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MTN holds first Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass

Telecoms giant MTN successfully hosted their first Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass on 27 October. Hosting the event was CEO of Innate Investment Solutions, Lynette Ntuli. Recounting her…

The Sun Exchange gets gong at Finance Africa Conference

A crowd-funding platform, The Sun Exchange, was named the best Blockchain and Bitcoin company in SA at the Finance Africa Conference, which took place…

SAP launches first Co-Innovation Lab in Africa

Software solutions company SAP has launched its first Co-Innovation Lab (COIL) in Johannesburg, being a first for Africa. COIL has been created in order to…

Angel Fair Africa gets all-female investors panel

Angel Fair Africa has announced its first all-female investors panel. The panel features names such as angel investor Laila Macharia, Kanini Mutooni (director of investment…

Futureneers: the VC aiming to invest in, nurture startups

South African startups will be receiving a new VC company in the form of Futureneers. The VC aims to change the way companies are invested…

Digital entrepreneur? MTN has a masterclass for you

Telecoms giant, MTN has geared its focus toward accelerating startups through their first ever Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass. The first masterclass is to be held on…

Design Innovation Seed Fund offers R6.5-million fund to Cape innovators

Startups looking for funding can now apply to the Design Innovation Seed Fund (DISF) for a share of R6.5-million. The fund is looking for pre-revenue…

Personera launches Facebook print calendars

Whoever declared that print was dead may soon have to swallow their words. Personera, an online-to-offline media technology startup, launched its unique service to…

Opening speech @ #SiliconCape

Here is the text of the speech I gave at the opening of Silicon Cape in Camps Bay. I’m not alone in saying that…

Online chess play scoops $1.25m in funding

ChessCube has concluded a US$1.25m funding agreement with Venture Capital fund, InVenFin (Pty) Ltd. InVenFin, the VC-focused subsidiary of VenFin Limited, invests in intellectual…

Internet Solutions to create new VC fund for web innovation?

It looks like Internet Solutions (IS) may be creating some kind of incubator or venture capital fund to encourage local web innovation and startups….

SA aggregator cracks CNN mention

This is killer. CNN.com mentioned Afrigator as a hot web 2.0 startup. Afrigator is the Africa-focused blog aggregator by Justin Hartman and Mike Stopforth….

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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JLR channels its Camel Trophy history

Luca de Meo and his Renault legacy