Ecsponent Limited announced that Mr. Shaka Sisulu has been appointed as independent non-executive director to the board of directors of the company with effect from 1 January 2020. Mr. Shaka Sisulu is executive Chair at award-winning marketing agency Retroviral, sports agency RetroActive, social media agency Plum Factory, data analytics firm, ROI Africa and animation studio, Kraons. These agencies are part of the Truth Digital marketing group that Sisulu is developing in partnership with Capitis Equities, and service brands the likes of Multichoice, M-net, Russell Hobbs, RoccoMamas, Pie City and Bio Gen. Sisulu also serves on the board of David Philips, a renowned publisher. Sisulu has a 20-year career in developing media and technology businesses, including the telecommunications business of the ITEC group. Sisulu is a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Satyagraha Award for contributing to youth development in South Africa. He is also an Archbishop Tutu Fellow, member of the African Leadership Network (ALN) and a Mail & Guardian's Young South African alumni. A social activist Sisulu previously co-founded a 20,000 strong volunteer movement "Cheesekids for Humanity" that popularized Nelson Mandela Day, was a founding member of Foundation for a Safe South Africa, a board member at Lovelife, and successfully embarked on two Kilimanjaro expeditions for charitable causes, in 2012 and 2015. He has also served in various political structures of the African National Congress (ANC). Sisulu has extensive media experience, having been a radio, and TV broadcaster, a print columnist and social commentator online.