New CEO appointed at mLab

Kotze is currently the developer outreach and marketing manager (East and Southern Africa) at Nokia, where he spent the last two years working with local developers and ecosystem partners to help facilitate the mobilisation of their ideas, content and brands through mobile applications and services.

Kotze is passionate about the creation of new businesses within the mobile space and believes the Southern African region has the right talent and resources to place it amongst the top innovation markets in the world. "Mobile entrepreneurs not only hold the key to creating new jobs and stimulating rapid economic growth in the region, but also to democratising many services and opportunities that have historically eluded many across the continent," he says.

"I have a simple vision for mLab - that's to make it synonymous with opportunity." South Africa has the privilege of being selected by the World Bank, infoDev and the Finish Government, with additional support from the South African Department of Science and Technology, to bring much needed incubation resources to the region and to those who are courageous enough to dream big, share their ideas in a collaborative environment and who are willing to work hard at making these a reality.