Africa’s booming tech scene has no shortage of unicorn dreams and startup success stories. But behind every breakout company is often a network of…
Best and worst sub-Saharan African countries for startups
We delved into the World Bank’s Economy Rankings for 2012, released earlier this year and found that despite African countries not featuring in the…
From TEDx Cape Town: How to incubate new business ideas
At TEDx Cape Town over the past weekend, Peter Greenwall, author of the book Logical Stupidity delivered a colourful presentation on innovation. Greenwall stressed…
Tech startups in Botswana are tackling transport and health challenges
This week finds me sitting in Botswana. I’ve talked to a couple of startup entrepreneurs; Pule Mmolotsi who is testing out an Oyster-like payment…
How a hacker became a shit-hot entrepreneur: the Alistair Peterson story
Recently you may have seen massive hype and attention around a bank hacker called Alistair Peterson, mostly unknown, even in some parts of the…
