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;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;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;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. 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