The fifth annual Netprophet conference took place in Cape Town in May. Billed as Africa’s largest entrepreneurship, innovation and startup event, the conference brings together an eclectic mix of prophets, performers and, this year, a politician too.

Eric Jan Bijvank, co-founder of FONK, a digital agency in Amsterdam and Cape Town, kicked off the day with a fascinating talk on touch, and opportunities to create everyday magic where the physical and the virtual meet. For example, the real figures that interact with the virtual world of Skylanders.