Recently*, Workshop17 and KOFISI partnered up to give their shared 10,000 members access to 22 locations across seven countries. Love seeing this kind of cross-brand collaboration!

*The partnership was originally announced in April, but my ask for more contributions from African and South American coworking brands was answered with some great links.

Seem the list of industry experts who openly shared their insights, warnings, pro-tips and lessons learned in our first 3,800+ word Undercurrent deep-dive?

They are: Antonette Benting from Workshop17, Kane Willmott from iQ Offices, Chris Edwards from The Flexi Group, Jerome Chang from BLANKSPACES, Justin Raymond from Flexday, Danielle Schindler from Engel & Völkers Work Edition, Jon Dweck from Space32, Amina Moreau from radious, Henry Burn from Hubble, Jocelyn Vincent from Landmark and Rafi Sands from Tandem. With thanks to Anne Olsen from The Shop Workspace and Kerry Charlick from Think Tank Cowork for helping with the proof reading

The first edition lands exclusively in the inboxes of TWIC email subscribers on Monday June 17th 2024. And the trend? Fractional Offices – friend or foe for coworking spaces?

Antonette Benting from Workshop17 raises a fantastic point about hybrid work policies and strategies in places like South Africa, where great/any work-near-home solutions often times do not exist in rural areas or townships.

To quote them "only once the spatial and digital divide has been considered, can one say that all staff needs are being attended to". Yes, Antonette. Yes!