Archive for October, 2008
Log your trips & keep track of distances traveled via SMS
TripLog, a South African startup by the guys over at Platform 45, lets you log your daily trips via SMS. This is a simple and practical solution that meets local needs. Something that we discussed at Barcamp Johannesburg, most innovation and web solutions come out of Silicon Valley. This means that the solutions solves problems [...]
9 Million rand in funding available from Safipa
Safipa (South Africa - Finland Knowledge Partnership on ICT) have launched a fund to the value of 9 Million rands and 3 million Euro’s. SAFIPA is a partnership programme between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for Finland (MFA) and South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) which operates within the Meraka Institute of the [...]
Kelele, the birth of an African Bloggers’ Conference
According to Hash at WhiteAfrican, Kelele was born out of connections made at TED Global in Tanzania last year, when 25+ bloggers from around Africa were brought face-to-face for the first time. The announcement for the official launch was made a day after BarCampAfrica.
What is Kelele?
Kelele will be an annual African bloggers’ conference held in [...]
Using Mobile Technology to fight poverty, Blog Action Day 2008
Today is blog action Day, a day when bloggers around the world focus on a particular topic and write up on it, The topic for 2008 is poverty and I am currently attending MobileActive (My Coverage).
I previously wrote about how mobiles can assist people in poverty
In a study (PDF) by Harvard economist Robert Jensen he [...]
Mobile Active 08, Startup Africa, Open Sessions
Startup Africa, have organised two sessions during the open sessions at Mobile Active 08, the first is complete and the next one is tomorrow.
MobileCamp
MobileCamp is an unconference inspired by Barcamp that we are planning to hold in South Africa, if you would like to be part of the working group, join the MobileCamp Group
Creating Digital [...]
Nigeria: Global Entrepreneurship Week Inspires Youth Awards
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week activity, Nigeria is hosting The Youth Entrepreneurship Award 2008 designed to lift the spirit of entrepreneurship, engage and encourage young people to pursue entrepreneurial ideas with the support of entrepreneurs, government officials, non-profit leaders and educators.
What is YEA?
The Youth Entrepreneurship Awards is a local initiative to inspire young [...]
Barcamp Johannesburg 2008
Reminder that Barcamp Johannesburg 2008, will be held tomorrow
I will be attending and you can find my coverage on my twitter stream and here on this blog. Also search twitter for #barcampjozi.
Barcamp Jozie will also be linking up with Barcamp Africa that is being held at GooglePlex on the same day. I will also be [...]
Rage 2008 (Pictures), Johannesburg South Africa
Rage is a yearly gaming expo held in Johannesburg South Africa, i took some pictures when i attended last week.
Successful Secrets of Entrepreneurs
There are many keys to achieving success as an entrepreneur. Support from family, friends, colleagues and clients is vital. Good financial management – particularly cash flow – can make or break an enterprise. A great idea also helps – as does effective marketing. But, in my experience, there’s one thing that outweighs all of these.
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Young South African Programmer Bags R71000
ITweb Reports
“A grade 11 pupil from Kuilsriver, in the Western Cape, has won the top prize in the final round of the Standard Bank/Computer Society of SA (CSSA) South African Computer Olympiad, held in Cape Town this weekend.
Francois Conradie, a grade 11 learner at De Kuilen High School, won R41 000, the Standard Bank [...]
