Matthew Buckland

Matthew Buckland (22 August 1974 – 23 April 2019) was a South African Internet entrepreneur and businessman who founded and exited digital agency and publisher Creative Spark, acquired in 2015 by UK firm M&C Saatchi PLC (LSE: SAA), the holding group of M&amp;C Saatchi. Buckland was also the founder of Burn Media, a suite of technology publishing brands which includes Memeburn, Ventureburn.com, Gearburn.com and others.

Buckland a baya ya jagoranci sashen kan layi na Mail &amp; Guardian, bayan haka ya fara 20fourlabs a Naspers' news24.com,   mafi girman mai wallafa labarai na kan layi na Afirka ta Kudu, mallakar Naspers. Yayinda yake a Mail & Guardian Buckland ya kafa Jagoran Tunanin .

A shekara ta 2015 an zaba shi a matsayin "Master of Digital", yana zaune tare da ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Idris Elba don "Q&A Session".  

 Rayuwa ta farko 
Buckland ta yi karatun aikin jarida a Jami'ar Rhodes a Gabashin Cape, Afirka ta Kudu. Ya yi aiki a Landan don sashin yanar gizo na kasuwanci na BBC a lokacin, beeb.com a matsayin mai haɓaka, sannan kuma mai samar da ci gaban yanar gizo. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin editan Intanet na shirin talabijin na farko, Carte Blanche, kafin ya zama Manajan Darakta na sashen kan layi na Mail &amp; Guardian. Shi ne ɗan fari na Andrew Buckland da Janet Buckland, sanannen dangin wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka ta Kudu.

 Kasuwanci 
Buckland ya kafa Amatomu a cikin shekarar 2007, kuma a cikin 2010, Creative Spark  da Burn Media, wanda ya ba da kansa bayan ya kasa tara kudaden shiga don shi.Buckland exits Creative Spark, M&C Saatchi Group Shekaru biyar bayan haka, a cikin 2015, ya sayar da mafi yawan hannun jari a cikin kamfaninsa ga hukumar da aka jera ta FTSE, M&C Saatchi .  Yarjejeniyar ta haɗa da siyar da duka hukumar dijital da kuma hannun wallafe-wallafen, wanda ke da lakabi kamar Memeburn da Ventureburn .  Daga baya ya sake karɓar iko da hannun wallafe-wallafen lokacin da ya fita daga tsohon kamfaninsa a shekarar 2018.  Ventureburn shafin ne wanda ke ba da rahoto game da farawa, ɗan kasuwa da tsarin halittu a Afirka ta Kudu, Kenya da Najeriya.

 Kyaututtuka 
Kyautar masana'antar Buckland ta haɗa da:

 An zaba a cikin Fast Company Magazine's Most Creative People in Business, 2015
 An zaba shi a matsayin "Oude Meeste Master of digital", yana zaune don tattaunawa a kan allo tare da sanannen ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Idris Elba, 2015 
 Alkalin farawa / Dragon a Social Media Week: Johannesburg 
 NextWeb Startup World - Cape Town - Alkalin Farawa
 Kyautar jarida ta Standard Bank Sikuvile - Alkalin
 An lissafa shi a cikin Destiny Magazine: Ikon 40: 'yan kasuwa 40 a ƙarƙashin 40 suna yin abubuwa masu ban sha'awa 
 An zaba don Tsohon Mutual "Yi Abubuwa Masu Girma" Jagoran ɗan kasuwa
 Aikace-aikacen Afridoctor ya lashe gasar masu kirkiro ta Afirka (Lambar US $ 80,000)
 An kira shi a cikin manyan 100 na "mafi tasiri a kafofin watsa labarai da talla na Afirka ta Kudu" ta hanyar The Annual
 An kira shi daya daga cikin "Matasa 300 na Afirka ta Kudu da ya kamata ku tafi abincin rana" ta Mail & Guardian Newspaper
 An kira shi Sabon Media "Mogul" ta mujallar FHM & an zabi shi don lambar yabo ta 2009 "Mafi Kyawun Mutum"

 Mutuwa 
Buckland ya mutu a watan Afrilun 2019 daga ciwon daji. Ya bar matarsa da 'ya'ya mata biyu.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 2019
Rukuni:Haihuwan 1974