Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [31/3/2019]

This Friday (5 April) the UCT Graduate School of Business’s Solution Space will on host two events — IP Office Hours and VC Office Hours with Von Seidels founding partner and patent attorney Rowan Joseph and Hlayisani Capital portfolio manager Mathew Palin, respectively.

For those in Joburg who are keen on learning more about Microsoft’s Head Start programme, you’ll want to check out the event taking place on Tuesday (2 April) at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Rosebank.

In Namibia also on Tuesday, an event in Windhoek will gather female technology entrepreneurs to participate in a focus group discussion on the challenges women entrepreneurs face in the tech sector.

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

Startup Grind Cape Town with Alan Knott-Craig Jr

Project Isizwe founder and Herotel chairman Alan Knott-Craig will share the lessons he’s learnt during the good and tough times at this Startup Grind Cape Town event.

Date: 3 April, 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: Workshop 17, 17 Dock Rd, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

Digital Ecology: Society, economy and ecology

Join Digital For The Planet CEO Ines Leonarduzzi for a talk on digital ecology. RSVP to joslyn@siliconcape.com.

Date: 3 April, 6pm to 8pm
Location: Workshop 17, 17 Dock Rd, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town

THUD Cape Town Relaunch

THUD Cape Town will be hosting a two-hour event that will include pitching of ideas, networking and a talk by a guest speaker.

Date: 5 April, 6pm to 8pm
Location: Uhuru Spaces, Woodstock Exchange, 66 Albert Road, Cape Town

Sales for Entrepreneurs

Sean Clancy from SalesRockIT will be hosting six workshops at Greenpoint Co-working focused on the transition from having great product to selling good product. In this — the second — workshop, he’ll take a look at your current strategy and how to improve it.

Date: 5 April, 10am to 12pm
Location: Greenpoint Coworking, 40 Somerset Road, Cape Town

IP Office Hours with Von Seidels

Join Von Seidels founding partner and patent attorney Rowan Joseph at this Solution Space IP Office Hours session.

Date: 5 April, 10am to 12pm
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business, Solution Space, 9 Portswood Road, Cape Town

VC Office Hours with Hlayisani Capital

Tech startup founders are invited to VC Office Hours with Hlayisani Capital portfolio manager Mathew Palin.

Date: 5 April, 10am to 1pm
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business, Solution Space, 9 Portswood Road, Cape Town

Johannesburg

Microsoft Head Start

Keen on learning more about Microsoft’s Head Start programme? You’ll want to attend this event.

Date: 2 April, 8am to 3pm
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg

SEED South Africa Symposium 2019

This symposium will look at how to strategically fuel the success of climate-smart and socially inclusive enterprises in South Africa through excellent business development support and tailored financing instruments.

Date: 2 to 3 April, 8.30 am to 5pm
Location: The Innovation Hub, 1 Mark Shuttleworth St, Pretoria

Humanising Innovation UX driven transformation

The 15th UX Masterclass brings together experts and thought-leaders from the field of user experience, innovation and customer research.

The conference focuses on humanising digital transformations, particularly on how to ensure the success and adoption of digital transformation.

Date: 4 April, 9am to 5pm
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rosebank, Johannesburg

Women Entrepreneurs Conference
Attendees of this conference will receive mentoring, executive training, individual coaching to help equip them on the journey to executive leadership in Africa or in their own businesses.

Date: 6 April, 8.30am to 5pm
Location: Gallagher Convention Centre, 19 Richards Drive, Midrand

Liones Lean In Sandton

This event is strictly for women entrepreneurs. Join this event if you want to benefit from the insights and advice of women entrepreneurs who have seen and experienced it all — and “got the T-shirt”.

Date: 5 April, 8am to 11.30pm
Location: Volkswagen Group SA, 129 Patricia Road, Sandton, Johannesburg

THUDjozi #beyondtalkseries

THUD is primarily a peer-to-peer networking community for aspiring, seed and early-stage entrepreneurs. This month THUDjozi is in conversation with Tiger Brands director for enterprise and supplier development Litha Kutha.

Date: 5 April, 6.30pm to 9pm
Location: Workshop17 Sandton, 138 West Street, Sandton, Johannesburg

Systems to Scale

Whether you’re a small business owner, corporate professional, or simply looking to understand how to put the right processes and systems in place to achieve maximum success, while maintaining a work-life balance, then this event is for you.

Date: 6 April, 9am to 11am
Location: Impello Coworking Space, 139 Greenway, Greenside, Johannesburg

Phuthaditjhaba, Free State

Startup Grind UFS workshop

Join Young Entrepreneurs and Young Entrepreneurs Foundation founder and CEO Danie Jacobs in this workshop on preparing for the freelance (GIG) economy and acquiring a growth mindset.

Date: 5 April, 1.30pm to 5pm
Location: Senate Hall, UFS QwaQwa Campus, Kestell Road Qwaqwa, Phuthaditjhaba

Kenya

How to Attract Investors with Kris Senanu

Wondering how to build a credible business to attract investors? Then attend this masterclass by investor Kris Senanu.

Date: 5 April, 6pm to 7.30pm
Location: All Saints Cathedral Trinity Centre, Nairobi

Namibia

Discussing Female Tech Entrepreneurship in Namibia

The Southern Africa Innovation Support Programme, Dololo Namibia and Turipamwe Design welcome female technology entrepreneurs to participate in a focus group discussion on the challenges female entrepreneurs face in the technology field.

Date: 2 April, 6.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: DoBox, Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, FNCC, Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek

Nigeria

Startup Grind Calabar

Startup Grind Calabar hosts Expedite Language Academy CEO and founder Lovina Osaigbovo-Ugbede.

Date: 31 March, 2pm to 5.30pm
Location: DoBox, Franco Namibian Cultural Centre, FNCC, Robert Mugabe Avenue, Windhoek

Zambia

Understanding Social Enterprise

This practical workshop will introduce you to the wide range of income-generation models used by successful social enterprises around the world.

Date: 3 to 4 April, 9am to 3pm
Location: Impact Hub Lusaka, 140 Mwambula Road, off Central Street, Lusaka

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