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Register your start-up for AfricArena’s North Africa summit

So, you think you’ve got what it takes to rise, raise and scale? Time to put your money where your mouth is, then, and…

Telkom FutureMakers now recruiting for township incubator

Following a pilot project in Soweto, one of South Africa’s oldest townships, Telkom FutureMakers calls on entrepreneurs in the ICT sector to sign up…

Seedstars set to invest in 100 start-ups, including Africa

With $20 million committed by notable investors, Seedstars International Ventures II (SIV II) is set to invest in no less than 100 pre-seed and…

Fintech partnerships key to financial inclusion in Africa

Africa’s fintech start-ups are disrupting the payments landscape by revolutionising how consumers are accessing financial services. By collaborating with them, legacy financial institutions can…

Nigeria’s Kwik launches continent-wide e-commerce solution

Four months after raising $2 million in series A funding, the Nigeria-based start-up Kwik has expanded its offer of digital services with the launch…

Liquid launches Africa’s first centre against cyberattacks

Based in Johannesburg, African businesses and governments now have access to the first of a matrix of Cyber Security Fusion centres aimed at managing…

#ImvelisiJustHack equips enviropreneurs to build start-ups

With greening the economy and Just Transition at its heart, #ImvelisiJustHack is a collective intervention aimed at seizing opportunities that can play a vital…

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…

Cape Town’s latest co-working space looks to combine coffee shop buzz with home-style comfort

Cape Town has plenty of co-working spaces catering to the city’s burgeoning startup scene. While there’s clearly a need for them, it can sometimes…

Is your startup ready for the World Cup Tech Challenge?

Most sports have a world cup, or global championship of some sort, but did you know that the tech space does too? Organised by…

Startups in energy, water space could win a spot at African Utility Week

Water and energy management are two of the biggest issues facing the African continent right now. And in order to solve them, innovators and…

Want to make it big in Fintech? London’s the place to be

London has always been one of the world’s major financial centres. It shouldn’t be all that surprising then that, as technology’s evolved, it’s also…

Vinny Lingham, Matthew Buckland to chat ‘Silicon Cape to Silicon Valley’

On Monday, 7 March Gyft founder and Dragon Vinny Lingham will join publisher and agency head Matthew Buckland for a fireside chat hosted by…

$100k up for grabs for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs

Applications for the Anisha Prize, now in its sixth edition, have opened with total prize money now worth US$100 000. The competition, which is…

You could win 10 weeks at Silicon Valley’s Singularity University

If you’ve got an idea or project that uses technology to solve a major global challenge, then you may want to enter the Singularity…

City of Joburg puts up R5m for community-changing startups

The City of Johannesburg has, for the second year running, put up R5-million worth of startup support as part of its backing for the…

Yodlee partners up with South African API marketplace

US-based banking software and account aggregation service Yodlee recently announced a partnership with Limitless, a South African API marketplace and the company behind Moneysmart,…

10X-e: the new entrepreneurial programme aiming to bring big scale to SA startups

Vumela and Edge Growth, two of SA’s big brands in entrepreneurship and venturing have launched a new accelerator aimed at growing established, high potential…

Microfinancing startup Musoni secures ‘significant’ investment round

Microfinancing startup Musoni Services, has received an investment round from early stage growth capital fund Goodwell Investments. Headquartered in The Netherlands, Musoni Services provides…

TCL South Africa Unveils 2025 Mini LED TV Range with Wide Viewing Angles

RIP Skype Microsoft Pulls the Plug on a Digital Pioneer

SITA pushes back as Home Affairs eyes IT exit

EmpowaEntrepreneurs 2025 Targets Africa’s High-Growth Founders and Investors

French No-Code Pioneer Tinkso Secures Strategic Investment from SA Entrepreneur Henk Pretorius

IBM Think 2025: Enterprise Gen AI Moves Beyond the Hype

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV