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Upcomming Events, South Africa, Johannesburg and Cape Town
Geek Dinner, Cape Town, 31st July - 60 Places (Currently Full, though add your name to the list) - Register
27 Dinner, Johannesburg, 28 July - Register
Flying Solo
Flying Solo SA is a one-day ‘unconference’ where solo entrepreneurs and freelancers can meet and participate in a facilitated forum. Share experiences and tips, ask questions, get answers and [...]
Interview with Jason Elk, CEO of Zoopy
Yesterday we covered the announcement by Zoopy, that Vodacom had invested and taken up a 40% stake in Zoopy, one of the few major web 2.0 Investments in South Africa. I thought it would be useful to catch up with Jason Elk, Ceo and founder of Zoopy for an Interview.
You launched Zoopy a little over [...]
Last call for papers, Mobile Active 08
The mobile active 08 summit, that will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 13th to 15th of October is still accepting submissions for papers. If you would be interested in running a workshop, holding a mini talk or showcase your project or product in the SIMplace or SIMlab you can still submit proposals [...]
Leading mobile operator Vodacom invests in Zoopy
Zoopy, the South African based video sharing and social media web site has just announced on their blog that Vodacom have invested and taken up a 40% stake in the company. Zoopy allows users to share content such as blogs, video and podcasts. Zoopy just recently passed their 10,000th upload and announced a partnership [...]
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, What are you doing?
Global Entreprenuership week is a world wide event in which countries all around the world host events to promote entrepreneurship amongst the youth. During the week November 17, 2008 to 23rd a host of partners in each country will orgnise events and activities such as speeches, competitions and training aimed to inspire, connect, inform, mentor [...]
Heavy Chef Session, Free lecture on Building a Brand in South Africa
The heavy chef sessions are a series of free lectures sponsored by the heavy chef project. A monthly event that was started in 2007 brings together designers, programmers, entrepreneurs and marketing professionals with each months talk focusing on a particular topic. The topic for June will be “Building a Brand in South Africa” by Rui [...]
Afraha, a new social network from kenya
Afraha is a social network that has recently been launched from Kenya. It joins a number of other African startups in this space such as Nigeria’s Naijapals and South Africa’s Blueworld amongst others. The registration on the site is quick and simple and you cant help but be reminded of Facebook while using the site. [...]
Jobtoria, Nairobi’s Job Search Portal
Jobtoria.com is a job search engine designed to help employers attract quality candidates from around Africa. Jobtoria.com was created with the employer in mind with features designed to link up employers and candidates as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Using jobtoria.com, you can apply for jobs online, track your applications and get information about potential employers [...]
Revisting Buzzfuse with thoughts of an additional business model
The initial review of buzzfuse was by far the most negative i have done, and i hate to do that since the goal of this site is to actually promote local companies, however i feel what is much more important is being honest about your opinions. Do not get me wrong, i do think [...]
Appfrica 2008, Uganda, A tech conference for Africa
APPFRICA is a series of international tech conferences and think-tanks aimed at bringing together researchers, industry leaders, businesses, educators, governmental and non-governmental organizations to discuss novel uses of web technology for innovation and education in the developing world.
Appfrica is a place where leaders in the tech industry from around the globe will use their collective [...]
