Bringing vision to life, words that inspire our creativity and remind us that our work is a constant collaboration with our clients. Zion collective is a brainchild of Abongile Ngalonkulo, who is also the managing director of this phenominal ad company. Abongile started out studying law but soon realised that his passion was in the creative industry. His partner Qeren Fourie studied marketing and joined Zion to step away from a traditional role as a marketing manager into a more creative environment. When did you start and what inspired you to start the business? “Abo started Zion Collective with a team of
creatives in 2017, wanting to pursue the freedom of being self-employed in a creative field. Qeren joined Abo as a co-owner when Zion had suffered the loss of a major national client. They were both faced with the harsh reality of working for a start-up with no external funding or support, but decided that the pay-off of doing what they love is worth more in the long-run than making more money in the moment”. Your highlights and maybe names of the popular clients that you've “Most days can pass for a highlight with the work worked with before.
that we do, although there have been extremely tough times, we've had the privilege of working with some amazing brands like Reebok, Red Bull and S.P.C.C., we've also had some incredibly fun fashion-focused projects with our friends, such as Fashion Designer GUGU Peteni, Creative Director and (very) frequent collaborator Banele Dlodlo and Streetwear Entrepreneur Evans Zemba (Walk in Closet). our more corporate clients include Imperial, EOH Holdings, BLC Attorneys and others”. 02
