Speakers
Our lineup of distinguished speakers will share their expertise and insights on how to “Innovate to Elevate” your marketing strategies through technology. These industry leaders are here to spark fresh ideas, ignite discussions, and empower you to harness the latest trends for success.
Themba Nkuna
South Africa
Sell Smarter
Founder & Managing Director
Nanzala Mwaura
Uganda
IPSOS Sub-Saharan Africa
Chief Growth Officer
Chinga Chaguluka
Malawi
Head of ICT
NBS Bank
Akinribido John O.
South Africa
Chief Executive Officer
CreativeMagic Group
Jose Alfaro
USA
Digital Marketing Specialist
Sabin Vaccine Institute
About Themba Nkuna
Themba Nkuna, founder and Managing Director of Sell Smarter. He is a Sales and Customer Success Expert. He continues to work with sales consultants and leaders from corporates in Financial Services in South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Malawi, and Kenya. Themba Graduated from the University of Pretoria with a bachelor’s degree in information science. He is the author of the Sell Smarter book and the current executive producer and host of the Sell Smarter podcast. Sell Smarter is a consulting company that provides bespoke solutions around Data Analytics, Al Innovation, and Technology to help partners solve modern challenges.
Topic: Harnessing Big Data for Targeted Marketing Strategies
About Nanzala Mwaura
Nanzala Mwaura is the Chief Growth Officer at Ipsos Sub-Saharan Africa, based in Kampala, Uganda.
She has over 25 years of marketing and research experience that cuts across various sectors, including media, FMCG, financial services, and telecommunications. Initially based in Kenya, Nanzala worked in the Eastern African region for 8 years and then moved to South Africa for 17 years. Her areas of expertise are market understanding, market-entry, and segmentation studies, creative testing, innovation, brand health tracking studies, media monitoring, and audience measurement.
Topic: Digital transformation: Shaping customer experiences with technology.
About Chinga Chaguluka
With over 20 years of experience in information technology, Chinga Chaguluka has established a reputation for leadership, innovation and transformation. In his current role, Chinga leads a team of IT professionals responsible for implementing cutting-edge technological solutions to drive business growth and effciency. Their work has been instrumental in spearheading the development of innovative technologies that have significantly impacted this company’s bottom line. An advocate for diversity in technology, Chinga is committed to promoting professionals in the IT industry and the nation as a whole.
Topic: E-commerce Growth:Opportunities & Challenges in Malawi
About Akinribido John O
With over 15 years of visual design experience working in various countries & sectors across the globe, sectors including Upstream Oil, Aviation, Media and Finance to mention but a few, John is responsible for creating mind blowing designs, animations and web user-interfaces that effortlessly blend branding, messaging and functionality. Asides Design, John has expertise in programmatic advertising; experience with SSPs (Google Ad Manager – GAM/GAM360), DSPS (GoogleDV360, MediaMath, AdForm, Eskimi, SmartyAds), Native (Taboola, OutBrain), Social (Facebook/Instagram Ads, LinkedIn Ads, Twitter, TikTok) and other tools like Analytics (Google Analytics – GA360), Campaign Manager, AdSense, GoogleAds. He also assists clients with digital marketing strategy, data visualization/analysis and audience segmentation/targeting.
Topic: Marketing Automation: Streamlining campaigns for greater efficiency.
About Jose Alfaro
Experienced Visual Designer with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer services industry. Skilled in Adobe Creative Cloud, with expertise in Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign. Experience with social media strategy and implementation. Fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Microsoft Office, and PL/SQL.
Topic: Building a data-driven marketing cultures: Tools and techniques