From Mxit to fibertime: What They Don’t Teach at Engineering School

Join AWS User Group Cape Town in April 2026 for the monthly meetup, where we focus on all things AWS! We deep dive into topics related to the cloud on AWS!

🗓️ When 🗓️: Tuesday, 30 April 2026 | 18:00 SAST

📍Where 📍: BBD Cape Town, 3rd Floor
Northbank Building, No. 1 N Bank Ln, Century City · Cape Town, ZA
How to find us: Walk-in instructions | Parking instructions

📋 Agenda 📋:
18:00 - 18:30: Arrival and Networking
18:30 - 19:00: Welcoming and Surprise Announcement
19:00 - 20:00: From Mxit to Fibertime: What They Don’t Teach at Engineering School | Alan Knott-Craig
20:10 onwards: Networking and Snacks
Prizes to be won, food and drinks on us!

🎤 Topic 🎤: From Mxit to Fibertime: What They Don’t Teach at Engineering School

👤 Speaker 👤: Alan-Knot-Craig | Founder | fibertime

What does it really take to build something that scales from millions of chat users to real-world infrastructure connecting homes and businesses?
In this session, Alan Knott-Craig shares the journey from building MXit — one of Africa’s biggest social platforms — to launching Fibertime, bringing affordable fibre internet to communities.
This is not a textbook talk. It’s about the messy, real side of engineering and building products at scale — the decisions that didn’t make sense at the time, the failures that taught the most, and the lessons you only learn by doing.
If you're a developer, engineer, founder, or just curious about what it takes to build and scale in the real world, this session will give you a perspective you won’t get in any lecture hall.

We look forward to seeing you at the meetup!

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