Arrive in Style We want you to ride like a VIP. Haven't heard of Uber? Trust us, you'll love it. We're excited to offer all guests complimentary rides, up to R50, to and from the event using the promo code WCCT2013. Uber is an iPhone/Android/Blackberry app that lets you tag your location and summon a... Continue Reading →

This year at WordCamp we will be taking donations and doggy bags (see below!) for African Tails' Santa Paws project. Santa Paws is a project that collects and distributes doggy bags to township dogs in need this Christmas. All doggy bags will be distributed by African Tails to townships the Western Cape, such as Joe Slovo and Du Noon.

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 →