Entrepreneurship

6 productivity killers that can impact your success

The world of work as we know it is has changed dramatically and with it came a growing number of productivity killers that impacts…

Africa’s innovators turn to tech to tackle transport woes

In sub-Saharan Africa, vulnerable groups face long, pricey and dangerous commutes. Now tech innovations are increasingly helping people get around affordably and safely. After…

Cisco launches digital hubs as part of SA’s CDA programme

Cisco and the National Library of South Africa (NLSA) are launching a series of digital learning hubs across the country. The initiative is part…

Why fintech start-ups are winning the race for talent

Data from recruitment consultancy Robert Walters shows that headcount growth within South African start-ups swelled by 20 percent in the past 12-months. This trend…

Reserve Bank greenlights new SME bank Lula

The South African Reserve Bank has given its regulatory approval for a new partnership specifically designed to address the most usual challenges SMEs face…

Fintech to help SMEs weather loadshedding storm

Lulalend has reinstated its SME Loadshedding Task Force as Eskom once again takes South Africa to Stage 4 of its rotational load shedding strategy….

Microsoft Founders Hub to support 10K African start-ups

The seeds Microsoft planted with the Africa Transformation Office announcement in 2021 are beginning to sprout. That commitment to growth in Africa is further…

Knowledge Base Africa launches bootcamp for entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe

SME development organisation Knowledge Base Africa (KBA) is launching a bootcamp for entrepreneurs in Harare, Zimbabwe, from 2 to 4 September. The bootcamp will consist…

The leap into entrepreneurship: how and when women should make it

I recently attended a Geek Girl Dinner, which raised, again, the extraordinary challenges of talking about women and entrepreneurship without getting sucked into a…

Entrepreneurs: so, you want to make a contribution?

An entrepreneur is someone who makes a contribution to the world as we know it. And for this, they get rewarded. Sometimes in kind,…

Millenials lazy, uninspired? New studies find the opposite

Being a millenial often means being associated with some negative terms: lazy, uninspired, reckless, and the most common of all, “lost”. Recent data suggests otherwise, especially…

Here are the pros and cons to starting your own startup

Movies depict a grand view of an entrepreneur, a view of a life that’s filled with bright ideas and enthusiastic men and women. The…

Common mistakes entrepreneurs make during a pitch

Author and life coach Tony Gaskins once said, “If you don’t build your dream someone will hire you to help build theirs”. This mantra…

Company identity and your startup: how to cultivate a winning culture

Culture – it can make or break an otherwise viable business. It’s that personality that drives performance, that special something that draws people to want…

To sell or not to sell? Things to consider when someone offers to buy your startup

Serious entrepreneurs don’t build a company with an aim to sell it. They build it to solve a problem. But a startup may struggle…

Startups: the investment landscape, VCs demystified

There has been significant growth and development in the South African entrepreneurship and venture capital ecosystem over the past five years as evidenced by…

Entrepreneurs, want to know how Apple co-founder Steve Jobs started out? [infographic]

There’s no doubt that Steve Jobs has built one of the most successful tech companies in the world. Even with the success of the…

4 things to consider if you’re prepping your startup for acquisition

If there’s one big, open secret in the world of startups — in India and around the world — it surely is that not…

Want to invest in Africa? Look at these two industries

Falling oil prices have applied strong downward pressure on key African economies, and major regions of the continent are starting to feel the pinch….

Entrepreneurs: you should be playing these 6 video games

It may be strange to think of gaming and entrepreneurship going hand-in-hand — unless you own a video game startup — but the two…

What did we learn from CustomApp, Uber at MTN’s app breakfast?

MTN’s App of the Year breakfast delivered a rather interesting speaker lineup, such as representatives from Uber, CustomApp and Snapscan. We’ve already looked at…

Philip and Malan Joubert share some of their experiences from Silicon Valley

Venturing to the far-off land of Silicon Valley seems to be the dream of many an entrepreneur. It is, after all, the birthplace of companies like…

How to scale your startup’s infrastructure from the inside out

When considering the most exciting elements of entrepreneurial life, you probably don’t immediately think of the word “infrastructure.” Foundations, wiring, plumbing — surely, these…

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel