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…
Wabona partners with Cinemo to bring video-on-demand to Mxit and Android
Wabona provides video-on-demand via the web and has recently announced a partnership that would in effect soon allow the Cape Town-based startup to publish…
Malaysian startup iMoney secures $2-million in Series A funding
Financial comparison and advisory startup, iMoney Group, announced yesterday that it secured US$2-million in Series A funding. This news comes after the Malaysia-based company…
Microsoft to announce incubation partnerships at DEMO Africa
DEMO Africa is one of the continent’s biggest startup events, so it tends to attract the odd news announcement from big players and investors….
Publishing startup Paperight claims two prestigious awards in one week
Paperight, a Cape Town-based Shuttleworth Foundation-funded company, has picked up a couple of awards last week. It was named one of the most innovative…
Join eKasi Entrepreneurship Week in shaping SA’s township communities
Entrepreneurship in townships has been on the rise with a lot of young, intellectual business leaders shaping their communities through innovative ideas and solutions…
SA environment creating the ‘perfect storm’ for ecommerce industry
According to Groupon South Africa, the country’s current online environment is creating the “perfect storm” for a lucrative eCommerce industry. While certain internet statistics…
Microsoft to spark local tech start-ups, partners with SA’s JobsFund
Microsoft South Africa has partnered with the Government’s JobsFund to further help drive the creation of up to 600 technology start-ups over the next…
Looking to get into ecommerce? This seminar might be for you
If you’re looking to get into the ecommerce space — and why wouldn’t you: online retail grew 30% in the last year, compared with…
Get live weather updates on Mxit thanks to Kazazoom
Kazazoom, a Johannesburg-based technology startup that develops content and services for Mxit, has unveiled updates to the live weather service that it operates for…
Financial app 22seven gets a makeover, slashes subscription fees
Personal financial management service 22seven has been given a revamp, with its subscription rates slashed. The company, bought by Old Mutual back in January,…
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