BIOGRAPHY January 2023   Rudolf Rieger is CEO of Africa Nations Art International (Pty) Ltd (AFRICANI). Cultural Projects, Visual and Performing Arts are his interests. Rudolf is dedicated to Photography, Film Production, Branding and Marketing and Cultural Tourism. Rudolf was born in Krasnystaw, Poland and educated in Germany and Switzerland. After a three and a half years studies/apprenticeship in telecommunication in Germany and army training he was employed as an Assistant in Mathematics with the Nuclear Research Institute in Karlsruhe, Germany, where he programmed, besides the IBM 7070, the “old” Zuse 22 computer; Mr Zuse's being the inventor of the first ever build digital computer. Rudolf than joined IBM experiencing intense training in all kind of Information Technology (IT) related programming, simulation studies, hardware architecture and their utilization, application methods and methodologies, which training was ongoing over the following 10+ years. There was no other provision made for studying IT in Europe but accumulating knowledge by lectures and training provided by the then computer manufacturers. Living and working for ten years in Switzerland Rudolf developed application computer software and thereafter was employed by Swissair and Credit Suisse as a Business Analyst and as such leading various projects to its final implementation. Parallel to his work he became a scholar in visual art studies at the "Freie Kunstschule Zürich" in Zurich and attended ongoing sessions at the “Atelier Peter Grenacher” until his departure for Johannesburg. The computerization of Credit Suisse in Ticino, the Italian speaking Kanton of Switzerland, was his last project before arriving in Johannesburg in early 1976 where he took up a post at NCR as Head of System Development & Programming, responsible for both domestic and international projects, reporting directly to NCR HQ in Ohio. In January 1979 he moved to Hout Bay. During the same year the Association of Arts presented his artwork at three occasions. The Sembach Art Gallery while still trading in Hout Bay, was a great supporter of his art. His work, amongst other places, can be seen, e.g., at the Kruger National Park and the Palace at the Lost City. In 1980 Rudolf founded a software development company later registered under Diamond Computer Software Systems (Pty) Ltd. He, intermittently, spent a further 15 years living abroad in Namibia, Europe, Canada, USA and the Far East. He has consulted on numerous corporate IT projects, including the system and application integrator CARMA for the Namibian Directorate of National Examinations and Assessment, controlling the access of all examination papers. Since 2004, after establishing On Set Images and his years of extensive travel, Rudolf is focussed on skills categories: Media, Photography, the Film Industry, Branding and Web Based Design & Marketing. As Mentor and service provider, under the umbrella of On Set Images, to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) he supported SMME’s, Start-Ups, Tourism and the Film Industry. In Alternative Tourism, today AFRICANI, which he established in 2006, his focus is on the arts, culture and heritage. His company, On Set Images, has been accredited service provider for nine years until 2015 to National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) previously Umsobomvu and to Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), providing services to start-up and established businesses. Being addicted to tourism and culture he actively promotes Southern Africa’s culture locally and abroad. As a producer of documentaries, reflecting Southern Africa's indigenous culture he signs responsible under the umbrella of On Set Film Productions. AFRICANI In Concert, the marketing arm of Africa Nations Art International (Pty) Ltd (AFRICANI) engages him as the company's CEO in showcasing the various cultures of South Africa expressing their culture in music, dance, poetry, fashion and traditional cuisine. Membership and Engagement Rudolf, further is CEO of Indigenous Peoples Society of South Africa a non-profit company, member of the Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry, member of the Documentary Filmmakers Association, Writers’ Guild of South Africa, European Documentary Network and Skål International and was for two years General Secretary of the Performing Arts Network of South Africa. He served Hout Bay, his home town, as Museum Trustee for 5 years, as a Rotarian for 15 years, for several years on the Advisory Board of HBBOF (Hout Bay Business Opportunity Forum) a community based NGO and the National Sea Rescue as crew member during the eighties. Rudolf has been a Jury Member for the South African Film and Television Awards, SAFTAs 2018, 2019 and 2021. As a passed active member of the Gorachouqua Council of the Khoe San Nation and on the council of the Western Cape Integrated Indigenous and Traditional Leaders he signed responsible for Media Relations and Logistics. He has been a Trustee at the Hout Bay Museum for five years until end 2012. He also was Founder Member of the Rotary Club of Hout Bay in February 1986, which club he served for fifteen years.