Entrepreneurship

How to use management science to streamline your business operations

As a small business, how do you streamline business operations to reduce costs and increase profitability? The first step is to identify the repetitive…

4G connectivity could drive a new era of productivity for African entrepreneurs

Sub-Saharan Africa’s telecoms infrastructure has improved in leaps and bounds over the past few years, thanks to new undersea cables, national fibre links and…

Fundamo diaries: launching the world’s first mobile money service in Africa [Part 1]

The following article is part of a series of extracts from South African entrepreneur Hannes Van Rensburg’s upcoming book, Cash In, Cash Out. The…

How to get your startup hooked up

Being an entrepreneur or small-business owner can be a lonely place; so getting to interact with other like-minded individuals, and being exposed to business…

Seedstars to launch digital academy in Lagos

Global entrepreneurship organisation Seedstars has announced the launch of its first digital entrepreneurship academy in Lagos. The aim of the academy is to educate…

Startups scramble to reform shipping industry

Several industries are long overdue for a complete overhaul. Shipping ranks high among them. The way humans have been getting products from one place…

SA has some serious work to do when it comes to encouraging entrepreneurship

South Africa’s startups may be the silver lining to an otherwise gloomy economy, but there are nowhere near enough of them. Moreover, the country…

Balance the hype and potential with the reality on the ground [U-Start Africa]

“Build a business not a product”, “build the right networks”, “think long term and exercise patience” and “be amazing while you do it” —…

U-Start Africa: SA entrepreneurship is in a very good space

After radio host and entrepreneur Kieno Kammies‘ introduction, the annual U-Start Conference kicked-off today at the Cape Town City Hall. Stefano Giudotti and Zachariah…

Ackerman: even big businesses face small business challenges [U-Start Africa]

Gareth Ackerman may be the scion of one of South Africa’s most prominent business families but he has his own retail entrepreneurship story that…

Feet on the ground, head in the cloud: the mindset of doing business in Africa

Barely two years ago, foreign businesses and analysts were hailing Africa as the world’s economic miracle. With economic, political and social reforms sweeping the…

Safaricom announces new $1-million venture fund for Kenyan startups

Kenyan startups seem to be treading on fertile grounds. Kenyan operator, Safaricom, has revealed a US$1-million venture fund aimed at assisting the development of…

Disrupting the digital engagement model for competitive advantage

The following article is written by Andre Hugo who is co-founder and CEO of micro-jobbing service M4JAM. With over 22 years of business startup…

Community-based Bandwidth Barn incubator comes to Khayelitsha

Woodstock’s Bandwidth Barn by The Cape IT Initiative (CiTi) is one of the most important tech hubs for Cape Town, South African-based entrepreneurs, techies,…

Dragons’ Den SA episode 10: cocktails, bog roll and abattoirs

One of the things that’s become abundantly clear as the first season of Dragons’ Den SA has progressed is that, unless you’ve got an…

Be wary of being an entrepreneur for too long

I can’t tell you how relieved I was to reorganise my priorities at the end of 2013 and simply say ‘no’. No more entrepreneurship…

Your startup is up and running – now what? The one question you need to remember

A startup is like an infant: it keeps you awake from early in the morning until late at night. An established business is when…

The Hope Factory to celebrate, empower entrepreneurs with new partnerships

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is upon our dear world, and like many other entrepreneurship initiatives, South African enterprise development programme The Hope Factory hopes…

Dragons’ Den SA episode 9: diesel, nerves and rental apps

We’re now starting to get towards the tail-end of the first season of Dragons’ Den SA. The episodes broadcast so far have shown that…

Entrepreneur Expo provides unique insight into SA’s exciting startup scene

This week the fifth annual Entrepreneur Expo is kicking-off in Cape Town, South Africa, with the aim of bringing together entrepreneurs, thinkers and tinkerers…

Startup Picnic initiative to celebrate GEW with beers and a braai in SA

What better way to network than having a South African picnic? In celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) taking place in the week of…

South Africans are positive about entrepreneurship, believe it can be taught

It’s not often that you hear news stories about South Africa being a good place to do business. After all, research released earlier this…

Breaking Even: 5 business lessons to take from a crystal meth startup

If you haven’t heard of it yet, AMC’s popular Breaking Bad TV series stars an over-qualified science teacher, Walter White, who is diagnosed with…

Productivity On A Large Screen

Everlytic Launches Cutting-Edge AI Studio with WhatsApp Chatbots for Smarter Communication

Everlytic’s new API Communicator feature enhances customer engagement across multiple channels

Savant Launches Savant Build Cohort 3 to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation in the Green Economy

Simplicity at scale: The role of leadership in agile transformation

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Renault got design right in 2024

Nio Firefly brings Galaxy design to compact EVs

Google Cast and other Christmas goodies for Rivian