Mr Arthur Goldstuck

Arthur Goldstuck is an award-winning writer, author, analyst and technology commentator. He is founder of World Wide Worx, South Africa’s leading technology market research organisation. He has received lifetime achievement awards in multiple sectors, including the Distinguished Service in ICT Award from the Institute of IT Professionals of South Africa in 2013, and being elected to the Southern African Speakers Hall of Fame in 2021. For his work in training and mentorship, he was named to the Southern African Educators Hall of Fame in 2023. In both 2022 and 2024, the global insights community Esomar named him to the Insights 250 honour roll of the world’s top innovators in market research, enterprise intelligence and data-driven marketing. In 2019, he became Honorary IT Ambassador for ORT SA. He is the author of 21 books, including South Africa's all-time best-selling IT book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet. His current work, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to AI: The African Edge, was published by Pan Macmillan in August 2025.Arthur is past president of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern African currently serves on its executive committee.