Entrepreneurship

MTN is backing tech entrepreneurs through New Generation Mindset programme

South African teleco giant MTN is going the extra mile to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. That’s apart from the pan-African company’s…

Should budding entrepreneurs share their ideas?

There’s a general school of thought among a number of new entrepreneurs that one should not share their business idea with anyone else. The…

Key lessons startups can take from Domino’s Pizza’s massive foreign expansion

Not too long ago, US pizza chain Domino’s Pizza established a South African presence. To date, there are eleven stores spread across Cape Town,…

Daddy.O to launch entrepreneurship programme for previously disadvantaged

South Africa’s Daddy.O startup incubator and sister business academy Daddy’s Dragons are about to launch a support programme for entrepreneurs from previously disadvantaged communities…

MzansiStore collaborates with Barn Khayelitsha to host ecommerce workshops

Recently there’s been a lot of focus on enabling entrepreneurs in townships like Khayelitsha across South Africa’s Western Cape province. Most notable has been…

Hampered by load shedding? Here’s a survival guide for your startup

Load shedding is here to stay, so every small business needs to take steps to protect its systems and data when the lights go…

Cape Town’s latest co-working innovation hub Workshop17 is looking for startups

Co-working spaces play a huge role in facilitating a collaborative startup community; engineering serendipity. The V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa and the…

Y Combinator is a cult and Silicon Valley is unique

Steve Blank, a Silicon Valley-based retired serial entrepreneur, does a fabulous job in this interview in defining what makes Silicon Valley unique as a…

Why your startup shouldn’t be afraid to scupper a flagship project

Something special happened on the tech scene recently. A well-respected company publicly admitted that its flagship project was no longer working right and discontinued…

Pitching 101: lessons from a Startup Weekend

The power of the pitch cannot be denied, and for many entrepreneurs who participated in the recent Startup Weekend Cape Town event, the hard…

IBM’s Global Entrepreneur Program extended to South Africa

This is big. IBM South Africa today confirmed that its Global Entrepreneur Program will for the first time, be extended to entrepreneurs in South…

African incubator encourages social entrepreneurship to improve young lives

Ventureburn readers from Chad, DRC, Rwanda, Senegal and Tanzania might find this compelling. GSM network Millicom, operating under the Tigo brand, and non-profit organisation…

Attention tech gurus: change a budding entrepreneur’s life with Business Bridge

There are fervent entrepreneurs out there, hungry for your entrepreneurial knowledge. Business Bridge, a not-for-profit organisation, is attempting to start a movement which enables…

1 million African entrepreneurs by 2020 says African Entrepreneur Academy

When we took a look at entrepreneurial hub No Picket Fence, we discovered a group of individuals fervently engaged in sharing their entrepreneurial experiences….

Entrepreneurship — some people just don’t get it

I heard a story this week that raised my blood pressure and left me fuming at another great injustice. Unfortunately there is very little…

No Picket Fence: a new hub for South African entrepreneurial knowledge

I’ll admit that I was skeptical about No Picket Fence, essentially a Quora for South African entrepreneurs. Like the popular question and answer site…

ISBC 2012 aims to mitigate ‘alarming state of entrepreneurship’ in SA

The most recent Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report shows that total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) in South Africa remains “a matter of grave concern”….

13 inspirational documentaries for entrepreneurs

We understand that starting a business can be a pretty wild ride and that some business owners experience feelings of guilt when they do…

How meeting Dropbox’s founder helped an SA tech startup pivot

Getting your startup off the ground can be intimidating as all hell. Sometimes you can get so obsessed with your vision that you don’t…

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…

Peter Thiel’s 20 Under 20: Transforming Tomorrow documentary coming soon

This is one you’ll want to look out for. The two-part 20 Under 20: Transforming Tomorrow documentary airing next Monday and Tuesday on CNBC…

RocketLab: New school for aspiring entrepreneurs launched in SA

A new school for aspiring entrepreneurs is opening its doors in Cape Town, South Africa. Launching in September this year, RocketLab offers three month…

4 tips for protecting your tech startup idea

In this month’s Entrepreneur magazine, startup adviser and mentor Ed Hatton provides four tips for turning your idea for a tech startup into a…

ASUS Taps Into South Africa’s AI Obsession With Smarter Devices

HONOR 400 and 400 Pro Redefine AI Smartphone Innovation for South African Users

Epson Partners with Global Icon Shakira to Inspire Youth Creativity Across Africa and Beyond

SA SMBs are AI-Ready – ASUS Report Shows Local Businesses Are Already Seeing Real ROI

Ocellics Reinvents Fund Factsheets with Automation-Driven Platform for Investment Managers

AWIEF 2025 Awards Nominations Now Open

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

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves

JLR channels its Camel Trophy history