Fast Company South Africa

Fast Company inspires a new breed of innovative and creative thought leaders who are actively inventing the future of business. With engaging narratives as informative as they are entertaining, Fast Company motivates fans to think beyond traditional boundaries, lead proactively, and most importantly, embrace change. The South African edition will be along the same themes as the USA; initially 40% of the content will be South African and 60% will be from the USA. For the first time, the South African market will have the opportunity to read exclusive interviews with the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, NIKE, Google and the top international and local trend-setters across a broad spectrum of industries. South Africans are crying out for a younger, hipper business title – and now they will have one!

Fast Company South Africa

The 2024 Tech and Business Wish

1 RETAIL • The (Near) Death of DTC Under pressure to turn a profit, once-hot brands are going into zombie mode: Still functioning, but hollowed out.

2 HOLLYWOOD • Beyond Words Cord Jefferson on the agony and the ecstasy of being a writer in Hollywood in 2023

3 MUSIC • Record Heat: What the vinyl renaissance says about delivering true value (and not just in the music business)

4 WORK LIFE • Tirana Hassan, Human Rights Watch executive director, takes our career questionnaire.

FACE FORWARD • SELENA GOMEZ’S fast-growing COSMETICS COMPANY, Rare Beauty, is helping AN ENTIRE generation feel good in its skin.

MULTICHOICE INNOVATION FUND Behind Slikour & Entrepreneurs of the Future

BRANDS THAT MATTER • FAST COMPANY'S 2023 ‘BRANDS THAT MATTER’ LIST SHOWCASES MORE THAN 100 COMPANIES STAYING RELEVANT BY REDEFINING HOW BUSINESS MEETS CULTURE. HERE'S HOW THEY'RE USING THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH FANS AND CUSTOMERS TO FORGE A BETTER FUTURE.

CULTURAL FORCES

MIND AND BODY

BUILDING THE FUTURE

MAKING REAL IMPACT

INDEX

Pinterest Wants to Be Your Happy Place

Shop Talk • Pinterest's long, weird journey to becoming the shopping-catalogue app of its founder’s dreams

Pinterest is making me hungry.

2 ANALYSIS • MEET THE AI PIN: The Artificial Intelligence hardware set to change how we use computers

2 E-COMMERCE INSIGHTS • Inside the retail sector's digital transformation: As seen via the Shoprite Group

INSIDE THE AI

THE REBRAND • AGENCY JONES KNOWLES RITCHIE REIMAGINES NUCLEAR ENERGY.