Africa is experiencing growth on all fronts and not left out are the burgeoning opportunities of investment that are realized through events and conferences. Here’s a schedule of upcoming events in Kenya, South Africa and Ghana in the next week.
- Kenya
The Exclusive Launch of The GrowthHub
When: Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where: The GrowthHub, Cape Office Park, Ring Road Kilimani, Nairobi, Kenya
The GrowthHub is East Africa’s newest entrepreneurship space – a place for the ambitious and committed entrepreneur, where she/he can connect with like minded entrepreneurs, potential partners, investors, mentors and start-up advisors.
Charges: Invite-Only
Registration ends: 24.05.2012
Twitter Community Developer Teatime – Nairobi
When: 29 May
Where: iHub Office Space, 4th floor of the Bishop Magua Centre on Ngong Rd.
The Twitter Community Developer Teatime Twitter is community-organized Developer meetup around the globe, allowing them to meet many developers building great applications on the Twitter platform. This is an event that will see Twitter platform team members participate remotely during the Q&A session. This months event head to Nairobi, Kenya hosted by iHUb.
Charges: Free
Registration ends: 29.05.2012
Sponsors: iHub, Erik Hersman and Tosh
Open Innovation Africa Summit “pre-brainstorming” session
When: 29-30 May
Where: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi
The Open Innovation Africa Summit (OIAS) “pre-brainstorming” session is a pre event by IdeasProject for the Open Innovation Africa Summit where entrepreneur ideas are heard by OIAS 2012 participants in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 28-30, 2012. Ideators behind the top three ideas will be sponsored to participate in OIAS! IdeasProject is an online community for everybody from all around the world to brainstorm. It enables the two-way exchange of ideas between users and developers around innovation powered by Nokia.
Charges: Free
Registration ends: 29.05.2012
CIO Quarterly Executive Breakfast
When: 29 May
Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
CIO Quarterly Executive Breakfast is a part of the CIO Executive Breakfast Series which are a platform where sector leaders from both the supply and demand side meet and interact. This month’s executive breakfast features a theme about Live Cloud & Storage in the Cloud.Software is out of date as business applications move to the Internet with the promise of more affordability, more security, more features and more accessibility in a sea of devices.
Charges: Free
Registration ends: 29.05.2012
- South Africa
Submarine Networks World Africa 2012
When: 21-24 May
Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
Submarine Networks World Africa is about the opportunities that the outlay in fibre projects has presented to the African continent. Focused on decision makers from the telecom sector, this event brings together the entire submarine supply chain – from the fibre owners and operators, telecom operators, carriers, suppliers, investors, and regulators!
Charges: Premium Delegate Charges
Registration ends: 21.05.2012
The TV Show Africa
When: 21-24 May
Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
The TV Show Africa is the largest multi platform TV exhibition focusing specifically on the needs of the African continent. It brings together end-users and suppliers of this innovative technology to find cost effective and reliable solutions to broadcasting TV here, there and everywhere!
Charges: Premium Delegate Charges
Registration ends: 21.05.2012
Telecoms World Africa 2012
When: 21-24 May
Where: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
Telecoms World Africa 2012 is the event for telecom operators, ISP’s and vendors focused on investment into infrastructure; technology and capacity. This conference and exhibition enables you do business more effectively with Africa’s leading telcos and ISP’s in a dedicated and focused arena.
Charges: Premium Delegate Charges
Registration ends: 21.05.2012
Girl Geek Dinner, Cape Town
When: 31 May
Where: The Wild Fig, Liesbeek Avenue, Valkenberg Estate, Mowbray
The Girl Geek Dinner event is a series of tech events that are organized by ‘Geeky Ladies’ around cities of the world. The Cape Town chapter of Girl Geek Dinner launched in January 2011 to bring together the fabulous Geeky ladies of Cape Town, and their male counterparts.
Charges: Free
Registration ends: 31.05.2012
- Ghana
AITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa 2012
When: 28-29 May
Where: Accra International Conference Centre Accra, Ghana
Now entering its fifth year as the region’s leading banking forum, AITEC Banking & Mobile Banking West Africa 2012 is an event that addresses the key issues faced by the region’s increasingly dynamic financial services sector. Now that the mobile operators are setting the pace in terms of providing low-cost banking services, banks are scrambling to catch up. This they can do not only through technological innovation, but also through a customer-oriented corporate culture and service innovation.
Charges: Premium Delegate Charges
Registration ends: 28.05.2012
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