Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [13/06/2016]

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

#WomenInTechCPT: Tech Meets Journalism and Education

June’s #WomenInTechCPT theme is tied into the upcoming Youth Day. The event will see presentations from Kosma Von Maltitz and Diana Neille, two women who are in involved in technology in various ways which are changing communities for the greater good.

Kosma von Maltitz has a MSc in Astrophysics and Space Science. At Siyavula she heads up the EdTech Production team who design and create Physics, Chemistry and Maths content. Kosma also presents shows at the Iziko Planetarium and does Astronomy outreach whenever she gets a chance.

Diana Neille meanwhile is a journalist and media entrepreneur with an MSc in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University in the City of New York. The former Executive Multimedia Producer at eNews Channel Africa, Diana formed a new editorial production called Chronicle out of a desire to see better, more innovative storytelling and more inclusivity in mainstream media. Diana has a keen interest in the relationship between technology and journalism, specifically in how and which existing – and up-and-coming – tech tools can contribute to a useful, vibrant and relevant national media, and which are more trouble than they’re worth.

Date: 14 June, 7pm to 9pm
Location: KAT-O

Lean (Startup) Coffee

For people working in startups, lean (startup) coffee is a weekly 1-hour coffee that runs a mash-up of leancoffee.org with theleanstartup.com.

Lean (startup) coffee claims to be agendaless, speakerless and talks about what you care about.

Date: 15 June, 8:30am to 9:30am
Location: TRUTH. coffeecult

Johannesburg

JoziConnect Session With Technovera

This event is a chance for people in the Joburg startup scene to meet with Technovera, the winner of the R1-million top prize in the recently completed #Hack.jozi competition.

Headed up by Neo Hutiri, TechnoVera aims to reduce the waiting time for chronic medications at public healthcare facilities down to three minutes — the process can currently take anywhere from three to five hours.

Date: 15 June, 6:00pm onward
Location: JoziHub

Nairobi

Equity Crowdfunding for Businesses

This event, organised by GrowthAfrica and Lelapa Fund, is for startups raising investment for their businesses and want to know how they can do so through Equity Crowdfunding.

Date: 14 June, 3:30pm to 5:30pm
Location: GrowthAfrica Offices

Business Breakfast – Networking with Business & Thought Leaders

This monthly breakfast brings together 20 entrepreneurs and invites them to exchange experiences and ideas with three experienced business and thought leaders.

Date: 15 June, 7:30am to 8:30am
Location: The Hub East Africa

Pitch to The Ladykillers: test your business plan!

The Ladykillers are experienced business women and women investors. They have experience sitting in panels and judging ideas as part of pitching competitions.

If you want to get tested on your business model and strategy, why not pitch and receive brutally honest feedback helping you to take stock of where your business is at? Not as part of a competition, but just in a one-on-one setting because you want to test yourself and get better at sharing your vision.

Date: 16 June, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: The Hub East Africa

Lagos

Elevator Pitch/ Whiteboard Presentation Training

This is a day-long Pitch and Win presentation training for those who have to pitch and don’t want to leave anything to chance.

Date: 18 June, 10:30am to 2:30pm
Location: 51/52 Ijaiye Road

Accra

Startup Velocity Workshop

This workshop, organised by Eminent Foundation Africa in collaboration with Stately Heights Consult, is especially catered to startups and entrepreneurs who have an innovative idea for a business or ready to get their business venture to the next level.

The training will help participants in idea generation right through commercialization, learn optimum ways to develop and test ideas via design thinking methodology, map out future trends, capitalise on opportunities and strengthen their business goals.

Date: 18 June, 9:00am to 3:00pm
Location: East Legon – Innovation Lab East Legon