On the 27th day of every month of the year since January 2007, hundreds of interesting people from diverse walks of life have collected under one roof over good food and wine to celebrate a common passion for technology, media and business.

These 27dinners have fast become a staple entry in the calendars of South Africa's smartest, funkiest and most networked entrepreneurs, business owners, designers, developers, geeks, marketers and even good old corporate jacket-and-tie's.

The dinners provide these fascinating humans with a unique opportunity to share ideas, debate industry hot topics, meet new contacts and even fire up collaborative endeavours.  Slowly but surely companies are realising the value of engaging an audience like this in an authentic conversation (Cluetrain Manifesto-style).

We'd love to meet you - regardless of whether you simply want to come along and participate, share your latest venture with like-minded people or even sponsor the event.  Simply register and add your name to the guest list of the next event in your city. 

See you at 27!

About the founders

Mike Stopforth is an entrepreneur, writer and speaker who heads up Cerebra, South Africa’s leading social media company.  Mike runs the Jozi chapter of 27dinners.

Dave Duarte is an internet and mobile marketing consultant, entrepreneur and educator. He holds several senior positions in the academic, commercial, and non-profit sectors.  He runs Huddlemind Labs, a company which provides corporations with social software to help facilitate and embed organizational learning. He is Programme Director of Nomadic Marketing and Mobile Marketing at UCT Graduate School of Business and Project Lead for Creative Commons South Africa. 

Dave runs the Cape Town chapter of 27dinners.