Partners

FNB Commercial is a proud foundation partner of the Tech4Africa 2010 Conference. As a company with entrepreneurial spirit at its heart, FNB Commercial is committed to supporting South African entrepreneurs to take advantage of the business opportunities present in our country by offering innovative business banking solutions. This commitment is reflected in our vision to enable, grow and accelerate entrepreneurship in South Africa. With this over-arching focus on entrepreneurship, FNB Commercial has a suite of ground-breaking business banking products aimed at assisting small business owners with running their businesses more efficiently. To ensure that our clients receive the support they need, we have invested in several innovative platforms that offer convenience, accessibility, cost effectiveness and security.

Internet Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dimension Data.  The company is Southern Africa’s most established and experienced Internet Service Provider. Since 1993 Internet Solutions has been providing end-to-end connectivity solutions and related services across the African continent. Today IS is a provider of Internet Protocol-based Connectivity, Communications, Cloud and Carrier services in the African market and for African clients into the global market. IS provides services to large public and private sector organisations, medium sized organisations, and through its value channel program to smaller organisations and consumers.

Financial services group, Old Mutual, has sponsored 17 complimentary scholarship tickets to the Tech4Africa Conference 2010 to students studying in the information technology, Web, technology or digital fields. Through their support, Old Mutual have provided a rare opportunity for students to learn first-hand from world-class business and technology thinkers from across the globe, and gain insight into how ideas can be turned into realities and how start-ups can be built to compete on the global stage.

Official Media Partner
Based in London, Balancing Act combines online publishing with consultancy work. With 10,000 readers across the continent and outside, the English and French speaking newsletters have already become a “must read” among decision-makers in the fast growing telecommunications and ICT sectors. Through its pay-for reports, Balancing Act has built a catalogue of publications that provides in-depth knowledge on the state of the telecommunications and Internet markets, both sectorally and on a country-by-country basis in Africa. Balancing Act also offers industry-focused consultancy services for public and private sector clients.

Official Marketing Media Partner
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa’s leading B2B website, focuses on the South Africa’s advertising, marketing, media, retail and associated sectors. We also cover the same sectors in Africa. Categories within each portal ensure we cover advertising, branding, design, marketing, and much, much more. Hence, we provide a tightly targeted range of categories and that means our clients’ advertisements, news, Press Offices (akin to mini websites), reach exactly the audience they want to reach.

Official Media Partner
Homecoming Revolution, is a non-profit organisation, sponsored by FNB, which aims to encourage and assist South Africans living abroad to return home. The organisation provides South African employers with a unique platform to attract and recruit skills back to South Africa and to showcase their organisation to the international market. The ICT industry is one of the key sectors in South Africa where there is a shortage of skills and The Homecoming Revolution aims to work with IT companies to repatriate candidates with specialist skills.

Official Media Partner
Memeburn (pronounced “meem”) is a technology site tracking innovation, social media, culture and business. It plays particular attention to the web, mobile, social media, online media and social networking fields. Key opinion leaders contribute to Memeburn, providing their insights on the online industry.

Official Media Partner
News24 is South Africa's leading digital news brand reaching more than 2 million South Africans monthly across multiple devices. From the web, to WAP sites and mobile applications, to interactive TV, South Africans go to News24 to stay up to date on what is happening globally as well as locally. Consistent growth in coverage of general news, business, sport and other major interest areas over the past year has positioned News24 as the destination of choice for the majority of online South Africans. Throughout the day, those who want up-to-the minute information access the News24 community - the largest digital news community in South Africa - to read news, as well as interact with other readers, submitting images, articles and opinions on the latest headlines and issues affecting South Africa and the world.

Official Media Partner
TechCentral is the leading quality news and information resource for people involved in South Africa’s fast-growing information and communications technology industry and those interested in the fast-changing world of information technology. We provide quality news, reviews and comment relevant to our quickly expanding audience. TechCentral is edited by award-winning technology journalist Duncan McLeod, who started the website in 2009 after 12 years writing for a leading weekly business and current affairs magazine. In TechCentral, McLeod and deputy editor Candice Jones, who recently joined the editorial team, are building the go-to website for South African business technology news.

Official Podcast Partner
Digital Marketing is the fastest growing form of marketing. It is rapidly surpassing any other means of reaching customers -- even in South Africa. The Digital Edge is a new weekly podcast brought to you by Cambrient which will expose you to the inner workings of digital marketing, and profile some of the biggest stories in the business

Official Social Media Partnerr
Zoopy is a social media community where users upload, discover and share videos, photos and audio, all in one place. It's also home to Zoopy TV, with video shows made especially for the web and mobile that cover a range of interests including fashion, movie reviews, news, games and public opinion.

Official Wi-Fi HotSpot Partner
AlwaysOn is South Africa’s largest Wi-Fi HotSpot provider, with in excess of 800 hotspots countrywide including exclusive access to all airports and most hotels. The access is on average twice the speed of 3G and half the price. Access is essential for any business traveller.
Disclosure: AlwaysOn is a subsidiary of Internet Solutions.

Official World Cup Partner
Smarkets is a social betting website that makes having a flutter on your favourite events simple. Instead of betting against a bookie, with Smarkets you bet against other members.

African Travel Partner
African Avenue tailor-makes journeys throughout Southern and Eastern Africa, and have arranged all international speaker hospitality trips around Tech4Africa. African Avenue is owned and run by Susie and Richard Prangley. Situated in White River, South Africa, they are ideally placed on the edge of the world-renowned Kruger National Park. Although having grown up in South Africa, Susie and Richard have travelled extensively and are both passionate about the people and wildlife of this amazing continent. Simply put, they strive to provide their guests with unforgettable experiences in destinations that both suit and inspire the individual traveller. African Avenue would be happy to personalize a trip for you, please contact rich@africanavenue.co.za or susie@africanavenue.co.za