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,…
Knowledge Bridge to help news businesses transition to digital
Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF), the New York-based, “investment fund for independent news outlets in countries with a history of media oppression,” recently launched…
Oppenheimer family invests in 4Di Capital to back SA tech entrepreneurs
Amid increased calls by the private and public sectors for greater support of South Africa’s growing pool of entrepreneurial talent, local VC company, 4Di…
MobiProps: clever mobile real estate service links online and offline worlds
MobiProps is a mobile real estate service that makes effective use of short URLs, SMS and QR codes to drive prospective homebuyers to online…
#GovHackSA: intrepid developers tackle challenging government problems
The first-ever #GovHackSA event held recently, was a free, day-long coding marathon for developers to create new and novel solutions to problems faced by…
London calling: 11 SA entrepreneurs head to the UK
Silicon Cape, in partnership with Western Cape Provincial Government and the South African Chamber in the United Kingdom takes eleven entrepreneurs to London this…
Online retailer Loot.co.za secures funding from Titan Investments
In October this year, online retailer Loot.co.za launched enhancements to its site usability and the customer experience — just in time for the festive…
Mobile payments startup GustPay gets serious about cashless events
We’ve been monitoring GustPay, the geo-fenced mobile payments solution for some time now. Earlier this year, it piloted an additional service called “Event Intelligence”,…
Trend watching, market intelligence and research online portal TREND. launches
TREND., launched last week, will track and publish consumer data and trends across the media, advertising and marketing communications industry. Visitors can look forward…
And the winner of Startup Knight is… Easy2Map
Easy2Map, the startup that’s taking the programming out of creating and embedding Google Maps, was named as the winners of Startup Knight 2012. Byte…
Nano credit startup MoDe wins Africa stage of IBM Global Entrepreneur
If you were at Tech4Africa this year, you might already have heard the news. MoDe (Mobile-Decisioning), the Kenyan mobile nano credit startup, won IBM’s…
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