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Making it in Africa: 5 tips for effectively localising your product
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Meet 18 brilliant SA tech entrepreneurs and their bids for a trade visit to the UK
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10 business lessons for the young entrepreneur
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Mobile health platform FolUp launches in SA
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Absa claims world first with mobile payments device for small businesses
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Countries around the African continent have a chance to do something really special when it comes to news innovation. With a highly mobile literate…
Naspers snaps up online photography retailer SAcamera
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Internet startups in South Africa: some home truths
Founders of South African startups are overwhelmingly white and male. And, for all the rumpus around the lack of access to VC in the…
6 data journalism startups you need to know about
The Knight News Foundation has announced the six winners in its latest Knight News Challenge, focused on data journalism projects. The six winners —…
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