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The Cape IT Initiative (CITI) is a non-profit organisation established in 1998 to develop and support the information and communications technology (ICT) cluster in the Western Cape.
On 8 February 2010, CITI hosted its first "CITI Cafés" - a series of Cafe Conversations at different café venues in Cape Town, aimed at engaging stakeholders in the development and implementation of a re-vitalized CITI vision, strategy and program beyond 2010. Visit the CITI Cafe website (http://www.citicafe.org) to find out more and track the process. There are still some places available at the events on 12, 15, 17, 19, 22 and 24 February. More information is on the site.
These events are informed by a need to consider questions such as:
- Are there conditions that are impeding Cape technology companies from growing and sustaining their revenue? What can we do collectively, to address them?
- How can the technology sector help to address unemployment and increase job opportunities in the Western Cape?
- Is it possible for large corporates in the province to keep all their software development work in the Cape and what will the impact of this be?
- Cape Town is globally recognised as a creative city. What might happen if we create spaces and opportunities for designers and developers to work more closely together?
- Why is it said that a "lifestyle" business inhibits investment? If money chases value, what can we do to increase our value proposition to investors?
- What reference models should we be considering and how do we leverage what makes our region unique?
All the findings of the round-table conversations will be reported on at the Third Software Engineering Colloquium (SE10) which will be held in Cape Town on 16 March 2010. This event, convened by CITI and the IEEE, will bring role players from industry, academia and government together to put in place tangible and immediate programs to build our software industry.
In addition, we are committed to working more closely with Cape Town Partnership and Creative Cape Town and will be assisting them in the bid for Cape Town to become the World Design Capital in 2014.
You can follow CITI's Executive Director, Jenny McKinnell, on Twitter
