The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
Nomanini secures series-B bringing total capital raised to over R20-million
Nomanini, the company that delivers physical prepaid vouchers through its little cloud-connected box, has secured an undisclosed amount in series-B funding from Seychelles-based investment…
TechCabal Battlefield 2014: the top 3 Nigerian startups
TechCabal Battlefield 2014 has come to pass, and after much hype and excitement the Nigerian startup competition ultimately looked to three ventures as the…
Bus.com.ng now takes Nigerians to over 200 destinations, compatible with PAGA
Spark, the Nigerian “company builder” founded by Jason Njoku, Bastian Gotter and Mary Remmy-Njoku (all of iROKOtv) has reason to be happy as one…
Webfluential calls for popular web personas and brands after success
South African startup Webfluential, a platform that aims to connect South Africa’s most influential web users, announced recently that it now offers more brands…
SA student entrepreneurs invited to Toronto for fellowships, incubation
Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada announced the creation of fellowships for student entrepreneurs from top South African universities. The initiative aims to help students…
Anzisha Prize 2014 calls for entries to promote Africa’s young entrepreneurs
In an effort to uncover and nurture Africa’s best young entrepreneurs, entries for the Anzisha Prize for 2014 has opened this week. The competition…
WeChat partners with DStv to drive second screen user engagement
Social messaging app, WeChat, has partnered with South Africa’s popular satellite television service, DStv, to further user engagement using methods such as second screen…
Meet the 7 finalists fighting for $20K in Nigeria’s TechCabal Battlefield
There’s nothing like a good contest right? From hackathons to code jams, many young bright programmers and entrepreneurs love to fight it out for…
Rocket Internet continues its African onslaught with Jumia Uganda
Jumia, the Rocket Internet-driven “Amazon for Africa,” today announced that it will extend its services to Uganda. Jumia also operates in Morocco, Egypt, Nigeria,…
U-Start competition calling all SA entrepreneurs to action
Are you a South African startup seeking some international exposure? This might be for you. The U-Start Business Plan Competition, which will be taking…
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