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Johnny Gill is heading to South Africa

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Legendary R&B and soul singer, Johnny Gill, is heading to South Africa and set to captivate audiences with his live concerts at Sun City on Friday, 21 June and Time Square on Saturday, 22 June 2024.

Some fast facts about the American singer-songwriter and actor include:

·       He has sold over 15 million copies worldwide as a solo artist.

·       He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/pop group New Edition.

·       He was a member of the super group called LSG, with Gerald Levert and Keith Sweat.

·       Gill has received two Grammy Award nominations: one with New Edition and one as a solo artist.

·       He has released eight solo albums, three albums with New Edition, two albums with LSG, and one collaborative album with Stacy Lattisaw.

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Plans Announced for Singularity Summit 2024

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I attended the media launch of Singularity South Africa the other day, and true to its promise to bring business leaders the latest innovations and bleeding edge breakthroughs in exponential technologies, Singularity South Africa has announced the plans for the upcoming Summit, that will return in physical format this year, in collaboration with Old Mutual. With over 1 500 delegates expected, the popular summit will take place on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 October 2024 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

Continuing its strategic focus to future proof Africa and leverage the latest innovations to solve the global challenges, the first ten international and local speakers have been announced.

World-renowned cybersecurity expert, Jaya Baloo will return to the stage to share insights on guarding the digital frontier. The genius behind Stable Diffusion, Emad Mostaque, Founder of Stability AI, will address the future of decentralized and democratized AI. The food scientist, Arturo Elizondo who has made it his life’s mission to improve the global nutrition system, will tackle the future of protein in a plant-based ecosystem. Cathy Hackl, founder of Spatial Dynamics (USA) will deliver a keynote on immersion in the spatial web.

Jaya Baloo

Arturo Elizondo
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Woolworths Partners with the Good Life Show to Drive Sustainable Food Choices

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Woolworths is delighted to announce its partnership with The Good Life show.

The show brings together four dynamic events under one roof:

·         The Plant Powered Show – [Africa’s premier plant-based food, drink, and conscious living event]

·         Natural & Organic Show – [Powered by Nature]

·         The Free-from Show – [Embrace the alternatives]

·         SustainEx – [Live and love the sustainable life]

Recognising the global movement towards sustainability, environmental awareness, and the desire for making more informed decisions, The Good Life Show pioneered a fresh initiative and created a symposium which brings together a group of experts from the health, fitness, and wellness fields. This platform provides for all-encompassing information sharing session, featuring live demonstrations and interactive masterclasses, as well expert guidance on new and innovative product choices to suit a conscientious lifestyle.

As a responsible retailer, Woolworths makes it their business to understand the intricate link between what we consume and the health of our planet. The importance of making responsible and conscientious food choices, combined with sustainable business practices and the thoughtfully developed products on their shelves aligns perfectly with the objectives of the Good Life Show, so the partnership was born from a foundation of shared values.

“We are really excited to collaborate with the Good Life Show on what we believe is hugely important and stimulating subject matter when it comes to food, the planet and our people,” says Elizka Ferreira, Woolworths Head of Brand Communications for Foods. “At Woolworths we are always looking for new and interesting ways to improve on our offering, be it our processes or our products, and we’re sure this event will offer up some thoughtful ideas and ground-breaking practices for customers and businesses alike”.

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Tyla Tells Apple Music About Her New Single “Truth or Dare”

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Superstar in the making Tyla joins Zane Lowe on New Music Daily to discuss her new single, “Truth or Dare” available now. They discuss the making of the new single, reflect on her smash-hit “Water” changing her life, recent collaborations with Summer Walker and Travis Scott, and more.

Tyla on having fun making her new single…

It was so fun to make. I just feel like I’ve worked on my sound so much these past years working on the album, so making this type of music is easy for me. I love it. I love it. Whenever I make something that I’m excited about, I want to drop it same time. But there’s a lot of times where I learned that being patient is important because I notice that once I wait and I spend more time on certain things, I always come up with something better.

On ‘Water’ changing her life…

Water literally changed my whole life completely. It’s so crazy how a song can change your life like this. It’s beautiful. It’s so exciting. I’m so happy that people are loving the sound, coming from home. So yeah, I’m excited to see where it goes from here.

On what she’s learned from collaborating with people like Travis Scott and Summer Walker…

It feels so surreal working with people that I’ve always loved and listened to. Yeah, I love it. I love that I’m able to also share my sound with other artists, bigger artists, and share their audience and their audience, experience sounds from home. Collaborating is my favourite. I love working with new people. When I was working on my album, I was travelling literally the world and working with everybody. So yeah, it’s cool that I get to now work with the big names that I’ve always been watching my whole life.

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