**October 03, 2012**
PyConZA starts this Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa, and Riak is proud to be [a sponsor](http://za.pycon.org/sponsors_basho.html). As our blurb on the PyConZA site states:
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Riak is proud to sponsor PyConZA because we believe in the power and future of the South African tech community. We look forward to the valuable, lasting technologies that will be coming out of Cape Town and the surrounding areas in the coming years.
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You may remember that back in August we put out the call for Riak Community Ambassadors to help us out with PyconZA. As hard as it is to miss out on a chance to go to The Mother City, it wasn’t feasible for us to make it with [RICON](http://ricon2012.com) happening next week. I’m happy to report that a few fans of durability have stepped forward as Ambassadors to make sure Riak is fully-represented. If you’re lucky enough to be going to PyconZA (it’s sold out), be on the lookout for the following two characters:
### Joshua Maserow
### Mike Jones
In addition to taking in the talks, Mike and Joshua will be on hand to answer your Riak questions (or tell you where to look for the answers if they don’t have them). There will also be some production Riak users in the crowd, so you won’t have to look too far if you want to get up to speed on why you should be running Riak.
Enjoy PyconZA. And thanks again to Mike and Joshua for volunteering to represent Riak in our absence.
