Net Prophet... in the lands

Most excited about Net Prophet on Thursday 13 May which I will be attending, along with my boss @mixbine at Mutual Park, in Pinelands (the lands), Cape Town. It's my first time going to this event and it has some fantastic speakers lined up with the likes of Vinny Lingham founder of Yola to Adriaan Pienaar who is the co-founder of WooThemes and many more

The vision of Net Prophet is to "take the most innovative/successful/creative/ambitious thinkers and entrepreneurs in the Internet space, and ask them to share their stories, ideas and predictions for the future in a format that is fresh, relevant and engaging. The result: Net Prophet."

It's sponsored by Old Mutual, Yola, White Wall Web, RSAWEB and Twokats Communication for their PR which means this AMA-zing event is gratis, free, no-money-no-no. 


My old work colleague from 24.com skyped me with a pretty bummed message: her colleague was supposed to register her for the event but forgot to and only found out now. Unfortunately, you're going to miss this agenda - which is a copy from Net Prophet's website:



07:00 – 09:00 Arrival, Registration, Tea and Coffee
09:10 – 09:40 A Rising Tide: Tech Entrepreneurs in Africa
Erik Hersman
09:50 – 10:20 Building a global business – lessons learnt
Vinny Lingham
10:25 – 10:50 Tea break
10:55 – 11:25 The Woo Themes story
Adriaan Pienaar
11:30 – 12:00 Top of the BOPs: Observations from building online business in Africa
Stefan Magdalinski
12:10 – 12:40 Social Media: The side effects
Richard Mulholland
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:50 – 14:20 Giving up Gutenberg: Shaping the future of Internet publishing by shrugging off the past
Patrick Kayton

14:30 – 15:10 Panel Discussion: International trends and opportunities that local entrepreneurs can tap into
Sarah Lacy, Stephen Newton & Stephan Ekbergh.
Hosted by Richard Hardiman.
15:20 – 15:50 The next generation
Stuart Ntlathi
15:55 – 16:15 Tea break

16:15 – 16:45 The Sophisticat, the Elephant, and the Secret of the Digital Native
Arthur Goldstuck

16:50   End
19:00   Afterparty @ La Med - reminds me of my childhood

They also, so neatly sent out a list of the attendees, which really helps when going to big events like these and thankfully recognising people on the list. *wipes forehead*

I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to some enjoyable brain food.