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THE ENTELECT FOUNDATION
USER GROUPS NETWORK WITH PEERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND LEARN FROM WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING We value building relationships and the community around us. One of those communities is the South African software community. As one of South Africa’s biggest end-to-end technology services and solutions companies, we feel it is our responsibility to invest and help grow this community. Part of how we do this is to get involved with user groups. We get involved at all levels – hosting, sponsoring, presenting at, and even creating, a number of them. Participating in user groups is a great way to improve technical, presentation and networking skills. User groups offer an opportunity to network with peers in the industry and learn from what others are doing. They are free to attend, but due to our extensive relationships, we are able to facilitate our people to present at them. This allows them to solidify their brands in the development community, and after presenting at a few user groups, it is not uncommon to start presenting at conferences, both locally and internationally.
WE DON’T JUST GROW OUR COMPANY AND TEAM MEMBERS, WE WANT TO GROW MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING EDUCATION THAT WILL AID IN SELF-SUFFICIENCY. We’re committed to growth and empowerment within our company, but we don’t stop there when it comes to our learning and mentoring philosophy. We believe that education has the power to change our nation, and thus we formed The Entelect Foundation - an initiative designed to provide support to the underprivileged in our community; be it financial aid, school work or counselling. The South African government guidelines state a target of 1.1% of pre-tax profit should go towards Socio Economic Development. We don’t believe that can make a real impact, so we invest 10% of our pre-tax profits in our Foundation initiatives. The primary focus of the Foundation is on educating our community to equip them with skills that will help them become self-sufficient. This sometimes comes in the form of funding for education expenses but also in supporting the kids with regards to food and transport. We really assist the children in improving their grades and encourage them to pursue their dreams. Helping these learners towards a better future is a huge point of pride for us, and we have put well over 135 children through better schools with better results in the past year. In fact, we have even had one learner make it through school, University and finally join us as a graduate Software Engineer. At Entelect, we choose projects that are close to our hearts. We are grateful for the opportunity of being able to help fellow South Africans, because it enables us to serve and support our communities; helping bring education to many and elevating the tech community.
CONFERENCES
GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND COME BACK SMARTER. We’re always on the lookout for thought- provoking conferences for our people to attend. We pride ourselves on not only sponsoring them, but also in providing them with speakers and thought-leadership.
ENTELECT HACKATHONS
Here are some conferences that we are currently involved in:
OUTSMART AND OUT-SURVIVE THE OPPOSITION WITH AI… HELLO DAVE. One of the many amazing initiatives run by Entelect is the Entelect Hackathons. For a number of years now, the Entelect Challenge has been South Africa’s premier coding competition. The idea was started by our people who wanted to drive community engagement through a little competition. Little did we know that this challenge would become so huge. Years later, it is a national event with a total prize value over R200k, and still going strong. In 2026, the Entelect Challenge evolved into Entelect Hackathons - a series of focused, time-boxed engineering problems that swapped the year-long format for something faster, more collaborative, and open to a wider range of participants. Back at the ranch, a team of Entelect employees run the whole show; developing the creative idea, launching it to the public, developing the player portal and forums, running the play-offs and hosting the final event at Comic Con Africa. We’re always looking for new contributors and new ideas, so get involved!
SOME USER GROUPS OF INTEREST: CODE RETREAT SOUTH AFRICA: CodeRetreat is a day-long, intensive practise event, focusing on the fundamentals of software development and design. Practising the basic principles of modular and object oriented design, developers can improve their ability to write code. DEVELOPER USER GROUP (JHB/PTA): A technology & vendor neutral group that shares and learns on a wide variety of topics from software development methodologies to patterns, best practices, various language paradigms and xkcd humour etc. Entelect assists with the organising of this user group. GAUTENG PYTHON USER GROUP: A diverse group of (aspiring) Pythonistas who get together to discuss anything Python related, sponsored by Entelect. INTERNET OF EVERYTHING (JHB): This group looks at technology implementation and real-life examples of IoE/IoT implementations, but also into the business value and user experience improvements possible through this technology innovation. JHB BI FORUM: An open and free forum for developers, analysts and consumers of Business Intelligence to discuss BI news, trending tools, great analysis and interesting visualisation. Co–organised by an Entelectual, we also sponsor zoom links.
x I Code Java x UXSA x DevConf x PyCon
JHB SQL USER GROUP: The Johannesburg SQL User Group was created to give the MS SQL server community an opportunity to get together and discuss issues that affect us in the community. JOBURG R USER GROUP: The goal of this group is to support and share R experiences and knowledge among users in the South African community. Users in this group share how to use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming environment, and also like to inspire new users to learn R. JOZI JUG: The Jozi Java User Group is for those who are interested in physically meeting to discuss Java and related technologies. This is sponsored by Entelect and co organised by Entelectuals. SUGSA: The Scrum User Group of Johannesburg aims to build a community of Scrum and Agile people in Johannesburg. It is a place where users can get together to share and learn from each other. AI: Dedicated to helping the technical and business community learn more about AI and get hands on experience with AI development, research, and execution. Sessions include talks by experienced professionals, tutorials for beginners, and discussions around pressing topics in AI. LADIES THAT CODE (LTC): is an initiative led by the women of Entelect. With a dual focus on coding skills and soft skills, LTC is not only elevating the women within Entelect but is open to anyone passionate about coding and personal development.
DEVDAY
WE EVEN HAVE OUR OWN TECH CONFERENCE! We host our own conference called DevDay which is organised, presented and attended by our people. DevDay is a fun day out of the office where the technologist, inventor, hobbyist, engineer or artist in you can come to the fore. The event is part showcase, part science show, part geek club, part makers club; offering a range of lightning talks on cutting-edge technologies as well as a variety of interactive exhibition stands where people can discover the latest creative innovations in technology.
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