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Startup partners with Telkom to launch translation platform for SA languages

Telkom has partnered with South African startup Enlabeler to launch an AI platform that translates speech into text and provides transcription services for local…

City of Cape Town calls for Women in Business programme applicants

The City of Cape Town and Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi) has put out a call for female entrepreneurs to apply for the…

African global business services sector to grow to $19.8 billion by 2023 – research

A new report by market researcher Knowledge Executive shows Africa’s Global Business Services (GBS) is expected to grow to nearly $20 billion by 2023….

Fairwork Project puts out call for Pledge supporters

The Fairwork Project has called on South African companies to pledge their support for fair labour practices in the gig economy. Announced on 30…

Fintech Black Pay partners with Ithala Bank to fund KZN entrepreneurs, community

Fintech Black Pay and Durban-based Ithala SOC Limited have partnered to offer R250 million for township and rural development. The partnership will see the…

Youth Content Collective launches to connect young creatives with corporates

The Youth Employment Service (YES) has launched the Youth Content Collective (YCC), a platform that connects creative content creators with businesses. The collective was…

South Africa’s Orderin relaunches as delivery-as-a-service platform

South Africa’s first food delivery app, Orderin, has relaunched as a B2B delivery-as-a-service platform to help bring delivery capabilities to other companies in the…

DEMO Africa 2014 to kick-off with special investor summit 24 September

DEMO Africa is one of the continent’s biggest and most extensive startup competitions. Earlier this year, the annual initiative announced the top 40 up-and-coming…

More than just words: Dragons’ Den judge interview sparks serious Twitter debate on SA startup space

A war of words seems to have broken out on Twitter following the publication of our interview with entrepreneur Vinny Lingham yesterday. Lingham will…

MTN dubs Live Inspect South Africa’s best business app of 2014

South African telecom giant MTN has announced the category winners for its popular annual business app competition. Data capture app for insurers Live Inspect…

The UN and Microsoft want to empower 200K Ethiopian entrepreneurs

There is no denying that Africa, and East Africa in particular, is currently buzzing with entrepreneurial activity. Adding to the buzz, the United Nations…

Media24 launches Efinity, its ecommerce fulfillment service

We are all gaga for online shopping. It’s true, South Africa’s ecommerce space is currently growing at a rate of 30% annually and is…

SA’s new accelerator programme to fast-track local health innovation

South Africa faces high rates in maternal and child mortality, HIV, tuberculosis, and other diseases. At the same time, there’s a lot of potential…

Entrepreneurs, prepare yourselves: Dragons’ Den SA judges revealed

Looking super serious and full of criticism, Dragons’ Den South Africa has revealed its five judges. Local entrepreneurs will have to pitch their business…

CodeX aims to nurture Africa’s growing tech demands

Recently launched by industry veterans such as tech journalist and TV producer Elizabeth Gould, former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan, serial entrepreneur and engineer Dave…

Innovation Prize for Africa seeks creative pioneers across the continent

Have an ingenious invention hidden in a lab or your garage? If so, listen up. The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is currently looking for…

Tech4Africa conference coming to Cape Town 28 August

Tech4Africa has just announced that it will be running its first ever Cape Town event on 28 August. The popular South African annual tech…

Standard Bank highlights US investment opportunities in Africa [Infographic]

According to recent research done by Standard Bank in South Africa, the greater continent offers US multinationals a compelling trade and investment opportunity thanks…

The Hope Factory business programme seeks Top 50 SA entrepreneurs

South Africa-based incubator, The Hope Factory, has opened applications for small businesses for its fourth mentorship programme intake. Based in Johannesburg, the Enterprise and…

M-Pesa relaunches in SA: refined strategy, massive roll-out

Vodacom’s well-known mobile money transfer service M-Pesa is having a second go at South Africa’s mobile market. The telecom giant announced that, after two…

Worldreader brings mother-tongue ebooks to feature phones in Africa

Literacy in empoverished lands is a pressing issue, especially on the African continent. But NGOs and other organisations are looking to eradicate this discretion…

Project Isizwe launches 213 free Wi-Fi hotspots in Tshwane

The City of Tshwane, in partnership with the free Wi-Fi crusade Project Isizwe, has launched more than 200 new free internet zones. Centered at…

Stately is SA’s online shop for all your curated décor needs

Stately is an online shopping service that curates products for lifestyle estate residents in South Africa. After having launched a new site, it also…

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