I’m the first to admit that I’ve had my head in the sand the last few months, and have received many emails asking what’s happening with Tech for Africa… So I thought that posting something public would be the best way to communicate what’s happening for everyone to see
Must say that the last […]
Dates that are in discussion at the moment are 24th to 26th October in JHB…
Anyone got any serious problems / reservations / issues / red flags with those dates?
This has been an interesting week regards getting keynote speakers for the conference.
I’ve had one well known person, with a massive following, come back to me and say that he’d love to speak at the conference; another individual is going to be too expensive (I mean really, really too expensive - we’re not […]
Just had some good news regards a speaker for the Technology for Africa conference we’re planning for later this year. Stay tuned for more info soon…
When I first started doing research on the web to get contact details for Southern African businesses & individuals involved with the web and information technology, I wasn’t convinced that there would be massive interest in another technology conference in South Africa.
However, with responses from over 150 people I am pleased to say that […]
The last week or so has seen us sit with bated breath, waiting to see the reaction to the web and emerging technology conference we’re going to put together for Africans (with an African context of course). Well, we’re happy to say that the credit card test has passed, and the response has been […]
And so it begins….
Almost surprisingly, the feedback has been along the lines we were expecting:
people would be willing to go to JHB,
wanna know about stuff around web2.0 primarily,
want to hear international speakers, and
think the conference would benefit the African web community.
On top of that, we’re getting some good coverage on the blogosphere so far:
Update as […]
We have finally got the site up and running and are getting some really positive feedback from the web commuunity. Not just in South Africa, but in other parts of the world as well.
The guys at cowboysengines wrote a pretty cool article about the conference idea and they are giving us some solid support!
Please visit […]
With the onset of an extremely cold snap of weather on the 1st November, I am longing to go back home to soak up some rays from the hot African sun during Christmas time.
Instead we will be hard at work in a cold and gloomy London, which is really not as bad as it seems. […]
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