The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
WeChat, Pondering Panda ink deal to expand research capabilites
Mobile social and instant messaging giant WeChat has inked a deal with digital research agency Pondering Panda, which will allow both to offer businesses…
WeChat set to launch on-demand courier service in SA
This is interesting. WeChat, the Tencent-owned mobile social and instant messaging service, is set to launch an on-demand courier service in South Africa. While…
imAGINE: the SA startup looking to bring digital signage to the masses
This is pretty cool. Software house Interactivemedia has launched a subsidiary aimed at giving everyday business owners the power to create well-designed digital signage…
Yuppiechef ditches its trademark hand-written cards in quest for authenticity
Yuppiechef, the South African ecommerce site, is ditching the trademark hand-written cards it sends out with every delivery. In an official blog post by…
Africa 118 expands business directory service to Uganda
Kenyan mobile directory service Africa 118, one of five startups to be awarded a Microsoft4Afrika innovation grant in 2014, has announced its expansion into…
Exclusive: Google bigwig to join fast-growing M4JAM
Ventureburn can exclusively reveal that Google’s Brett StClair is leaving the technology giant to join up-and-coming micro-jobbing startup M4JAM (Money for Jam). Brett StClair,…
Angelhub Ventures invests in Snapplify, Michael Jordaan joins board
Additional reporting by Jacques Coetzee This is interesting. AngelHub Ventures, the angel investment company backed by money from ex FNB head-honcho Michael Jordaan and…
Does South Africa’s ecommerce future really lie with niche players?
The South African ecommerce space is pretty complex. On the one hand you’ve got players like Takealot attracting hundreds of millions of dollars in…
SW7 accelerator opens applications for 2015 intakes
In mid 2014, we told you about SW7, the latest in a line of tech startup accelerators which don’t take equity from its participants….
Meet Mama Money, the mobile social startup looking to break open the African remittance market
Remittances, or the transfer of money by a foreign workers to an individuals in their home countries, are huge, especially in countries with large…
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