Interviews

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…

MMI’s Jaco Oosthuizen on innovation, what corporates can learn from startups [Q&A]

A little while back we told you about the Startupbootcamp Insurance Accelerator Programme, launched with the support of JSE-listed MMI Holdings. The accelerator programme,…

How online food delivery startup Food-i-like is making it outside of Lagos [Q&A]

The last time I was at the offices of African Internet Group (AIG) in Nigeria’s tech capital city of Lagos, I noticed that there…

SweepSouth weighs in on experience at Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups accelerator

SweepSouth is a having a good first year. Just after the South African on-demand domestic cleaning startup secured its first investment, it was accepted by…

Patrick Kayton on Cognician’s revamped self-coaching platform [Q&A]

Cape Town, South Africa-based self-coaching platform Cognician recently launched a new version of their software, entitled C3, which helps users collect and organise their…

Ventureburn chats with Simon Hartley on WumDrop’s R1m-plus investment [Q&A]

On the back of raising over R1-million and winning the prestigious MTN’s Best Enterprise App and Best Overall App of 2015, Ventureburn sits down…

SnapScan’s Kobus Ehlers on keeping up with SA’s ever-changing payments landscape

Kobus Ehlers is behind one of South Africa’s top-ranked apps, and arguably the only successful startup to have made mobile payments relevant in the…

Q&A with AgroInfoTech on building real tech solutions for Nigeria

No one doubts the booming status of the tech ecosystem in Nigeria, but taking a closer look at where the action is happening would…

Q&A: What Africa needs to build the next Facebook

I recently sat down with Seedstars World’s Marcello Schermer (pictured middle) and Gregory Pepper (pictured left). We spoke extensively about the startup pitching competition…

Springleap’s Trevor Wolfe talks agencies, startups, and pivots [Q&A]

For a long time now the line between startups and agencies has been blurring. With tech and product becoming so incorporated into daily operations…

Q&A: How Kaymu is helping thousands of Nigerian SMEs move to the cloud

Ecommerce is a big deal in Nigeria. Several SMEs are considering it as an option to reach bigger markets without expanding their office space….

Q&A with Francesco Signoretti from lastminute.com group on emerging markets

Feature photo: Seedstars Cape Town judges during a startup’s pitch Francesco Signoretti is the CEO of lastminute.com group, a European leader in the online…

Wootware’s Rory Magee on growing ecommerce success in oversaturated market

Starting an ecommerce store in South Africa is a difficult undertaking; making it a success is a far more daunting challenge. Wootware is an…

WooThemes’ Mark Forrester on how an SA startup sprouted a global success story

Last week we witnessed one of South Africa’s greatest success stories to date. A local tech company was acquired by Automattic, which is the…

Q&A with MoboFree CEO on Africa’s fast-growing mobile marketplace

MoboFree is an African-based mobile marketplace with a social twist that allows people to buy, sell and swap products with each other. The goal…

Raru director Waine Smith weighs in on South Africa’s ecommerce industry

Since its launch last year, Raru has become a go-to name in the South African ecommerce market. Headed up by ex-founders of Take2, they have…

Ventureburn speaks to entrepreneurial maestro Adii Pienaar on Receiptful’s $500k Angel round

South African serial entrepreneur and investor Adii Pienaar’s new startup called Receiptful is making some noise. The co-founder of the popular website theme builder,…

Two learners receive a nod from Buca international Music Science Energy fair

Brand emotional connection, your brand should be doing this to win

Vodacom strengthens Mpumalanga network with R450 million investment

AWS supercharges Amazon Bedrock

AWS re:Invent 2023: Five of the biggest announcements

HONOR 90 Lite 5G: Your Ultimate Entertainment and Gaming Companion On-The-Go

Is OnePlus 12 out? New design, colour leaked or not?

LG introduces smart monitors with Web OS Hub 2.0S

Budget speech misses NEV promise – again

Tokyo showcases a comeback for Japanese car design

Review: Amarok versus Ranger