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Motivational keynote speaker Esther Johnson transforms workplace culture through customer service excellence, employee wellbeing strategies and leadership development for high performing teams.
  • Customer Service
Hip Hop artist, media personality and master MC ProVerb delivers world-class hosting, storytelling and performance shaped by two decades of broadcasting, music excellence and cultural influence.
  • Hip Hop Artist

Richard Poplak is an award-winning author, journalist, and filmmaker. He has become one of the most widely read and controversial political journalists in South Africa, editing at large for the Daily Maverick. Poplak has reported from over 25 developing countries, for the Financial Times, Atlantic Monthly, The Guardian, among others. He was recently part of a team that won the prestigious Global Shining Light award for investigative journalism.

Richard has worked as a freelance journalist and writer since 2005. His work has been anthologized numerous times, and he frequently appears on Al Jazeera, BBC, CBC, and elsewhere as a commentator on topics that range from world events to sport: he is considered a go-to voice on the burgeoning Sino-African relationship; on South African politics; and on international cycling.

Richard Poplak is a former Rockefeller Fellow, and a recipient of the Bookmark Award for the best journalist in South Africa. He is also a contributor in the innovative global investigative journalist collective Deca Stories.

Richard Poplak | Current Affairs

As a member in the Gupta Leaks team, Richard Poplak helped break one of the biggest stories in South African media history. The journalistic consortium won the Taco Kuiper Investigative Journalism award, Vodacom Journalist of the Year, and was cited for a Nat Nkasa Bravery in Journalism award. In 2019, the team won the prestigious 2019 Global Shining Light award, the highest honour in investigative journalism.

Before Richard Poplak became a journalist, Richard trained as a filmmaker and fine artist at Montreal’s Concordia University (1992-1995) and has produced an directed numerous music videos, television commercials, and documentary films. He is the co-director of a documentary feature film on the public relations firm Bell Pottinger, called Influence, which is premiering in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.

Keynote Topic

INFLUENCE: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY

Synopsis

The feature-length documentary film INFLUENCE charts the recent advancements in weaponized communication by investigating the rise and fall of the world’s most notorious public relations and reputation management firm: the British multinational Bell Pottinger.

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  • Current Affairs
Transformational leader, speaker, and author dedicated to rebuilding men, restoring families, and raising legacies across South Africa.
  • Motivational Speaker
Inspirational speaker Zoleka Mandela shares a powerful journey of loss, resilience and purpose, motivating audiences through her advocacy in breast cancer awareness, road safety and personal transformation.
  • Inspirational Speaker
Entrepreneur and youth development advocate Simon Mtsuki equips emerging leaders with practical tools, business insight and mindset shifts that drive opportunity, resilience and long term success.
  • Entrepreneur Speaker
Author, actress and motivational speaker Natasha Sutherland empowers audiences with meaning-centred storytelling, crisis navigation insights and transformative guidance shaped by decades in media and logotherapy studies.
  • Celebrity Emcee
Digital education speaker Dean McCoubrey equips schools and organizations with practical online safety, digital resilience, and media literacy strategies backed by two decades of traditional, digital, and social media expertise.
  • Social Media
South African comedian, TV presenter, and musical satirist Tats Nkonzo delivers high-energy stand-up, witty hosting, and unforgettable entertainment for audiences nationwide.
  • Comedian
Dr. Madelaine Gomes is an international transformational speaker and consciousness mentor who empowers leaders to overcome emotional fatigue, activate inner mastery and elevate purpose-driven, conscious leadership.
  • Motivational Speaker
Leadership storyteller and reconciliation speaker Christo Brand shares extraordinary lessons on trust, forgiveness, and humanity from his unlikely friendship with Nelson Mandela.
  • Motivation Speaker
Asanda Maku is a dynamic South African motivational speaker, emcee, and host who inspires audiences with authentic insights on relationships, culture, and personal growth.
  • Motivational Speaker
Inspirational speaker and psychotherapist Barbara Kamba Nyathi empowers audiences to pursue emotional wellness, purpose, and resilience through her transformative Unbecoming framework rooted in lived experience and authentic storytelling.
  • Motivational Speaker
IT trends keynote speaker Andy Hadfield helps organizations understand the future of digital life, work, and business by translating emerging technology into clear, practical strategic insight.
  • IT Trends

Carmen Murray is the founder of Boo-Yah! a leading Modern Marketing Business that provides a number of initiatives to ensure businesses become Future Fit™.

She is a marketing activist and torchbearer for Diversity and Inclusion and was recently recognised by Meltwater as the top Women in Tech, Africa, 2019.

She received the most prestigious award, a Black Pixel, IAB Bookmarks 2019 for her best individual contribution to Digital, Africa 2019.

Murray has become a household name among business professionals and flying through the ranks as she applies robust approaches to help businesses become Future Fit™. Her strong background in Content, Digital, Mobile, Innovation and Data Analytics, allows her to identify emerging trends and conceptualise disruptive marketing strategies, deployed with precision.

The customer and their needs are always at the heart of her approach.

​Carmen Murray

Carmen delivers thought-provoking keynotes to fuel creativity and inspire innovation. She has been a keynote speaker in over 40 countries and got to deliver over 250 masterclasses in 3 years to a combined audience of 11,000 business professionals.

Carmen Murray continues to be a popular panelist on both the local and international conference circuit. Murray can also be found on the Digital Airwaves with her charting Podcast in Marketing:

The Carmen Murray Show | #FutureFit Yourself. She interviews Activists, Storytellers, Celebrities, Newsmakers, and Business Experts across the globe.

She also collaborated with John Vlismas and started another podcast:

The IN with the TWO Outsiders.

​Industry Contributions include MMA, IAB, DMA, MRMW, AMASA, BOGDM which includes GIBS, AAA School of Advertising, and an array of local and international business schools. She is also the exclusive representative of The Connected Marketer™ in Africa which includes courses on CX, UX, AI, Mobile to name a few. Carmen Murray also lectures at the University of Johannesburg. (UJ)

​She served on the following councils:

  • IAB: Innovation Council
  • IAB: Education and Transformation Committee
  • Representative of the Professional Body for Digital Practitioners in South Africa
  • Faculty Member for RebaOne Academy

Carmen started a quarterly Future Fit™ Networking event, powered by Boo-Yah! and joined forces with the University of Johannesburg, Department of Marketing and Management to create an annual #MarketingFit Event for Marketing Professionals of South Africa.

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  • Marketing Speaker
Inspirational resilience speaker Stephen McGown shares a powerful survival story of endurance, mindset, and human strength shaped by nearly six years held hostage by Al Qaeda.
  • Inspirational Speaker

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