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…
SA’s Intergreatme sets Africa crowdfunding record with over R28m raised in just days [Updated]
UPDATE (10 December 2019): While Intergreatme’s equity crowdfunding campaign closed with the startup having raised a total of R32,601,000 against a targeted raise of…
AI startup Cortex Logic’s holding company to acquire Tesla Water solution [Updated]
Cortex Group, the holding company of Cape Town based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cortex Logic, announced earlier this week that it will acquire Tesla Water’s…
Investment from Sozala Media was less than R1m, reveals Peepz’s Nick Holdcroft
Nick Holdcroft says he’s looking to grow his event staffing platform Peepz, following his announcement last month that his startup had landed an investment from…
‘Only 4% of Section 12J funds went to VC in last tax year’
A mere four percent or R120-million of the estimated over R3-billion raised by Section 12J venture capital companies (VCCs) in the 2019 tax year…
Burn Media announces Cobus Heyl as director, chief product officer
Burn Media Group — which publishes Ventureburn and its sister site Memeburn — today announced Cobus Heyl as the company’s new chief product officer. Heyl has…
SA regtech Intergreatme out to raise R24m through crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa
UPDATE (10 December 2019): While Intergreatme’s equity crowdfunding campaign closed with the startup having raised a total of R32,601,000 against a targeted raise of…
Here’s what you should know about Seedstars’ $100-million fund for African startups [Q&A]
Emerging markets startup competition Seedstars earlier this month announced it would launch a $100-million fund to invest in African startups in collaboration with Paris based First Growth…
Busy month for SA startup Cloudline as founder lands in Israel for accelerator programme
SA logistics startup Cloudline and its founder Spencer Horne (pictured above) has had a busy month. Earlier this month the startup — which uses autonomous airships…
Farewell Matt, your legacy will forever live on [Obituary]
The day he told me he had cancer he was out on the pavement below our Cape Town offices. His hair may have thinned…
SA still Africa’s top startup ecosystem but has fallen 13 places, shows new ranking
South Africa may still have the highest ranked startup ecosystem for an African country, but it is no longer in the top 50 club,…
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