Topic: Entrepreneurial Skills

Visionary. Leader. Trailblazer. Miles Kubheka, aka Vuyo, is a game-changing entrepreneur who empowers others to find success. The IT graduate turned successful gastronomist is the founder, owner, and believer behind the renowned Vuyo’s brand, as well as being a sought-after public speaker.

Visionary

Miles has always had the desire to make a meaningful mark on the world and in 2012 he became the first person in the entire world to create a business based on a TV advert. The advert was about a character named “Vuyo” who starts off selling wors rolls from a food cart and then makes it “beeeg”. Miles innovatively trademarked the Vuyo’s brand and opened the first Vuyo’s restaurant in Braamfontein, serving fast-casual food, including gourmet-style South African staples, such as wors, potjiekos and pap. Miles expanded his enterprise to include food carts and then expanded it even further with the introduction of food trucks. He now has a restaurant on the famous Vilakazi Street, in Soweto, four food trucks, and more plans to expand and inspire.

Leader

Miles teaches would-be entrepreneurs that all that’s required to start a business is vision and a hunger to succeed. He believes Africa needs leaders committed to creating wealth for their communities and that doing good is good business.

Public Speaker

Miles connects with and inspires audiences of all ages and backgrounds and he’s proven this repeatedly during motivational talks at various events and companies, including at Sage Pastel, Discovery, and Wits Business School, among others. Miles is considered to be “one of South Africa’s best”, “an exceptional individual”, “a natural speaker”, and “truly excellent”. Miles has appeared on various talk shows and TV programs and in several publications. For a motivational talk with a difference, book Miles as a speaker at your next event.

Trailblazer for purely traditional South African food

Miles’ passion is to set in motion a South African food revolution – he wants South Africans to feel proud of their food and to be able to go out and eat “what they grew up eating”.

Miles lives in Johannesburg, where he cooks and eats good food, spends time with his adorable seven-year-old son, and stays up late plotting how best to change the world

Frank Magwegwe is an entrepreneur, personal finance and employee financial wellness expert, active citizen, and business speaker whose work has been recognized by many esteemed organizations. A lifelong learner, Frank is reading for his doctorate in financial planning at Kansas State University.

Life.Money.You

The average person makes six to ten money decisions per day ranging from small decisions like buying a cup of coffee or packing lunch for work to saving for retirement or a child’s education. So many financial decisions require a balance of financial literacy, self-control and making the best possible decision given limited information. Most of these decisions are unguided. No wonder money continues to keep people up at night. Since personal finance is hardly taught in schools, most people learn to manage money through trial and error or from their parents who also learnt to manage money through trial and error. No wonder, low financial literacy is accompanied by high levels of debt, irrespective of income and background and general financial stress. Financial stress can impact negatively impact mental and physical health. People need more financial guidance but they are not getting it Get hope in your financial life and get started on the journey to long-term financial security using Frank’s 6 SMARRT steps. In this practical talk, Frank will discuss the money mindset, money stories, money mindfulness, the power of choices and the money behaviours that sabotage long-term financial security

Life.Purpose.You

Are you passionate about how you are living today and where you are going in the future? Or do you sometimes feel that you are merely a passenger in a bus to nowhere that you hopped on early in your working life and allowed to determine the direction of your life With very few people instinctively knowing where they want to go with their lives and many people in search of purpose, Frank’s talk puts people in the driver’s seat of their life, making them confident about being there, knowing where they want to go and more importantly WHY. Through the 6 SMARRT steps, Frank shows that the “why” of life is the force that inspires people and the foundation for finding their purpose.

Life.Obstacles.You

Be inspired by Frank’s deeply personal story of setbacks, challenges, adventure, success and triumph. Frank takes you on an amazing journey through his life experiences as a barman, dead broke, unemployed, and homeless young man, fruit & vegetable vendor, entrepreneur and most importantly, the lessons learned. Motivate your audiences to get out of the shadows, overcome obstacles, go from invisible to invincible and flourish with Frank’s 6 SMARRT lessons from overcoming obstacles. The proven, actionable, real-life and practical SMARRT steps show how Frank “beat the odds” and “escaped” homelessness in his transformation from invisible homeless young man to personal finance and employee financial wellness expert, entrepreneur and active citizen. The 6 SMARRT steps can be brought into the context of any organization and harnessed by anyone with determination, drive and desire to excel.

Musa is an enthusiastic entrepreneur, born in Zambia. He has lived in Scotland, Botswana and England. He currently lives in Johannesburg, South Africa. CEO and Founder of Bridge Labs, Musa addresses the problem of gaining access to appropriate online tools for entrepreneurs and small to medium businesses (SMB’s) by building mobile platforms to support growth in emerging markets.

As a respected thought leader in the marketing industry, Musa advises on digital marketing strategy for businesses with his Marketing in a Digital World Executive Programme. Through the use of technology, the digitally invisible economy will be able to create viable, affordable and sustainable solutions that will solve crucial problems in our society.

Musa started his first business, Monatefellaz, a youth marketing consultancy, while studying
at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS).

After Monatefellaz was incorporated into IHOP WORLD, as part of a merger with a division of the Brand Leadership Group, Musa worked asManaging Director before becoming Group Head of Digital Marketing at Nedbank, and then Facebook Client Partner for Africa. As a strategic marketer for these two companies, Musa worked with foreign governments and multinational companies to create innovative digital

With a Bachelor of Commerce and Chartered Marketer (SA) designation from WITS, Musa has excelled academically, and was the top student in Sustainability and Future Fit Business at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), while completing his MBA in 2015.

Musa received three nominations for the prestigious Black Business Quarterly Awards in 2008, and was voted as one of the Top 200 Young South Africans by the Mail & Guardian in 2012. Musa was the first Chairman of the Youth Advertising Board of South Africa in 2005/6, and previously held the position of Head of Brand Portfolio for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). He is also a board member for Africa Teen Geeks. As a thought leader and influencer, Musa was a member of the Johannesburg Hub of the World Economic Forum Global Shapers Community, an organisation of inspiring young individuals who work together to make a strategic and grassroots impact on their communities through dialogue, policy contributions and partnerships. https://www.globalshapers.org/

Consultant in Cyber Security. Self Starter. En-Route Success

Keitumetsi holds a BCom IT Management Degree, Post Graduate Diploma in Management
specialising in Corporate Governance and is an ISO27001 BSI Certified lead auditor.

She is a cyber security manager and specialises in security risk, strategy, governance and compliance. Her expertise includes cyber maturity assessments and audits, role-based security awareness programmes, ISMS implementation, policy/standard development, programme assurance and privacy.

Keitumetsi is also the special projects lead at Geekulcha and has been with the organisation since 2013. She has been assisting the team with the planning, facilitation and judging of hackathons. In addition to this, she has represented the organisation on many public speaking platforms and has valuable internal knowledge of the organisation to facilitate further growth.

Keitumetsi is passionate about:

1. Creating awareness about the IT industry and cybersecurity
2. Creating opportunities for the youth to get into the industry
3. Bridging the gap between higher education and corporate/ entrepreneurship
4. Attending and speaking at IT-related events and conferences for knowledge sharing and networking with like-minded people

Keitumetsi’ s Career (2014-2019)
• 2014 to 2015 KPMG – IT Consulting Junior Consultant
• 2015 to date PwC – Cyber Security Risk Assurance Manager

Has worked in the following industries:

• Fast moving consumer goods
• Telecommunications
• Financial institutions (Banking and insurance)
• Mining

Proposed Keynote Topics

• Be cyber-savvy with your finances
• Identifying and responding to cyber fraud
• Your role in securing your data and protecting your digital identity

Brings out the best in those around him.

Pepe, founding partner and Group Chief Creative Officer of the Brand and Communication Group Joe Public United. Pepe’s definition of success is to create an environment of harmony and joy, focusing on the well-being of people by developing their growth and achieve the highest levels of self-worth, honesty and excellence by nurturing ideas, dreams and trust.

He believes that Joe Public United is at the beginning of what he and his business partner set out to do in terms of the calibre of work they create.

Founded in 1998 and growing into Joe Public United in 2007, makes this brand and communications group one of South Africa’s largest 100% independently owned advertising agencies. Its core purpose is to deliver on Growth–the growth of its clients, people and country as well as aiming to be an agency that inspires greatness.

Joe Public’s service offering is through its specialist companies:

• Joe Public (Above-the-line)
• Connect Joe Public (Digital)
• Engage Joe Public (Public Relations)
• Ignite Joe Public (Cross-platform)
• Shift Joe Public (Brand Design)

The group has African and European partners/affiliates in fourteen different countries.

Achievements

Currently ranked number one creative leader in the South African advertising industry

• Autor of Growing Greatness, a journey towards personal and business mastery, offering purpose as a significant path towards business success
• Recipient of the 2018 Sanlam Business Partnership Entrepreneur of the Year Award for medium companies, together with his business partner
• Serves on the board of SA Day
• Founder and Chairman of One School at a Time
• A Closet Afrikaans rocker and Humanitarian at heart