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…
Convergance Partners, Nedbank Private Equity, IDC pump R500m into Comsol Fibre Connect
Investment management firm Convergance Partners this week announced that it, along with Nedbank Private Equity and the IDC, have invested over R500 million in…
2015 was a record year for private equity investments in South Africa
If you ask South African startup founders what their biggest bug-bear is, the majority will tell you it’s attracting funding. But if this was…
Seedstars, Angolan VC on the hunt for top startups
With its South African leg wrapping up on Thursday, Seedstars World — the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes…
SA Innovation Summit announces competitions for entrepreneurs, investors
The SA Innovation Summit, set to take place in Johannesburg in September, has opened up entries to two competitions: the Inventors Garage and the…
10 startups the New Economy Accelerator thinks are seriously investable
The New Economy Accelerator, launched in 2015, has announced the graduation of its first cohort of entrepreneurs. The graduating startups, it says, are focused…
LaunchLab picks up BioTech company AzarGen
Go to most startup incubators and accelerators around South Africa and you’ll see a fair few good businesses, but chances are few of them…
This conference wants to connect South Africa’s JAVA coders
If JAVA is your game, you might want to check this one out. Set to take place on 21 and 22 July in Johannesburg,…
New mentorship programme aims to empower disabled entrepreneurs
There’s not a whole lot of tech in this one, but we thought it was worth sharing anyway. South African entrepreneurial organisation The Hope…
iKhokha merchants can now get cash advances
Mobile app and card-reader startup iKhokha on Monday announced that merchants using its devices and platforms can now get cash advances to help grow…
AfricaWorking: corporates announce plan to give 250k youth entrepreneurship, employability skills
A number of companies, including Barclays Africa; Emerging World; FranklinCovey; Knod; Microsoft; Safal Group; and Syngenta, this week came together to announce AfricaWorking —…
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