Bruce Dube

Nominee's Province:
Gauteng

Age:
33

Project Name/Description:
Nine80 Digital Media

More info:
https://www.twitter.com/brucedube

Bruce Dube, 33, is a pioneering digital publisher with a vision of providing his readers empowering content at the tip of their fingers. Dube is the managing director of Nine80 Digital Media, a Pan African digital publishing and advertising business with a range of titles targeting Africa’s youth demographic of ages 16 to 28. The company operates 15 digital platforms in five African countries – South Africa, Botswana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria. Among the company’s offerings is a start-up magazine, a platform for entrepreneurs to share their stories, and successes and to inspire aspiring and current entrepreneurs. Other titles include SA Hip Hop, Youth Village, and Botswana Youth Magazine. He established the company in 2010 which currently employs 20 people. Nine80 Digital Media is headquartered in Pretoria, Gauteng. “The company was inspired by the need to facilitate better access to developmental youth content around themes such as education, employment, health, entrepreneurship, among others, using mobile technology and the internet, which is seeing massive penetration through the smartphone and broadband at the time,” explains Dube. “ Because of the company’s Pan Africanist nature, the products the organisation produces reach millions of African youth every month. “Due to the growth of the user base we have managed to partner and work with some of the biggest brands on the continent,” says Dube. Dube has reaped several accolades as a change-maker. In March 2013, he was also selected as one of the top five prominent young people in Africa and Latin America by the World Bank.