Marlon Parker is a Social Entrepreneur and an active activist of using Social Media and Mobile Technology for Social Good. He obtained his Masters degree in Information Technology (Cum Laude) and is currently busy with his PhD. He is often invited by many organisations and institutions (UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Rhodes, schools,... Continue Reading →

Want to hear about how an unknown local made waves using nothing but WordPress? Well Gavin Mannion will be telling us how he got started with Lazygamer and how he turned his hobby into a full time job. We found out from him just how he got to where he is today... I wish I... Continue Reading →

Once the conference is over and we're all filled to the brim with inspiration for building the next big thing with WordPress, we need somewhere to relax, let loose and have some fun together. That's where the after party comes in... This year, the WordCamp Cape Town after party is going to be held at... Continue Reading →

David Perel is the co-founder of Obox Themes where he is the designer and head of product. He's going to be talking about the current state of the WordPress theme industry, so we found out from him how he got into the industry himself and where it has taken him so far. My brother and I started... Continue Reading →

Hey everyone, I'm really excited to be sharing WordCamp with you all, this year, and to be diving into a topic I'm really passionate about; adding true value. I started off studying multimedia design, specialising in graphic design for print (gasp!), at a local college here in Cape Town. Development began, for me, as very... Continue Reading →

We caught up with Brian Krogsgard, one of our awesome international speakers for this year's WordCamp, to find out more about who he is, where he comes from and what he's going to be speaking about. For a few years, web development was purely a hobby for me. I was one of those guys that... Continue Reading →

Capetonian Rob Hope, the man behind One Page Love, is going to be speaking about going niche - growth, monetization and traffic retention in a saturated market at our event. We found out from him why he started One Page Love and how things have worked out for him so far. In the thick of... Continue Reading →

Dear everyone (who is reading this), Over the last few days & nights, we have both worked tirelessly to come up with a clever & creative way to make this announcement to all of you. Being that this is the most important announcement we will quite likely make in our career, it is a decision... Continue Reading →

Chris Lema started working on web sites and applications in 1994, as soon as browsers were available. At the time people thought of the web as a nice place for online brochures, but having already connected web pages to databases, Chris was positive it could be so much more. None of it would have been... Continue Reading →

Adii Pienaar is an entrepreneur, husband and very new father; the combination of these roles resulting in an epic & challenging journey. Unlike the bio’s of most “serial” entrepreneurs, Adii is (as at the time of this going to press) a one-hit wonder with his role as co-founder of WooThemes. That status isn't for a lack of trying... Continue Reading →