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BarCamp Ghana 2010, an ad-hoc gathering where attendees meet for discussions, demos and networking, will take place on December 18 2010 at the Ashesi University campus in Accra. The theme is  “Create dreams, work smart and shape the future”. Following the successes of BarCamp Ghana ’08 and BarCamp Ghana ’09, regional BarCamp events were organized in Kumasi, Accra and Takoradi and Barcamp Ghana 2010 will crown the year as the national event.

BarCamps all over the world have brought together individuals and organizations to collaborate on various projects and businesses. BarCamp Ghana’10 is a FREE event for anyone who is interested in using their skills, talent, and resources to benefit Ghana and Africa as a whole. This year, the focus is on telling stories and discussing ways of how entrepreneurs and businessmen can create wealth in a burgeoning Accra metropolis faced with a myriad of challenges.

Unusually, the pivot of this year’s event revolves around breakout sessions instead of the usual mix of discussions and expert panelist presentations – regardless, experts will be seated in each breakout discussion to facilitate the coherence of relevant facts and knowledge on all respective items for deliberation.  This strategy was inspired by the desired outcome of this year’s gathering which is to stimulate an engaging conference between industry stakeholders, consumers and prospective entrepreneurs on the workings and current realities of industries and services in Ghana.

Impressive yet poignant is our bill of facilitating experts, all of which effect the changes and growing definition of their industries worth and direction in this era. Our confirmed list include:

1. Bernard Avle of CITI 07.3 FM,
2. Leila Djansi of Turning Point Pictures,
3. Oluniyi Ajao of Web4Africa,
4. Solomon Adu-Atefoe of Agric Development Bank,
5. Golda Addo of Energy Solutions Foundation,
6. Mohamed Amin Adam of Publish What You Pay,
7. Philip Gamey of Web & Software,
8. DK Osseo-Asare of Anamcity,
9. Paul Tenejou of ROI-MOB-Lang,
10. Ronke Ampiah of Smiles for Christmas

Register or RSVP your participation today at the BarCamp Ghana Eventbrite website.

BarCampAccra 2010, ad-hoc gathering where attendees meet for discussions, demos and networking, will take place on October 2nd, 2010 at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) campus at 20 Aluguntuguntu Street in East Legon, Accra. The theme is be “Creating wealth and employment in a challenging environment”. Following the successes of BarCamp Ghana ’08 and BarCamp Ghana ’09, regional BarCamp events will be organized in selected regions in Ghana to enable as many people as possible partake in BarCamps before the main national event in December.

On December 22, 2008, over a hundred young Ghanaians met in Accra for BarCamp Ghana ’08 to exchange ideas on entrepreneurship, innovation and development for a rising Ghana. BarCamp Ghana ’09 followed on December 21, 2009, in Accra, under the theme “Leadership for our times – cultivating change makers”. BarCamp Accra 2010 will bring together stakeholders in Accra to for a day of dialogue, demos and discussions about how to navigate the challenges of doing business and building ventures in Accra.

BarCamps all over the world have brought together individuals and organizations to collaborate on various projects and businesses. BarCamp Accra ’10 is a FREE event for anyone who is interested in using their skills, talent, and resources to benefit Ghana and Africa as a whole. This year, the focus is on telling stories and discussing ways of how entrepreneurs and businessmen can create wealth in a burgeoning Accra metropolis faced with a myriad of challenges.

Panelists and speakers will include Eve Andersson of Google, Esi Ansah of Ashesi University, Derrydean Dadzie of DreamOval, Shika Acolatse of Enablis, Esi Cleland of AfroChic, Emmanuel Dogbevi of Ghana Busines News amongst others. There will be sessions organized by Google representatives and as well as other breakout sessions on various topics and interests as put forth by the attendees.

Register/RSVP today at the BarCamp Accra Eventbrite website. You may also contact the BarCamp Accra team through this website for sponsorship opportunities. If you are interested in organizing a breakout session, let us know, especially if you have special needs.

BarCamp Accra 2010 is sponsored by the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), WorldWideWeb Foundation, Google, GhanaThink Foundation, etc. Our media partners are CitiFm, Ghana Business News and Radio Universe. The customer support hotline is 0543-288099. You can send questions, comments, and feedback by SMS and get responses.

At Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa (VC4Africa), an online community for investors and entrepreneurs dedicated to building business on the continent we believe it is important we meet 'offline' as we do 'online.'

For 9 months we have been using the BarCamp model (an international network of user generated conferences - open, participatory workshop/events, whose content is provided by participants) to organize our very own series of VC4Africa Meetups.

Already we have hosted VC4Africa meetups in Johannesburg, Abuja, Kampala, Nairobi (2x), Kigali, London, Washington DC, San Francisco, New York and Atlanta. We like this open format because it means that anyone can participate. Any member of VC4Africa can organize a meeting in their area whenever they feel there is a need.

VC4Africa Amsterdam

For the first Amsterdam meeting we hosted 18 entrepreneurs with vetted business plans. And not just from East Africa but from Mozambique, Ghana, Congo and Niger too! Can you believe that? Thanks to BiD Network for preparing the entrepreneurs and their plans.

Needless to say, this was a great chance to connect them with possible partners and investors. Also friends and other people curious to meet them.

We had over 50 members join the networking event and facilitates many discussions between entrepreneur and investors. We also had the chance to introduce the new VC4Africa logo and handed out t-shirts and stickers to members attending!

As with all VC4Africa Meetups, they are simply a place for members to meet one another and share thoughts and ideas. No speeches, no agenda, nothing planned. The loose structure allows for lots of networking. Just remember, everyone is expected to pay for their own drinks.

BarCamp Nairobi and WhereCampAfrica have combined into a single event that's expecting 500 avid technologists this Saturday June 12th & Sunday June 13th at iLAB and iHUB in Nairobi Kenya

Here is the official site and here is WhiteAfrica's write up on the event.

Potential Topcis

• Using my (GPS Enabled) cell phone to avoid traffic
• Cloud Computing Applications in Kenya
• Business Skills for Techies
• Rural ICT
• ICT initiatives for youth
• Mobile Application Development
• Using Google Fusion Tables
• Web design, and why it’s not as good as it should be in Kenya
• Hardware hacking
• Tips and tricks for internet connectivity around Nairobi
• Merging mobile and electronic commerce concepts
• Walking-papers.org: openstreetmapping without a GPS
• Drupal, WordPress, Joomla and other CMS hacks

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The organizers of the Barcamp Nigeria has announced the date for the 2010 edition. The theme is "Creating local content for Nigerian web market", which will be the 2nd edition in the history of Nigeria’s IT industry. The event will take place on Saturday, 22nd of May 2010 at CITS University of Lagos.

The selected Keynote speakers for this year’s barcamp Nigeria have been confirmed. They are Simdul Shagaya, the Founder of Alarena.com and Chinenye Mba-Ozoukwo of eShekel. The two speakers have firm grasp of the Nigerian technology market and will be pleased to share their insight with us at the event

Barcamp Nigeria Website

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