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…
6 drone startups in South Africa to look out for [Digital All Stars]
Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn,…
SA’s first equity crowdfunding platform to launch later this month
South Africa’s first equity crowdfunding platform will be unveiled by ThundaFund founder Patrick Schofield in a soft launch later this month, Schofield confirmed today….
‘Ghana’s impressive track record helped it secure 2017 IPA competition’
An impressive track record — that’s what helped Ghana to secure the hosting of this year’s Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), says the competition’s director Pauline Mujawamariya Koelbl….
SA’s Rehive launches Shopify-type platform for fintech apps
South African fintech startup Rehive — which aims to become the Shopify for small companies to build their own fintech apps — has launched a new platform…
Meet EMGuidance, the SA finalist for Seedstars World competition
A Cape Town startup that developed an app to help doctors to source more reliable information on treatment guidelines and medication dosages among other things, has been chosen…
South Africa is slipping behind on regulating bitcoin — Vinny Lingham
Silicon Valley based SA entrepreneur Vinny Lingham says South Africa is falling behind when it comes to regulating bitcoin. “I think we’re definitely behind…
From smart bearings to group-buying app, meet Innovation Prize of Africa finalists
A mobile app that helps rally women into buying groups and a smart bearing that can boost energy efficiency in Africa — these are…
Q&A: Cape Town kitesurfer details what it takes to be a digital nomad
With ever improving technology and a search for a better way to work, many South Africans are turning to the possibility of working remotely, as…
SA might be in recession but opportunities are huge – Alphawave chairman
While South Africa slipped into a recession in the first quarter of this year, Stellenbosch investor and entrepreneur Frans Meyer says the opportunities for…
SA fitness app Fitkey heads for 1000 paid subscribers almost two years after launch
Almost two years after it launched local startup Fitkey has almost a 1000 paid subscribers, with about 3000 users signed up to the browse…
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