Net Prophet 2010 registration open

The conference aims to examine how connected South Africa and Africa are and what is being done with these online capabilities. It will also look at what companies need to do to tap into these opportunities.

On the agenda

This year's "Prophets," speaking at the event, include Erik Hersman (Ushahidi, AfriGadget, TED Fellow - AKA ‘White African') talking about innovation and technology in Africa, Vinny Lingham (yola, Clicks2Customers) talking about building global technology start-ups, and Stuart Ntlathi from the Stuart Ntlathi Institute of Science and Technology explaining why it is so important to encourage previously disadvantaged South Africans to choose technology as a career path.

In addition, World Wide Worx's Arthur Goldstuck will be a returning "Prophet" and will share his latest online trends and stats with attendees. Goldstuck will be releasing World Wide Worx's latest connectivity statistics, with a close look at the mobile internet. He will also chat about strategies needed to succeed in the mobile internet space, and share some insight into how today's youth are acquiring digital skills.

Tapping into the power of the internet

Net Prophet 2010 is a one-day conference based on free, open source knowledge sharing where internet experts and successful entrepreneurs provide insights, data, sound business advice, and practical ways to turn knowledge into profits. One of last year's Prophets, Mike Stopforth from Cerebra, described the 2009 event as “how conferences in SA should be run.” The event is aimed at anyone wanting to tap into the power of the internet to grow their business.

“The opportunities that the internet provides in South Africa and Africa for businesses are simply too important to ignore,” said Tim Price, marketing manager for the RAMP Group. “This year's event is a celebration of digital success in Africa, and also intends to empower delegates with the knowledge to go and create new success stories, and become our future Net Prophets.”

This year the conference is supported by Old Mutual as platinum sponsor, and will take place in the Old Mutual Business School, in Pinelands, Cape Town on 13 May 2010. The conference is free, but attendees must register on www.netprophet.org.za from Wednesday, 17 March 2010.

“Free access to enabling knowledge is the true killer app. As platinum sponsor of Net Prophet 2010 we are proud to be associated with an event that makes it possible,” said Jack Kruger, head of digital at Old Mutual.