On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
Cisco launches R10m business incubator in Pretoria, plans further centres
IT multinational Cisco today (1 November) launched a R10-million incubation centre in Pretoria aimed at helping small businesses and startups speed up entry into the market….
Airbus opens call to startups for second edition of its Africa4Future accelerator
Got a tech solution that can help address a problem with the aerospace sector? Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has launched the second edition of its Africa4Future initiative…
Here are the 10 SA startups that will pitch at Seedstars Johannesburg 2018
Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the 10 SA startups that will pitch at Seedstars Johannesburg this Friday (2 November) —…
MFS Africa secures follow-on funding, bringing Series-B round to $14m
Johannesburg-based fintech company MFS Africa has closed a Series-B funding round led by China-based VC firm LUN Partners Group. The raise is an extension round to a $4.5-million round the…
Here’s who won at the SA finals of the Southern Africa Startup Awards
The Southern Africa Startup Awards last week Wednesday (24 October), in partnership with Startup Grind Johannesburg, announced the 15 winners of the SA finals…
Meet the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Douala
Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Douala this Friday (2…
Collaborative medicine platform Rema wins Seedstars Abidjan 2018
Healthtech startup Réseau d’Échange entre Médecins d’Afrique (Rema) has been selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Abidjan pitch event. The pitch was held…
Enter the 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey and win! [Updated]
UPDATE: SA startups have until midnight this Monday, 5 November, to enter. In addition, Ventureburn has now added two new prizes to encourage startups to enter — a brand…
Global venture capitalist Kamran Elahian to keynote Angel Fair Africa in Maputo
Iranian-American serial entrepreneur and global venture capitalist Kamran Elahian is set to present the keynote speech for the sixth edition of Angel Fair Africa, which takes…
Naspers to launch R1.4bn fund to back SA tech startups
SA investor Naspers has announced that it plans to next year launch a R1.4-billion (about $96-million) startup fund to boost the SA tech firms. The initiative…
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