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.

2:00pm SAST

Idea, to Innovation, to Investment: challenges and insights for international, African growth

Born in a garage in Cape Town, WhereIsMyTransport has just completed a major move abroad and closed an international round of funding. CEO and Co-founder Devin de Vries shares some of the insights, challenges, and lessons learned from taking an honours project dream to an international reality, especially the additional considerations, advantages, and disadvantages faced by entrepreneurs based in Africa. Come learn how we are redefining public transport in Africa and abroad, and use our insights to take your own idea to the next level.

Speakers

Devin de Vries

Co-Founder, WhereIsMyTransport

WhereIsMyTransport builds integrated platform-based solutions to public transport systems in emerging cities. Talk to me about Smart Cities, Big Data, transport and infrastructure, technologies for extensible, sustainable urban development, and entrepreneurship and innovation.

Wednesday October 7, 2015 2:00pm - 2:30pm SAST
Startup Track

Startup, Entrepreneurialism and Business

Session Purpose Tell a story
Session Type Success story or case study
Who should attend entrepreneurs, founders, Investors
Session DNA Inspiring
Tags #publictransport, #smartcities, #whereismytransport

11:30am SAST

The 2015 Ventureburn Startup Survey: the true shape of SA's startup space revealed

The Ventureburn Startup Survey, in partnership with First National Bank (FNB), investment advisory firm Clifftop Colony and analytics company Qurio, polled just under 200 tech startups which with the aim of uncovering the â€œtrue picture of the South African startup landscapeâ€. Each of the startups were asked 38 questions that covered (among other things) funding, the profile of their founders, revenues and everyday challenges.

Speakers