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Pizza, beer and elevator pitches. Google/88mph partnership launches
Ventureburn was invited to the Google for Entrepreneurs offices in Woodstock, Cape Town for the launch of the search giant’s partnership with Kenyan-born startup…
What’s wrong with Africa’s startup scene?
We were first introduced to Zimbabwean Munyuki Manatsa, when his online hip hop community mixdem, started trending on tech news aggregator, Hacker News. In…
Innovative new funding platform Corculture.com launches in SA
A while ago, we wrote about the partnership between FNB Private Clients and AngelHub, which gives startups access to a pool of high-income investors….
Journey: an astoundingly smart solution for building data-gathering mobile apps
In 2009, four guys based out of a dorm room in Stellenbosch started working on something quite extraordinary. It’s called Journey and it’s a…
What’s for dinner? Decide with Daily Dish, the service that shops for you
Daily Dish is as a menu planning and grocery shopping service for “busy people” who want to eat delicious, cook-it-yourself food at home. We’d…
Google for Entrepreneurs: a boon for emerging market startups
Google reckons there are about 400 million entrepreneurs out there in the world and it wants to see that number increase. The search giant…
5 Ghanaian startups recognised at inaugural TopApps Awards
Ghana, a strong West African tech startup region, played host to the first ever TopApps Awards ceremony, held in Accra last week. The ceremony…
5ounces: flash sale eCommerce for gourmet food and wine lovers
There’s a new gourmet food and wine eCommerce site on the block, and it’s called 5ounces — the name refers to the standard, one-fifth…
13 South African startups to look out for in 2013
It’s been a busy year for South Africa’s startup scene and as we start winding down the last quarter of 2012, we decided to…
Prepaid voucher business-in-a-box Nomanini raises series-A funding
Nomanini, the company behind the little orange device that empowers individuals to earn an income while selling prepaid vouchers, recently raised US$600 000 in…
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