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…
JUMO first SA startup to be selected for Google Launchpad Accelerator
South African fintech startup JUMO has become the first South African startup to be selected by Google for its Launchpad accelerator. The announcement was made yesterday…
Architect of Kenya’s Silicon Savannah hits out at delays at Konza Techno City
Progress on Kenya’s Konza Techno City, dubbed “Silicon Savannah”, has been too slow while insufficient budget has been allocated to complete the initiative, says Bitange Ndemo,…
Venture capitalist questions why so few women involved in angel investing in SA
Why are there so few women angel investors in South Africa? It’s a question that continues to puzzle local venture capitalist Andrea Bohmert. “I…
Winning Cape Town startups to tackle water crisis with innovative solutions
With the City of Cape Town seeking to introduce further water restrictions from 1 June, city authorities would do well to turn to entrepreneurs…
Applications open now for one-month Wits, MIT tech startups course
Wits University, in conjunction with MIT Sloan School of Management, has opened applications for teams interested in participating in the MIT Global Startup Labs…
How over 70% of scale-ups fail and what entrepreneurs can do about it
It’s a startup’s worst nightmare – having grown to over 100 employees everything suddenly slows. The bills start piling up but without growth you’re unable to…
‘Nigeria’s high cost of doing business is holding back acquisition of startups’
Nigeria’s recession should have made the acquisitions of startups more affordable for foreign firms — but instead the creation companies and building of new products has…
‘Silicon Cape event to tackle lack of diversity in tech sector’
Cape tech group Silicon Cape plans to address the lack of diversity in the Cape tech sector – a sector dominated by white males…
New Silicon Cape head pledges to make sector’s ‘old boys’ club’ more inclusive
Silicon Cape’s new managing director says she plans to get the Cape’s tech scene — long tagged as an “old boys’ club”, with moneyed…
‘We tried to partner with investors that gelled with us’ — CarZar on $1.5m deal
Partnering with investors that complement them has helped SA tech startup and online car buying service CarZar.co.za land $1.5-million in funding from a Sweden-listed investment firm,…
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