Solly Moeng: Political Commentator

Reputation management expert, political commentator, and strategic communications leader Solly Moeng advises organizations and governments on brand leadership, stakeholder trust, and Africa’s global positioning.

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  • Highlights:
    • Specialist in reputation management and stakeholder engagement
    • Founder and convenor of the Africa Brand Summit
    • Lecturer at leading European business and international relations institutions
    • Extensive international experience across Africa, Europe, North America
  • Formats:

    Political commentator, reputation management expert, and strategic communications advisor

  • Audience:

    Government leaders, corporate executives, communication teams, policy institutions, universities, and organizations focused on reputation, governance, and Africa’s global image.

  • Outcomes:
    1. Stronger reputation and stakeholder trust strategies
    2. Clear frameworks for managing brand risk and public perception
    3. Deeper understanding of Africa’s positioning in global political and economic systems
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  • Travels from: Zürich

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Solly Moeng is a highly experienced independent media professional with a global career spanning multiple sectors, regions, and disciplines. His work focuses on reputation management, stakeholder engagement strategies, strategic internal and external communications, and high-level PR and media relations. Over several decades, he has managed complex projects across continents, advising institutions on credibility, public trust, and long-term brand value.

As a destination brand management specialist, Solly is the founder and convenor of the Africa Brand Summit, a fast-growing pan-African platform that examines how education, health, business development, social justice, and governance can strengthen Africa’s global competitiveness and internal resilience. Through this initiative, he brings together leaders and thinkers to shape practical strategies that support African populations and elevate the continent’s standing internationally.

Solly’s expertise extends into academia and policy education. In 2021, he lectured Social, Company and State Protocol and Online Reputation Management at the EU Business School. He has also delivered a series of master’s level lectures at UNITAR-INSEEC-HEIP on the history of conflict resolution, focusing on United Nations frameworks, the Geneva Conventions, conflict prevention, and the foundations of sustainable peace.

Solly Moeng is a widely experienced professional with a career that has seen him manage a variety of projects in various sectors and in countries spanning several continents. He is an established independent media professional with specialisation in Reputation Management, Stakeholder Engagement Strategies, Strategic Internal & External Communications, PR and Media Relations.

As a destination brand management expert, Solly Moeng founded and currently convenes the fast-growing Africa Brand Summit – www.africabrandsummit.co which serves as a platform to assess areas, e.g. education heath, business development, social justice, etc. in which Africa can be strengthened to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with its peers in order to better support African populations.

2021 – Lectures ‘Social, Company and State Protocol’ and ‘(Online) Reputation Management’ at the EU Business School – Top Business School in Europe | EU Business School (euruni.edu).

UNITAR-INSEEC-HEIP (Hautes Etudes Internationales & Politiques) Solly Moeng gave a series of lectures to Master Students on the “History of Conflict

Resolution” with a focus on the Tools, e.g., Key UN Resolutions and Geneva Conventions, Key Players in Conflict Resolution, Conflict Prevention and Creating Conditions for Sustainable Peace.

Also French-speaking, Solly Moeng lived and studied in France (where he obtained a French Master’s Degree at the Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon) before working in Canada and the US as South African Tourism’s marketing manager and country manager, respectively, managing South Africa’s country image and, while in the US, rolling out SA Tourism’s growth strategy in the US and Canada.

He was Head of Corporate Communications & PR at Woolworths – South Africa’s high-end Food, Clothing, and General Merchandise retail business – leading a team with the brief to protect and enhance corporate reputation. Prior to that, he had been Marketing & Communications Manager at the National Botanical Institute (now South African National Biodiversity Institute – SANBI) and the Cape Nature Conservation Board (whose rebranding to current CapeNature was driven by Solly Moeng)

Solly Moeng also acted as Corporate Affairs Head at the Central Energy Fund (CEF). He was later appointed as a special media advisor to the CEO of the Strategic Fuels Fund, a subsidiary of the CEF. In addition, he has worked as Business Development & Marketing Manager of Mesure, a South African facilities management subsidiary of French Multinational Construction company, Bouygues Travaux Publics and Basil Read. This position also enabled him to return to France, where he was based at the company’s vast campus in St-Quentin-en-Yvelines, just outside Paris. He also travelled to Nigeria with the company’s special project negotiating team.

He completed the IMM’s Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing and attended courses at the respected Vega School of Branding.

Solly has led strategy development processes and provided corporate communications and reputation management advice to a number of international brands in retail, oil & gas, nuclear energy, biodiversity management, transport, destination management, lifestyle, logistics, development banking, territorial and country brands, etc. He has spoken at industry conferences and seminars in South Africa, Russia, Armenia, Switzerland, Zambia, and India, where he was also invited as Co-host for the India Brand Summit in late 2016.

He is former Vice-President of the Davos, Switzerland, based World Communication Forum Association (WCFA) and is an Independent Director of the Western Province Professional Rugby (WPPR), in South Africa. As a member of the Management Committee, he chaired the company’s marketing, media, and communications sub- committee.

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