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Futurists, Innovation & Technology

Futurists and technology speakers on AI, digital disruption, innovation and what is coming next for a given sector. Suited to conferences, strategy sessions and leadership events where the brief is to shift how a room is thinking.

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Aaron Fuch

Cape Town
Aaron Fuch speaks on digital skills and innovation through iXperience, the bootcamp that has helped over 1,000 students start tech careers. Cape Town.
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Adriana Marais

Cape Town
Adriana Marais is a futurist and speaker with a PhD in quantum physics who talks on Mars and Earth’s life-support systems. Based in Cape Town.
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Aki Anastasiou

Johannesburg
Aki Anastasiou is Talk Radio 702’s trafficologist and technology presenter, named Best Traffic Presenter at the 2011 MTN Radio Awards. Based in Johannesburg.
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Alexandria Procter

Cape Town
Alexandria Procter is the UCT alumnus behind DigsConnect, an online platform connecting students to off-campus accommodation. Based in Cape Town.
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Amy Hervey

Cape Town
Amy Hervey is a speaker on intelligent automation and business scaling, founder of ARCHITECH and a partner at Deep Tech Solutions. Based in Cape Town.
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Andre De Wet

Cape Town
Andre De Wet is a digital speaker and entrepreneur who built the PriceCheck website and app and has headlined Google’s Start-up Grind. Based in Cape Town.
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Annette Muller

Johannesburg
Annette Muller founded the on-demand workforce platform Flexy and was named by Forbes a top 10 female tech founder to watch in Africa. Based in Johannesburg.
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Anton Musgrave

Johannesburg & UK
Anton Musgrave is a futurist, business strategist and speaker, and Joint CEO of FutureWorld SA. Based in Johannesburg and the UK.
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Arlene Mulder

Cape Town
Arlene Mulder won the Forbes Woman Africa Technology and Innovation Award in 2019 and speaks on growing digital skills across the continent. Based in Cape Town.
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Arthur Goldstuck

Johannesburg
Arthur Goldstuck is an award-winning technology writer and analyst who heads the World Wide Worx research organisation. Based in Johannesburg.
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Baratang Miya

Cape Town
Baratang Miya is the founder of Girlhype Coders Academy, which has taught thousands of women and girls to code since 2003. Based in Cape Town.
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Barrie Bramley

Johannesburg
Barrie Bramley is a speaker on the New World of Work, social business and generational theory, and a founder of TomorrowToday. Based in Johannesburg.
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Brett St Clair

United Kingdom
Brett St Clair is an ex-Googler and keynote speaker on AI, data and digital culture, and how rebel technologists drive innovation. Based in the United Kingdom.
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Bronwyn Williams

Johannesburg
Bronwyn Williams is a futurist, economist and trend translator who co-authored The Future Starts Now and speaks on fintech trends. Based in Johannesburg.
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Buhle Dlamini

Canada
Buhle Dlamini is a futurist and motivational speaker who runs the training and development company Young and Able. Based in Canada.
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Carmen Murray

Johannesburg
Carmen Murray is one of Africa’s leading authorities on Connected Marketing, a keynote speaker who has partnered with Dermalogica. Based in Johannesburg.
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Chantell Ilbury

Durban
Chantell Ilbury is one of South Africa’s leading strategists and a speaker who guides organisations through scenario thinking. Based in Durban.
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Craig Wing

Johannesburg
Craig Wing is a futurist speaker and MC who has delivered over 500 keynotes and advised Google X, Alphabet’s innovation lab. Based in Johannesburg.
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Dave Duarte

Cape Town
Dave Duarte is a digital marketing and leadership speaker who has given talks and hosted workshops in 25 countries. Based in Cape Town.
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Dean Van Leeuwen

United Kingdom
Dean Van Leeuwen is a business speaker and TEDx curator on innovation and the new Age of Discovery, with clients including Unilever. Based in the UK.
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Dion Chang

Johannesburg
Dion Chang is a trend analyst, keynote speaker and founder of Flux Trends, which treats trends as business strategy. Based in Johannesburg.
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Doug Vining

Johannesburg
Doug Vining is a futurist and technology strategy consultant with 30 years of business experience and an MBA from Wits Business School. Based in Johannesburg.
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Dr Adam Pantanowitz

Johannesburg
Dr Adam Pantanowitz is a biomedical and electrical engineer who led the first team to connect a human brain live to the internet. Based in Johannesburg.
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Dr Aisha Pandor

Cape Town & San Fransisco
Dr Aisha Pandor is co-founder of health tech company Pandora Health and former CEO of home services platform SweepSouth. Cape Town and San Francisco.
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Dr. Sibongiseni Thotsejane

Johannesburg
Dr Sibongiseni Thotsejane is CIO of FlavaLite Innovations and a commissioner on the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Johannesburg.
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Dylan Kohlstadt

Cape Town
Dylan Kohlstadt is a digital marketing speaker and founder of Shift ONE, an agency incubated by CiTi and Google for Entrepreneurs. Based in Cape Town.
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Elizabeth Lee Ming

Cape Town
Elizabeth Lee Ming is a digital, social and CRM speaker and MC with over 20 years of B2B and B2C marketing experience. Based in Cape Town.
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Emmanuel Gamor

United Kingdom
Emmanuel Gamor is a speaker on youth engagement, digital innovation and leadership education, formerly of Google and YouTube. Based in the United Kingdom.
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Etienne Van Der Walt

Cape Town / USA
Etienne van der Walt is a neurologist and authority in applied behavioral neuroscience who founded Neurozone. Based in Cape Town and the USA.
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Faith Mangope

Johannesburg
Faith Mangope, asked at 26 by the White House to speak on African development, founded a technology and leadership institute. Based in Johannesburg.
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Gift Lubele

Cape Town
Gift Lubele is an AI and data leader and founder of Auraa.Africa, the platform behind South Africa’s first AI-generated amapiano album. Based in Cape Town.
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Graeme Codrington

Johannesburg
Graeme Codrington is a speaker and author on corporate talent and the future of work, with clients including Microsoft and BMW. Based in Johannesburg.
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Guy Lundy

Johannesburg
Guy Lundy is a futurist, keynote speaker and facilitator who speaks on globalisation, emerging markets and the business of cities. Based in Johannesburg.
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Heidi Patmore

Johannesburg
Heidi Patmore is a marketing director, entrepreneur and speaker on how AI, drones and cryptocurrencies change consumer behaviour. Based in Johannesburg.
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Ian Russell

Cape Town
Ian Russell is the former CEO of BCX, South Africa’s largest technology company, and previously ran Barclays’ African back office. Based in Cape Town.
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Jacques Oberholzer

Cape Town & Zurich
Jacques Oberholzer is a user experience designer and founding partner of the UX and UI agency Now Boarding Digital. Based in Cape Town and Zurich.
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James Taylor

United Kingdom
James Taylor is an award-winning international keynote speaker and a world-leading expert in creativity, innovation and artificial intelligence. UK.
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Jason Drew

Cape Town
Jason Drew is a serial entrepreneur, environmentalist and futurist who speaks on the sustainability revolution and disruptive innovation. Based in Cape Town.
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Johan Steyn

Cape Town
Johan Steyn is an artificial intelligence speaker, writer and academic whose clients include Absa, Microsoft, Samsung and AWS. Based in Cape Town.
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John Sanei

Cape Town
John Sanei is a business speaker who developed the Forever Profitable methodology to help companies launch themselves into the future. Based in Cape Town.
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Jonathan Cherry

Cape Town
Jonathan Cherry is a professional futurist, marketer and founder of the futures consultancy Cherryflava Media. Based in Cape Town.
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JP Landman

Johannesburg
JP Landman is a self-employed political and trend analyst and speaker with a cum laude MPhil in Future Studies from Stellenbosch. Based in Johannesburg.
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Karen Nadasen

Cape Town
Karen Nadasen is the CEO of PayU South Africa and was nominated for IT Personality of the Year 2017. Based in Cape Town.
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Karidas Tshintsholo

Johannesburg
Karidas Tshintsholo co-founded farming app Khula, which won best agriculture solution at the MTN Business Awards. Based in Johannesburg.
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Katlego Maphai

Cape Town
Katlego Maphai is the co-founder and CEO of Yoco, the fintech whose card readers let small businesses accept card payments. Based in Cape Town.
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Lebo Lion

Johannesburg
Lebo Lion is a keynote speaker and orator on influencer and social media marketing, business strategy and entrepreneurship. Based in Johannesburg.
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Lee Naik

Johannesburg
Lee Naik is Chief Executive Officer of TransUnion Africa and a leading voice on digital and technology transformation. Based in Johannesburg.
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Lerato Ditshego

Johannesburg
Lerato Ditshego is a corporate MC and speaker, founder of Eccentrics Generative AI and director of the Rubystone Boutique Hotel. Based in Johannesburg.
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