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Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [24/10/2016]
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
Strategy 3: Value Driver & KPI Design
A workshop designed for entrepreneurs and business owners wishing to measure the execution and impact of their strategy. Grovation Consulting is a Boutique Management Advisory House. Our purpose is to improve business so that our clients can achieve their purpose. We believe that business is the only way that we can solve most of the challenges we experience in South Africa and Africa, and as such, believe that we have a very important role to play in the South African economy.
Date: 26 October, 8:30am to 12:30pm
Location: Eaglevlei, Street: Old Paarl road, Stellenbosch
Business Immigration to South Africa by IBN
In this presentation, Andreas Krensel (on the Board of Directors at IBN Business & Immigration Solutions), will talk about various work visas and permits, recent relevant policy developments in SA, and “Green Paper on Immigration” major themes.
Date: 26 October, 6pm to 8pm
Location: Work & Co, 7 Bree Street, TouchStone Building, Cape Town
#SCTechTalks Exponential Technology
This month Silicon Cape Will be partnering with Singularity University as well as Workshop17 to feed your mind on Exponential Technology. This event is a must for any tech geeks, business people, entrepreneurs, investors and other key players.
Date: 26 October, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Workshop17, Dock Road, Watershed V&A Waterfront
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. Unlike other startup meetups, lean (startup) coffee is agendaless, speakerless and talks about what you care about. We each propose topics, vote on them and talk about the most popular ones for a few minutes. Come visit to see how it works.
Date: 26 October, 8:30am to 9:30am
Location: TRUTH. coffeecult, 1 Somerset Road, Green Point, Cape Town
#CapeMarketing Workshops for Small Businesses in Woodstock
Are you a start-up, entrepreneur or small business owner? Perhaps you just have an inkling of an idea and need some advice or inspiration. We offer a relaxed and safe space for you to discuss any issues, ideas or success stories. If you have any marketing problems you need help with, you can bring them all to the table and tap into the wealth of experience and knowledge from the group.
Date: 26 October, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location: The Cape Town Garage, The Woodstock Exchange, Block A / 4th Floor, 66 Albert Road, Woodstock , Cape Town
#CapeMarketing Workshops for Small Businesses in Diep River
At the divine Cafe D’Arts in Diep River. A beautiful peaceful cafe with really good coffee and breakfasts! Are you a start-up, entrepreneur or small business owner? Perhaps you just have an inkling of an idea and need some advice or inspiration. We offer a relaxed and safe space for you to discuss any issues, ideas or success stories. If you have any marketing problems you need help with, you can bring them all to the table and tap into the wealth of experience and knowledge from the group.
Date: 27 October, 9:00am
Location: Cafe D’Arts, Diep River
Johannesburg
Startup Grind: Matt Putman & Ramsay Daly (iKhokha)
Ramsay Daly and Matt Putman are the founders of iKhokha. iKhokha is a Point of Sale Chip & PIN card reader that plugs into your iPhone, iPad or Android. Coupled with the iKhokha mobile app the product transforms the phone into a secure mobile Point of Sale terminal which enables merchants to process card payments anywhere in South Africa.
Date: 25 October, 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Standard Bank Incubator, 5 Cradock Ave, Rosebank, Johannesburg
The Purpose of this Business Networking meeting is to offer you the business owner a networking platform to promote your business/service. To meet new like minded business owners.
Date: 26 October, 8:30am
Location: Piza e Vino Eagles Landing, Corner of Scott and Christiaan de Wet Rd, Randpark Ridge, Johannesburg
Startup 101: Introduction To Pay-Per-Click Advertising With ClickMaven
PPC Advertising can be challenging and intimidating when you don’t know how it works. In this training, we’ll teach you the fundamentals on how to have successful online advertising campaigns.
Date: 28 October, 9:00am
Location: JoziHub
Kenya
Book Keeping and Tax Compliance
Mettā Nairobi has collaborated with the accounting and tax firm, Kyle to bring to you a session on Basic accounting and importance of tax compliance as a start-up. Everything you need to know; from KRA registration to accounting for your small petty cash expensences will be discussed. Come find out how to structure your cash flows, your expenses and your tax compliance.
Date: 27 October, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Location: Mettā Nairobi, 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Employment Management Training
iHub has partnered with uWakili an online legal services platform to provide specific pro bono legal services to the iHub and m:lab startups. uWakili is an online legal services platform that provides Kenyan businesses and individuals access to cost-effective and easy-to-use online legal services
Date: 28 October, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: iHub, Ngong Road, Nairobi, Kenya
We are delighted to host Dan Aceda for #FounderFriday; an interactive conversation. Dan will be speaking about creative economy in Kenya and debunking myths about music consumption habits. He will cover topics ranging from the KE usix industry, the myths the facts and the data and present data based look at the music consumption patterns of the music industry and the market trends.
Date: 28 October, 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Location: Mettā Nairobi, 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
Nigeria
The Lagos Business Opportunity Meetings
If you are looking for an opportunity, a platform that gives you a fair shot at controlling your financial destiny and guaranteeing your own future; if you are truthful to yourself and you would like a chance to earn a honest living, start from the bottom and grow to the top; if you’re looking to work part-time to multiply your income stream or increase your income potential, or full-time to deliver on your life’s most noble dreams, then I strongly recommend you attend one of the sessions of The Lagos Business Opportunity Meetings holding all through October.
Date: 26 October, 10:00am to 11:30pm
Location: Prestigious Eagle Hall, 21 /23, Aromire Avenue, off Adeniyi Jones Street, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
DIGITECH: The Conference for innovators and tech enthusiasts
Digitech Conference is a two-day technology innovation conference aimed at bringing leading creative entrepreneurs, top tech thinkers, cutting edge companies, global policy influencers, venture capitalists, investors and start-ups across Africa for in-depth exploration into how data, technology and innovation can impact our communities and unlock economic prosperity.
Date: 27 to 28 October
Location: Landmark Centre, Water Corporation Road, Lagos, Nigeria
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Feature image: Andrew Moore via Flickr.
