MEET Kojo Baffoe

He is an entrepreneur, writer, facilitator, content architect, former men’s magazine editor and speaker. Over the years, he has carved an unique space for himself, having operated in a range of sectors, in various capacities, including founder of an IT consulting company, event director for a fashion house, project manager at the SA Post Office, booker at an actor’s agency, producer at a TV production company, amongst others. He has run businesses in the Retail, Management Consulting, Publishing, IT and Media sectors, both in Lesotho and South Africa. He has been poet laureate for Gordon Institute of Business Science and has performed extensively over the years having been a part of the poetry movement, particularly in Johannesburg, in the late 90s/early 00s.

In the television space, he was part of the team that created and produced Afro Cafe (a music show), Emcee Africa (a pan-African reality music show), Making Moves (an entrepreneurial show), Zooming In On Men (a men’s lifestyle show) and Zwahashu (a lifestyle show). He has been a judge for the Business Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards since 2010, SA Fashion Week’s Scouting Menswear, the MTN Business App of the Year Awards, the Apple In Education Awards and Miss South Africa 2014, 2015 and 2016. He was also a judge for the reality television show, She’s The One, Seasons One (SABC3) and Season Two (E TV) and Chivas Regal’s social entrepreneurship competition, The Venture.

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