A subsidiary of the Cape IT Initiative (CITI), the Bandwidth Barn has been a home to IT start-ups since 2000. Vermeulen says that he is impressed with the Barn’s achievements over the past eight years, and with the competency of the management team. “Solid foundations have been laid to take the Barn to the next level,” he says.
Vermeulen believes that significant opportunity exists to create strategic opportunities for the tenants of the Bandwidth Barn. He therefore plans to focus on the Barn’s development goals and engage the major players in the Western Cape’s IT industry to help them achieve those goals. Vermeulen says that his passion to help people to grow is his primary contribution.
This, plus his business management and strategic expertise sees the Bandwidth Barn set for new heights. About The Bandwidth Barn: A subsidiary of the Cape IT Initiative (CITI), The Bandwidth Barn is a Business accelerator for information and communications technology start-ups in the Western Cape. The Bandwidth Barn started as an ICT incubator in 2000. Now, widely recognised as the most successful IT incubator in South Africa, the Barn has morphed into a fully-fledged Business Accelerator.
A key element of this success is that the Bandwidth Barn supports companies by practically reducing the cost of overhead services through its shared office environment while also providing networking opportunities for entrepreneurs. More importantly, the Barn offers business development programmes to equip tenants with all the skills required to move from startup to profit-generating stable companies.
Contact Information:The Bandwidth Barn Chris Vermeulen General Manager Tel: 021 409 7000 Email: chris@bwb.org.za
Red Ribbon Communications Elanza Mouton Tel: 022 433 4800 Cell: 072 469 4759 Email: elanza@redribbon.za.com
