Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [15/08/2016]

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 & Stellenbosch

Cape Town Innovation High Impact Series – a Lead-up Event of the SA Innovation Summit

The Innovation Summit invites the Captains of Industry, thought leaders, government, activists, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors and incubators to attend a power day of insights, innovative thinking and action. An incredible panel of thought-leaders has been assembled to guide the session. They have invited The City of Cape Town, Futureworld, a Swiss Digital transformational activist, the Futures Institute of Africa, My African City, Heads of the Region and many other influential drivers of change and innovation.

Date: 16 August, 8:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Cape Town City Hall, Darling Street

SA Innovation Summit Lead-up Event

The SA Innovation Summit, supported by the City of Cape Town, brings you an inspirational one-day summit focused on ‘Creating a City of Opportunity for All’, as part of the SA Innovation Summit’s High Impact Series in Cape Town. The Program reflects on creating the platform for opportunities to thrive and multiply in the City of Cape Town and wider region.

Date: 16 August, 9:00am to 5:00pm
Location: Workshop 17, 17 Dock road, V&A Waterfront

Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab Ideas Programme Workshop

The purpose of this workshop is to provide a context for current challenges in banking, including opportunities for new businesses to engage with Nedbank and to also make an impact on banking in Africa.

Date: 16 August, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab, Hammandshand Road, University of Stellenbosch

#WomenInTechCPT: Inspiring and Motivating Women

August’s Women in Tech event will focus on getting to know each other, learning something about each other’s industries, talking about the issues we face in our fields and how to best tackle these problems.

Date: 17 August, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: KAT-O, 27 Caledon Street, Zonnebloem

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.

Date: 17 August, 8:30am to 9:30am
Location: TRUTH. coffeecult, 1 Somerset Road, Green Point

MPhil in Inclusive Innovation Info Session

Join like-minded visionaries on a rich learning journey, and spend a year working both individually (on your dissertation) and together (in ‘living lab’ modules) where expertise, life experience, passion and innovation converge to support new possibilities and ideas.

Date: 18 August, 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business, MTN Solution Space, 8 Portswood Road, V & A Waterfront

Smart Community Hackathon – a Lead-up event of the SA Innovation Summit

In addition to the already exciting lineup of the SA Innovation Summit High Impact Series of Events in collaboration with the City of Cape Town this year, a 24-hour Smart Communities Hackathon take place on 19 and 20 August.

Date: 19 August, 5:00pm; 20 August, 5:00pm
Location: The Barn Khayelitsha, Lookout Hill, Corner Mew Way, Khayelitsha

Standard Bank Ignitor Bootcamp

Date: 19 August, 5:30pm; 21 August, 5:00pm
Location: Workshop 17, Street: 17 Dock Rd, V&A Waterfront

Johannesburg

Joziconnect Session & Fireside Chat Seedstarsworld Winners Idwork

Join Jozihub for a JoziConnect Session in association with HTXTAfrica for an intimate fireside chat with the founders of IDWork, 2016 #SeedstarsWorld SA Winning startup. Find out about their business, their journey, what they would do differently and their advice to other startups. As always, it will be a great place to connect with other startup community members over a few drinks and snacks.

Date: 16 August, 6:00pm
Location: JoziHub

The Role Of Wholesalers / Distributors In E-Commerce (Drop Shipping & Integration)

Join Paris Philippou a digital specialist at African Sales Company discusses The Role Of Wholesalers/Distributors in E-commerce (Drop Shipping & Integration). With more than 10 combined years of experience in media, marketing, content and digital, Paris Philippou keeps evolving his skill-set in-line with the fast pace and changes which we see with technology in media, marketing and commerce. Today, Paris is a Digital Specialist, guiding the digital transformation of businesses, with a key focus on e-commerce and digital marketing.

Date: 18 August, 7:00pm
Location: JoziHub

Kenya

Mentorship Series by Hilda Moraa

Hear from Hilda Moraa me as she leads this topic of discussion by sharing her experiences while running WezaTele Limited, a startup that she exited and sold to Jumo.

Date: 20 August, 10:30am to 12:45pm
Location: iLab Strathmore University, Madaraka Estate, Nairobi

Hubcubation – a 6 month program for startups

Hubcubation is a 6-month program designed for entrepreneurs who want to take their startup to the next level of professionalism and sustainability. The program has a 360′ approach build on three pillars: knowledge, network and mentor/coaching.

Date: 19 August, 9:00am
Location: The Hub East Africa, Waiyaki Way, Nairobi

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