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…
MEDO office goes mobile to support entrepreneurs across Cape Town
The City of Cape Town and MEDO (Micro Enterprise Development Organization) have joined hands in an attempt to search for and present opportunities to…
Nigerian serial entrepreneur’s HopStop acquired by Apple
Last week Apple acquired the Nigerian tech entrepreneur Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop. The startup is part of a legacy Echeruo is currently building and plays…
Got an innovative solution to an African challenge? Win a share of $150k
So you reckon you’re an innovator and that you’ve got a great idea for solving an African challenge? Well if that’s really the case,…
OLX takes top spot in SA ecommerce stakes
Good news for Naspers shareholders: OLX, the online classifieds platform it bought a major stake in back in 2010, can now lay claim to…
FNB announces search for ‘next great innovator’
Reckon you’ve got the next great innocation up your sleeve? Then South African banking giant FNB wants to hear from you. The bank, which…
Rocket Internet’s Glossybox hits 4m beauty boxes sold
Beauty subscription service Glossybox today announced that it had sold its four-millionth beauty box, meaning that it’s sold a box every 20 seconds since…
Business Partners puts aside R1bn for SA’s tech, energy, agro-processing SMEs
Business Partners, the specialist funding and mentorship company, says that it will make R1-billion available for its 2013-14 financial year to spend on business…
6 tips for taking your business online
The World Wide Web, together with other ICT enabling technologies, has made it increasingly easy for companies to conduct business online. The expansion of…
Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi secures $15m funding round
Latin American taxi app Easy Taxi has just secured a US$15-million funding round from its original backer Latin America Internet Holding. According to the…
Rocket Internet’s Russian clothing outfit Lamoda raises $130m
Russian online store fashion store Lamoda has secured a US$130-million round of funding from Access Industries, Summit Partners and Tengelmann. Rocket Internet, the German-based…
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