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Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [11/04/2016]
Looking to get into the South African startup scene or scratch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. There are loads of competitions, networking sessions and workshops happening around South Africa and the rest of the continent (namely Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana) that we’ve rounded up to make your life a bit easier.
This article is part of a weekly series that highlights all the top startup competitions, networking sessions, workshops and conferences around South Africa, and the greater region. If you have any event recommendations for us to add to the list, or next week’s, please let us know in the comments below or send us an email.
Not all of the events are free and some will require booking in advance. Please click on the event names to find out more information.
Cape Town
StartupGrind with Bob Skinstad
StartupGrind, the global series of monthly entrepreneurial talks, has a penchant for finding speakers outside of the traditional startup space. The April edition of the Cape Town talk is no exception, with former Springbok captain and Supersport commentator Bobby Skinstad taking to the stage to chat about his own experiences as a tech entrepreneur.
Date: 11 April, 6:30pm
Location: Townhouse Hotel, 60 Corporation Street
Deep Dive Into Design Thinking
This three day In Depth Design Thinking training in Cape Town offers a unique team of highly experienced Design Thinking practitioners from the business, design and academic world. A 3 day experiential immersion in Design Thinking tools and techniques.
Date: 11-13 April
Location: Workshop 17
Fintech, Real Time Accounting and SA Outsourcing
Date: 12 April, 8:30am to 12pm
Location: Media24 Centre, 26th Floor
F8 Meet-up is coming to Cape Town
F8, Facebook’s developer conference, is going global in 2016 with meetups in cities around the globe — including Cape Town.
At this annual event, Facebook will announce its latest products and will allow developers the opportunity to hear directly from Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s leadership on the vision for Facebook, the developer community and beyond. This year, the Bandwidth Barn is partnering with Facebook to co-host an F8 Meet-up Cape Town.
During the event, Bandwidth Barn will stream the opening keynote of F8 followed by networking over drinks and snacks.
Date: 12 April, 6pm to 9pm
Location: Bandwidth Barn Woodstock
MPhil in Inclusive Innovation Info Session
The UCT Graduate School of Business, Africa’s top business school, is now inviting applications to its MPhil specialising in Inclusive Innovation – a hands-on postgraduate degree that aims to generate practical and scalable sustainable solutions to African challenges.
This event will provide information on the course and how to apply for it, among other things.
Date: 12 April, 5pm to 6pm
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business
Africa’s Virtual Reality & 360 Video Showcase event
Discover how brands are embracing Virtual Reality & 360 Video. SenseVirtual will have the latest Virtual Reality & 360 Video on display at this year’s April Event.
Date: 14 April, 5pm
Location: Bandwidth Barn
Johannesburg
Fintech 2020, sponsored by Fortune 500 company FIS, is an insightful afternoon of discussions with leaders in the fintech space.
Attendees will hear from panellists on the topic of “Empowering the financial world”: Stephen van Coller, Chief Executive: Corporate and Investment Banking, Barclays Africa and Prof David Taylor, founding Director of the African Institute of Financial Markets & Risk Management
Date: 14 April 3:30pm – 5:30pm
Location: The Wanderers Club, 21 North Street, Illovo
Nigeria
Business Model Canvas and Workshops in Lagos & Abuja
The Business Model Canvas is a strategic management and entrepreneurial tool. It is extremely useful in describing, designing and summarizing a start-up idea. Any company’s business model can be described in nine basic building blocks: namely, customer segments, value proposition, distribution channels, customer relationships, revenue streams, key activities, resources and partners and finally, the cost structure. During this workshop participants will get to understand the different components of the Canvas and will learn how to frame and answer key questions about a business model and its execution.
Lagos:
Date: 12 April, 12:30pm
Location: Cre8 Space, 6, Agoro Odiyan, Victoria Island
Abuja:
Date: 13 April, 11am
Location: Oxfam office, 11, Ganges Street,Off Alvan Ikoku Way,Maitama
This event is a collaboration between VC4Africa online community connecting African entrepreneurs, investors, mentors and other ecosystem players, and the Lagos Angel Network (LAN). The meetup serves as an additional networking venue where VC4Africa members and supporters meet face to face to share thoughts and ideas. There are no speeches; no agenda and nothing planned which allows for lots of networking and info swapping.
Date: 12 April, 6pm
Location: Cre8 Space, 6, Agoro Odiyan, Victoria Island
Nairobi
F8, Facebook’s developer conference, is going global in 2016 with meetups in cities around the globe — including Nairobi.
At this annual event, Facebook will announce its latest products and will allow developers the opportunity to hear directly from Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook’s leadership on the vision for Facebook, the developer community and beyond.
Date: 12 April, 7:00pm
Location: The Mirage, M2
