Technology. Digital

Based: Johannesburg

Arthur Goldstuck brings you up to date and beyond on the technology trends that are shaping business strategy, consumer use of technology, and the social landscape of the future.

Arthur is an award-winning writer, analyst and commentator on Internet, mobile and business and consumer technologies. He heads the World Wide Worx research organisation, leading groundbreaking research into how change is affecting businesses large and small. Clients of the research include South Africa’s major financial institutions and corporations, Government departments and agencies, and international organisations.

Arthur is author of 18 books, including South Africa’s best-selling IT book yet, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Internet”, and the current guide to mobilising the workplace, “The Mobile Office”. Through Penguin Books, he has also published five books on urban legends, with the latest edition, “The Burglar in the Bin-Bag”, released in October 2010.

For his work in uncovering technology trends, Arthur was a finalist in the science and technology category of the Men’s Health Man of the Year awards in 2009 and nominated for the Computer Society of South Africa’s IT Personality of the Year award in 2010.

He is a regular speaker at conferences, universities and corporate events and has presented his insights to audiences across the world.

In 2014, the Minister of Communications appointed Arthur to South Africa’s National Broadband Advisory Council.