Andile Mthembu

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Marketing Director at Arcadia Financial · partnerships, developer relations

Arcadia Financial
Johannesburg, South Africa · SAST (UTC+2)
15+ years experience
University of Nigeria, Nsukka
English, Afrikaans
Advising
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Overview

I lead community at Arcadia Financial in Johannesburg. Hired and trained a community team of 5. Before that: M-KOPA and GTBank. I read too many books about cities.

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  • Advice on community
  • Working sessions on events
  • Questions about community
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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  • Courses and coaching offers
  • Guest post swaps
  • Paid follower schemes

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Skills
eventspartnershipscommunity buildingsocialdeveloper relations
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for first-time founders: community and social

Topics
community, partnerships, community building
Format
Async reviews
Terms
Equity
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
First-time founders

17 years of community. Prefer specific questions over coffee chats.

Johannesburg, South Africaeventsdeveloper relationspartnerships
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Experience

  1. Marketing Director
    Dec 2022 - Present
    Arcadia Financial · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Rebuilt the community reporting so every rupee and dollar of spend is traceable.
    • Launched 18 campaigns, 2 of them in new markets.
    • Ran 86 meetups across 10 cities.
  2. Marketing Associate
    Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
    M-KOPA · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Built a community of 41 thousand members from zero.
  3. Content Marketing Lead
    Apr 2017 - Oct 2020
    GTBank · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Rebuilt the community reporting so every rupee and dollar of spend is traceable.
  4. Marketing Associate
    Jul 2014 - Apr 2017
    Meta · 2 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Launched 7 campaigns, 5 of them in new markets.
    • Built a community of 55 thousand members from zero.
  5. Marketing Associate
    Sep 2011 - Jul 2014
    Google · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Launched 15 campaigns, 6 of them in new markets.
    • Built a community of 66 thousand members from zero.

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Education

  1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
    BEng, Economics
    2004 - 2008

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