SA's own Silicon Valley?

Not sure how they're going to put bums on seats in 5 large buildings in Braamfontein
 
First:

Technology giant Microsoft and BBD, a software development company have pledged R2 million and R250 000 for the development of applications respectively.
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BOOOYAH bitches :p


Second:
What ever happened to the "Silicone Valley" they wanted to start in Cape Town (Century City if memory serves)?
 
Quey_Quick said:
I will go even if only for the experience.

Braamfontein has really changed for the better in recent years.
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Empty building with no tenants. Only experience you'll gain is meditation.

I might be wrong and they get quality tenants but I don't think so as the tendency in recent years have been large HQ not tech hubs.
 
Great....but change the name please. iGottabeegshlong, does not roll off the tongue. We are increasingly becoming a global village, where the majority of business is conducted in English.

I fail to see the reasoning why everything has to either be named after a political figure - tyrant or not, or an unpronouncable African word. Keep it simple......geez, call it Oak Valley, or Protea Summit....or something/anything more sensible.
 
Why haven't they renamed Braamfontein after a struggle hero yet? Or do Nigerians not care what the place they live is called.
 
mmmig said:
quality of life, no etolls and I find joburg in general a rather inefficient city
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Ah you see you are basing it on a bit of bias rather than the fact that JHB has a lot of IT companies and a lot of people. The etolls are a problem if you drive on those roads and you do decide to pay. Can't comment on inefficient...**** seems to be working :p

CT has their own "Silicon Valley" thing going. I don't know DBN very well but what I do know is that it is humid and there is a development house that develop flash games and what not called Derevco (never heard of another one there, I'm sure there are some).


....oh, and DBN has an epic harbour.
 
Paardevlei still seems pretty dead to me. Maybe if they had something as simple as shaded parking then people would want to go there.
 
Almost every large city in the world has "Silicon Valley" zone or plan. They just don't seem to understand that there's a helluva lot more to engendering and fostering tech innovation than clustering computer companies.

Governments, national, regional or local. Hhhmmmph. If they got out of the way then perhaps we might have some hope.

But there's no sign of that.

So local SV plans are asking for the moon.
 
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