Inked To Script

From Cape to Cairo or commonly known as the Pan-African Highway was a proposed road that would stretch the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. In the 1980s the proposed idea was to create a road that would essentially make it easy to connect, transport and communicate through the entire region. Now metaphorically what could be said is that in todays world everything we build in essence is with the intention to reach and connect with people on a global level. 

Today guest, a city slicker, CEO and Head Of Talent for the Chaos Club Digital Africa with interests in music, tech and business education gives us an inside look into how a hybrid music company functions. More importantly we see how music and sound can become a staple and how the Chaos Club is imprinting their identity from Cape to Cairo and beyond. 

Chaos Club: https://www.chaosclubdigital.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jermaine-makwara-78b016108

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/intl_mak/?hl=en

Twitter : https://twitter.com/intl_mak

HoldrNFT : https://instagram.com/holdr.nft?utm_medium=copy_link 

Take a look at the Current Chaos Club Digital Africa Roster

Denim Woods : https://instagram.com/denimwoods?utm_medium=copy_link

Suhn: https://instagram.com/suhnforever?utm_medium=copy_link

J Clu: https://instagram.com/jcluuuu?utm_medium=copy_link

Case-Klowzed : https://instagram.com/caseklowzed_?utm_medium=copy_link

In the modern day world most of what we see and what is communicated to us is done through branding. Now when we look at branding and marketing we are able to immediately identify what a product is and where it has come from through its texture and its general appearance. Most importantly what we are able to conclude is which brand it belongs to and the story behind it. 

Bsc. Human Anatomy and Physiology & Biochemistry as well as a Creative Solopreneur by calling, Fungi Dube is a strategic, intentional, calculated and self-taught brand and visual identity graphic designer with 6 years of experience. A sunflower obsessor and a lover of African sunsets Fungi is an advocate for sustainable practices for the long-term. Passionate about sustainable packaging and elevating African packaging design systems whilst maintaining and retaining the richness of the African narrative, her work is heavily influenced by the delicate yet profound nuances that are embedded into African cultures like nature and natural elements, patterns, textures, historic writings, symbols and colour as a form of visual and global communication. Fiercely driven by passion she considers herself to be a delicate balance of process and creativity. This has led her to working with brands all over the world like Type Foundry, Rukundo Ikawa Gormet, Smart Mobility and Font Engineer just to name a few. 

Fungi Dube: https://www.fungidube.com/

Behance: https://www.behance.net/fungidube

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fungidubegraphics/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fungi_dube 

The earliest forms of music are believed to be drum-based with percussion instruments being the most readily available at the time. Really if you think about it music is sound, sound creates the movement and the movement becomes life. Now if you put that altogether you have five different continents creating a multitude of subcategories of music which we all love. 

Tony Supreme an award winning radio presenter, producer, artist manager and consultant takes us through the power of building a strong brand while also maintaining the right frame of mind to keep the energy high all around. Tony takes us through the importance of having a strong team around you that supports your vision and building a community around you that becomes more than just your audience. You are the brand and the business is you. 

Tony Supreme https : //www.instagram.com/tonysupremeuk/

Soul Surge : https://linktr.ee/soulsurge

The Sumerian archaic writings and Egyptian hieroglyphs are generally considered the earliest true writing systems with earliest coherent texts from about 2600 BC. Since then language and writing has transcended, with writing becoming an art form. Poets, Authors, Musicians, Politicians all use the art of speech to evoke emotion and get their feelings across to us in ways that motivate us to be more and do more or simply just motivate or denounce. 

Todays guest A Published Author of "The Black Opportunity" and a Program Associate at Impact Shakers takes through the key growth areas that we can identify within the Venture Capital Space. Tino takes us through his passion beyond assisting young professionals in his every day work life to pursuing his passions in writing, transitioning between forms of writing while working at Complex to writing his first book The Black Opportunity. We take a look at the importance of taking more space in key developmental positions as young people for the growth of Africa as a whole. 

Tino Chibebe : https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinochibebe/

In the fast paced modern world they say your new idea is only new before you voice it. Once you have released it it takes approximately 15 seconds for someone to think of an innovation and move it forward and that's modern day business for you. In this episode Vintage Mozart takes us through how modern day artists are positioning themselves to be profitable through multiple platforms as well as creative platforms accepting different forms of payment such as Crypto that allows Artists to shift from their customer base using exposure as a currency to building a real form of some wealth. We look at the importance in understanding the difference between having a large follower base and creating engagement with your audience. Leveraging your position in the market to make yourself profitable is a key in successfully navigating any space. 

Most importantly we take a look at finding peace and comfort and being comfortable in a space that can be difficult to find your voice and make it be heard. 

VINTAGE MOZART https://twitter.com/vintagemozart

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Greg Chirima a young passionate start up seeker who believes in the principle that your success is within your present moment right now and not in the future that is ahead takes us through the importance of failing early and taking that lesson to fail forward in your next venture. Greg shares his journey of his earlier days in university while in Australia, working through university and finding his ''why'' in line with exploring different avenues of investment. Whether it's crypto, stocks, new project ideas, all of it comes full circle to your growth and you winning when it's all said and done. In light of that the important important thing remains peace of mind and finding your counsel. 

https://www.instagram.com/gregshingi/

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Brian Chiduuro a young entrepreneur and Executive Director of Steel Centre takes us through his journey of moving away from Zimbabwe for university in Canada to exploring Japan in the midst of trying to find a true sense of self within different cultures. We take a look at his early start ups, the highs and lows of business, the impact of technology in the 3rd World and how that impacts a generation and what does generational wealth look like as well as what it means for it to be transcendent? 

Brian shares his ideologies with us, what motivates him, what keeps him grounded and most importantly what fulfilment means to him. 

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Simbarashe Tichivangana along with his brother are the Founders of the brand that is Gutu Tich. Coming from their hometown of Gutu and using this as inspiration to create the brand and shape their own reality through fashion, Simba and his brother have been able to build something Special. Through cosigns from Mega Amapiano Kings Major League, to Ghanaian record producer Juls, to culture shifting entrepreneur Smade. Gutu Tich has been able to collaborate with some of the biggest brands in the world namely New Era to becoming one of the first African brands to partner with the world leading headwear company. 

In this episode we breakdown a few of the ways they have manoeuvred the fashion space allowing them to rise to the heights they have thus far achieved. We get into the importance of the 10X Rule in everything you do. 

https://www.gututich.com/ 

#InkedWithTich

Robin Mahlangu is the brains behind wine always. A brand that delivers a variety of wines from across the globe. Serving you with a rich variety of wines from Lenders Sielverkoper Red Blend, to legendary sauvignon blanc commonly known as Catherine Marshall whilst also delivering the highest quality of local wines such as Mosi Wines and Tsimba. Robin talks about his journey through business as we look at the developments of tech within the sector, principles behind scaling and reimagining the process of what a business is and creating creative networks that expand our creative economy. 

#InkedWithRobin. 

Wine Always Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/winealwayszw/ 

Dreamy Fridays Playlist: https://music.apple.com/za/playlist/dreamy-fridays/pl.u-pMylAbLi4e4eV7m

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Welcome to The Inked To Script Podcast. A Podcast hosted by Anesu Gwatidzo and Henry Masekesa.

Inked to Script is a weekly interview series that goes into the meanings of what it means to be an entrepreneur, brand builder and creative from all over Africa and beyond. We get to explore three main pillars under create, build and maintain.

We get an inside look from young people all over the world on how you go from an idea (ink) to ideating and testing (script) as this will further push creative boundaries and help shape different blueprints for young people.

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