News

NSBC Summit to feature 100 seminars and sessions for businesses

The 9th annual National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) Summit will take place on 15 to 16 January at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The NSBC…

JA Youth Enterprise Development Programme for women now accepting applications

The Junior Achievement (JA) SA, a non-profit organisation, has opened its Youth Enterprise Development Programme, which is set to begin on 6 February 2017. Selected…

Applications still open for Barclays fintech accelerator 2017 programme

For fintech startups, applications are still open for the Barclays Techstars Accelerator programme, which takes places from 9 May to 2 August in Cape Town. Out…

Kairos Society is looking for 50 startups to showcase at the NYSE

Applications are open for the Kairos 50 (K50) New York Stock Exchange startup event. It will take place at the Kairos Society Global Summit…

Ventureburn wants to know about your tech startup

Ventureburn is dedicated to featuring and writing news about startups in emerging markets. In fact, it’s our passion to inform our readers about new startups,…

Call for nominations: Digital All Stars’ top green startups

There are an incredible amount of startups in SA who are tackling natural resources, harnessing power, or even changing the way cars work. For Ventureburn’s next…

OPIC to finance Unreasonable Capital with US$5-million

The US government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has announced their support of Unreasonable Capital, to the tune of US$5-million. Unreasonable is a venture capital…

EDGE Campus launches Qurio, plans to disrupt education

EDGE Campus, the Stellenbosch-based education software startup, has just announced the launch of Qurio— a free mobile and web product designed to help simplify…

Adfu partners with social network Yookos to extend reach in Africa

Adfu, online marketing company situated in Johannesburg, has recently partnered with Yookos which is the popular Africa-born social network site. The partnership aims to…

The Barn enterprise development programmes entries close today

Applications for the Bandwidth Barn entrepreneurial course programmes are closing today. The Barn focuses on providing an ecosystem to support both start-up and growth…

Teen science wizz represents Africa at Google Science Fair

The Google Science Fair claims to be the biggest online science fair in the world. It’s tagline “90 ways to change the world,” represents…

2go finally launches mobile app on Google Play

Social networking company, 2go has just launched an app for Android. 2go is currently the largest social network in Nigeria and is making its…

Malaysian startup iMoney seeks to expand after securing US$500 000

Malaysian startup iMoney has received US$500 000 in funding from Asia Venture Group (AVG). iMoney is a financial advisory and banking service comparison app…

Avaya programme set to make your SME ‘The Next BIG’

The communication and collaboration provider Avaya is one of the global leaders in its field of expertise. With this programme, Avaya is focusing its…

Googler Ory Okolloh joins Omidyar Network in support of government tech

Omidyar Network today announced that Ory Okolloh has joined as a director, investments within the philanthropic investment firm’s government transparency initiative. Okolloh will help…

Rocket Internet-backed Zalora lands 100-million big ones

The Rocket Internet-backed Zalora startup recently secured US$100-million in funding through investors like Summit Partners, Investment AB Kinnevik, Verlinvest and the Tengelmann Group. Yes,…

Promote your business online with Emerging Stars

Have a sustainable business plan that needs funding? Emerging Stars might help you out. Operating mainly in emerging markets and driven by models of…

How safe is your business against cyber-attacks this year?

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably heard about the bank heist where more than US$45-million got sucked out of ATMs around…

Putting the power of health in every MAMA’s hand

MAMA mainly operates best in regions where maternal-related mortality rates are high as well as mobile user rates. Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action is…

Rockefeller Foundation pumping $100 million into Africa’s digital scene

Africa is where it is at and its digital/tech scene is all the rage. Bigwigs are noticing the continent. The latest group to take…

iROKOtv’s founder launches million dollar plan to help Nigeria’s tech scene

Nigeria’s tech scene is on fire. The country has seen some amazing things happen in its tech space in the last few months, with…

iDEA: another innovation to help build successful businesses in Nigeria

In bid to foster Nigeria’s growing entrepreneurial landscape, a new innovation hub has launched. Its aim, it says, is to “help Nigerian entrepreneurs create…

African Utility Week hackathon — make a difference to Africa’s electricity woes

Electricity shortages is the single biggest challenge African entrepreneurs face. That’s according to the Omidyar Network’s sublimely comprehensive Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report. What…

Huawei’s All-Optical smart-home showcase unleashes a new era of home connectivity in Africa

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

Applications for the 2025 Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship are open

Africa’s AI Revolution: Reclaiming the Digital Narrative

South Africa’s Deskless Workers: A Workforce Under Strain

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

What is Northvolt worth for German car companies?

Jaguar rebranding creative is crazy – good?

German luxury cars require a rethink for China