Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Listed below are some of the best websites from Africa and South Africa. Another good source of African IT news is ITWeb. My friend Thomas Otter writes some very insightful posts about technology in South Africa. Google recently expanded into Africa as well. Google has a specific site for South Africa.
Synthasite is a site where people […]
Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, HCM, South Africa, Technology
Martin Sacks and HumanConcepts just announced the release of OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint, further solidifying the company’s position as leading provider of workforce decision support software.
OrgPlus Enterprise Blueprint uses a Web 2.0 solution and allows executives and managers from across a company to collaborate on organizational changes and planning decisions.
Martin has been the CEO of HumanConcepts […]
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Seems like Pieter de Villiers is a good name for South African success stories. There’s the rugby player, the hurdler, the business consultant, and the IT whiz. De Villiers (the whiz) is the CEO of Clickatell, the first (and leading) global high-speed service provider of bulk SMS messages. Its 8,000 customers can connect in […]
Posted on March 30th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology, Venture Capital
Roelof Frederik Botha is a partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the most influential VC firms in the world. Sequoia has the highest rating on TheFunded website of 3.9. Here is his bio from the Sequoia website:
Roelof Botha is a venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital focusing on services and software investments. Prior to joining Sequoia […]
Posted on March 18th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Life, South Africa
Juluka is a monthly magazine published in the US and according to its editors: a magazine embracing South Africa and her people. Btw, Juluka is a Zulu word and it means, “sweat”. It is also the name of a well-known South African band led by Johnny Clegg.In the March 2008 on Juluka magazine is a list of interesting […]
Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, SAP, South Africa, Venture Capital
I’ve mentioned Hasso Plattner a number of times in my blog. He is the colorful co-founder and former CEO of SAP AG. He is also the father of SAP’s client-server 3-tiered product called R/3.
This week Hasso Plattner launch HP Ventures Africa (Hasso Plattner — not to be confused with Hewlett Packard) in Cape Town, South […]
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
In my previous post I documented South Africa’s Ease of doing business rating. The A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index (GSLI) compares 50 global offshore locations and it contains very interesting information about different offshore and nearshore locations. You can download the pdf here. Quoted from the A.T.Kearney website:
Findings in the 2007 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index […]
Posted on February 15th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Business, South Africa
The World Bank has very interesting indicators regarding doing business in different countries. Use this interactive Google Map to slice and dice indicators like Starting a Business, Taxes, Dealing with licenses and much more.
The top ten countries according to the World Bank regarding “Ease of Doing Business Rank” are:
Singapore
New Zealand
US
Hong Kong
Denmark
UK
Canada
Ireland
Australia
Iceland
…and South Africa is ranked […]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Carel
Filed under Entrepreneurship, South Africa
The Global South Africans (GSA) project recently launched their website. Quoted from the Welcome page:
GSA is a growing network of talented and successful South Africans who live abroad but still feel deeply attached to the country and want to contribute to the country’s growth and success.
The initiative is being spearheaded by the International Marketing Council […]
Posted on December 10th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, South Africa, Technology
Recently Vinny Lingham stepped down from his post as chief strategy officer of IncuBeta, the online marketing company he co-founded, to concentrate on the interests of his venture capital company, Lingham Capital and more specifically on Synthasite. Lingham, along with his wife, Charlene, and […]
