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Stuart Thomas is a product of Rhodes University. Whilst completing his Bachelors in Journalism, Politics and English, he realised he was a bit of a geek, albeit one who isn't afraid of the sun. An honors in English at the same institution failed to curb this. An MA in South African Literature, only made it worse as it gave him even more hours to spend in front of a computer screen. He hopes to go viral one day.
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Ever had that moment when you look at your calendar, thinking there's something familiar about the date, only to realise that it's your birthday? It's understandable, you're too busy trying conquer the world to think about anything as trivial as the anniversary of your birth. But your family and friends still expect you to have a party so you set about getting yourself organised. Of course, that's not easy when you've got deadlines breathing down your neck.
Fortunately there are ...
Just over a year ago we told you about Munyuki Manatsa, the Zimbabwean university graduate who built an online hip-hop community from an internet café. His efforts grabbed international attention, and now he's trying to raise funding to further build the project.
Manatsa decided to build the site, called mixdem, in part because he was frustrated with after struggling to find employment once he graduated from university.
There were a couple of obstacles he had to overcome first though. For ...
South African ecommerce player Wantitall has just closed a deal which will see it invest an undisclosed sum of money in flash sales specialist CityMob.
According to Business Tech, the investment is designed to help CityMob improve its logistics, warehousing and systems as well as giving it access to more potential customers.
Wanitall has steadily climbed the South African ecommerce ranks over the past few years, stocking electronics, toys, jewellery and books, meaning that it competes with heavy hitters in the ...
Gyft, the mobile gifting service from Yola founder Vinny Lingham, has announced the launch of APIs to extend gift cards into third-party apps.
While the APIs also allow people to integrate Gyft into websites and other services, the focus is primarily on mobile.
"A lot of developers out there have points, rewards, and unredeemed credits, and they want to offer a way for their users to cash out those points or credits,” Lingham told TechCrunch. Gyft, he says, offers a ...
Warren Buffett was once the richest man on the planet. He'd still probably hold, or at least be close to, that spot if he hadn't started giving away large portions of his wealth. The multi-billionaire is deservedly looked to as something of a guru by many when it comes to investment and, perhaps even more deservedly, as voice of reason when it comes to the global finance sector.
The way Buffett lives his life and runs his business interests also ...
Zando co-founder and managing director Manuel Koser today announced his resignation from the South African online retailer.
The entrepreneur will reportedly be leaving Zando to co-found Silvertree Capital, a "company builder and venture investor" in African startups.
In a statement, Koser said that he would remain a shareholder in Zando.
“I have decided to step down as MD of Zando.co.za to pursue other entrepreneurial ventures, as I am [a] startup enthusiast and miss the excitement and hectic environment of setting ...
Anyone on the tech startup scene will have at least heard mention of a Silicon Valley reality TV show. Well Brazil looked at that, called bullshit and produced a show about startups that looks like it'll be worth watching.
The Silicon Valley show's executive producer was Randi Zuckerburg (sister of Mark) and by all accounts, it was about as entertaining as getting hit in the head with a wet trout. Brazil's Go For It by contrast follows a more documentary-style ...
Ventureburn can confirm that prepaid and mobile payment company Blue Label Telecoms quietly acquired a major stake in Bulk SMS startup Panacea Mobile in late 2012.
The South African-based Blue Label Telecoms, which also has footprints in emerging market countries like India and Mexico, had apparently been working with Panacea for some time.
According to Panacea co-founder and CEO Stefano Sessa, both companies realised that an acquisition would be beneficial after working together for nearly a year and a ...
Online social music startup Boom.fm is set to close down after its funding was withdrawn by investment incubator hybrid World of Avatar.
In an email, which was also posted on the service's site, the company said it couldn't cover its operating costs with its current revenue streams.
In the mail, the company says it remains dedicated to the South African music industry:
The Boom.fm team is incredibly proud of what we have achieved in the past year. We have been true ...
Back in March, we reported that Naspers’ investment arm MIH had teamed up with Obox to launch QikCommerce — a Wordpress-based eCommerce tool that lets users “create an online shop in minutes”.
It was an exciting development: a large multi-national internet company had joined forces with local internet entrepreneurs to launch a new ecommerce service that allowed users to create their own online stores on the fly. But just a couple of months after QikCommerce launched, Obox founders David and Marc ...
