{"id":2467,"date":"2025-07-15T11:45:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/johnnie-walker-launches-afroexchange-in-south-africa-blending-whisky-culture-and-creativity\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T11:45:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T09:45:32","slug":"johnnie-walker-launches-afroexchange-in-south-africa-blending-whisky-culture-and-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/johnnie-walker-launches-afroexchange-in-south-africa-blending-whisky-culture-and-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnnie Walker Launches Afroexchange in South Africa, Blending Whisky, Culture and Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Johnnie Walker raised the bar for experiential brand storytelling with the South African launch of JW AfroExchange\u2014an immersive Pan-African platform designed to connect and elevate Afro creativity. Hosted at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on 28 June, the event seamlessly integrated music, mixology, visual art, and streetwear to showcase the creative synergy between Nigeria and South Africa. Industry tastemakers and cultural icons converged to witness performances by BNXN, DJ Maphorisa, and Tito M &amp; Yuppe, and to participate in curated experiences like the interactive Flavour Station and the live Art Exchange. With food, fashion, and whisky woven together, the event cemented Johnnie Walker\u2019s leadership in cultural advocacy across the continent, and affirmed Diageo\u2019s investment in Africa\u2019s creative economy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author<\/strong>: Lizzy Wungs from <strong>O25<\/strong><strong> on behalf of <\/strong><strong>Johnnie Walker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>MyPR<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johnnie Walker raised the bar for experiential brand storytelling with the South African launch of JW AfroExchange\u2014an immersive Pan-African platform designed to connect and elevate Afro creativity. Hosted at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit on 28 June, the event seamlessly integrated music, mixology, visual art, and streetwear to showcase the creative synergy between Nigeria and South &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic","date":"2025-07-15T09:52:31+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltymy4e7nm2w","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:revymtt5qssww7e7avbruzic\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ltymy4e7nm2w\",\"cid\":\"bafyreihkn3363jli73azozhto3o56rl27hcv72f3i2hu4hh4ynw66vpdzm\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreifkmgsqcc2jqplqdi6tpkuij2flvweadg7diweispact3ui33da5q\",\"rev\":\"3ltymy4emdu2w\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"republication-tracker-tool-hide-widget":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["type-post","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}