The Silicon Cape Initiative

Introductions

Hi, I thought it would be nice to create a thread for people to introduce themselves and give others a reason to add them to their friends.

Me personally, I'm a web consultant and I spend most of my time helping my clients make the most of the internet by ethically and effectively leveraging the medium to either spread the word or sell their product/service.

You're welcome to check out my website, follow me on Twitter or network with me on LinkedIn.

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Permalink Reply by Maryke on January 20, 2010 at 12:27
hi
i've recently returned to the mother city and am absolutely delighted by what has been happening in the community while i was absent. i am a consultant specializing in learning and performance. my reason for joining the community is to learn as much as possible about the new and emerging social media and technology and to find a way to utilize these tools in solutions offered to clients. feel free to add me as a friend or contact here, linkedin or twitter.
Permalink Reply by William Kleynhans on January 20, 2010 at 15:47
Hi all

I am a clinical researcher and a medical doctor, slaving away to get my startup of the ground. My interest is mostly in Healthcare/Pharma. This inniative is really the best thing to have happend to CT as it has already helped me a lot.

ps: I offer free medical advice to all silicon cape members , but no Viagra prescriptions

My Blog
Permalink Reply by Nicholas Stroebel on January 20, 2010 at 17:21
Hi, I've just completed a diploma in IT networking in 2009 and seeking work, prefer to work in Port Elizabeth, Cape Town would be my second choice. I'm excited for this whole silicon cape story, it's about time!
Permalink Reply by Jennifer Steenkamp on January 21, 2010 at 12:23
Hi All!

My name is Jennifer and we build Brands.
We offer a combination of specialized services to cater for your every Multimedia and Marketing need. So whether you're looking to create a new Brand or improve on an existing one - contact us today! www.mediasuite.co.za
Permalink Reply by Francis Omokhape oghuma on March 3, 2010 at 5:21
I am francis co-founder of sys africa an emerging ict company
naijaborn.com is our first product
lets stay intouch
Permalink Reply by George Gombay on June 24, 2011 at 15:17

Hello All,

I am impressed as well as pleasantly surprised by the extent and quality of the responses here. It seems to me that these would be a valuable addition to the profiles on your home pages here, and if you have not done so already it is perhaps something you could do so that these can be shared with anyone who should visit your pages?

Best Regards,

Your Web Site Curator

Permalink Reply by Shaun Lindbergh on June 24, 2011 at 16:49

Thanks Ross ... new life to quite an old thread. I am Shaun Lindbergh, a serial entrepreneur with a social agenda ... a mind for profit and a heart for community (not to be confused with social enterprise that is normally an excuse for a second rate business). My business is Inspired Business Ideas and for the past couple of years I have been developing Ed-Ops, online education linked directly to permission-free business opportunities. What good is an education when you can't use it? There are millions of well-educated people who can't find jobs and yet they are surrounded by an abundance of opportunity that they don't have the vision to see. My goal is to open their eyes and offer them a first step out of their hole.

I am now actively looking to JV with champions of the online environment. Very simple stuff but empowering.

Permalink Reply by Herman Taljaard on June 27, 2011 at 13:03
Great thread!  I recently moved to Cape Town after spending most of the previous decade living in the USA and Australia.  I started a business - Karora Management - to assist start-ups and other businesses with their product management, product marketing and commercialisation activities.  Visit www.karora.co.za for more information, follow me on Twitter on @hermantaljaard or read my blog at http://hermantaljaard.com
Permalink Reply by Jennifer Kling on June 28, 2011 at 6:27

Hi all,

 

Ross great idea. I've already looked up a few of the websites listed below.

 

I'm Jennifer Kling, myself and Keri Tomblin co own Chilli Marketing, a boutique Social Media Agency in Cape Town. We're 2 years old and pretty much the secret behind some large businesses' Facebook and Twitter activity in South Africa. Essentially we're ghost-writers, which makes it pretty hard to market ourselves as we often have to protect our clients online authenticity.

 

We're currently managing 6 clients' social Media accounts daily and about to enquire our first employee, so we need to promote ourselves even more and grow this Chilli plant. If anyone has any recommendations on the best way to create B2B business relationships we'd love to hear your thoughts...I'm thinking this is one of them :-) 

 

You can contact myself or Keri online at ChilliMarketing.co.za . ChilliMktg on Twitter . Jennifer Kling on LinkedIn and

Chilli Marketing on Facebook or call me on + 072 134 0293

 

Great to meet you all...virtually! 

Have a lovely Tuesday.

Permalink Reply by jonathancrossland on July 1, 2011 at 17:07

 

Hi All

 

I'm an author and software guy with 16 years programming in various programming languages and platforms.

Microsoft Certified Professional, with lots of enterprise level web and desktop application building experience.

example: I built the 3rd SCORM based Course player in the world (behind IBM and MS), and I currently run Lucid Ocean (as a freelancer).

 

I am currently promoting and "in process of founding" a new web based startup.

Looking to meet different people with skills from developers to investors.

 

J

Permalink Reply by Chris Venter on July 3, 2011 at 20:22

Hi,

I'm Chris Venter and are currently employed as Operations Manager at a Manufacturing Company.

 

The past year and a half I've been developing a Lotto Results webpage with the help of one of South Africas leading aggregation companies. The service is now up and running on USSD, Premium Rated SMS and Website.

 

I've been doing this part time and from my own available funds and have 1 Investor with a 10% share. Now that everything is up and running I need funds for marketing and developing the Website for International Lotteries.

 

Anyone interested or might know of anyone that might be interested in Investing can contact me at chris@zuza.za.org

 

This is not one of those sites that only gives you the winning numbers, you can actually enter your own numbers that you played and we will send you a SMS stating what amount you have won with the played numbers. Then you know if you need to make the effort of taking your ticket to a Lotto terminal to collect your winnings. Also it's not a subscription service.

 

The site is www.zuzaonline.com

 

Thanks

Permalink Reply by Johan Steyn on July 5, 2011 at 8:54

Hi Everyone :)

 

I am CTO of Graydot, specailising in the real estate industry. Love technology... and long walks on the beach ;) Passionate about web and mobile development, open source and social.

 

You can follow me on twitter or network with me on LinkedIn

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