World renowned action-based community group, Global Citizen has announced Heavy Chef as a community partner in efforts to further provide education opportunities to South Africans, with a special focus on leadership, innovation and technology. Global Citizen is the organisation that brought global superstars Jay-Z, Beyonce, Ed Sheeran, Usher, Pharrell Williams and Chris Martin to South Africa last year. The partnership will allow Global Citizen’s community of close to 300,000 members in South Africa attain tickets to Heavy Chef’s learning experiences through committing action towards good causes.

After the successful 2018 launch of The Future Females Business School, Future Females has officially confirmed that applications for 2019 are now open. The initiative, which exists to empower female entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, has shown immense growth since its conception in August 2017, currently boasting a presence in 16 locations world-wide, and having run 600 events to an engaged community of over 12,000 members.

Many of Heavy Chef’s community members will be aware of the Social Media For Business series that launched this week in Johannesburg and Cape Town. During the sessions, senior Training Lead for Facebook, Noha Bashir, made us aware of an extraordinary opportunity during the Facebook For Business events on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Facebook have created ‘Blueprint’, an online training resource for businesses to create, manage and scale online advertising campaigns. Facebook are looking for someone to support Blueprint training in sub-Saharan Africa. If you love Facebook, you’ll love this position.

Tim Willis gave a fascinating insight into Aerobotics, nominated one of SA's Top 5 Most Exciting Startups in 2018, and how they are changing the world. With a presentation that spoke the power of big data and AI, Tim explained how company is creating a flywheel of agricultural data. This data is allowing Aerobotics to make more informed decisions in real time, and ultimately change the world of farmers everywhere.

Heavy Chef today announced a new series of events and masterclasses focusing on implementing social media advertising for business. Over the next few months, the Heavy Chef platform, which provides learning experiences for entrepreneurs will be offering evening events with experienced professionals revealing the strategic insights and technical wizardry required to build an essential and impactive social strategy for business.

Bronwyn Williams is a Trend Translator and Future Finance Specialist for Flux Trends. Bronwyn has over a decade’s experience in marketing management and trend research, working predominantly with brands in the financial and B2B industries. Bronwyn managed the largest circulation of South African financial newsletters and worked closely with a network of local and international financial thought leaders, giving her access to a wealth of ‘insider’ insights on how the world of money really works. In this talk Bronwyn shares her ideas on Big Data and how Big Brother companies are shaping the society and its individuals.

Ian was CEO of BCX, South Africa's largest technology company, with a turnover of $2bn, and an employee base of 10,000. Ian's tenure saw a focused re-engineering of the company, simplifying the core of the business, creating new technology capabilities, and a massive shift of the brand towards innovation and disruption. BCX Disrupt was his baby. Ian is a master at transforming brands and scaling them. In this presentation, Ian talks about the importance of staying relevant in your field and evolving markets.

Heavy Chef kicked off 2019 with a bang. At a sold out event in Johannesburg we hosted three sensational speakers who discussed an electrifying topic: future fit. As one of our audience members described the evening, the talks were “insightful and on point” Click to read Praise Majwafi’s event report.

Our Future Fit Masterclass expert, Mike Perk, has 10 characteristics that he believes the leaders that will stand the test of time should have. Read on to find out what these are.

Globally renowned tech innovator and award-winning recording artist Imogen Heap, recognized for creative works including Hide and Seek and Tiny Human, has announced her first world tour in eight years, which will bring together content creators, fans and the industry in a unique and innovative format. NOTE: Keep your eyes on your inbox for details about Heavy Chef keynote, workshops and a very special surprise for Heavy Chef community members.

Future Fit? What is that? Many people mistaken the idea of being Future Fit as being driven by technology. Yes, technology plays a big part in the characteristics of being Future Fit, but there are multiple other variables to consider as part of the equation. Join our upcoming masterclass with Mike Perk who will reveal how to become fit for the future through a series of change management exercises that focus on vision setting, organisational structure, team mobility and digital leadership. Read on for more details.