Dean Hiine

Dean is a passionate venture builder with a vision to positively impact Africa. To achieve this, he is a co-founder of Talk360 and Brooklyn Ventures Africa, and is also the Managing Director of Africa for Talk360. Before joining Talk360, Dean was involved in many innovations in the telecoms and broadband spaces in the Gauteng provinces of South Africa. Dean believes that impact should be at the core of any company, and thus strives to uplift communities in which his companies operate. At Talk360, he can do this on two fronts; firstly, the international calling app itself helps individuals stay in more frequent contact with friends and family abroad due to the more affordable and accessible nature of the product; secondly, by stimulating additional income for underserviced communities. Dean was born in Limpopo and grew up in Pretoria. He has a Diploma in Information Technology from ML Sultan, now Durban University of Technology. As a seasoned African tech-entrepreneur Dean has several advisory board positions. You can contact Dean for Pan-African venture building opportunities, scale-up advice and, most importantly, joining the mission of Talk360 in Africa as a partner or employee