Antonette Benting

Antonette Benting sits with Liz Elam about GCUC Africa, regional leadership, and what operators everywhere can learn from the innovation happening across the African coworking ecosystem on the GCUC podcast.

Antonette Benting shares that Workshop17 are opening a beach-side workspace in Muizenberg, in South Africa’s Western Cape province. Who wouldn’t want to swap brolly stands for surfboard stands?

Antonette Benting and Andries Levi Pretorius share that Workshop17 are set to open a 2,455 sqm workspace in September 2026 in Hazelwood, Pretoria.

Fun fact: Pretoria is one of South Africa’s 3 capital cities, alongside Cape Town and Bloemfontein. Think that’s fun? They also have 12 official languages.

Antonette Benting highlights the core message she travelled from South Africa to Boston to share with us all.

"Crafting spaces that inspire creativity and innovation should also prioritize geographical accessibility to have a real impact. Let’s unite efforts to diminish barriers and create connections together." Yes!

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?