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Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [30/05/2016]
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
Startup Grind Hosts Moira Johnston & Nicky Rosin
This month’s Cape Town edition of Startup Grind sees the entrepreneurial talk series host EventRoom co-founders Moira Johnston & Nicky Rosin. The pair’s startup, EventRoom, describes itself as an Airbnb for event spaces.
Its primary aim is to streamline and simplify the fragmented event-booking process with features such as comprehensive search and filter options, upfront pricing, photos and, in the future, reviews.
Date: 30 May, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Location: Townhouse Hotel
Building products from the outside in
Product managers are responsible for building the right product. When product management is done correctly, it creates a product that contributes to the bottom line.
In this workshop, participants will to take a product idea and develop a strategy for it using a “strategy canvas”. They will then formulate testable hypotheses and construct experiments to test strategy with customers. We will also determine the market opportunity for the product.
Date: 3 June
Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Summit – Radically Reshaping the Future of Mobile Information Creation, Access and Sharing
This one-day Summit event aims to think disruptively and imaginatively about what the future might bring for emergent mobile users over the next five to ten years.
Date: 3 June, 10am to 4pm
Location: Waterfront Cape Town
Johannesburg
GrowthCLUB – 90 day Planning for Your Business
GrowthCLUB labels itself as chance to step out of the business and get focused. The event organisers say they’ll work with entrepreneurs to map out a winning game plan for the next 90 days.
Date: 31 May, 8:30am to 5pm
Location: 98 Monument Rd – Norkem Park, Kempton Park
Jozihub Academy — ‘First Bite At Building IPhone Apps’
This event is targeted at beginers who are interested in learning what it takes to design and build apps for iPhones regardless – no programming experience required. According to the event organisers, all you need to do is “bring along you apple computer (Macbook, iMac etc.) and your thinking cap”.
Date: 4 June, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Jozihub
Lagos
Learn how to Grow your Business and Overcome Competition: Fast-Track Edition
How to grow your business and overcome Competition’ is a practical workshop designed to help you acquire necessary skills required to develop and implement winning competitive strategies.
Date: 4 June, 10:00am to 4:00pm
Location: Littlebridge, #12, Osho Street, Opebi-Oregun Link Road, Ikeja, Lagos
Nairobi
Kaboonta.com is Africa’s disruptive online marketplace that connects employers /project owners with a global pool of professional talent that is available for hire to perform specific tasks on a project to project basis.
The Kampus edition will be its first event to officially launch the product in addition to launching additional product features.
Date: 2 June, 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Location: Kenyatta University
The #SmartCityNairobi Challenge is brought to you by Twitter and the iHub. Participants were challenged to use the Twitter API to build solutions for smart cities.
On 3 June, the finalists will pitch and the winner, who will walk away with US$10 000, will be announced.
Date: 3 June, 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: iHub
