Made in Africa - Programming and how it's pushing Africa forward

Inspiration for students starting programming in Africa. Was presented at a local college to the new applicants and hopeful's in Cape Town.

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2. Johann du Toit Founder, Hacker & Team Lead
3. NodeJS Cape Town meetup.com/nodecpt
4. Google Developer Group - Cape Town meetup.com/Google-Developer-Group-Cape-Town-Meetup
5. ¨An engineer is the closest thing to a magician, that exists in the real world¨ Elon Musk
6. ‘If you build it they will come’
9. Digital has no borders
10. Why digital has no borders ? 1. Tech as a skill applies globally 2. Apps from Africa compete on equal foot in the international market
15. The next billion
16. ‘African solutions to African problems ‘
19. As programmers we have a amazing ability
20. to scratch an itch we have, and build something that we want and others probably want to
21. Real impact ? let’s have a look !
30. 100’s of CV’s daily
31. 15,421 generated since I started counting ...
32. 100’s of success stories using those cv’s
33. AfricaConnected.com
41. 150-200 new microchips per day
42. ~100 000 registered microchips
43. Working with Local Government and organizations such as: KUSA & CASA
44. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a TON of hard work
45. But if you’ve got passion you’ll change a few lives
47. ‘If you build it they will come’
49. So join the revolution
51. Thanks for listening Pull me aside for a chat if you have questions and to see if I have more swag ...