{"id":2154,"date":"2022-02-22T11:40:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/"},"modified":"2022-02-22T12:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:18:21","slug":"ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ziyanda Ngcaba to Lead Rapid Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid Blue has tapped Ziyanda Ngcaba to take over as CEO on April 1, replacing Duncan Irvine, who is stepping down after 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Ngcaba originally joined the company in 2020 as an executive producer and stepped up as managing director in April 2021. She has more than 20 years of experience in the TV industry through her previous roles at Media Investments and SABC.<\/p>\n<p>During Ngcaba\u2019s time as managing director, Rapid Blue has produced a slew of content, including a seventh season of <em>Come Dine With Me South Africa<\/em>, the new ten-part original series <em>Homegrown Tastes South Africa<\/em> for BBC Lifestyle, a third season of <em>Celebrity Game Night<\/em> for E! and a second season of <em>Family Feud SA<\/em>, hosted by Steve Harvey, for eTV. This year, Rapid Blue has facilitated the Nigeria shoots for Warner Bros.\u2019 <em>Bob Hearts Abishola<\/em> and produced the second season of <em>Africa\u2019s Business Heroes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Through her previous roles, Ngcaba has experience driving shows in the scripted space, including\u00a0<em>Rhythm City<\/em>, <em>Scandal<\/em> and <em>Imbewu<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hugely honored to take the helm and steer this ship,\u201d said Ngcaba. \u201cI look forward to carrying ahead Duncan and Kee-Leen\u2019s values, creative ambition and passion for quality entertainment. With the company producing a series of brilliant shows, we are eager to continue to grow Rapid Blue productions, and I am confident in the future. We have a strong creative team, with a combined experience of over 100 years in the industry, who are vital in the future success of the company. We will continue to create brilliant projects which I can\u2019t wait for audiences in South Africa and around the world to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Irvine, who is also a co-founder of Rapid Blue, said, \u201cI am thrilled that Ziyanda will be heading up Rapid Blue. With her wealth of expertise in the business of television, drive and creativity, I know we will see the company thrive. After almost 30 years leading Rapid Blue, I\u2019m immensely proud of the team that we have built, and I have no doubt that the future will be bright. I am grateful to be able to continue to offer my support in new ways by developing fresh content solutions through alternative funding models. Ziyanda has stepped into the managing director role seamlessly over the last year. I am confident that our vision will be carried forward under her leadership with the support of the best team in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid Blue has tapped Ziyanda Ngcaba to take over as CEO on April 1, replacing Duncan Irvine, who is stepping down after 30 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":2155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-rapid-blue"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ziyanda Ngcaba to Lead Rapid Blue - TVMEA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rapid Blue has tapped Ziyanda Ngcaba to take over as CEO on April 1, replacing Duncan Irvine, who is stepping down after 30 years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ziyanda Ngcaba to Lead Rapid Blue - TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rapid Blue has tapped Ziyanda Ngcaba to take over as CEO on April 1, replacing Duncan Irvine, who is stepping down after 30 years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVMEA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-22T16:40:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-02-22T17:18:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2015\/09\/RapidBlue-ZiyandaNgcaba-0222.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/\",\"name\":\"Ziyanda Ngcaba to Lead Rapid Blue - TVMEA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-22T16:40:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-22T17:18:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"description\":\"Rapid Blue has tapped Ziyanda Ngcaba to take over as CEO on April 1, replacing Duncan Irvine, who is stepping down after 30 years.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/ziyanda-ngcaba-to-lead-rapid-blue\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ziyanda Ngcaba to Lead Rapid Blue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/\",\"name\":\"TVMEA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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