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This article was published on March 30, 2011

    ‘Silicon Cape’ is South Africa’s answer to Silicon Valley

    ‘Silicon Cape’ is South Africa’s answer to Silicon Valley
    Hermione Way
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    Hermione Way

    Hermione Way
    Story by

    Hermione Way

    Founder Newspepper.com & Techfluff.TV. Loves social media, video on the Internet. Loves travel & pickled onions Founder Newspepper.com & Techfluff.TV. Loves social media, video on the Internet. Loves travel & pickled onions

    At SXSX I caught up with Toby Shapshak, the editor of South Africa’s Stuff Magazine who gave me incredible insights into the South African tech scene. Little did I know that PayPal was founded by  South African entrepreneur Elon Musk! Tony talks about an industry led initiative-Silicon Cape – to replicate Silicon Valley and his top South African startups.