Tech4Africa is an annual event that's said to be the premier mobile, web & emerging technology conference, bringing global perspective to the African context. The event aims to introduce, inform and inspire attendees by focusing on topics ranging from mobile, tech startups and other innovative tech. Content and topics of discussion will range from a variety of current trends and emerging technologies in Africa and abroad. These topics will include mobile development, mobile money and new databases like MongoDB. IBM's ...

A few thoughts on photography and business… I see a lot of photos pass by my Facebook stream. Some photographers constantly upload good images and you start to follow them with interest -– and then, a few times in a row, they upload big (100+) batches of photos which are fairly good with a few gems scattered in between, but you feel yourself getting bored clicking through them. I like taking photos –- I have a camera that weighs enough to exercise ...

Networking is an important part of business, and making connections with the right people is key. If you’re a business owner or startup, networking plays an even bigger role in terms of growing your client base and making connections in your industry. One of the ways to make connections, meet new people, and ultimately let the world know who you are and what you’re about is to attend conferences, seminars, parties and various other industry events to grow your network. ...

Africa is finally getting its own StartupBus experience. StartupBus is a voluntarily run program by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. A group of entrepreneurs get on a bus and drive across a specific region, let the ideas flow and hopefully someone will come up with a viable business. Already a well established event in the United States and Europe, the event usually partners with big tech events to give the entrepreneurs an end point. The first StartupBus for the African continent will begin ...

In news that should surprise absolutely no one, Mxit has announced that acting CEO Francois Swart will take permanent charge of the top job at the mobile social network. Swart, who has been at Mxit for a good while now, has been acting CEO since Alan-Knott Craig Jr stepped down from the post in late 2012. He was one of our top picks for the job back in March As we noted then Swart is a good candidate with a strong ...

Who still uses traditional travel agencies? Skillfully keeping up with the trends, online travel startups have been popping up across the globe growing more and more competitive. Many of these startups come from Southeast Asia -- a region that is seeing an exceptional tourism boom in the last few years. TripTrus is one of those startups taking advantage of the industry but unlike its competitors, it focuses on individual adventurers while offering unique trips outside of the commercial stream. Based in ...

When you are an online social network dedicated to travel in an economy that doesn't really support gallivanting around the world, milestones matter. For travel and lifestyle social network, WAYN, that milestone is 22-million registered users. The social network that boasts to be "the world’s largest travel and lifestyle social network", announced today that it reached new heights with membership now over 22-million people worldwide. The site currently sees around 5 000 new registered users daily with more than 21-million ...

On this week's Startup Blitz we have CEO and Founder Dylan Kohlstädt from Shift ONE -- an agency that focuses on helping entrepreneurs with all things digital marketing. According to Kohlstädt, entrepreneurs often have great ideas, but aren't as strong when it comes to marketing. That's where Shift ONE comes in, and can help with everything from website design to SEO, social media and content creation. Valuing early-stage entrepreneurs' tight budgets, Shift ONE will tailor packages on a month-per-month basis, to ...

Launched earlier this month, Refer A Developer is a job board with a two-punch pitch. To start, it's only for developers and secondly, it boasts some of the highest referral bonuses in South Africa. The duo behind Refer A Developer, David Sarembock and Alex Moldethe reckon that there is a lack of developers looking at normal job boards and that recruitment costs for employers are "astronomical". In response to their findings, Sarembock and Moldethe decided to build a platform that incentivises ...

Cape Town radio station 567 CapeTalk, with Sage Pastel, has announced the winner of the CapeTalk Small Business Awards 2013, a three-week competition that was geared towards finding the small business in the Western Cape with the best service, according to CapeTalk listeners. The winner of the competition's fifth iteration is landscape design and maintenance company Garden Vision; with health eshop Earthshine and animated explainer-video production company Blink Tower taking the two runners up spots. Garden Vision, and owner Jeremy McLaughlin, was ...