Zibusiso Mkhwanazi
| Zibusiso Mkhwanazi | |
|---|---|
 Zibusiso Mkhwanazi | |
| Born | South Africa |
| Occupation | Internet entrepreneur |
| Religion | Born - Again Christian |
| Awards | World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders (2010), Top Young ICT Entrepreneur in Africa Award (2008) |
Zibusiso Mkhwanazi is a South African digital entrepreneur, A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and founder and CEO of AVATAR - The Digital Marketing Agency.[1][2] He is the founder of the Mkhwanazi Academy for Christian Entrepreneurship Zibusiso serves on the boards of the National Economic Education Trust and The red quarter brand agency.[3][4][5]
Entrepreneurship
Zibusiso founded Csonke Holdings in 2000 with R2000.00 capital at 17 years old. In 2007 he led a merger of his web development business and Csonke Holdings subsidiary Csonke.com with KRAZYBOYZ to form KRAZYBOYZ digital, an empowered digital marketing agency based in Sandton and Cape Town.[6] His client base spans SA corporates, Government and international corporates.[7]
Accolades
- BBQ Young Business Achiever in 2007[8]
- 100 Young South Africans June 2007[9]
- Top ICT Individual in Africa and Top ICT Young Entrepreneur in Africa, both in 2008[8]
- Men's Health Best Man Editor's Choice Award in 2009[10]
- 200 Young South Africans[11]
- IT Personality finalist for 2009 and 2010[12][13]
- World Economic Forum Young Global leader 2011[2]
- Finalist for Best Individual Contribution to SA Digital Marketing, 2011.[14]
- Named Top 25 media game changer, 2012 and Media Rockstar 2013.[15]
- Financial Mail Adfocus New Broom Award, 2014[16]
- Top 40 under 40s in The Media, 2015 .[17]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
- 1 2 "World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders 2011 (Africa) | World Economic Forum-World Economic Forum Announces Young Global Leaders 2011 (Africa)". Weforum.org. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Entrepreneurship academy gets 20% of brand design agency". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Zibusiso Mkhwanazi on why the digital industry's still a white boys' club". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "events GEW African Entrepreneurs". www.wbs.ac.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ IT-Online (2007-01-26). "BEE deal creates major digital agency « News « IT-Online". It-online.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ http://www.nyda.gov.za/index.php?option%3Dcom_rokdownloads%26view%3Dfile%26task%3Ddownload%26id%3D612%253Aentrepreneurship%26Itemid%3D287+Tough+times+site:nyda.gov.za&hl=en&gl=za&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg5XK89nWYbQ5i102kibNT1s53X0Vffbdbn3W8iUiNVC02KszbkBPTjMOK3OTrFXsfGZwvZfqD8rxlMdjUx_28vXotfHVTKMcDLvM3dDMfSsrwetzH2wXIvp0bauyss2lAavaAL&sig=AHIEtbQndWkAbcNba_-G3SViF8ZrkcBsqg&pli=1[]
- 1 2 "Empowering our country". Leadershiponline.co.za. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "100 Young South Africans June 2007 - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source". Mg.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Zibusiso Mkhwanazi: Young, Gifted and Taking Over". Kasi Times. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "The M&G Online". Mg.co.za. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ Moyo, Admire (2011-01-26). "IT Personality, Visionary CIO named | iWeek Magazine". Iweek.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "IT Personality/Visionary CIO of the Year 2009 | Brainstorm Magazine". Brainstormmag.co.za. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "The Bookmarks Awards 2011 Finalists – Achievements & Special Honours | The Bookmarks 2011". Thebookmarks.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ↑ "Top 25 media game changers". theredzone.co.za. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ "AdFocus Awards 2014". adfocus.co.za. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ↑ "The 2015 hotlist: Top 40 under 40s in The Media". themediaonline.co.za. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
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