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

1. http://www.dmma.co.za/member/krazyboyz-digital/
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.
3. "Entrepreneurship academy gets 20% of brand design agency". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
4. "Zibusiso Mkhwanazi on why the digital industry's still a white boys' club". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
5. "events GEW African Entrepreneurs". www.wbs.ac.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
6. IT-Online (2007-01-26). "BEE deal creates major digital agency « News « IT-Online". It-online.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
7. 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
8. "Empowering our country". Leadershiponline.co.za. 2011-04-20. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
9. "100 Young South Africans June 2007 - Mail & Guardian Online: The smart news source". Mg.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
10. "Zibusiso Mkhwanazi: Young, Gifted and Taking Over". Kasi Times. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
11. "The M&G Online". Mg.co.za. 2010-06-14. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
12. Moyo, Admire (2011-01-26). "IT Personality, Visionary CIO named | iWeek Magazine". Iweek.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
13. "IT Personality/Visionary CIO of the Year 2009 | Brainstorm Magazine". Brainstormmag.co.za. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
14. "The Bookmarks Awards 2011 Finalists – Achievements & Special Honours | The Bookmarks 2011". Thebookmarks.co.za. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
15. "Top 25 media game changers". theredzone.co.za. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
16. "AdFocus Awards 2014". adfocus.co.za. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
17. "The 2015 hotlist: Top 40 under 40s in The Media". themediaonline.co.za. Retrieved 2015-04-02.