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.
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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
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit Cape Town
Whether you are new to the cloud or an experienced user, you will learn something new at the AWS Summit. This free event is designed to educate new customers about the AWS platform, and offer existing customers information on architecture best practices and new services. Come early to hear an exciting keynote with updates on AWS solutions, great customer stories and attend the afternoon breakout sessions covering hot topics like new services, architecture, performance, and operations.
Date: 12 July, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location: Century City Conference Centre, 4 Energy Lane
Hear from professionals from a variety of different and industries share their experiences with implicit biases in the workplace and strategies to mitigate them.
Date: 12 July, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: Workshop 17, Seminar room 3, V&A Waterfront
Google / DotModus Cloud Platform
You are invited to join Google and DotModus for an afternoon of cloud-based discussion, revealing how companies can run more efficiently via Google Cloud Platform.
Date: 12 July, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: The Vue Sky Bar Lounge, Floor 15, 40 Chiappini
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.
Date: 13 July, 8:30 am
Location: 1 Somerset Road, Green Point
Pitch you business idea to an Angel investor
Prepare your five-minute Elevator Pitch for this pitching event. Raj Wanniappa is the CEO and founder of Future Horizons Technologies which is a Venture Capital company engaged in Telecommunications, Big Data, and Analytics and Cryptocurrency initiatives throughout Africa. He has worked previously at the Dimension Data Middle East and Africa Group for 11 years including roles as the General Manager of Big Data, Executive for Carrier Services at Internet Solutions and General Manager of Public Sector.
Date: 14 July, 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: The Table Bay Hotel, 6 Victoria Wharf
Johannesburg
Come and join the GrowthHub community in an evening of networking and talks from Richard Mulholland and Trevor Wolfe. The theme for the evening is “How to Pitch for Funding” so if you are an entrepreneur looking for funding to take the next step, this event is not to be missed.
Date: 14 July, 18:30 pm
Location: 1 Chadwick Avenue, Sandton
Kenya
Governance – Setting The Right Structures To Support Your Business Growth
This module will take the participants through how to develop clear policies, procedures and clarity in employee roles, management roles and owners/directors roles. Participants will also get insights on how to structure relationships with their colleague directors, top management and staff so as to create an effective business environment and culture.
Date: 12 July, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Location: Villa Rosa Kempinski; Chiromo Road, Nairobi
Uganda
Investors will have a first hand look at innovations and trendsetting ideas in key sectors such as agriculture, health, financial technology, health, media etc. 10 EEntrepreneurswill be given an opportunity to pitch before a panel of investors for a chance to win Ugx 1,000,000 and Incubation at The Innovation Village.
Date: 15 July, 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: The Innovation Village Kampala, 3RD Floor Ntinda Complex Plot 33 Ntinda Road Opp St Lukes Church, Kampala, Ntinda
Social Innovations Africa Forum 2016
Speakers, social innovators, and entrepreneurs will hold in-depth discussions on the role innovators play in shaping up the development discourse, ICT4D and exploiting opportunities for disruptive innovations.
Date: 16 July, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Location: International Business, Science And Technology University – Lugogo By-Pass, Kampala
Zimbabwe
Workshop: Intro to Product Design
Have you ever wondered what it takes to design a product? What things should you have to consider when designing a product that will actually add value to that person’s life? How can you ensure you design a product that people are willing to pay for? Come and join the event with product designer John Hunchar for a one day workshop on product design.
Date: 13 July, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
Location: Batanai Gardens; Jason Moyo Avenue, Harare
Online
Webinar: “How to Create a Strong Online Community, with Gina Bianchini”
On the “How to Create a Strong Online Community” webinar, experts with years of experience will teach you the key components to a strong online community, as well as actionable tactics to make your community more engaged and active. This interactive Q&A webinar will be hosted by Adeo Ressi (Founder & CEO of the Founder Institute), and feature special guest Gina Bianchini.
Date: 12 July, 6:30 pm
Location: online
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