UVU Africa
Darian Cairns is a skilled digital marketing professional with extensive experience across various roles in the marketing sector. Currently serving as a Digital Marketing Officer at UVU Africa since August 2022, Darian has also held the position of Media Marketing Specialist at Reddee Solutions (Pty) Ltd since January 2018. Previous roles include Call Center Agent at TFG (The Foschini Group) from 2017 to 2018 and Sales and Marketing Specialist as well as Business Administrator at Fetola from June 2013 to December 2016. Darian began the professional journey as an Intern at KFC South Africa in May 2013. Educationally, Darian earned a Matric diploma from J.G Meiring High School and is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Apparel and Textiles at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, which commenced in 2017.
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UVU Africa
UVU Africa, formally The Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi) is a Non-Profit Company with a mission to build a future-fit, inclusive society through technology and innovation. We do so by creating globally competitive tech and innovation sectors to enable sustainable economic growth and greater employment. CiTi was established in 1999 and operates at the intersection of business, government and society to positively shape the future of the economy and society through the use of innovation and technology. We see this model as the key driver of systemic regional change and progression. Our success in building thriving regional technology ecosystems has been recognised in a recent Endeavor Insight report, titled Evaluation & Network Analysis of the Cape Town – Stellenbosch Tech Sector. The report concluded that “Cape Town is arguably the most productive and impactful tech hub in sub- Saharan Africa.” UVU Africa achieves its mission through the following interventions: 1. Entrepreneurial development, support and incubation; 2. Digital job readiness and skills development - training young people to enter the digital economy; and 3. Open innovation clusters - picking industries of the future and supporting and stimulating their growth. 4. Providing an ecosystem and space for entrepreneurs to thrive UVU Africa continues to look at areas that will be transformative in 20 years and have an impact in five years. We are scaling our work throughout the continent to stimulate and build inclusive transformation within the digital economy.