Red Pepper

Thapelo has immense experience in communications and public relations across Southern Africa. His professional expertise includes strategy development brand positioning and corporate reputation management. Thapelo cleverly links strategic communications with commercial objectives. Prior to founding Red Pepper, Thapelo held senior communication positions and provided strategic counsel and advice to Kgalagadi Breweries (Pty), Botswana Breweries (Pty) Ltd and Debswana Company. His specialty is strategic planning and providing strategic advice on corporate reputation, issues and crisis management.

Having a passion for driving brands and external marketing campaigns, Peo obtained her experience in the field of marketing from working in an advertising agency for several years in Botswana. Her professional skills include but not limited to internal and external marketing communications, research and concept development for integrated marketing communications strategies. Prior to working with corporate clients in the advertising industry, she worked for a production company, Scan Display Botswana where she was part of the client services and quality assurance team.

Customer interactions with a company, its products or its services are made up of several smaller interactions and Balepeng orchestrates customer interactions to create great brand experiences through creative and careful design thinking across several touch points, he delivers experiential and transformational environmental touch points that connect and put your brand at the heart of the customer’s thinking and decision-making, leveraging on bespoke and the tactile nature of products to engage consumers on an incredibly deep and emotive level stimulating primary demand and diversifying markets for clients. Balepeng has vast experience in event and brand logistics, Technical Ryder (stage, sound and visual production) and through superior service ethics has now become a first choice among many companies, for their branding requirements.

Tjipo is an entrepreneur in her own right, having established her own corporate gifting company in 2009, and joining Red Pepper as a partner for Red Pepper Branding and Corporate gifts, Tjipo brings with her great organisational skills, from her experiences in market research, from previous employment with Mauritian based company DCDM.

Lebogang has great experiential knowledge of marketing strategies, having worked at SmartSwitch Botswana, a subsidiary to the Nasdeq listed blue chip company NET1. SmartSwitch is responsible for the Botswana Government’s Food Coupon System currently in commission and Lebogang was responsible for the Market Research used for Implementation of the Food Coupon, as well as Marketing Strategies of the product itself. He has a wide network of clients who entrust him with all their corporate branding and marketing needs, a responsibility he fulfils with pride and great passion.