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Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [7/7/2019]
If you’re in Cape Town this week, you’ll want to check out the AWS Summit on Thursday (11 July) at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The event will focus on how the cloud is accelerating innovation in businesses big and small.
For those in Joburg, Heavy Chef will hold two events this week at Workshop 17 in Sandton that focus on building businesses in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Also look out for the Moving to Mastery Women in Tech & Digital Conference that takes place in Centurion on Wednesday.
Elsewhere on the continent, The Innovation Village Kampala tomorrow (8 July) host Design Without Borders director Anna Kirah for half-day workshop intended to equip financial leaders with design thinking skills.
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
Join Startupbootcamp AfriTech as it holds the selection days for its three-month acceleration programme which kicks off on 12 August.
Date: 10 and 11 July, 8am to 5pm
Location: Amazon Development Center, Wembley Square 2, 134 Solan Rd, Gardens, Cape Town
Join the AWS Summit in Cape Town and learn how the cloud is accelerating innovation in businesses of all sizes.
During this free event, you will learn about the AWS platform through breakout sessions that cover a wide range of topics from new services and architecture to performance and operations. Attendees will also have the opportunity to hear from customers about their journey to the cloud.
Date: 11 July, 8.30am to 6.15pm
Location: Cape Town International Convention Centre
From side hustles to financial freedom
Join this LifeCheq event for graduate professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners looking to figure out when earning a second income is important and how to approach it.
Date: 11 July, 6pm
Location: Cape Town Marriott Hotel, Crystal Towers, Century City, Cape Town
VC Office Hours with Hlayisani Capital
Tech Startup founders are invited to VC Office Hours with Hlayisani Capital portfolio manager Mathew Palin. The aim of the event is to further the Solution Space’s goal of reducing risks associated with new business models.
Date: 12 July, 10am to 1pm,
Location: UCT Graduate School of Business, Solution Space, Cape Town
Johannesburg
Women in Tech & Digital Conference
Featuring an all-female speaker line-up, this event is for anyone (women and men) already in the technology and digital space looking to master their skills.
The event is tailored to showcase the high degree of skills and expertise present in the tech sector, and specifically among women in tech, who are very under-represented at events as speakers and delegates.
Date: 10 July, 9am to 5pm
Location: OUTsurance Auditorium, 1241 Embankment Rd, Zwartkop Ext 7, Centurion
Join ReBeth Wines founder Beth Malatji to learn the value of building your brand and discover how creating websites can help grow your digital presence.
Date: 11 and 12July, 9am
Location: Workshop 17, 138 West Street, Sandton, Johannesburg
Attend a night of quality networking with innovative startups, ambitious entrepreneurs and influential investors all under one roof.
Free drinks and snacks will also be served. The event will also feature a panel discussion that will cover important funding topics for startups.
Date: 11 July, 6pm to 8.30pm
Location: Spaces Johannesburg, Atrium on 5th, 5th Street, Sandhurst, Sandton, Johannesburg
Building Businesses, People & Products In 4IR
Heavy Chef Foundation and Nedgroup Investments host Valter Adão, the head of Deloitte Digital in Africa, and international entrepreneur expert Niket Desai. The two will address what to expect in the future, how to scale businesses, teams and products in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Date: 11 July, 6pm to 8.30pm
Location: Workshop 17, 138 West Street, Sandton, Johannesburg
Revolution: Masterclass Building People & Products
Join Silicon Valley’s Niket Desai for an exclusive masterclass on how to scale businesses, teams and products in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Profits from this event will go towards providing access to learning for South African emerging entrepreneurs.
Date: 12 July, 6pm to 8.30pm
Location: Workshop 17, 138 West Street, Sandton, Johannesburg
Pretoria
Southern African Transport Conference
The annual Southern African Transport Conference is Southern Africa’s premier transport conference, will bring together over 700 transport professionals to discuss, debate and learn about relevant topics relating to the exciting world of transport. This year’s theme is “Disruptive Transport Technologies – Is South and southern Africa ready?”
Date: 8 to 9 July, 8.30am
Location: CSIR Convention Centre, Pretoria.
Startup Grind Pretoria hosts Sizwe Snail, the founder and CEO of Lex Informatica and Snail Attorneys. Snail will talk about topics that include cyberlaw, cyber security, POPI Act, data privacy and protection and domain name disputes.
Date: 9 July, 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: African Beer Emporium @ 012CEntral, 367 Helen Joseph (Church) Street, Pretoria
Nigeria
Startup Grind Calabar hosts business coach Ima Agbor.
Date: 7 July, 3pm to 6pm
Location: University of Calabar Hotels and Conference Center, Calabar
Techcabal is convening African governments, regulators, investors, development agencies, multinationals and entrepreneurs to discuss The Future of Africa’s Energy.
Date: 11 July, 9.30am to 2pm
Location: Zone Tech Park, Gbagada Expressway, Lagos
Startup Grind Abuja will host Google Business Group Abuja lead Aderogba Otunla in this networking session.
Date: 13 July, 2pm to 6pm
Location: Civic Labs, Maitama, Maitama, Abuja
Uganda
The DwB Design thinking in Finance Workshop is a half-day workshop intended to equip financial leaders with design thinking skills as a part of their everyday culture and processes, in a bid to help them adapt efficiently, innovate and design better experiences for their customers.
The workshop will be facilitated by Design Without Borders director Anna Kirah.
Date: 9 July, 2pm to 5pm
Location: The Innovation Village Kampala, Ntinda Complex, 3rd Floor, Block C Training Room, Kampala
NSSF Hi Innovator Challenge Info session
Join this info session to learn about the focus verticals, selection criteria and benefits of the NSSF Hi Innovator Challenge.
Date: 9 July, 2pm to 5pm
Location: Outbox Hub, Lumumba Avenue, Plot 26A, Lumumba Avenue/ P. O. Box 35747 Lumumba Avenue, Kampala
Featured image: Delegates pictured at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2018 held in Cape Town in November last year. (Robert Cable)
