TEDxJohannesburg partners.
At TEDxJohannesburg, we know that bold ideas need strong partnerships to thrive. Every year, we bring together thinkers, doers, and dreamers to imagine better futures—and it is our partners who help make this possible. By contributing their skills, creativity, and resources, they extend the reach and impact of the platform, ensuring that ideas from Johannesburg resonate across the globe.
For brands and organisations, partnership with TEDxJohannesburg is more than visibility; it is alignment with a trusted, global movement that believes ideas change everything. It is an opportunity to stand at the intersection of innovation, culture, and community, and to help shape conversations that matter.
Explore our partners below.
Network X
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Network X is the backbone of South Africa’s outdoor advertising sector, providing the physical and digital infrastructure that connects brands with diverse audiences across both bustling cityscapes and township economies. From large-format billboards to dynamic township screens, Network X ensures TEDxJohannesburg’s ideas reach far beyond the room. Their community-centric model, which actively supports informal sector entrepreneurs, aligns powerfully with TEDxJohannesburg’s ethos of agency and shared prosperity. Visit networkx.co.za to learn more.
Lucky Hustle
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Lucky Hustle is the performance marketing and creative studio that infuses TEDxJohannesburg with bold, human-centred storytelling. Combining data precision with imaginative design, they deliver campaigns, animations, and strategic content that frame the event’s identity and amplify its impact. Their work ensures that TEDxJohannesburg’s message is both striking and memorable, resonating long after the event. Visit luckyhustle.co.za to learn more.
Naritive
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Naritive Global brings adtech innovation to TEDxJohannesburg, deploying interactive ad formats and advanced analytics to measure real audience attention. By transforming campaigns into participatory experiences—through polls, stories, and social integration—Naritive ensures that the ideas from TEDxJohannesburg are not just seen but deeply engaged with. Their global reach and attention-based metrics make them key to extending the event’s influence across digital platforms. Visit naritiveglobal.com to learn more.
Gautrain
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Gautrain is a long-standing partner of TEDxJohannesburg, championing innovation and connectivity across our city. As the transport and logistics partner for Day 1 of TEDxJohannesburg Countdown 2026, Gautrain enabled seamless movement across locations while embodying the spirit of sustainable mobility. Our collaboration extends beyond this event, most notably through TheRedCircle activations — where public spaces become platforms for open dialogue and civic imagination. Together, we explore how mobility, design, and storytelling can drive a more connected and conscious Johannesburg. Visit gautrain.co.za to learn more.
Goodman Gallery
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Goodman Gallery hosts Voices of the Unheard within a space long committed to art that unsettles power and expands public imagination. For decades, the gallery has platformed artists who confront injustice, memory, and identity. This partnership situates the Salon inside a living archive of resistance — where ideas are not merely spoken, but spatially and politically embodied.
NIROX Sculpture Park
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NIROX Sculpture Park is more than just a venue partner; it is the cultural heartbeat of TEDxJohannesburg’s gatherings. Nestled in the Cradle of Humankind, NIROX Sculpture Park offers an inspiring natural and artistic environment where ideas meet creativity. Beyond hosting, NIROX curates the artistic and musical performances that punctuate the talks, weaving in moments of beauty and wonder that transform TEDxJohannesburg into a multisensory experience rooted in art, nature, and human imagination. Visit niroxarts.com to learn more.
WeWork South Africa
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WeWork South Africa is TEDxJohannesburg’s official workspace partner, providing the professional environments that power our year-round operations. With beautifully designed hubs in Sandton, Rosebank, and Cape Town, WeWork offers our volunteer team the flexibility and infrastructure to meet, plan, and produce world-class experiences. Their support enables us to gather, create, and collaborate with purpose, transforming ideas into action. Visit WeWork South Africa to learn more.
Goethe-Institut
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The Goethe-Institut supports cross-cultural exchange that strengthens democratic imagination and artistic experimentation. Through this partnership, Voices of the Unheard becomes part of a wider international conversation about freedom, plurality, and cultural memory. It affirms that local stories resonate globally — and that dialogue is infrastructure for shared futures.
KuMo&Co
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KuMo&Co is TEDxJohannesburg’s speaker development partner, dedicated to helping leaders craft and deliver talks that move audiences and spark transformation. Through expert coaching and narrative design, they guide each speaker to express complex ideas with clarity, confidence, and emotional resonance. Their work ensures every voice on the TEDxJohannesburg stage inspires not only thought, but action. Visit kumoandco.com to learn more.
Lush
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Lush joins Voices of the Unheard as a brand rooted in ethical production, environmental justice, and unapologetic advocacy. Beyond products, Lush invests in campaigns that amplify grassroots movements and human rights struggles. Their partnership signals that commerce and conscience need not be adversaries — that business can be a platform for principled disruption.
