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…
Microsoft’s EmployMentor to empower 150 female graduate students in Kenya
Female graduate students from 24 universities in Kenya will benefit from a mentorship programme by Microsoft and other local partners. The programme, called EmployMentor,…
Tiphub hosts inaugural Diaspora Demo Pitch Competition
Tiphub, the mentorship-driven accelerator and business consultancy that develops and supports seed-stage technology and social impact ventures within the African diaspora, has announced its…
SnappBox from Snapplify enables rural schools to embrace ebooks
Ebooks distribution platform Snapplify is venturing into rural areas with the SnappBox distribution hardware solution. The hardware is built especially for rural schools that do…
Millbug Tablet: bringing touch-screen connectivity to rural villages
You can smell Port Elizabeth, the city where Millbug Vuya Tablet PC was invented and still manufactured, before seeing it. At least that was…
Mapped in Cape Town gives us insightful snapshot of city’s startup scene
This week Mapped in Cape Town– an initiative aimed at mapping the startup ecosystem in Cape Town — went live. The map is not…
SA’s edtech startup Brighter Futures offers online math tuition for R50
South Africa’s elearning startup space is growing bigger (and brighter) by the day. Recently launched online tutoring service Brighter Futures joins the race to…
Seed Academy is offering R2-million training for tech entrepreneurs
Beginning on 30 September 2014, Seed Academy, a school of entrepreneurs, will offer tech entrepreneurs R2-million worth of training for free. “We hope to attract…
MakeLaw: an app trying to redefine public participation in drafting laws
Nothing scares me more than the thought that one day I might wake up and everything will be illegal. That my every move, however…
VoiceMap app: a platform for storytellers to give personalised location-aware tour guides
The Revolution Route, one of the routes on VoiceMap, begins at the Grand Parade, right at the bottom of the statue of Edward VII,…
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