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Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by imel

imel — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:09:32 +0000

Hi Koki, it is a pity that the NMMU George campus no longer offer ICT courses. According to Prof Fabricius the decision to terminate these courses was based on low student numbers.
If we can somehow get more students and school kids interested in studying ICT in this region then NMMU would look at re-introducing theses courses.
It is early days yet but as the interest and ICT industry in George grows so will the student numbers.
As to sourcing students, the idea is that the incubator not only takes onboard graduates, but also those without formal ICT training.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by Koki

Koki — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:03:46 +0000

The George campus of NMMU started phasing out the National Diploma in Information Technology as well as their extended programme as far back as 2009. How do they intend to supply recruits when they have no more students?

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by Bert van Leeuwen

Bert van Leeuwen — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:03:34 +0000

Excellent initiative, I am keen to participate at all levels. My first company started in University of Pretoria’s tech incubator (12yrs ago), and it gave us a really good opportunity to get going without exorbitant office space and internet infrastructure costs. I admire the projects that incubators such as http://ycombinator.com/ have accomplished in recent times.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by Nathan Jeffery

Nathan Jeffery — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:39:38 +0000

we’re registered and we’re keen.

Got lots of ideas to bring to the table and eager to work with other role players.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by imel

imel — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:41:03 +0000

Update: Had further discussions with various parties, including MEC Winde from WC Govt, Prof Fabricius from NMMU, Paul Hoffman from SEDA, Carli Venter from George LED.
Now have real momentum and real backing. This is our chance to make a real, meaningful and permanent difference to the business landscape in George.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by imel

imel — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:49:48 +0000

Will do Bruce. For now we need all interested ICT players (both hardware and software) to register on the IT Consortium site (http://www.gardenrouteconsortium.co.za/) so that we can assess the underlying knowledge-base and skills pool.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by Bruce Middleton

Bruce Middleton — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:40:06 +0000

keep me posted imel – will give all the press coverage i can.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by imel

imel — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:50:54 +0000

Hi Guy, we can do with all the help we can get.
I know Judith was part of the initial marketing team for CITI, so she could add some valuable insight.

Comment on Making the case for a Garden Route ICT Incubator by Guy Harris

Guy Harris — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:59:36 +0000

Keen to participate. What are next steps. Was Bruce Middleton and Judith Middleton not working on this before?

Comment on Small Business PBX made easy by Jaco

Jaco — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 07:47:44 +0000

Is it possible to connect an overhead PA to the MyPBX and how?