Interviews

Navigating AI and Ecosystem Partnerships in South Africa

With the surge in artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and applications there’s been very little discussion around the usecases for AI in businesses in South…

Axis: Pioneering Sustainability in the Tech Industry

In an era where conversations about sustainability have gained significant momentum, Axis, a global technology company, stands as a beacon of environmental responsibility and…

Data Centres in Africa: A Critical Solution for Enterprise and SME Success

Sabelo Mabena, Executive Head of Products and Services at Vodacom discusses the rising importance of outsourced data centres in Africa and what to look…

Rentoza, SaaS and subscription-based models as the future of commerce

This interview was edited for clarity. Rentoza, a South African company founded by Mishaan Ratan and three other friends in 2017, has evolved its…

The Cisco approach to cybersecurity

This is an excerpt from a Reframed podcast interview conducted with Conrad Steyn, CTO and Head of Engineering for Cisco Sub-Saharan Africa. Text has…

An interview with Chipper Cash VP, Wiza Jalakasi

Ventureburn has its own podcast, Venturepod. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Castbox, Pocket Casts, RadioPublic, Anchor and Stitcher (Google Podcasts and Overcast…

Adtech startup addvirtt exits stealth to democratise sports advertising

South Africa-based sports advertising start-up addvirtt is plugging African brands into the formerly unattainable high impact, high-value TV visible advertising inventory of Europe’s biggest…

Friday Interview: Lance Dickerson, Revov co-founder and CEO

Headlines hinting at a 30 percent electricity price increase and an equal reduction in Eskom’s electricity availability means 2022 going to get very dark,…

Friday interview: Matthew Finlayson, Invictus Capital co-founder

Scan the About page of the Invictus Capital website and you’ll read about how the company is a pioneer in the blockchain space, and…

Solve real problems and never retire says Fundamo’s Hannes Van Rensburg

When it comes to running a tech startup Hannes van Rensburg has seen and done it all. He even wrote a book called Cash in,…

Q&A: Only 4% of girl learners keen to work in tech, enter sector says Naidoo

The Standard Bank Incubator is working against the notion that women are not interested in careers in tech, says Jayashree Naidoo, head of the Standard Bank…

Q&A: Africa’s mobile money ecosystem and its opportunities for startups

Ninety-nine percent of high school fees in the Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) in 2015-2016 were paid via mobile money, while M-KOPA and Fenix International…

Q&A: Cape Town entrepreneur Lorraine Steyn laments shortage of women in tech

Software development is a well-paying career and more women should be involved in the sector, laments Cape Town entrepreneur Lorraine Steyn. “I’m very sad…

Q&A: Lady Bonin founder shares her journey as a female entrepreneur

With Startup Grind Cape Town set to take place tomorrow (11 May) in celebration of Female Founders Month, we spoke to Jessica Bonin, founder of Lady…

Barclays Rise mentors aim to provide guide in lonely world of entrepreneurship

Mentors can prove invaluable to entrepreneurs looking to grow their business as they can impart important knowledge and act as an important guide in the…

The Foschini Group and startups: an unlikely combo

Ventureburn and Splash conducted an interview with The Foschini Group’s (TFG) CIO, Brent Curry, which revealed many insights into what TFG and startups are producing….

Q&A: Google’s John Kimani on Launchpad Start

Ventureburn had the opportunity to interview John Kimani, the Developer Relations Ecosystem Program Manager for East Africa and is responsible for looking after the…

Jamie Martin on Edtech and the EdTech Open Innovation Cluster

Tech hub, CiTi recently launched the first EdTech Open Innovation Cluster and incubator in Africa. Ventureburn had the opportunity to sit down with the initiative’s…

Q&A: WooTheme’s Mark Forrester talks hacking, investment tips & more [update]

Mark Forrester is easily one of the most well-known startup founders in the SA industry. In 2015, his co-founded website theme builder WooThemes was…

Q&A: Daniel Guasco on his new venture, Click2Sure

Even with the closure of Groupon in South Africa, the ex-founding director Daniel Guasco has been busy with a range of other projects. He is part of…

Exclusive Q&A: 88mph founder Kresten Buch on Ahoy investment

Investment company 88mph recently broke a long silence by announcing an investment into flight booking and management app for small businesses, Ahoy. Though the LinkedIn…

Katlego Maphai interview: rivals, data, staff, and more

We were fortunate enough to attend the second Startup Grind Cape Town event of the year, headlined by Katlego Maphai. The Yoco co-founder tackled…

Xero’s Gary Turner: Say goodbye to late payments

Ventureburn recently caught up with Xero’s Gary Turner, so we got the chance to speak about one of the underlying threats to small businesses —…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

How AI is Rewriting Urban Planning in Developing Regions

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

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion