Michael Mlingwa

Experience

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  Spice VAS Africa Pte Ltd

  Oct 2010 - Jun 2015

  Content Manager

  Products: RBT, Music Radio, Voice chat, Voice portal, Religions portals and PSMSAccounts: Vodacom, Airtel, Tigo, Zantel, Spice VAS Africa – catering to the needs of Mobile Value Added Services across AfricaSpice is a leading telecommunications group, headquartered in Singapore, with a strong presence in India, South East Asia, and Africa. With more than 100 VAS platforms deployed in partnership with leading telecom operators, Spice aims to be the No. 1 provider of mobile entertainment, infotainment and m-commerce.The company has a strong presence in African markets with its Managed VAS business in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DRC, Zambia, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa. A unique strength of Spice VAS Africa is its rich repertoire of local content, licensed from more than 800 artists in Africa. Spice’s VAS business is driven by a team of 550 highly skilled professionals, qualified from institutes of national and international repute. The team has expertise in multiple database, tools, technologies, and servers; immensely capable to develop any project from concept to operation.From its leadership position in entertainment VAS on voice and WAP platforms, Spice is swiftly expanding its portfolio to offer 3G VAS infotainment and m-utility services. Spice has recently launched its music streaming application “Mziiki”, offering a rich repertoire of African and international content, with exciting features like offline streaming to save data costs, as well as setting Ring Back Tones directly through the streaming app. Show less

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  Slide Visuals LTD

  Jan 2011 - now

  Founder & CEO

  Slide Visuals is an agile team of photographers, cinematographers, designers and audio engineers. We specialize in Audio/Visual production; Photography, Commercials, Documentaries, Live streaming, Social Media Content creation and Branding. We work with boutique clients, corporations, NGOs that need to execute creative ideas.We believe in taking risks, experimenting, failing, adapting, and learning on a daily basis. With a crew that loves what they do, we tend to use our collective experiences to enrich our visual and social platforms and ensure that the content we produce is of international standards. Show less

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  Slide Digital

  Sept 2016 - now

  Chief Executive Officer

  Slide Digital is a subdivision of Slide Visuals, which focuses on providing creative digital solutions for Brands. We have a collective experience of over 10 years in the design and digital industry and have worked with different clients from different industries. We are passionate about what we do and work hard to ensure that all our clients get the best possible service.- Deliver to hundreds of outlets worldwide- Manage your content, Royalties, Publishing, and marketing- Ensuring your content is protected- Keep 100% control of your rights-Distribute your audio as RBT to All major telecoms in Tanzania, Kenya & Uganda. Show less

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  YahStoneTown Company

  Jan 2020 - now

  Co-Founder

  YahStoneTown is Production House which Produce a TV Show ‘Salama na’ – meaning ‘Salama and’ is a one hour Podcast chat show hosted by a re known Radio & TV personality Salama Jabir and available on Both Video and Audio for Various Platforms. In Salama na, Salama gets to sit down for exclusive chats with Celebrities, Influencers and Change makers in the society.