Walter Pike holds the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce and the Master's Degree in Business Leadership and served as Head of Faculty: Marketing and Advertising at the AAA School of Advertising, the leading advertising school in Africa.

He is the founder of the Digital Academy, the first educational institute to offer a Google accredited course in the world. He has involved in regular skills upgrading sessions in West, East and Southern Africa. He is on the academic advisory council of the Tshwane University of Technology and on the academic advisory council of the Global Chief Marketing Office Council based in San Francisco.

He combines his academic background with intense and broad experience in marketing companies particularly in the motor manufacturing sector with Ford and Nissan and with
leading advertising agencies as both Head of Strategy and Head of Client Service. He has consulted to leading PR and advertising companies in Africa and global PR leaders in London.

He delivered a regular spot on The Internet Economy a weekly program on Classic FM, and has appeared on SABC TV, CNBC Africa, 702 and on the media show on SAFM. He is also a regular guest on the Beancast network a leading marketing podcast from the USA, is an occasional Opinionista for the Daily Maverick the top online publication.

As a professional public speaker, he has spoken at marketing, tech and social media conferences throughout the country and internationally.

He is the founder of PiKE which is engaged in advertising and communications strategy
development and social media data analysis using big data network analysis tools and location-based monitoring of social traffic. The methodology known as "Directed Activism" has been developed by Pike which is used to spread ideas in the post broadcast communications era.

Walter has recently been involved in two presidential campaigns in sub-saharan Africa and was an advisor to the President of Malawi.

A father of 3, he lives and works in Johannesburg, plays Polo, is a fly fisherman and a photographer.

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