What matters more than ICTs: As one of the members of the Presidential International Advisor Council on Information and Development, Esther Dyson took the lead in a Q&A session instead of giving a presentation. With Mark and the Deputy Minister, she spent the past weekend with President Thabo Mbeki. She highlighted some optimism from people…
Topic: Challenges and strategies in ICT regulation in Africa: Mark Shuttleworth made his first appearance at iWeek and provided delegates with the lessons from other emerging markets. If South Africa is to succeed in providing Internet access more affordably, we can learn a lot from South Korea. They have the world’s cheapest broadband access. Spain…
Opening Address: Mr Padayachie addressed the opening session of the iWeek 2006. Since the advent of the Internet in South Africa, the government and ISPs played a ‘hard to get’ sort of politics. His views represent a shift from old politics to an idealistic and consultative one. The Deputy Minister gave us some feedback on…
I accidentally found myself at the Beauty Africa exhibition today, briefly meeting with a client from Cape Town who was in Johannesburg attending this event at the Sandton Convention Centre. Well, head on over there to meet some gorgeous women and some really handsome men. As with these types of events and this industry,y I…
I walked into a pole dancing class with my associate Dr Elna McIntosh last Wednesday. I was pleasantly surprised. And thought I may upset the women. It turned out they were worried about whether I was embarrassed. I don’t get embarrassed easily any more 😉 Well, she teaches a women’s group for 6 weeks, and…