2nd installment: the Digital Retail Africa event 2025

Hi again. 
Its lunch and this is the day, so far.



The day began,  with some much needed rain.
Coffee/tea were provided, with something to eat.

At 8, I received my pass, that was in the form of an i.d card.
Cool. 😎

All around me, everyone was networking, taking advantage  of the opportunities, of meeting new people, for the new year.


And then the day officially began, via the Welcome address,  and moderater of the day, Mr Abe Wakama, CEO of IT News Africa. 


Next, was the Keynote speaker,  Eustace Mashimbye, CEO of Proudly South African, who spoke, warmly about,  the Proudly South African initiative. 







Followed next, by Tumi Sebego, Business Development Manager of LexisNexis Solutions. 


David Gosman, a Global Industry Strategist from HP.


Charles Kotze, Country Manager, RELEX Solutions.




Gwynne Foster, from Tracelinks Solutions. 


Daniel Levy, CO Founder, and co-Founder of FLOW, a data powered Ad Tech company. 


Paul Casarin, Chief Information  Officer, Spur Corporation. 


Rivoningo Ntlemo, the Coca-Cola company.



Queen Munyai, CEO of CGSO, the Consumer Goods and Services Ombudsman. 



Mpilo Nxaba, Digital Marketing Manager, the CLICKS group.



And, Zanele Ratsoga,  certified SAFe 5 product Owner/Manger, from MassMart. 



Topics presented,  ranged from A.I, Fraud and Corruption, Future of Retail, Traceability/Interconnectiveness/Tracking of goods and Services,Data Usage, and Consumer rights.



The presentations were insightful, easy to follow,  and spoken with expertise  and understanding.  


More presentations to follow, that I will cover in my next article. 

Over and out, this is Spacer77. 


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