On this episode we chat to GG about his life and the books he has written we discuss township economies and how they could well be the life blood of South Africa.

GG was raised in a mud hut in one of the most poverty stricken and violent parts of KwaZulu-Natal, Msinga. GG’s community activist parents Neil and Creina Alcock raised their two sons in a Zulu community living in a hut with no running water, electricity or modern conveniences, instead growing up like young Zulu’s hunting and herding in the hills. Home schooled, GG is fluent in Zulu and intimate with local African cultures while also conversant in many other South African ethnic languages.

With the changes brought about by the unbanning of the ANC and new dispensation GG moved into business, where he founded Minanawe Marketing. GG’s unique upbringing and extensive time in mass informal markets has given him the ability to unearth unique insights and creatively apply these to marketing solutions for a number of multinational companies. The author of three books, two on the informal market, GG currently freelances offering strategy, insights and creative solutions tailor made for the mass market.

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