Supporting local tech entrepreneurs

White Wall Web is a proud sponsor of the 2^nd annual Net Prophet conference, which takes place on the 13^th of May, 2010 at the Old Mutual Campus Courtyard, West Campus, Mutual Park.

Net Prophet, a non-profit conference hosted by the RAMP Foundation, is all about inspiring, equipping and empowering entrepreneurs operating in the local technology space – something which is close to our heart (with our roots as a tech start-up) and forms a large part of CSI mandate.

Leveraging off the enormous success of last year’s event, which saw #NetProphet trending (in the twitter top 10 world trends) on twitter for 6 hours and an over-capacity turnout, Net Prophet 2010 is shaping out to be something truly spectacular. We’re particularly excited about the Net Prophet Super Panel on international trends and opportunities that local entrepreneurs can tap into. The panel features acclaimed Silicon Valley author and editor-at-large for www.techcrunch.com, Sarah Lacy, who is accompanied by Stephen Newton (head of Google SA) and Stephan Ekbergh (travelstart.com). To top it off, Richard Hardiman (Cape Town’s local Partyman) from KFM will play the role of host.

The speaker line-up features some of Africa’s tech hero’s and esteemed prophets, such as Erik Hersman (AfriGadget, Ushahdidi), Arthur Goldstuck (World Wide Worx), Vinny Lingham (yola), Adriaan Pienaar (Woo themes) to name a few. It seems that a strong thread for this years Net Prophet will be innovation and opportunities in Africa.

The event is not just for industry experts, but for anyone wanting to learn how they can make better business sense of the ever-changing web-technology landscape. We are told that there are still a few seats available for those who haven’t joined the party yet. You can register for the conference at www.netrophet.org.za.