The African Voice on Global Stages

Kim
August

Conference Host  ·  Executive Moderator  ·  Strategic Conversation Facilitator

Some people host conferences.
Kim August shapes the conversations that move industries.

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Kim August

About Kim

She doesn't just hold the room.
She built what's happening in it.

"When Kim August walks into a room, the room knows it."

A broadcast-trained conference host, executive moderator and serial entrepreneur with over two decades and 2,000+ events across Africa, Europe and the Middle East, Kim August is the host event organisers call when the content matters too much to leave to chance.

Director and Global Host/MC of AI in Africa since 2019. Six editions of GITEX across Morocco, Dubai and Singapore. Guinness World Record holder. Founder of The Brand Station, BrandFormance™, .frank and GritFuel.

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2,000+
Events hosted
since 2002
3
Continents
Africa · Asia · Europe
AI in Africa
Director & Global Host/MC
since 2019
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Guinness World
Record Holder

What She Does

Built for the rooms
where it matters most

Formats

  • Keynote host & master of ceremonies
  • Executive panel moderation
  • Fireside conversations
  • Leadership roundtables
  • Awards ceremonies
  • Full conference programmes

Topics & Rooms

  • Artificial intelligence & emerging tech
  • Africa's innovation economy
  • Brand strategy & marketing leadership
  • Youth empowerment & education
  • Government & policy dialogue
  • Sustainability & social impact

Event Types

  • International technology conferences
  • Corporate leadership summits
  • Brand & marketing events
  • NGO & foundation gatherings
  • Government & diplomatic forums
  • Multi-day conference programmes

Career & Credentials

Two decades.
One throughline.

2002 – 2008
HDI Youth Marketeers
Presenter & New Business Director. Sole MC for Cartoon Network's offline activations. Live brand events for Dettol, Kellogg's, Pick 'n Pay, Simba, Pepsi Co. Thousands of shows. Energy that was never optional.
2006
Diploma in Radio Broadcasting
Boston Media House. Co-founded Eldos FM community radio station. The craft formalised.
2010
FIFA World Cup Fanfests
Host for the 2010 World Cup Fanfest series across South Africa.
2011 – Now
The Brand Station → BrandFormance™, .frank & GritFuel
Founded an emotive brand strategy and identity firm. Still active. Has grown into three ventures: BrandFormance™, .frank and GritFuel. When she moderates founders, she is one.
2019 – Now
AI in Africa, Director & Global Host/MC
Building the institutional infrastructure of AI on the continent. Bootcamp series across South Africa. Six editions of GITEX across Morocco, Dubai and Singapore.
2025
Guinness World Record, "195"
One of 195 women, one from every UN-recognised country, whose voices form a single recording premiered at the World Economic Forum, Davos.
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Diploma in Radio Broadcasting Boston Media House, 2006
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Diploma in Brand & Marketing Management Vega School of Brand Leadership, 2014
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Co-Founder & Board Treasurer, Eldos FM Community radio station. Rejoined the board as Treasurer in 2026.
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Director, AI in Africa 2019–present. Board-level role building the continent's AI institutional infrastructure.
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Guinness World Record Holder "195" by The Frequency School, premiered at the World Economic Forum, Davos, January 2025.
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Based between South Africa · Netherlands · Portugal · Morocco. Available globally.

Events & organisations she has worked with

Absa
EDF Pulse Africa
Expand North Star
GITEX Africa
GITEX Asia
GITEX Global
IRCAI
Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation
Microsoft
Old Mutual
SAPREF
Absa
EDF Pulse Africa
Expand North Star
GITEX Africa
GITEX Asia
GITEX Global
IRCAI
Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation
Microsoft
Old Mutual
SAPREF

Testimonials

What they say
after the room

Testimonial from Teena Tolani, wording to be confirmed.

Teena Tolani Global Technology Events
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"Great conferences don't happen by accident. They happen when the right conversations are led with purpose, precision and high-impact energy."

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