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Global startup competition SeedStars World is expanding its search for South Africa’s best startup in 2016. The entrepreneurial initiative, which specifically targets emerging markets…

When the African StartUp Cup, currently underway in Ghana, wraps up today, three winning ventures will walk away with US$229 000 worth of prizes….

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or scratch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative on Thursday announced the launch of its Traveltech Open Innovation Cluster, which aims to bring a new technological…

Stellenbosch-based health tracking startup LifeQ is on a roll. Having launched globally in 2015 and with its technology included in the new range of…

Update: added infographic for the challenge The MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge, powered by Jumia, on Wednesday announced its top three finalists. Whittled down from a field…

From 17 to 19 May, leading players in the African water, energy, and electricity spaces will converge on the Cape Town International Convention Centre…

Pensions in are an incredibly sensitive subject. Earlier this year — relatively minor — retirement reforms in Southern African caused wide-spread panic. That was…

This seems like a good one for all the social entrepreneurs out there. Nesta UK and Caribou Digital will be hosting a free workshop…

Unreasonable Labs, the international startup accelerator from the Unreasonable Institute, this week announced that it would be launching in Nigeria as it looks to…

The SEDA Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII), based in Port Elizabeth, this week announced the launch of a Research and Development Lab centre,…

If you’re one of the very small minority of female technology entrepreneurs in South Africa, you might want to check this out. The Israeli…

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or scratch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

The #Hack.Jozi Challenge, now in its second year, has whittled down entries from some 400 entrepreneurs to around 100 contestants looking to use technology…

Nick Walker, an innovation scientist looking to stem cells for an HIV cure, has won the South African edition of the Singularity University Global…

Towards the end of February, we told you about the South African leg of the Singularity University Global Impact Competition (GIC), presented in collaboration…