Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [24/3/2019]

For those in Cape Town, there are two exciting events taking place in the city aimed at startup founders.

The first, hosted by FSAT Labs, takes place on Tuesday (26 March) and will look at how startups can keep agile. The second, a Solution Space Learning Lunch on the same day, will cover insights startups should know around growing strong teams.

In Johannesburg, startup campus 22 On Sloane will on Wednesday (27 March) host the regional launch of the Africa Netpreneur Prize. Those in Lagos will also have the opportunity to attend a parallel event there, on the same day.

For those in Nairobi, you’ll want to check out the Investor Due Diligence event taking place on Tuesday (26 March) at Metta in Nairobi.

This article is part of a weekly series that highlights all the top startup events, competitions, networking sessions, workshops and conferences in Africa.

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

FSAT & Curious: How to keep innovation going in an organisation that’s growing

Join Offerzen’s Stephen Van der Heijden as he discusses how to keep agile in a business that is growing. The second part of the event will feature a pitching competition where startups will pitch their businesses in 30-second elevator pitches.

Date: 26 March, 4.30pm to 6.30pm
Location: French Tech South African Tech Labs, Century Way, Century City, Cape Town

Solution Space Learning Lunch: How (not) to build a team

Join former Yoco customer success lead Simon Blampied as he shares some insights on how to grow strong teams for startups. His talk will focus on starting a team, running a team, hiring and onboarding.

Date: 26 March, 1pm to 2.30pm
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business, Solution Space, 9 Portswood Road, Cape Town

VC Office hours with Havaic

Tech Startup founders are invited to VC Office Hours with Cape Town-based venture capital firm Havaic.

Date: 26 March, 10am to 1pm
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business, Solution Space, 9 Portswood Road, Cape Town

Johannesburg

Startup Grind Johannesburg

Join SME Movement co-founder York Zucchi as he talks about the several ways to bring in new customers without spending any money.

Date: 26 March, 6pm to 9pm
Location: Impello Co working space, 139 Greenway Avenue, Greenside

The Energy Efficiency Show Africa 2019

The sixth annual Energy Efficiency Show Africa — co- located with The Lighting Show Africa — will showcase the latest services and innovations to improve energy efficiency and lighting in Africa.

Date: 26 and 27 March
Location: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg

Water Show Africa 2019

Water Show Africa is a unique conference and marketplace where water CEOs, government officials, senior executives and engineers come to explore solutions for developing investable and sustainable world class water projects throughout the African continent.

Date: 26 and 27 March
Location: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg

The Power & Electricity World Africa 2019

Power & Electricity World Africa is the largest and longest running power and electricity conference and exhibition in Africa – the meeting place of Africa’s energy sector. The conference will feature a startup pavilion where some of the latest energy solutions will be displayed.

Date: 26 and 27 March
Location: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg

The Solar Show Africa 2019

The Solar Show Africa — co-located with Power & Electricity World Africa 2019 will welcome over 8000 attendees and is set to host a mecca of solution providers spanning four halls and thousands of square metres.

Date: 26 and 27 March
Location: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg

Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative launch

Join the regional launch of the prize competition for African entrepreneurs, founded by the Jack Ma Foundation. For the next 10 years, the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative will host a pitch competition across Africa culminating in a finale where 10 finalists will compete for $1-million in total prize money.

The prize aims to support and inspire the next generation of African entrepreneurs across all sectors, who are building a more sustainable and inclusive economy for the future.

Date: 27 March, 12.30pm to 5pm
Location: 22 Sloane Street, Bryanston, Johannesburg

AWS Pop-up Loft Johannesburg

The AWS Pop-up Loft Johannesburg is a temporary event and community space where you can access AWS technical training, enjoy co-working facilities and book one-to-one support with AWS experts.

The AWS Loft will host a packed programme of sessions covering a range of topics including containers, artificial intelligence and machine learning to name a few. AWS Solutions Architects will also be on hand to provide guidance.

Date: Ends 29 March, 10am to 6pm
Location: Workshop17 West Street, 138 West St, Sandown, Sandton

Botswana

Masterclass: Innovation — The DNA of the Modern Business

Join the Udugu Institute Botswana in collaboration with Career Coaching BW, Startup Grind Gaborone, Visual Expression and Botho University in this masterclass on innovation.

Date: 30 March, TBD
Location: Botho University, Gaborone

Ghana

Getting your business investor ready

This information session covers the different financing options for business or startups and an in-depth discussion on how to get your business ready for investors.

Date: 28 March, 1pm to 2pm
Location: The Finlite Institute, 16 Noi Fetreke Street, Airport Residential Area, Accra

Startup Meetup II

Join this gathering of Accra’s startup community as it seeks to connect and grown the city’s startups to enable them to go global.

Date: 30 March, 4pm to 8.30pm
Location: Kukun, 14 Koi Street, Accra

Kenya

Investor Due Diligence: Tips for entrepreneurs

At this event, Chebet & Munyaka Advocates LLP will outline — from experience on both sides of the investor due diligence — key legal and tax issues to help entrepreneurs prepare for an investor due diligence.

The facilitators will be Judy Chebet, Ken Wachira and Mbatia Mwasaria, all corporate and commercial lawyers practicing at the firm.

Date: 26 March, 6pm to 8.30pm
Location: Metta, 6/F Belgravia, 14 Riverside Drive, Nairobi

Ladies Who Launch Nairobi

This half-day event features keynote conversations designed to engage, develop, grow women entrepreneurs leading Nairobi into the future.

Whether you are branching to the next stage of your career, launching a business, launching into leadership, or launching a side hustle, this day is for you.

Date: 30 March, 2pm to 6pm
Location: Waldorf Kindergarten, Nairobi

Nigeria

March startups meetup

Learn more about effective savings, budgeting and other money management skills at this network breakfast meeting for startups.

Date: 27 March, 10m to 12pm
Location: Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos

Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative launch

Join the regional launch of the prize competition for African entrepreneurs, founded by the Jack Ma Foundation. For the next 10 years, the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative will host a pitch competition across Africa culminating in a finale where 10 finalists will compete for $1-million in total prize money.

The prize aims to support and inspire the next generation of African entrepreneurs across all sectors, who are building a more sustainable and inclusive economy for the future.

Date: 27 March, 12pm to 4pm
Location: Lagos

Solutions Hangout

Join Ultravantage Solutions CEO Iyore Ogbuigwe as he shares insights on increasing sales. Ogbuigwe will be joined by Dolapo Ogunbambo who will discuss customer retention and acquisition.

Date: 30 March, 3pm to 6pm
Location: Young & Cerebral’s Office, 25, Maye Street, Off Montgomery Road, Yaba, Lagos

Tunisia

Techstars Startup Weekend Manouba

Techstars Startup Weekends are a 54-hour immersion programmes designed to allow innovators to get together to share ideas, build teams with diverse or even complementary profiles and start a startup.

Date: 22 to 24 March, 3pm to 6pm
Location: Salle des Conférences, Technopôle Manouba

Featured image: Startup Grind Johannesburg via Facebook