Hi Andre, Welcome to the list! It's great to have your contributions and experiences to learn from available to us!
I think it's awesome that you've created such a resource for South Africans -- and am excited about the prospect of Habitaz spaces spreading. I'm curious if you're familiar with or have any connections to the local BarCampJosi community? Beyond that, turns out that Kenya has just had it's own BarCamp and I'm sure that you'll find souls of a similar mind wherever BarCamp spreads: http://barcamp.wordpress.com/2007/03/31/barcampkenya-this-weekend/ Thoughts? Chris On 4/1/07, Andre.Sharpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > Google Alerts sent me your post this morning. The Google bots have an > amazingly efficient connection to us! :-) > > I am a co-founder and M.D. of Habitaz Global Workspaces and rather > flattered that you've found us so far away from our base in Joburg, > South Africa. > > Habitaz is a 24/7 vibey blend between a community cafe (with only the > best freshly ground Etheopian coffee), a business class lounge, hot - > desking environment (like you would find at the likes of Accenture, > KPMG or other progressive hot-desking consultancy firms), office > suites, project rooms, meeting rooms and informal collaboration > spaces. We aim to expand to 20 - 30 centres in South Africa and > Africa, and are opening our second centre in the beautiful city of > Cape Town towards the end of 2007. > > What makes Habitaz very different from incubators, and serviced office > businesses is the rich services layer we offer (admin support, > document printing and binding services, technology support, accounting > services, call answering services, call centre services, car wash, > errant services etc.) and our ability to develop our own systems for > the facilities management and billing functions. We offer pre-paid > (per hour) billing all the way up to monthly and annual contracts. > > I am pleased to say that the model works extremely well (the centre is > very poular with start ups and mobile workers alike, and we have even > signed on a few corporate mobile workers). > > We would be glad to share any experiences of what works (and the > hundred thinks that didn't!) in making a shared work environment > work. > > Free Your Business, > Andre Sharpe > > On Mar 10, 2:19 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > We found Habitaz a long time ago -- it's a really interesting business > > model -- and would love to bring those folks in this community so that > > they could share their experiences. > > > > If you have any connections to them, could you introduce them to the > > community? > > > > Chris > > > > On Mar 9, 1:22 am, "Sky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I found this interesteing co-working venue inJohannesburg, South > > > Africa recently. The mobile boom is really having an effect on how > > > people work down here, especially because of Africa's long geagraphic > > > distances. Although broadband rollout is still quite slow, the 3G > > > mobile operators are all offering broadband services (at a price > > > though!) > > > Go and check out the Habitaz site atwww.habitaz.com > > > > > -- Chris Messina Citizen Provocateur & Open Source Ambassador-at-Large Work: http://citizenagency.com Blog: http://factoryjoe.com/blog Cell: 412 225-1051 Skype: factoryjoe This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
