cannes Gold Lions.
Khaya has also been a contributor to the South African discourse by writing weekly columns for the Mail & Guardian, News24 and the Cape Times.
His online columns would always feature on the list of most read articles of the year.
The Author of ‘In My Arrogant Opinion‘ and the bestseller, ‘To Quote Myself, a Memoir‘.
This memoir had the dubious of honour of being the most stolen book in the country soon after it was published.
To Quote Khaya Dlanga would receive the rare honour of a memoir being shortlisted for the Sunday Times Alan Paton Prize. A feat for a memoir.
Khaya was at the Coca-Cola company for more than five years where he raised the bar for its marketing and communications department.
He led the Coca-Cola names on packs in South Africa. His work was so highly regarded that it traveled to 96 countries even though it was intended for the sole use of South Africa.
In 2015, Warren Buffett, a major Coca-Cola shareholder mentioned his work as an example of what results great creativity can achieve.
Khaya Dlanga has addressed organisations and events like Investec, FNB, Nedbank, Jacaranda, TedX Soweto, Suits and Sneakers, MC’d the world’s largest design conference, Design Indaba two years in a row.
He addressed the first annual Daily Maverick’s The Gathering, his talk was so popular that after the Daily Maverick published it, it became the publication’s most-read article for over a year.
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Mike Walsh is the CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. A global nomad, futurist and author of the bestselling book, The Algorithmic Leader, he advises some of the world’s biggest organizations on digital transformation and disruptive innovation in this new era of machine intelligence.
A prolific writer and commentator, Mike’s views have appeared in a wide range of international publications including Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, BusinessWeek, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. Each week he interviews provocative thinkers, innovators and troublemakers on his podcast, Between Worlds.
His latest book, The Algorithmic Leader: How to be smart when machines are smarter than you, offers a hopeful and practical guide for reinventing leadership and organizations.
Mike’s other books include Futuretainment (winner of the design award by the Art Director’s Club in New York), published by Phaidon, and The Dictionary Of Dangerous Ideas.
Mike travels over 300 days a year worldwide: researching trends, collecting case studies and presenting on the future of business and leadership.
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FUTURIST
Rather than focusing on the distant future, Mike takes an anthropological approach – scanning the near horizon for emerging technologies and disruptive shifts in human behavior, and then translating these into pragmatic plans for digital transformation. A prolific writer and commentator, Mike’s views have appeared in a wide range of international publications including BusinessWeek, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.
Global Nomad
Constantly traveling the world for the best ideas, Mike Walsh spends more than 300 days a year on the road interviewing innovators, entrepreneurs and corporate revolutionaries to provide his clients and audiences with a fresh and compelling vision of tomorrow’s opportunities.
Speaker
Mike Walsh has delivered close to a thousand keynote speeches around the world to companies in almost every industry. His customized presentations leave audiences prepared and inspired to transform the way they do business.
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Zolani Mahola is a South African Storyteller – she is a singer, an actress, an Inspiration Speaker and an agent for social change. Zolani Mahola aka The One Who Sings
Born in Port Elizabeth in 1981, she studied Theatre and Performance at the University of Cape Town where she met musicians with whom she would later form pan-African multi-cultural multi-genre band Freshly Ground in 2002.
17 years and 7 albums later Freshly Ground has gone on to become a household name in South Africa and is one of Africa’s most acclaimed and successful bands. They have captured the heart of the continent and have also claimed global recognition.
One highlight of their near two decade career was a collaboration with pop superstar Shakira with whom they recorded the official song for the FIFA World Cup 2010 and performed it at the opening and closing ceremony for a global audience of over a billion people. The band has to date opened stages for and collaborated with such artists as Stevie Wonder, BB King, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Robbie Williams, Oliver Mtukudzi, Vusi Mahlasela and Busi Mhlongo to name but a few.
Zolani Mahola is well loved and respected by South Africans for unifying the country through music and bridging social, racial and cultural divides. As an artist, she explores themes of identity and belonging and she shares a message of individual agency and responsibility.
She firmly believes that though we are all connected and have much in common, “our individual stories are unique; we must be curious about them, to find the reason we were put on this planet and to realise our full expression.”
She has been a judge on the acapella show The Sing-Off (2009) and guest judge on Idols (2010) and The Voice (2016), encouraging uniqueness and a good work ethic in the contestants. She sang the lead in a new South African musical “Calling Me Home” (2017) at Joburg Theatre.
Recently collaborated with Zip Zap Circus School, for whom Zolani Mahola is an ambassador and board member, and the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra at Joburg Theatre in the boundary breaking production“ Journey Beyond” (2019).
Zolani is passionate about sharing her experience for the good of her community and has expanded her portfolio to include what she terms Inspiration Talks. In these talks she shares intimately about her life story, challenges and wins … encouraging others to investigate their own stories and to share them too. She believes that this sharing and listening leads to empathy and will lead to healing pain caused by division in our societies globally.
Zolani Mahola is currently recording her debut solo material with Grammy nominated producer JB Arthur who, together with acclaimed bass player Victor Sibusiso Masondo produced Freshly Ground’s biggest selling album to date.
She will release the material in the latter part of 2019. The artist is also currently developing a theatrical production called “The One Who Sings” which will see its debut release staged at the Baxter theatre in Cape Town in November 2019. 2020 will find Zolani staging the production all over the country as well as globally.
The next phase of Zolani Mahola’s career will see her staging her musical productions in concert halls, auditoriums, concert spaces and theatres the world over as the world joyfully discovers The Next Chapter of this global icon.
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