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…
Ozow nets follow-on funding from Kalon Venture Partners for Series-A round
Kalon Venture Partners announced yesterday that it had made a follow-on investment in Ozow (formerly i-Pay) of an undisclosed amount. Ozow, which was founded as…
New York Attorney General probing Eran Eyal’s Shopin
The New York State Attorney General in the US has launched a probe into a token offering run by SA entrepreneur and fraud accused…
Business Partners’ VC fund helps farming duo more than weather the drought
While many in South Africa’s agricultural sector are struggling in the wake of one of the country’s worst droughts in recent history, it’s been…
Google opens applications for class four of Launchpad Africa [Updated]
Google today opened applications for the fourth class of its Launchpad Africa accelerator and is looking for at least 10 startups to join the…
Empty Trips founder confirms exit and sale of her startup [Updated]
UPDATE (25 June 2019): Subsequent to the publication of this story, Unicorn Capital Partners executive assistant Kayleigh van der Hoff advised Ventureburn that the fund still has…
Silvertree exits CompareGuru in sale to SA’s SureStart
Online insurance distribution company SureStart today announced that it had acquired CompareGuru, an independent insurance comparison platform, from SA investment company Silvertree Internet Holdings. SureStart claims…
Meet the 10 startups selected for Grindstone Accelerator’s fifth cohort
Venture capital (VC) company Knife Capital today announced the names of the 10 companies selected for its fifth Grindstone Accelerator programme. The names of the companies — which…
Twenty candidates on Explore initiative prepare to pitch for AlphaCode Incubate
Twenty candidates from seven SA startups and developer teams are getting ready to pitch next week for the chance to get into top Joburg…
African ventures can compete on the global stage – Seedstars head [Q&A]
In recent years African startups have taken home a string of prizes from Swiss-based Seedstars, one of the world’s leading startup competitions. This is testament…
Norwegian Håvar Bauck behind Cloud9xp merger in Kenya
Norwegian entrepreneur Håvar Bauck — who earlier this year hit the news over his dealings with controversial Polish tech entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski — is behind…
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