Mike Stopforth

I’m involved in a number of projects in varying capacities:

The majority of my time is dedicated to running Cerebra, South Africa’s leading social and mobile media company. We help some of South Africa’s leading brands gain a better understanding of social media and leverage these trends and technologies to engage markets in exciting new ways. Together with strategic partners Brandsh we have launched the following current blog and social media release successes:

The Standard Bank 2008 Pro20 Social Media Release [Link]
The Samsung Mobile community blog [Link]
The Toyota South Africa Auris [Link] and Corolla [Link] community blogs
The Converse Century campaign blog [Link]
The Calvin Klein IN2U campaign blog [Link]

I’m also privileged to be a small part of the team (with Justin, Stii and Mark) behind Afrigator - Africa’s social media aggregator. The site continues to grow rapidly as we strive to innovate and improve the technology. For more info on Afrigator check out the Afrigator blog.

In January 2006 I started the 27dinner real world social networking movement with marketing guru Dave Duarte. This project has grown from strength to strength and continues to gain momentum in South Africa’s online and business circles The 27dinners aim to bring together informed, networked individuals with a common passion for technology, media and business in an informal but valuable, rewarding real world space. Visit the site and sign up for the next event in your area!