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…
An empty shell 3 years ago, Binu has since raised over R100m
Three years ago Gour Lentell was staring at an empty shell of a company. After eight years the money had run out and he’d…
We’ve grown fourfold since First Rand deal reveals co-founder of fintech Selpal
SA fintech Selpal has grown its revenue and customer footprint “fourfold” since First Rand announced that it had acquired an undisclosed minority stake in…
Unclear when Mauritius will introduce planned crowdfunding regulations [Updated]
UPDATE (7 August 2019): Paul Perrier, the co-founder of Mauritian based crowdlending platform Fundkiss told Ventureburn in a call today that the new regulations had been…
Here’s what late Matt Buckland had to say about these big tech, advertising personalities
Vinny Lingham, Koos Bekker, Matt Mullenweg. These are just three big tech and advertising personalities that the late Matthew Buckland mentions in his new…
Startup swiftVEE claims it’s sold SA’s first bull via online bidding, for R81 000 [Updated]
SA tech entrepreneur Russel Luck has revealed that his startup swiftVEE has completed South Africa’s first sale of a bull to an online bidder….
SA startup Healthcent nets R8m investment from Allan Gray, Umkathi Wethu Ventures
SA healthtech startup Healthcent announced today that it had secured R8-million in seed funding from black empowered holding company Umkhathi Wethu Ventures and investment firm…
SA’s first cannabis incubator forced to reschedule workshop after demand hits a high
Africanna Innovation, which claims to be SA’s first cannabis incubator has had to reschedule a Joburg workshop it was to present on opportunities for…
Experts raise concern over new Section 12J rule that limits deductions for investors
Experts have raised concern over a new threshold for deductions that investors can make under Section 12J of the Income Tax Act, saying it…
Aurik to kick off fund raising for new Section 12J VCC for SMEs
Aurik Investment Holdings will this Friday launch a bid to raise capital for a new fund that will invest in established small firms that…
Matthew Buckland shares all in brutally honest memoir [Review]
The late Matthew Buckland was an icon and a digital pioneer in his field. The story of how he got there, detailed in the…
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