incuBeta Wins Technology Top 100 Awards

November 18, 2006 by Vinny Lingham

incuBeta is the proud recipient of the TT100 Award for Overall Winner in the Small/Medium Business Category in South Africa. The award was presented by the Minister of Science & Technology, the honourable Mosibudi Mangena, at a Gala Dinner & Fashion show on Thursday 16th November 2006.

This award cements incuBeta’s position in both the local & international markets as a technology leader, and the whole management team was on hand to celebrate the award with me.

I was proud to accept the award on behalf of incuBeta, and all the fantastic people that make our organisation what it is today - this is the 4th accolade we have received this year in South Africa, United Kingdom & the United States. I have uploaded pictures to my FlickR account, and here are a few from the event. Unfortunately, attending this event meant that I had to miss my speaking engagement at the Pubcon conference in Vegas, but thankfully Search Engine Roundtable covered the event in great detail.

If you’re in Africa, you can catch me on DSTV Channel 55 on Monday night for the after award interview on Face 2 Face (it’s basically at 15 minutes past the hour from 7pm through 10pm - hourly segment, not sure exactly which slot it’s in).
Here are some pics of the event from my Flickr account:

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Rhianna 1 year ago 1 point
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Congratulations, Vinny. Not only did you receive a prestigious award, you were surrounded by a bevy of of gorgeous gals! Lucky you!

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Carsten Cumbrowski 1 year ago 1 point
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Congratulations Vinny, you and your team deserve the honor. It must be very exciting for you considering all the (good) stuff that happened just in a period of only a few years.

My sister has been in South Africa for a few weeks to do some volunteer work organized by a German labor union just a few years ago and loved the attitude and spirit of the people over there.

Coming from a country that was also turned upside down (East Germany) I know how it affects people and how their attitude changes when everything around you changes and things believed to be impossible and unthinkable become suddenly reality. It opens the mind and spirit and seems to make the word "impossible" sound like an artifact of an bygone era.

I hope you will be able to continue with what you are doing and that people, not just in South Africa, will look at you as a role model for taking things into their own hands to improve not only their own lifes but the life of everybody in their community as well.

Keep it up.
Cheers,
Carsten

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Vinny Lingham 1 year ago 1 point
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Thanks Carsten - I appreciate the comments!

For those of you who are interested, here is a quick snippet from the event that my brother recorded on his cybershot camera:

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Felix Leshno 1 year ago 1 point
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Congratulations Vinny. What you guys doing is amazing.
Your ideas and inovations are a model to the whole industry.

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Albert Bredenhann 1 year ago 1 point
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CONGRATULATIONS Vinny and Team !

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Congrats! Congrats! Congrats!

Theres another one coming on Saturday :)

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Jesse Bouman 1 year ago 1 point
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Congratulations! -

A couple months ago the Global Vision Award, now the TT100 Award!

Again congratulation for you Vinny, but also for the people that work with you with dedication every day!

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Vinny Lingham 1 year ago 1 point
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Thanks for all the congrats! Rafiq - let's hope the Man upstairs reads our blogs and agrees :-)

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rafiq 1 year ago 1 point
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If the man upstairs googles the winners for their particular category then maybe ;)

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Durk Price 1 year ago 1 point
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Congrats! I blogged it on Affiliate News Review.

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Well done to you and the team. Your organisation is a shining light for all of us who would like to see South Africa reaching it's potential as a world leading knowledge economy.

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Vinny Lingham 1 year ago 1 point
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More coverage on this award on Yahoo News. Thanks to everyone for all the congrats!

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incuBeta Wins Technology Top 100 Awards