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  1. Heavy Chef Cape Town: Trust and Identity Online Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg May 31, 2011 1 comment

    On Wednesday, May 25th,  Deloitte hosted the Heavy Chef Johannesburg session with Nic Haralambous talking to us about Motribe , his and Vince Maher’s extraordinary startup. The session saw an unprecedented level of interaction on the social networks, and a buzz around the topic of mobile communities. The Heavy Chef now moves to Cape Town once more, with the topic of “Trust and Identity Online” coming into focus. Read Further

  2. The World’s Top 10 Emerging Markets Posted in Heavy Chef News, Concocted by Agnes Sokol May 30, 2011 2 comments

    The infographic below illustrates the top ten emerging markets worldwide. Emerging market have the capital, both domestic and attracted from foreign investors, to start new businesses and build upon existing ones. The stock market values and GDPs of many of these emerging markets are growing at faster rates than those of the United States.

    In this infograph nations are ranked according to their stock market value. India and China lead the way by having a large emerging middle class with a strong domestic market, while Brazil and Russia are illustrating impressive economic growth. Read Further

  3. Heavy Chef Jozi: Nic Haralambous and the Marvelous Motribe Posted in Emerging Markets, Heavy Chef News, Mobile Marketing, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg May 27, 2011

    Wednesday night we had an incredible Heavy Chef Session at Deloitte Offices in Woodmead. We were very happy to see such a large crowd and especially all the new faces who joined us. Nic Haralambous provided spectacular insights into the world of mobile and the opportunities it offers us regarding emerging markets. Read Further

  4. Economic Development in Africa – Is This “Our” Year? Posted in Emerging Markets, Concocted by Lauren Potgieter May 23, 2011

    Recently, South Africa hosted the African leg of the World Economic Forum – a conference that is held in various parts of the globe in order to discuss economic development and the partnerships between countries. In the run up to the event that took place at the beginning of May in Cape Town, the Financial Times looked at the concept of it being “Africa’s Year” in terms of what foreign investment will mean for our continent. Read Further

  5. Heavy Chef May 2011: Marvelous Motribe in Jozi Posted in Heavy Chef News, Mobile Marketing, Concocted by Yolandi Janse van Rensburg May 16, 2011 2 comments

    Something significant has happened since we last featured Motribe at Heavy Chef. The two intreprid founders have crossed the great divide: evolving from 2 minute noodle-eating start-up entrepreneurs to change-my-phone-number-so-that-VC-people-stop-calling-me serious players. Nic and Vince, with Motribe , have managed to garner over 1 million members… within 8 months! This makes it suddenly one of the most interesting tech developments in South African (and African) history. Read Further

  6. Emerging Markets are No Longer the Weakest Link Posted in Emerging Markets, Concocted by Lauren Potgieter May 9, 2011

    Emerging markets is a term that is becoming more widely used as we see a shift with developing countries, watching them move into a more powerful position as they grow at a rapid pace, therefore being more desirable to other first world economies. Read Further

  7. 4 Tips On Targeting Emerging Markets And Mobile Communities Posted in Emerging Markets, Mobile Marketing, Concocted by Fred Roed May 5, 2011

    The process of targeting emerging economies is something that my team at World Wide Creative is particularly interested in, with several products in-house that we’re looking beyond the first world to take to market. My knowledge is growing, but I still feel like I have progressed one step in a marathon. When marketing outside of our comfort zone, there is so much to learn that it is a daunting (yet exciting) process. Read Further

  8. Is 2011 the big year for Social Media in South Africa? Posted in Heavy Chef News, Social Media, Concocted by Agnes Sokol May 3, 2011 1 comment

    John Bell, head of global 360° Digital Influence team – Ogilvy’s global social media marketing and communications practice, recently came to Cape Town to do some site trainings at Ogilvy South Africa. He presented his 2011 edition of The CMO’s Dilemma to a room of about 120 brands including some giants in the market like South African Airways, BP, KFC, Castle, Cell C. Bell followed up on his conversations with an interesting article predicting what is in store this year in social media and digital marketing. Read Further