Social media enterprise Hashtag is hosting a Google Hangout session today (Friday) to encourage mainstream social media networks to establish South African press offices.
More than 20 executives from top social media sites and other IT-driven companies as well as members of six state parties will enter the discussion with Hashtag on enhanced connections on social media platform.
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest are some of the targeted social media companies with Chinese TenCent and Intel examples of chat apps and IT businesses.
HumanIPO reported earlier this year on TenCent’s recruit of South African Brett Loubser for the launch of WeChat in South Africa.
Officials from the White House, India High Commission and the Russia Consulate in South Africa will also be taking part.
The Google Hangout session will start at 3pm (SAST) and continue until 9pm, to suit international participants such as delegates from the United States.
Speaking to HumanIPO Conrad David, social media strategist at Hashtag, said: “For the influx of what is to come, in technology, as well as social media investment opportunities, we are trying to create a unified state.”
The two-phased agenda will focus on the role of social media presence in city convergence strategies with the aim to push cloud-based services across community level towards national interactivity.
The main outcome is focused on creating investment and trade strategies, as boosted by social media, in South Africa.
Hashtag, which spreads its brand through the use of hashtags on social media, has partnered with South African telecommunications operator Neotel in its operations.
David referred to South Africa’s national development plan for 2030 which identified nine challenges to be met with solutions, including skills development and unifying united relation.
“With social media we try and use skills development to try to teach people on various people on things we learn around the world and implement them up from community level up to corporate level,” he said.
The social media expert is making effort to urge the country’s chambers of commerce to “be a voice” on social media as leaders.
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