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GeekMeat Chow – 10 November 2009 So at the last barcamp jozi, we conceptualized a regular geek get together for all things geeky, the first Geek Meat (Gerrit?) will be held on the 10 November. Come have a bite and listen to some interesting talks. We are planning 3 talks for the evening. ...

On Thursday i arranged a bunch of private meeting, Some of the companies were: http://www.prewise.com http://www.greyarealabs.com/ https://www.scred.com/ On Friday morning we all headed to the Helsinki Living Lab which also has the Arabia factory...

Yesterday on our knowledge exchange visit, we visited a small little company that was founded here in Finland called Nokia, the company was founded in 1865 as Finnish rubber works, and they have done many different things from forestry to mining boots...

The last few days on this trip have been really hectic, with events and meetings the entire day with little time left over to blog. On Tuesday we visited Tekes a public funding organization for research, development and innovation...

Today we interview Mike Kroger yet again. SA Internet Entrepreneur based in Pretoria South Africa. We featured his Plak Startup earlier this year. Now he is in property listing… Why GeoProp Mike? ...

Yesterday, was our first official day of the SAFIPA Knowledge Exchange visit to Finland. We had a busy day of meetings and many interesting discussions. The first thing you notice about Finland is the broadband, fast and available most places. Apparently, broadband is now a Legal right as well...

I previously wrote about the SAFIPA, Knowledge exchange visit to Finland and i was fortunate enough to be selected as one of the entrepreneurs who will be visiting Finland. We will be leaving on the 24th, and arriving in Finland on the 25th of October...

Two 19 Year-olds today announced the launch of ViaLynx.com, their innovative business and social networking website which rivals the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn but with a twist because users have a benefit of a Social Profile and Career Profile in one website...

Doleres labs, one of the blogs i follow recently posted about their new iPhone app they have launched called Give Work. The app was launched together with Sama Source, an organisation that routes ‘micro-work’ via computers and mobiles to the poverty striken refugees and people in Africa. Mi...

Bush Streaming - Barcamp 2008 It’s another year, and time for another Barcamp Jozi, last year we had a total blast and learnt a ton and this year should be the same. So if you are in Jozi, pop in. ...

Blue Label Telecoms, a local South African company has launched a subsidiary and service called Mibli which is powered by Microsoft’s OneApp. The launch seems to be a partnership between Microsoft & Mibli. ...

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