Make a difference and become a CITi member

Thank you to our 2010 CITi members. We are very grateful for your support

As a result of your action of signing up as a member, we were able to:

• Create a new skills development programme (CapaCITi 1000) to address critical IT skills shortages and launch the first pilot education and internship programme with UCT to address the shortage of Business Analysts
• Provide a venue and computer and Internet facilities to support two 6 month full time pilot software programming training programmes with Oracle (Java) and IBM (RPG) and CPUT/CenCRA/CIO Forum. 
• Bring the IS, CS and Informatics departments at all four Cape universities together with industry under the umbrella of our ICT Academic HODs Forum with CHEC 
• Raise funding to support the programmes offered by our Bandwidth Barn IT incubator – the New Venture Creation Programme, Velociti Y, Velociti, My Business Group, Women in IT and the My Mentor programme 
• Raise over R 5 million in funding from government and other sources, to support these projects and our other work

As a result of our extensive engagement with industry, government, academia and other stakeholders over the past year, we are now clear that we will know we have been successful when:

• The Western Cape has a highly adaptable pool of the right ICT skills, of the right quality, at the right time and the right price, so that ICT and ICT-enabled businesses can be competitive, grow profitably and increase employment
• Western Cape organisations and entrepreneurs are successfully generating, commercialising and growing high quality, innovative, niche ICT products and services for export to Africa and the world
• Leading global businesses are investing in the region in order to benefit from our pool of high quality, skilled IT talent and our innovative, creative ICT & ICT-Design entrepreneurs

We are committed to working with these stakeholders and you to create multi-stakeholder projects and programmes with industry, academia, government, vendors, and others to realise this vision.

As it is vital for us to get as close to 100% of all Western Cape IT companies and others committed to the same objectives as we are on our database, we have created a new FREE basic “Registered Member” type of CITi membership.

This registration comes with the following benefits:

• Opportunity to make a difference to the growth and development of the IT industry
• Invitations to attend CITi initiated events as well as other relevant events, workshops, seminars and conferences
• CITi Newsletters and industry information updates
• A listing on the CITi website (Terms & Conditions apply)
• In addition, whilst CITI membership does not guarantee eligibility to Bandwidth Barn programmes, you must be a member of CITI to participate in any of the following programmes: Any current or future Bandwidth Barn enterprise development training programmes, including My Mentor, VeloCITi and Accel Enterprise Development Programme
• This registration also comes with an obligation to participate in CITi’s bi-annual Economic Indicator survey

Who is eligible?

Membership of CITI is open to all individuals and organizations in the ICT cluster in the Western Cape.  This includes all providers of IT, software and telecommunications related products and services, as well as IT-enabled design companies (including animators, gaming developers and graphic designers), academia and students, government, non-profit organizations, and ICT industry suppliers (including recruitment companies, consultants, etc)

What does it cost?

How to become a member

To become a CITI member, you must complete the online application below. There are two different options, one for Individuals and one for Organisations. 

Apply Online:

Individual Member 
Organization as a Member

Please contact us on 021 409 7000 for more information.