Bold. Black. Beautiful. And a force in the corporate world. The story of a South African media mogul. Neo Momodu. From the vibrant Soweto to running one of South Africa's largest media corporations, this is a true South African story of inspiration and success.

His story is an inspiring one – one that describes Gil Oved and his childhood friend Ran Neu-Ner starting a business with nothing but a telephone and the Yellow Pages. In 2001, they founded The Creative Counsel, and 14 years later their humble two-man operation grew into the largest communications and advertising group in Africa, with an annual turnover of over R700 Million

Regardless of size, geography or industry, every organisation requires exceptional talent that is both motivated and focused to deliver on customer promises. Yet, it is getting harder to recruit and retain talented, high performing employees. Dr Juan Swartz, founder of Pivotal Talent, answers the question, "How much are bad hires costing you?"

Michael Deon, CEO of Augmentors, told the Heavy Chef audience about his journey from almost failing high school to creating an augmented game that has over $1 million in venture capital. 

Aisha Pandor, CEO of SweepSouth, told an entranced Heavy Chef audience about the story of her and her husband's rapidly-growing startup.

PayFast just celebrated their 10 year anniversary, a huge milestone for a company in the tech space in South Africa. We had a conversation with Jonathan Smit, the founder of PayFast to gather some insights about the company as well as the industry it is in.

In August 2017, Heavy Chef will host Magda Wierzycka, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in Africa, at Primedia Broadcasting's studios in Sandton, Johannesburg. Magda's personal story makes her status all the more extraordinary.

Recruit Digital is a name that is associated with all things digital. We cornered Alex Martins, founder and managing director of Recruit Digital, and forced him to tell us how on earth he has created this niche recruitment agency is a market that is growing at a rapid pace.

PayFast is celebrating 10 years of growth and partnerships in the payment and ecommerce sectors of South Africa. Ten years ago PayFast’s founder and managing director, Jonathan Smit, had a vision of making online transactions simple, secure and accessible to all South African sellers and buyers. 

Heidi Patmore, CEO of Stellaris Group, was our featured speaker on the 6th of July at Primedia Place, Johannesburg. Are flying cars a short-term reality or flight of fancy? This was the leading question for the event as Heidi divulged what a drone-filled sky would look like. A riveted Johannesburg audience was given a taste of what the future is going to look like - with a few surprises in store. 

The Leadership Edition. In this time of reshuffling cabinets and building walls, God knows we need some of that good stuff. Who better than Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela to show us the way. We chose Madiba for our cover, because, well, we miss him. Featuring some of Africa's top business leaders, billionaires, hundred-millionaires and newly funded startup grommets, this edition aims to inspire and empower you to get cracking with your own path to leadership.

Here it is at last. The long-awaited Heavy Chef Magazine: The Technology Edition. Tech being the order of the day at HC, it kinda makes sense that we focus an entire journal on the topic, right? Well, wait no longer. We’ve published a comprehensive magnum opus covering the most salient topics in Tech on the African continent. 

Fees will fall! - well, not quite yet, but until they do here is a free edition of the Heavy Chef magazine: The Education Edition. Edited and overseen by the irrepressible Mike Perk, Co-founder of digital innovation agency WWC, this magazine features some of the brightest minds in education on the African continent. The Education Edition includes entries and interviews with Sam Paddock, Sean Riley and Tarryn Knight. 

Yes! The third edition is up for grabs. Featuring the creme of Africa’s creative crop, you won’t find more inspiring goodness than in the shiny pages of Heavy Chef Magazine: The Creativity Edition. Topics covered include Virtual Reality, creative SEO, social media, viral campaigns and the science of creativity. The Heavy Chefs in this edition include Alistair King, Sammy-Jane Every, Mike Sharman, Fred Roed, Uno de Waal, Alexandra van Tonder, Fran Luckin and the almighty Xolisa Dyeshana.

The second edition is here. Curated by the Heavy Chef team, assisted by the good people at WWC and contributed to by the developers in the HC community, this thing is a nerd tour-de-force. In this issue, we focus on e-commerce and the people behind the burgeoning African industry. You may not understand all of it, but you’ll certainly look like a smart fella when someone peers over your shoulder to see what you’re reading.

Woooop! Here it is. The first ever, gleaming preening truth-dealing Heavy Chef Magazine (or "HC Mag" as we've started to call it - sorta like GQ Mag, but for smarter sexier people than the palookas who read GQ, y'know?).