Gugu Msibi holds a BA (Journalism and Economics) from Durban University of Technology, Management Advanced Programme (MAP) Wits Business School, MBA (Bond University, Australia)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

In her capacity as former Executive Director of Spin Media, she was responsible for media training, development of communications and public affairs strategies for different government departments and companies. She is a former Marketing and Communications Executive at the State Information Technology (SITA), was responsible for creating and managing the brand of the agency. She worked for four years as a political journalist at SABC, including work as a senior producer on AM/PM Live (SAFM). She spent two years as Head of Broadcast Training at the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism, (IAJ) which involved training journalists and government medial liaison officers on media management.

She was a strategy and media advisor to the Chairman of Mvela Group, Tokyo Sexwale, the SABC, Land Bank, Gauten Shared Services (GSSC), Parliament, Transnet and the Department of Home Affairs. She has a rich history of involvement in community media and media skills training, and has conducted over 150 media skills training sessions in South and Southern Africa.

She co-founded Spin Media in 2000 with two other partners.
Gugu, is also a non-executive director of Powertel, a telecommunications company.