Siyabonga Media Competitors

Media24 is South Africa’s leading media company, with a strong presence in digital media, book publishing and television. As part of Naspers, a global media and e-commerce group, we are committed to shaping the future of storytelling. Enriching lives 24/7 Our purpose is to build communities through excellent journalism, smart technology and innovative services. We do this by telling stories that matter, turning data into insights, and designing solutions that make a difference. We are guided by four core values: courage, integrity, accountability and respect – principles that define how we work and engage with the world.

In 1998 two young entrepreneurs, Mark Levy & Neil Watson thought that the Internet would probably be the next big thing. And while they were running their own computer IT company, they started one of South Africa’s first e-tailers, selling hardware and software direct to consumers. And so, Digital Planet was born. One day, they asked, “What if other people need ecommerce sites and tech sales channels managed on their behalf? And what if we could help more people get their hands on technology?” This prompted a quick pivot after which they realised that other, more established companies could benefit from having their own e-commerce sites developed. And the main businesses that were investing in online sales platforms at the time were banks like FNB (who asked us to be their first Ebucks partner) and Standard Bank (we partnered with Blue Bean) and insurance companies like Discovery (Vitality). All of these became Digital Planet’s clients and many are partners to this day. Eventually, the services side of the business was growing really fast and they decided to leave their own online retail arm to focus on building channels for big clients who wanted to enter the e-commerce space. Because the team realised that Digital Planet’s true value lies in being a B2B2C enabler for big businesses like banks and telcos. Basically, helping others creating a sales channel online and managing the process on their behalf. From pressing click on the screen to ding-dong at the door, Digital Planet still manages the entire process: from the call centres to the product lifecycle, customer journey and deliveries on the client’s behalf. And all these offerings are structured to make sure that Digital Planet adds value to the end-consumer by building in services or products that will make their world better.

Yonder Media was established in 2002 as a mobile media and technology agency. As the digital industry evolved we adapted and our service offering expanded to cover the full digital marketing value chain. We have been in operation for 15 years. We have over 60 years of digital experience in our management team alone. We have offices in Gauteng and in Cape Town and we have serviced various clients with head offices in Cape Town over the past 15 years. We specialize in: 1) Strategy development, Media, Digital Design and Digital Technology Development. Our business has 4 distinct pillars which work together to provide our clients with a 360 º digital solution. These include 1. STRATEGY (All projects kick off with a well formulated strategy to guide the project and to ensure we meet the objectives set) 2. MEDIA (Planning, Buying, Implementation, Optimization, Reporting and also includes all social media services such as community management, ORM etc. 3. DESIGN - From digital ad creative to digital asset creative, from simple landing pages to beautifully produced “made-for-mobile” video ; our team takes care of concept and content development within in the context of a deep understanding of the digital user journey.(Concept, design, video production, Campaign & Content Strategy, Original Content Creation,Digital Display and Dynamic Creative Production and Copy writing) 4. DEVELOPMENT In-house bespoke software development of digital assets like (Web, Mobi, Bot, App, USSD, Dashboards, API integration for vouchers, coupons, airtime, call center etc.). We currently have 57 permanent employees. We’ve won 54 industry awards since 2013 when we started entering our work for awards.