Photo by Nielen Bottomley.

Mariska du Preez is owner of *mdp marketing, a marketing consultancy that specialises in marketing, design and publicity.

Mariska has a keen interest in people and technology and is doing her Masters in Marketing focusing on mobile technology innovations in developing countries in 2011 through the MIH Media Lab at Stellenbosch University.
Synergising her passion for people and Africa she work part-time for the Praekelt Foundation, a South African business that builds open source, scalable mobile technologies and solutions to improve the health and wellbeing of people living in poverty.

Other exciting projects for 2011 include being on the curating team for TEDx Stellenbosch and being founder of Girl Geek Dinner Cape Town.

When not presenting workshops on marketing, branding and networking, Mariska enjoys to spend time with friends, preferably with a good glass of Stellenbosch wine.

View Mariska's online CV