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It's the birthday of Mxit's open APIs and the launch of its mobi portal. To celebrate the last year we're not having cake, but rather showcasing a lovely infographic on the South African social network's developer (dev) and app growth.
Since the mobi portal launched in April 2012, 126 active developers have launched 219 apps onto the platform, showing steady progress.
Highlighting the infographic's stats, the 2012 to 2013 growth saw between five to 35 apps published each month, taking the total ... 
South Africa's funding scene is cagey. It's really hard to find concrete information, but it's no surprise really, considering all the non-disclosure agreements. Silicon Cape has been running a survey in an effort to unlock some funding information which it hopes will enlighten the country's tech startup community.
The survey results were compiled into this infographic. While 60% of startups are self-funded, 41% are in search of funding. Funding is still a luxury available to a select few -- about a ... 
Need some inspiration?
Why not look to the most successful, and young (under 30), tech entrepreneurs in the world today, in the form of a nice neat infographic? It's sure to lift your mood... or make you feel like a terrible person because you haven't yet marked your place in the history books.
From what kinds of companies were received well in 2012 to the genius of their ideas to their problem-solving nature, we can all learn something from these entrepreneurs. ... 
If the number of entrepreneurs keeps rising, we may well find ourselves in a world full of innovators, creators and risk-takers in the not-too-distant future.
New ideas, new ways of doing business, new clients coming in every day... sounds great right?
Well not for the regular employees of the world according to a recent infographic by Funders and Founders.
The infographic argues that not only are startups turning away from traditional employees, but so are large enterprises such as Google, small businesses and ... 
When we came across this infographic about billion startups by Staff.com, we were impressed to see the number of young companies that have sky-high valuations. That is, until we started calling out big names that we expected to see on the list. Where is Pinterest? What about SurveyMonkey, Rovio and Kayak? Once we started doing some research we realised that the billion-dollar club has in fact become more of a party in the park than an exclusive VIP snootfest.
The New ... 
Quick. What is one sentence you'd use to describe your startup? Well, spit it out. Still trying to condense it? Yes, it's probably awesome. Maybe it'll even change life as we know it. But if you need funding, you need to be able to sell your idea so well that someone else will believe in it as much as you do. Time is up. What did you come up with?
Lets say you're pitching to a super angel investor like Fabrice ... 
Where is the next Silicon Valley? It's becoming cheaper and easier to set up a startup, all over the world -- and some of the larger emerging markets are vying for the chance to be the next centre of innovation. Will the next Silicon Valley be in Mexico, Indonesia or Nigeria? Will we see projects like Kenya's Konza Technology City become the place to be for aspiring entrepreneurs?
A glance at the global entrepreneurship index shows that while the United States ... startups | entrepreneurship | startup-news | ecommerce |
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