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Global Forum on Innovation & Technology Entrepreneurship

May 28 - 30, 2013 in East London, South Africa

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infoDev, a global innovation partnership within the World Bank, and South Africa’s Department of Science and Technology cordially invite you to the Global Forum on Innovation & Technology Entrepreneurship on May 28-30, 2013, in East London, South Africa. The Forum will take you on a journey into the world of learning, business matchmaking, strategy, and knowledge sharing, with a special focus on the needs of African innovators.

For more information about the Global Forum, key program highlights, registration, and logistics, please visit: www.globalforum2013.co.za

Highlights

In the Spotlight: GoMetro, Improving public transportation in South Africa

Founder shares his journey from mind to market at the Global Forum

29 March 2013 | In 2012, GoMetro launched South Africa’s first real-time public transport information system. We spoke with founder Justin Coetzee about the challenges the business has faced while scaling to more than 300,000 users, the supporting role infoDev and its partners have played, and his future plans for the company. More

infoDev launches competition for Caribbean women entrepreneurs

25 March 2013 | As part of its Women Innovators Network in the Caribbean (WINC), infoDev's Entrepreneurship Program in the Caribbean (EPIC) launched the Innovative Women Entrepreneurs Competition, financed by the Government of Canada. The two winners will be invited to participate in infoDev's 5th Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship in East London, South Africa on May 28-30, 2013. More

Interactive math learning tool wins PitchIT Caribbean grand prize

18 March 2013 | Trinidad and Tobago’s Rick Cooper claimed the PitchIT Caribbean grand prize today with Interact XL, an online math tutoring platform. The infoDev-run pitching contest sought to make the region’s mobile and web startups more attractive to investors through hands-on pitch coaching. More