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…
Safaricom Appwiz Challenge dubs Kenyan student news app winner
Kenyan campus news startup Magazine Reel has won the Safaricom Appwiz Challenge — an initiative by the major telecom to promote mobile developers in…
These 3 SA startups are among the world’s most inspiring
Three South African tech startups have been listed as being among the world’s most inspiring by Nominet Trust, a leading social venture funder. The…
About 40% of global SMEs don’t believe Africa has growth opportunity
A new study has shown that approximately 40% of global SMEs don’t see the growth opportunity Africa offers, despite positive economic growth. This doesn’t…
US VC firm Founder Collective among Hellopeter’s new owners
Yesterday, Ventureburn sister site Memeburn reported that Hellopeter founder Peter Cheales had stepped down from his position at the head of the company following…
50 young Africans who could totally transform the continent
The fact that more than half of Africa’s population is under the age of 25 is often cited as one of the things in…
SA-born devs launch photo-sharing app to help country’s healthcare sector
Following the launch of medical photo-sharing app Figure 1 in North America, the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, former South Africans are bringing…
Tunisian energy startup Saphon Energy lands strategic alliance with Microsoft
Tunisian energy renewable energy startup Saphon Energy today signed a strategic alliance with Microsoft, which will see it receive financial resources, technology support and…
South Africans are positive about entrepreneurship, believe it can be taught
It’s not often that you hear news stories about South Africa being a good place to do business. After all, research released earlier this…
Here are the 3 winners of the Orange African Social Venture Prize
The winners of the Orange African Social Venture Prize have been announced at AfricaCom 2014, with Modisar and its agriculture app coming out top. Part of major telecom…
Methys labs offers up R100k prize for innovative startups
International technology group Methys is offering Western Cape entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch an innovative project and receive a R100 000 subsidy in development…
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