Gary Alfonso

Media, news and business content guy. Opinions my own. Retweets not endorsement. I love Africa and storytelling.

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

@GautengPartnerF doing great work to develop the emerging property sector in South Africa!
#property #construction #housing #economy #southafrica

[BusinessDay TV @BusinessDayTV]

SA Africa’s affordable housing gap continues to shape urban growth & development priorities, with increasing focus on township economies & sustainable human settlements.
@garyalfonso speaks to Lindiwe Kwele, CEO of GPF @GautengPartnerF

#WATCH: https://t.co/hR6TxSvHoa

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

WATCH: Great insights at Nampo 2026 from @Absa AgriBusiness on @BusinessDayTV about the challenges facing emerging farmers in South Africa in the wake of global and local factors facing the agriculture sector.
#nampo2026
#agriculture #farming #foodsecurity

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

The best annual industry event in South Africa. By a mile. #nampo2026

[Grain SA @GrainSA]

As #NAMPO2026 comes to a close, we thank every producer, partner, exhibitor and visitor who contributed to an important week of conversations around the future of South African agriculture.

#GrainSA #GrowingGrain

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

There should be global legislation in every country that INSTANTLY fines and lists account owners who steal online content without attribution. Even bots were created by people with financial gain motives.
#copyright #contenttheft

[ISS Above @ISSAboveYou]

@Rainmaker1973 Why oh why do you HAVE to steal content - literally taking the extra effort of cropping out the logo in the original content and posting without attribution? That's such a ridiculously callous way to handle this. You should be ashamed of what you do.

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Always one of the highlights on my media calendar. The @AbsaSouthAfrica AgriBusiness Agri Trends presentation. @LoffieBrandt talking about opportunities amid enduring shocks
#agritrends
#agriculture
#farming
#economy
#southafrica

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Spending Easter Weekend at home makes a lot of sense if you've just adopted a 2 year old rescue called Marshall - then walk around the Emmarentia botanical gardens like you own the place.
#easter #rescue #adoptadog #AnimalRescue

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

If someone can just find Amy? Hey TV news channels. Do better! #NewsChannels #journalism

[BusinessDay TV @BusinessDayTV]

🎬 #InsightsFromAfrica Quick Take

AI is already transforming how banks operate - from personalisation to fraud detection. But how do you scale it while keeping the human touch? Khomotso Molabe, @StandardBankZA's Personal & Private Banking CIO provides more insight.

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Attending Ignition TV @ignitiontv upfront in Joburg this morning. Awesome content and awesome channel @DStv 189 #motoring #cars

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

WATCH: Interesting interview with @CellC CEO Jorge Mendes on @BusinessDayTV about the company's strategy for growth, after listing again on the JSE last year. Giving investors a glimpse into the future. #telecoms #southafrica #business

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Well done team South Africa for hosting an INCREDIBLE @livgolf_league golf tournament in Joburg. And showing the world how awesome we South Africans are. Back in 2027! Thanks @ToyotaSA @Lexus_SA for the invite. Awesome place to host clients #southafrica #livgolf #golf

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

A true gentleman of our profession! And a sublime content platform. @BBCS_Africa

[TVwithThinus @TVwithThinus]

Pierre Cloete, @BBCS_Africa boss, speaks at the media screening of the upcoming 6-episode natural history series KINGDOM starting on Monday:

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Microsoft's Copilot and Bitlocker technologies are the worst things to have happened to me in managing my laptop health for the past 25 years. Their software trying to control my life choices is now making me seriously consider alternatives.
#copilotmustgo #bitlockermustgo

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Wow! Some people in SA sleep until 6.24AM? The day is almost over by then!

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Average wake-up time:

🇿🇦 South Africa - 6:24 AM
🇨🇴 Colombia - 6:31 AM
🇨🇷 Costa Rica - 6:38 AM
🇮🇩 Indonesia - 6:55 AM
🇯🇵 Japan - 7:09 AM
🇲🇽 Mexico - 7:09 AM
🇦🇺 Australia - 7:13 AM
🇺🇸 United States - 7:20 AM
🇸🇪 Sweden - 7:21 AM
🇩🇪 Germany - 7:25 AM
🇵🇭 Philippines - 7:28 AM
🇧🇷 Brazil - 7:31 AM
🇨🇦 Canada - 7:33 AM
🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 7:33 AM
🇮🇳 India - 7:36 AM
🇰🇷 South Korea - 7:38 AM
🇲🇾 Malaysia - 7:41 AM
🇨🇳 China - 7:42 AM
🇦🇪 UAE - 7:43 AM
🇫🇷 France - 7:51 AM
🇮🇹 Italy - 7:52 AM
🇹🇷 Türkiye - 8:02 AM
🇪🇸 Spain - 8:05 AM
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 8:27 AM

According to World Population Review

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

An amazing place.

[Martin Myers @MartinMyers]

@SANParksCNP went today with my wife bucket list tick 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 @SANParks

[Business Day @BDliveSA]

BlackRock, the world’s largest assets manager has increased its exposure to South Africa’s PGM miners in a vote of confidence in the sector.

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

REVIEW | Resilience on the long road in a Renault Duster https://t.co/OMTj47zNBi

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Good morning Stellenbosch.
#SouthAfrican

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Imagine charging your electric car in less than 5 minutes to drive another 700km's. That's the technology @BYDCompany is bringing to South Africa next 2 years. Filmed this video on trip to China recently with @BusinessDayTV and Ignition TV. #motoring #china #ElectricVehicles

[Gary Alfonso @garyalfonso]

Salute to my fellow media industry colleagues on a job well done at the @g20org #G20SouthAfrica