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[Opinion] Mobile-led risk approach key to financial inclusion

The world of mobile access has unlocked an ecosystem where mobile channels can sit alongside a predominantly cash economy. This is the view of…

Women in IT celebrates ‘the nerd, the girly girl and the future’

For many young women, a career in information technology, the sciences and engineering can be intimidating: all that maths, all that studying, all those…

From farmers to students, Zim fintech vows to include all

A Zimbabwean fintech start-up, Cashlinq, is set on empowering entrepreneurs across Africa through its “easily accessible” banking platform. Cashlinq, says founder Tendai Mugovi, is…

13 000 Egyptians to participate in mobile sports tournament

Football-loving Egyptians can now also look forward to Free Fire, the country’s first sports tournament happening entirely on mobile phones. More than 13 000 gamers…

AfricArena announces speaker A-list for North Africa summit

The chief executive of Open Start-up Tunisia, Dr Houda Ghozzi, and Breega founder Ben Marrel are among the A-list speakers confirmed for AfricArena’s upcoming…

3 start-ups can win big in AfricArena, Saint-Gobain challenge

Three African tech start-ups with procurement, logistics and circular economy solutions can each wine $10 000 worth of Amazon Web Services credit in AfricArena…

Business Partners to up-skill entrepreneurs in new contest

South Africa has been established as one of the continent’s “big four” start-up ecosystems, alongside Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria, according to the 2022 South…

Here’s who’ll be competing for top prize at the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge [update]

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…

These 15 startups are vying for victory at African Utility Week

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

Should more SA pension funds invest in private equity?

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

This workshop aims to give social entrepreneurs a leg-up

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

PE incubator gets new R&D lab

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

25 Nigerian startups to pursue their ‘unreasonable’ ambition

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

Start-Up Tel Aviv South Africa aims to reward top female tech entrepreneurs

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…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [11/04/2016]

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….

#Hack.Jozi: 100 shortlisted entrepreneurs receiving mentoring

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…

SA innovation scientist wins space at Singularity University, wants to cure HIV

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

These are the 10 South Africans vying for a place at Singularity University

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

Bob Skinstad to talk business at April StartupGrind

StartupGrind, the global series of monthly entrepreneurial talks, has a penchant for finding speakers outside of the traditional startup space. The April edition of…

Meet Ventureburn at Workshop 17

Think your startup could change the world? Then we want to hear about it. And we’re not just talking about emails either. We want…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [04/04/2016]

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….

MEST opens up entrepreneurial programme to South Africans for first time

This is pretty cool. South African entrepreneurs can, for the first time, apply to be part of the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST)….

Seed Academy announces second annual startup survey

Seed Academy, the Johannesburg-headquartered training, incubation and funding programme, has announced the launch of its second annual startup survey. According to press release sent…

Why AI in Education Still Needs Human Teachers

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Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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