5 More African Conferences/Events
A few more conferences to add to my earlier list of events going on around the continent, though one is in the US and another is in Europe, and are about Africa.
In Africa
Tech4Africa - The Technology for Africa conference has a group of really interestin speakers from around the web, mobile and ISP space in Africa. A lot of grassroots guys who are actually doing things, intermixed with some international, and well-known, speakers.
Dates: October 3-4, 2008
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Int’l Bloggers Roadshow - Still being put together, it sounds like an interesting group of US-based big name bloggers will be heading to South Africa. More by Matthew Buckland.
Dates: Unannounced
Locations: Unannounced
FOSS4G (Free and Open-Source Software for Geospatial) - A meeting of international mapping gurus. Hopefully we can get some major African mapping work started here.
Dates: September 29 - October 3, 2008
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
In the United States
BarCamp Africa - Organized in California as a way to bring people interested in Africa, on a variety of levels and topics, together in one place for a day of exploration, connection and enjoyment. Some big Silicon Valley names are getting behind this. (more on Twitter, Facebook and the wiki). Note: not the real logo above, I made that up…
Dates: October 11, 2008
Location: Pending
In Europe
Surprising Africa @ Picnic’08 - A one-day program designed to inspire and update the Picnic public - creatives, innovators, trendsetters and technologists - with a range of cross media and culture happenings from various Africa countries. From South African urban identity photography to Ethiopian architecture, to mobile banking to Kenya (online) critical writing, amongst others.
Dates: September 26, 2008
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
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I really don’t get the part about BarCampAfrica being organized in SF ???
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@Heri - It’s a subject-driven barcamp, not a region-driven one. There seems to be a lot of interest by Africans in the San Francisco area, and by non-Africans wanting to talk/learn about African stuff. Should be good.
kindly provide more info about barcamp africa … thanks
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Keep us posted on the S/f ca event, That should be cool..
Bar Camp Africa seems to be on point. It might be a great one to be at. I am assuming you will be there Hash.
For what it’s worth I’ll be speaking at DefragCon in Denver, Co, USA on November 3-4 about ICT in African markets, technology in emerging economies and various projects I’m involved that utilize web and mobile technologies in developing countries. You can find out more at http://appfrica.org
Thanks for the update, Erik!
Damn, how I would looove to make it to BarCamp Africa!
Any non techie events for folks interested in development on the continent?
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