Hola! Be inspired. Make awesome. Meet new people. Learn new stuff. All in over 60 sessions in two days. Join us in just over a week at Tech4Africa 2013.

Tech4Africa is the premier mobile, web & emerging tech event in Africa.

October 9th & 10th 2013, Johannesburg

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2013 Schedule

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Johannesburg Hackathon

A 24hr Hackathon for developers, engineers, geeks, hackers & problem solvers. R35k total prize money on offer.

Includes snacks, drinks, pizza dinner, breakfast, lunch.
Features hacking space, case study room, demo room, wp room, chill zone & RaspBerry Pi’s.

Where: Deloitte Digital, Woodmead
When: May 24, 12:00 pm to May 25, 3:00 pm

Featuring:

Deloitte client to present technical challenge for hacking
IBM to present free tooling & resources for mobile platform dev
WordPress challenge
Startup Bootcamp
Teams formed to build MVP solution
Best team / solution wins prize

Bring your own laptop. Wifi provided

Cape Town Hackathon

A Hackathon for developers, engineers, geeks, hackers & problem solvers. R35k total prize money on offer.

Includes snacks, drinks, pizza dinner.
Features hacking space, case study room, demo room, wp room, chill zone & RaspBerry Pi’s.

Where: Bandwidth Barn
When: June 7, 8:00am to 8:00pm

Featuring:

Tech4Africa Nairobi

1-day event, with morning and afternoon sessions, and networking drinks afterwards.

Where: iHub
When: July 3, 8:00am to 10:00pm

Featuring:

Speaker sessions
Workshops
Mentoring Bring your own laptop. Wifi provided

Tech4Africa

The premier African technology event for everyone interested in technology in Africa.

The first day is for deep dive technical sessions, hands-on workshops and subject matter sessions, and the second day is for higher level talks, demo’s and inspiration, followed by post-event party & drinks.
Includes coffee / tea, lunch.

Where: Focus Rooms, Johannesburg
When: October 9th & 10th 2013

Featuring:

First day:
- wp room
- Agile room
- Workshops room
- Panel & solo Sessions room
- Students hack room
- Women in Tech room
- Masterclasses
- Ignite preparation & finalists selection
- IBM GEP preparation & finalists selection
- Exhibitors
- Product demos

Second day:
- International & African speakers & keynotes
- Pan-African hangout
- IBM GEP pitches
- Ignite pitches
- Exhibitors
- Product demos
- Bits & Bytes networking session
- Afterparty

Bring your own laptop. Wifi provided.

Grab your tickets:

Tickets for 2013 are selling fast, so don't miss out!

Don't miss out on the coolest tech event of the year, for the price of two rounds of golf, or a hairdo and pair of shoes! Grab your tickets now!

View the schedule

We're busy finalising the schedule and speakers, so you can see it evolving live.

As always, we're committed to the best, freshest, most interesting, inspiring, challenging and relevant content we can find, mixed with the best networking opportunities.

This year, we're curating 5 rooms, and we're anticipating over 60 sessions during the full two days. Awesome!

Bonus extras

Get FREE $200 Cloud vouchers from the DiData Cloud stand. Get your dev or staging environment setup in the Cloud with free consulting.

Hack and learn from peers at the @Jozihub Hackathon table.

Watch and learn how 3D printing works.

Watch arduino and robotics demonstrations.

Exhibitors will be exhibiting their companies, doing product demonstrations, giving away vouchers and offering help to delegates.

Developers from the #Jozi & #Cpt #Hackathons will demo their work.

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Planning travel / Pitch @ Ignite / Have your say


Flying to Johannesburg? We've created an accomodation guide, including details on rooms available.	Startups from around Africa can register for startup pitching competition. All details are on our Ignite page.	For the first time you can have your say for Tech4Africa using our feedback platform. To find out more, visit our voting page.

Quotes from previous attendees:

@rudshep: Really an awesome day at Tech4Africa conference. This level of energy and optimism I have not seen anywhere else. SA Tech Rocks!

@ShawnGraaff: @Tech4Africa has reached out to over 150 cities, mostly main cities in Africa, this is how you empower and innovate a continent #T4A

@liambeeton: We have come to the end of @Tech4Africa #T4A. I really enjoyed myself, met some great people and am taking so much info away.

@imel: @Tech4Africa great being here, fantastic optimism in the air #t4a

@glenbvuma: Made the right choice by attending @Tech4Africa instead of marching with Malema. Really learning a lot from the guys. #T4A

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Partner opportunities: We've worked with incredible companies in previous years. Will you join us this year? Find out more, or download the prospectus.

History of Tech4Africa: Did you know that Tech4Africa was first conceived in 2006, launched in 2010 and is now in it's 4th year? Read more about our history.

Who goes to Tech4Africa?

Account Manager, Africa correspondent, BDFM Online Editor, Blogger, Campaign Manager, CEO, Chairman, Chief Sales and Marketing Office, Co-founder, Communications Officer, COO, CTO, Corporate Communication Specialist, Customer Experience Lead, Developer, Digital Brand Manager, Digital Platforms Manager, Editor-in-chief, Enterprise Architect, Executive Editor, Founder, Group CEO, Group Communications Manager, Hacker, Head of Analytics, Optimisation and Usability, Head of Digital Communications, Head of Digital Media and Marketing, Head of Engage, Head of Optimise, Head of PR and Communications, Head of Social Media, Head of Technical Operations, Head of Technology, Head: Digital Marketing Campaigns, Head: Digital Presence, Head: Product Development & Portals, Managing Director, Managing Editor, Managing Partner, Marketing & Commercial Manager, Marketing & Sales Manager, Marketing Director, Marketing Manager, MD, Online Manager, Operations Manager, Owner, Partner, Product Development Manager, Product Manager, Project Manager, Researcher, Sales Director, Senior Business Analyst, Senior Manager: Strategic Contract R&D, Social media evangelist, Software Engineer, Technology Solutions Manager, Surveys Editor, Systems & Devices Manager, Talent Development, Technical Director, Technical Evangelist, Technology Editor, Technology Strategy, Usability expert, User Interface developer, Writer

Find out more about Tech4Africa.

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