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South African futurist and speaker Mic Mann has a deep understanding of what the future of work will look like and is an expert in gaming, virtual and augmented reality. He can deliver talks or workshops around the future of professionals, the future of work, and intro to exponential technologies and virtual and augmented reality – with a strong focus on how these technologies can help to solve some of the grand challenges facing Africa and the world.
Mic encourages his audiences to embrace exponential thinking in order to navigate this increasingly disruptive business landscape. As an entrepreneur and the co-founder of Mann Made, an experiential brand agency, he helps multinational global companies leapfrog their businesses from 0 to 1, by imparting and workshopping his knowledge on how the future of work and the role of the professional will change. His talks are tailor-made to suit his audiences.
GAME-CHANGING
TALKS
Entrepreneur Mic Mann explains how he leapfrogged his company, Mann Made, and how you can too with the help of his talks, each of which are tailored for your unique business landscape.
BREAK-THROUGH
WORKSHOPS
Learn how to implement an exponential mindset and company culture for your business with practical and tailor-made workshops lead by futurist Mic Mann.
"I was intrigued when I heard the title of Mic’s talk, but never expected to be so inspired and to leave with such a positive outlook about our future. 'It’s a great time to be alive,' as Mic says."
Benjamin Schoderer
Digital Manager at Yum! International Restaurants
ABOUT MIC MANN
Mic Mann is one of Africa’s most respected futurists and exponential technologists having pioneered some of the continent’s seminal technology projects. As the co-founder and CEO of Africarare, Africa’s first metaverse, co-founder of award-winning experiential agency Mann Made, and the driving force behind the SingularityU phenomenon, Mic has unbeatable experience in digital innovation. He is a thought leader in Web3, cryptocurrencies, virtual reality and bleeding-edge technologies, with unshakeable optimism and belief in the power of exponential technologies to future proof Africa.
With exposure to events such as Veecon, Dev Connect, SXSW, VM Ware, TED and the SingularityU Executive Programme, Mic is a knowledge house for multinational organizations who draw on his experience to illuminate their strategic thinking. He recently spoke at NFT.NYC, the South African Innovation Summit and consulted to the government of Dubai.
As a sought-after speaker at local and international events, Mic astounds audiences with fresh insights, his relatable approach and unique talent for breaking complex phenomena down into explanations that people can understand.
Mic lives in Johannesburg with his wife and daughter and spends on average over 100 days per year abroad.
IN THE MEDIA
Mic is no stranger to the airwaves, media and blogosphere. Here you can listen to his radio interviews and read his articles about how you – as an entrepreneur – should be embracing exponential technologies in your business and how they’re impacting the future.
Mic Mann - Classic 1027 Business
TUESDAY, 1 OCTOBER 2019
Breaking Office Walls with Augmented and Virtual Reality
MONDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 2018
Mic Mann on SingularityU and why SA needs to access the Global Economy
MONDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2019
Cyber security panel on Classic FM’s Business show
WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2017 BY MIC MANN
ARTICLES
Here you can keep up with the latest trends in the exponential technologies space, how they are changing the way we think and do business, and how they will predict the future.
7 books you should be reading
Article
I’m a firm believer that you have to keep refining your current skill set and learning new tricks of the trade skills in order to evolve, stay at the top of your game, and forge ahead...
7 Ways To Leapfrog Your Business From 0 To 1
Article
Here are seven ways I have leapfrogged my business, Mann Made. You can do the same to help future-proof it and mould it into an exponential organisation...
Bitcoin will bounce back despite volatile markets
Article
Mic Mann, Director at Mann Made, shares his insights on the impact of cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, on the global economy. As the conversation around Bitcoin continues to be...
What is the SingularityU South Africa Summit?
Article
Mic Mann, co-founder of Mann Made and the SingularityU South Africa Summit, tells Ayabonga Cawe what Africans can expect of this year’s summit, plus how exponential technologies...
The art of harnessing the power and impact of blockchain
Article
Everyone is talking about Bitcoin, and other cryptocurrencies, when we should rather be having more conversations around its underlying technology, blockchain, because that is where the...
PODCASTS
Here you can keep up with the latest trends in the exponential technologies space, how they are changing the way we think and do business, and how they will predict the future.
Exponential Africa - Kris Østergaard
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann interviews Kris Østergaard co-founder and Chief Learning & Innovation Officer of SingularityU Nordic...
Exponential Africa - Catherine Wood
Podcast
Join Mic Mann on the Exponential Africa Show as he discusses investing and disruptive innovation with founder and CEO of ARK Invest - Cathie Wood, who recently spoke at the Exponential...
Exponential Africa - Ramez Naam
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann meets with dear friend, SingularityU co-chair of energy and best selling author, Ramez Naam...
Exponential Africa - Raymond McCauley
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann interviews Raymond McCauley, not the pastor but the Biotech Scientist! Amongst many achievements and startups he is the founder of exponential...
Exponential Africa - Kyle Nel
Podcast
On today’s episode of the Exponential Africa Show, Mic Mann Interviews a behavioural scientist, Singularity University faculty of corporate innovation and co-founder of Uncommon Partners, Kyle Nel...
Exponential Africa - Tiffany Vora
Podcast
Watch an all new episode of the Exponential Africa Show with Mic Mann in a fascinating discussion with SingularityU Vice chair of digital biology and medicine, Tiffany J Vora...
Exponential Africa - Divya Chander
Podcast
All new episode of Exponential Africa show where Mic Manninterviews Divya Chander, Chair of Neuroscience at Singularity University. An exciting conversation on our brains, consciousness, meditation, fusing our organic brains to machines and...
Exponential Africa - Alex Gladstein
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show with Mic Mann we meet Alex Gladstein. CSO of the Human rights foundation, a guest lecturer at SingularityU and a prolific speaker on the future of money. Alex speaks on the positive impact of a decentralised bitcoin...
Exponential Africa - Valter Adão
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann hosts Valter Adao, Deloitte Chief Digital and Innovation officer and SingularityU South Africa faculty member specialising in exponential organisations, exponential leadership and the future of work...
Exponential Africa - Carlo van de Weijer
Podcast
Endless West is using science and technology to reimagine how some of our finest consumed-goods are created. They create beverages that are made one molecule at a time. This new way of...
Exponential Africa - Anita Schjøll Brede
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann interviews Anita Schjøll Brede, Co-founder of Iris.AI and SingularityU Nordic faculty member specialising in Artificial Intelligence...
Exponential Africa - Aaron Frank
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann meets with Aaron Frank, Singularity University principle faculty on AR & VR, writer, researcher and a prolific thought leader around the future of business and innovation...
Manu Sharma on "Making sense of the world through AI"
Podcast
Explore exponential technologies from around the world and understand how they can bring abundance to Africa. In this episode, we meet Manu Sharma from Labelbox, a training data creation...
Josh Decolongon on Molecular Production
Podcast
Endless West is using science and technology to reimagine how some of our finest consumed-goods are created. They create beverages that are made one molecule at a time. This new way of...
Exponential Africa - Ashley Anthony
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show with @micmann we highlight, @AshleyAnthony CEO of Isazi Consulting, SingularityU SA Faculty member and an expert in the field of Artificial Intelligence!
Exponential Africa - Richard Browning
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show with Mic Mann we get to hear from @richardmbrowning the -'Real-life Iron Man’! Celebrating human and machine collaboration, Richard Browning is...
Exponential Africa - Amin Toufani
Podcast
Today on the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann Interviews Amin Toufani! CEO and Founder of Tlabs and Chair of finance and economics at Singularity University. Amin has a degree in artificial...
Exponential Africa - John Hagel
Podcast
On today’s Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann meets with John Hagel, Co-chairman at the Deloitte centre for the edge and Singularity University Faculty member focusing on corporate...
Exponential Africa - Parsable
Podcast
Today On the Exponential Africa Show Mic Mann Interviews Lawrence Whittle, CEO of Parsable. A connected worker platform used to execute and measure work for industrial companies...
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