F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Swimming in the Shark Tank: an interview with Marnus Broodryk
Entrepreneurial series Shark Tank SA is made up of an incredibly successful panel of entrepreneurs. Ventureburn sat down with one of the judges, Marnus…
AlphaCode pitching event sees top startups awarded R1-million in funding
In an initiative brought on by AlphaCode and Merrill Lynch SA, five black-owned fintech startups have each received R1-million in funding. On 10 October, 11 contestants…
Eneza secures investment from US$1-million Spark Venture Fund [update]
Update: the article has been corrected to reflect the funding amount was not US$1-million, but rather a share of it. Edu-tech company, Eneza Education recently secured…
CarZar gets backed by Silvertree Capital
Venture Capital firm Silvertree Capital, who backed PriceCheck and CyberCellar, is now backing second-hand auto-trader CarZar. CarZar is a stats-based auto-trader which prices the vehicle you’re looking…
iKhokha wins 2016 Mastercard Innovation award
South African mobile commerce provider, iKhokha has won the Innovation Award at the Mastercard Innovation Forum which took place in Budapest, Hungry. The Mastercard…
Kenya announces their 10 startups to pitch at Seedstars World
Global pitching event Seedstars World has announced the ten startups to pitch at the next event in Nairobi, Kenya on 7 October 2016. Seedstars…
New career acceleration programme hits Cape Town
The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) in partnership with the Kingdom of Netherlands and #CocreateSA has launched the TenaCiti Career Acceleration Programme. Ten companies will be…
Akiba wins Seedstars World Kampala, off to finals
Innovative finance firm Akiba has emerged victorious at Seedstars World Kampala, taking the golden ticket to the final in Switzerland. The Kampala event, which took place at the…
Budding entrepreneur? eLearnAfrica might be for you
Starting your own business with zero experience or knowledge can be difficult. Fortunately, online education platform eLearnAfrica has announced its new marketplace for online education, which…
Pargo adds 500 Clicks stores to its delivery service
Parcel delivery service, Pargo, has partnered with notable South African retailer, Clicks, to strengthen their business. The partnership will allow online shoppers to collect…
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