Founder of World of Avatar and CEO of MXit, Alan Knott Craig will be guest speaker at the next Media Lab Monday.

Some background information about Alan: Between 2003 and 2006 he co-founded five companies in the mobile telecoms sector and in 2006 he was appointed managing director of iBurst, the third largest wireless broadband network in South Africa. In April 2008 he published Don’t Panic, persuading South Africans to come home and in June 2008 founded The Trust, an NGO focused on assisting charities access skills and capital. In 2009 he was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

The event will be informal followed by a Q&A session.

When: 28 November 2011 4:30pm – 5:30pm

Where: Room E203, Electrical and Electronic Building, Engineering Faculty, University of Stellenbosch.

Tickets: Free entry

For more information email: mariskaza@ml.sun.ac.za

Last night, the winners of the 2011 Bookmarks Awards, run by the Digital Media and Marketing Association,  were announced in Cape Town where the campaigns and players in the digital and online marketing industry were honoured for their respective products and achievements.

“The success of this evening’s event and the calibre of the 2011 entries and winners is a clear indication that the digital industry is growing from strength to strength,” said Nikki Cockcroft, Chairperson of the DMMA and Bookmarks Chair, last night.

Bandwidthblog is proud to have walked away with a Silver award in the Best Specialist Publisher category.

Congratulations to all the winners!

View the full list of winners after the jump.

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Join Daniel Guasco from Groupon and Eric Edelstein from Evly for a debate on the topic of whether the tech entrepreneurial community in Cape Town is alive and kicking.

Daniel will present the argument for and Eric will present the argument against, with Neal Gandhi, co-founder of the iPlex chairing.

In addition, Wayne Gosling from Groupon, Emilian Popa from Rocket Internet and Eran Eyal from Springleap will also be there to contribute to the evening. Those wanting to attend  can submit questions or tweet before or during the event (tweet them to @iPlexCapeTown).

When: 21 November from 4:30pm – 6pm

Where: Building G, Podium Floor, The Boulevard, The iPlex, Searle Street, Cape Town

Tickets: FREE

Book your place for this event here

The SA blog awards is a showcase of the very best of South African blogs. They endeavour to bring South African bloggers to the forefront of people’s attention, both locally and internationally, increasing exposure for South Africa’s great bloggers.

Please vote for BandwidthBlog for the Groupon Best Science and Technology blog award. Voting closes on the 9th November 2011.

To vote, click on the SA Blog Awards box on the right.

We really appreciate your support!

After a week of deliberation the judges of the Bookmarks Awards 2011 have announced the finalists, and BandwidthBlog is proud to have made the cut in the specialist publisher category along with Visi, Big Brother Amplified and Taste Magazine. Once again Naspers dominates the publisher mass appeal category with 24.com’s multiple sites and DStv.com taking five out of the seven nominees.

Final judging will take place on the 5th and 6th November with the workshops beginning in Cape Town and Johannesburg this week.

For a full list of all the finalists click here.

Disclaimer: BandwidthBlog is a media partner of the Bookmarks Awards

Following the huge success and record breaking attendance at the re-launch event, Mobile Monday Cape Town has returned in conjunction with Google!

Mobile Monday Cape Town is fast becoming the premier networking event for anyone and everyone in Mobile in Cape Town.

Google will be launching the latest Smartphone ZA Consumer research, along with a brilliant tool to enable easy access to the stats, followed by some fun demos and great handsets being shown off by the Android Handset Manufacturers, Huawei, Samsung, MiFone and Sony Ericsson.

To take part in this interesting and informative event see the details below:

Date: Monday 7th November 2011

Time: 17:30 for 18:00

Venue: The One & Only, Dock Road, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Bookings: To book your place at the event click here.

For more information about the event go to MoMoct.com

Grove and Google’s first ever SME targeted forum will focus on exploring the opportunity cloud computing presents small and medium sized businesses in South Africa. The agenda will focus on reduced costs and enhanced operational efficiency, using Google Enterprise solutions to deliver common business communication, and some of the competitive advantages offered through cloud services for SMEs. The event is also free to attend.

According to Harold Johnson, business development manager for SMEs in SA at Grove Group, ”The market and interest in the Google/Grove offering is exploding in South Africa. This event promises to transform your understanding of cloud computing and the way businesses can benefit from going Google”.

Who should go:

The forum is aimed at MD’s and IT Decision makers of organisations with less than 250 employees.

When:

The forum will be held on 2 November 2011.

There will be two sessions taking place during the day: 9:30 – 11:30am and 2:30 – 4:30pm

Where:

41 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town

How:

For more information and to fill in a registration form click here.

Back for a third year after sell-out successes in 2009 and 2010 is Mobile Web in Africa, South Africa’s premier mobile conference. The event provides the ideal business opportunity in terms of interaction, faculty and agenda.

Highlights of this year’s event include a special address and full day workshop delivered by Tomi Ahonen from Hong Kong, the most published man in the mobile industry, the return of Dr. Marc Smith from San Francisco and an entire day dedicated to the practical experiences of industry leaders in Mobile Marketing.

Other guest speakers include:

• Ronald Bach, Mobile Product Manager, News24
• Michael de Sousa, Vice President, Media, BuzzCity
• Musa Kalenga, Managing Director, IHOP World
• Johan Nel, CEO, Umuntu Media
• Walter Pike, Founder, PiKE
• Isis Nyong’o, Managing Director – Africa, InMobi
• Russell Southwood, Editor, Balancing Act
• Justin Spratt, CEO, Quirk
• Alistair Fairweather, Digital Platforms Manager, Mail & Guardian
• Belinda Lewis, Lead Strategist, Praekelt
• Mark Kaigwa, Partner, Afrinnovator
• Brett St Clair, Head of Mobile South Africa, Google
• Jean-Patrick Ehouman, Founder, AllDenY
• Candice Goodman, Founder, Mobitainment
• David Erasmus, Founder, Cubate
• Salim Amin, Chairman, A24Media
• Toby Shapshak, Editor, Stuff Magazine

Date: 22 – 25 November 2011

Venue: Hyatt Regency, Rosebank, Johannesburg

Tickets: R5000 per person for 4 days

For more information visit Mobile Wed in Africa’s website