Tech4Africa Johannesburg 2015: Full Schedule

Tech4Africa is the largest tech innovation, startup and entrepreneur platform in Africa. 12 tracks, 4 event days including a Hackathon and a Startup Day, with over 55 excellent speakers and just 600 available seats.

10:40am SAST

Women in tech - all talk and no action?

One year on from the Women in Tech panel last year and a bunch of new initiatives have been launched. A whole lot of talking has been going on. And there's been a whole lot of negative press about the bully-boy culture in certain sectors of the tech space. So, are we getting anywhere? If not why not? And what do we need to do to bridge the gap? Join Samantha Perry, co-founder of WomeninTechZA, & 4 panelists (2 men, 2 women) as we dissect the state of the tech nation and what needs ot happen next.

Speakers

Samantha Perry

Human in charge, WomeninTechZA

Samantha Perry is the human behind WomeninTechZA (womenintech.co.za) - an initiative that aims to help address the gender gap in the ICT sector. Only 23% of tech jobs are held by women in South Africa – out of 236 000 ICT (tech) roles, women occupy 56 000 of them. As a sector... Read More →

Wednesday October 7, 2015 10:40am - 11:10am SAST
Keynotes/Social/Misc Track

Women in Tech, Community and Activism

Session Purpose Talk about success or failure in a positive way
Session Type Panel
Who should attend everyone
Session DNA Enabling
Tags #womenintech #diversity #oldboysclub #getthegirlgeeksinthere

Tech4Africa Johannesburg 2015

10:40am SAST

Samantha Perry

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