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UPS partners with Jumia for last mile shipping in Africa

The first African technology company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Jumia has announced a partnership with UPS. UPS will leverage…

Autism awareness NFT uses crypto for good

The Hedgie Fund mastermind Matt Landon is releasing a trait-based, randomly generated NFT collection. These “Hedgies” use characters, sets and props from the animated…

African Development Bank to stimulate African crops with $1B boost

While Africa’s food crisis has been building for some time, the conflict in Ukraine has exposed the continent’s dependence on imports. In response, the…

Mobile Money industry processes record $1 Trillion in 2021

Mobile money adoption and use saw continued growth in 2021, processing a record $1 trillion annually according to the GSMA‘s 10th annual ‘State of the…

Samsung South Africa adds additional funding to developer programme

App Factory and the Future Innovation Software Development programme have received additional investment from Samsung South Africa to increase the number of experienced software…

NFT Lab takes Africa’s biggest collection to OpenSea

Invictus NFT Lab aims to demonstrate the potential for blockchain technology to bring tangible benefits to the real world and is operated by global…

African Development Bank is the biggest backer at South Africa Investment Conference

President Cyril Ramaphosa welcomed the heads of businesses onto stage at the fourth annual South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) to announce investment commitments of…

She Leads Africa, Huawei partner for Chinese fellowship programme

Female African entrepreneurs involved in tech now have the opportunity to travel to China, where they’ll experience some of the country’s most innovative technologies…

Designer marketplace Hello Pretty launches nifty embed feature

On top of having 1 288 design entrepreneurs on its platform, online marketplace Hello Pretty is launching a nifty new offering enabling entrepreneurs to…

Forging Enterprise conference to celebrate SA small business this May

In an effort to celebrate 20 years of small business promotion in South Africa, the Forging Enterprise National Small Business Conference 2015, led by…

Brazil, India move to shed red tape for business

As growth in emerging markets stalls, Brazil and India, which have long had some of the world’s worst red tape for firms, are looking…

Here are all the BEE changes your company should be aware of today

The rollout of the updated Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes that will come into effect on 1 May 2015 is evidently much…

Cape Town City partners with Citymart to help innovate informal trading

Informal trading represents about 12% of Cape Town, South Africa’s economy and employs around 18% of its economically active residents. To further help these…

Microsoft 4Afrika’s online hub for SMEs launches in Kenya

Microsoft 4Africa is launching its Biz4Africa in Kenya, which is their online hub that provides small and medium enterprises (SMEs) full access to local…

Pargo grows pick up points with 100 client outlets across South Africa

Pargo, the startup setting up parcel pick up points across South Africa, has announced that it will be operating in over 100 outlets. By…

Ventureburn looks to ‘break the internet’ with nude calendar [Update]

Ventureburn is set to take a leaf out of Kim Kardashian’s book as its staff go nude in a bid to “break the internet”….

Kaymu seeks to accelerate Nigerian entrepreneurship with new campaign

In an effort to support entrepreneurship in Nigeria, online marketplace Kaymu has launched the Next Big Entrepreneur campaign. The initiative will seek to teach…

Silicon Cape appoints Daniel Guasco as new head

Former CEO of Groupon SA Daniel Guasco has been appointed to lead the South African tech entrepreneur network, Silicon Cape. Together with Wayne Gosling,…

Joburg’s JEDI programme wants to educate 1k digital interns this year

The City of Johannesburg recently held an induction ceremony for the first 250 digital interns of the total 1 000 it plans to train…

You can now apply for the World Cup Tech Challenge 2015 to pitch in Silicon Valley

The World Cup Tech Challenge is inviting the global tech and entrepreneur community to apply and stand a chance to attend the global pitch…

CiTi to support more UCT entrepreneurs via Campus Barn Hub

CiTi has been very active in the last few months. Since new CEO Ian Merrington came on board, the tech and innovation initiative has…

Africa’s top business schools to accelerate entrepreneurship through collaborative AAAE initiative

Some of Africa’s top business schools have formed a partnership to accelerate entrepreneurship, job creation and economic development on the continent. The African Academic…

$100m Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme reveals 1k finalists

Hailing from across all corners of the continent, and over 20 000 applications later, the finalists for the US$100-million Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP)…

Epson Survey Reveals Surge in Demand for Projectors as Home Cinema Trend Takes Off

Opera Mini Brings Free AI to South Africa, Tackling Data Costs and Boosting Digital Inclusion

HONOR X7c: Does This Budget Beast Deliver on Battery and That 108MP Camera?

Umvuzo Health Turns 21 with a Tech-Driven Medtech Model That’s Redefining Corporate Healthcare

Kazang Brings Card Payments to Spaza Shops, Driving Fintech-Fuelled Financial Inclusion

Flutterwave Launches Accelerate Workshop to Upskill Young Africans in Tech

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV