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…
5 small-town SA tech entrepreneurs sign deals with international investors
In March this year we reported that a group of SA tech entrepreneurs from small-town South Africa, were set to take a trip to…
Meet the startups pitching at South Korea’s biggest startup conference
beLAUNCH, South Korea’s Biggest startup and technology conference has revealed this year’s 20 top startups from Korea and abroad which will be presenting at…
Innovation in Africa is alive and well: IPA announces its 2013 finalists
The Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) is a big deal. The joint initiative between the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the…
Omidyar Network releases African entrepreneurship report, it’s a must read
We have the pleasure of presenting the Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report compiled by the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic foundation established by Pierre Omidyar…
Interview: Sam Hutchinson, CTO of unified messaging juggernaut Everlytic
Sam Hutchinson is co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of Everlytic, the unified messaging platform for sharing content via email, mobile, and social media. South…
Microsoft, university, VC network team up to give SA startups a fighting chance
A new partnership between Microsoft’s BizSpark initiative and Find-Make-Grow-Realise (FMGR), a startup investment programme offered by the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of…
Rocket Internet’s Colombian ecommerce outfit Linio bags €25m investment
Colombian online retailer Linio has announced that it will receive an investment up to €25 000 000 (US$32-million) from the Santo Domingo Group. €12…
Rocket Internet’s Foodpanda takes off in Hungary
Food delivery site Foodpanda seems to have scored a bit of a coup in Hungary. The Rocket Internet-owned service, which operates in 25 countries,…
Vodacom, Vaimo team up for new youth-based ecommerce platform
African mobile operating giant Vodacom teamed up with ecommerce Vaimo to deliver Vodacom 4U’s new online platform with a focus on the youth market….
Mega-corp Oracle to acquire South African enterprise cloud startup Nimbula
American-based enterprise software titan, Oracle, will acquire South African startup, Nimbula, for an undisclosed sum of money. In an official blog post, the enterprise…
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