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SA food tech startup Mogale Meat debuts cultivated chicken breast

Mogale Meat, a South African cellular food-tech company, has debuted Africa’s first cultivated chicken. According to the company, the launch signals the birth of…

Visa opens Innovation Studio in Africa to advance future payment solutions

The global payments company, Visa (Visa Inc), has opened a new Innovation Studio in Nairobi, its first dedicated innovation site in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)….

[Opinion] Women in tech: addressing the gender bias

A quick glance at research on gender equality in the tech sector yields uncomfortable, but unsurprising results. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global…

SmartWage seed round raises $2M to transform African workforce

Human resources and communications technology start-up SmartWage raised $2 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round that drew participation from Idris Bello (founding partner…

UPS partners with Jumia for last mile shipping in Africa

The first African technology company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Jumia has announced a partnership with UPS. UPS will leverage…

Autism awareness NFT uses crypto for good

The Hedgie Fund mastermind Matt Landon is releasing a trait-based, randomly generated NFT collection. These “Hedgies” use characters, sets and props from the animated…

African Development Bank to stimulate African crops with $1B boost

While Africa’s food crisis has been building for some time, the conflict in Ukraine has exposed the continent’s dependence on imports. In response, the…

CEO of Accelerate Cape Town Chris Whelan steps down

Chris Whelan from Accelerate Cape Town is stepping down as CEO. Accelerate Cape Town (ACT) has made a name for itself as a facilitator…

Ornico snaps up Fuseware to fuel African expansion

Fuseware, the digital analytics agency tracking South Africa’s social media landscape, has been acquired by local media and analytics company Ornico for an undisclosed…

Education platform launches to help you set up your online shop

Starting an online store can be a daunting process and isn’t as simple as installing ecommerce software on your web server. It requires a…

Uber starts testing first-ever cash payments in India

Ride-hailing company Uber this week announced it will offer cash payments for Indian customers looking to hail a car, as part of a pilot…

Y Combinator’s Kevin Hale: what toilets can teach us about user experience

There’s this joke about a super drunk guy at a bar called Larry. He realizes he has to poop. The bartender tells him where…

Bandwidth Barn enters multimillion rand partnership with Telkom

It is called the Bandwidth Barn after all. One of South Africa’s top tech incubators Bandwidth Barn is announcing a three-year, multi-million rand partnership…

She Leads Africa is looking for entrepreneurs to scale across the continent

She Leads Africa is again helping drive leadership, commerce and innovation among the continent’s savvy women. A second time round, the Entrepreneur Showcase is…

Kalahari ceases to exist with finalisation of Takealot merger

Visit kalahari.com right now and for the first time since 1998 (that’s 17 years for the slower ones) you won’t find yourself on South…

These 4 engineers are using entrepreneurship to make their innovations go big

The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation has recently announced the top four engineering innovations from the continent. After given business training and mentorship, these…

MTN is backing tech entrepreneurs through New Generation Mindset programme

South African teleco giant MTN is going the extra mile to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. That’s apart from the pan-African company’s…

Efinity competition offers R75k worth ecommerce solution for startups

Backed by a package worth R75 000, South African ecommerce fulfilment service Efinity is having a competition to help put your business in the…

Ventureburn announces major startup country survey to gauge pulse of SA’s entrepreneurs

South Africa’s startup scene is hotter than ever, and entrepreneurs are the new rockstars of the business world. From government to big business, organisations…

Daddy.O to launch entrepreneurship programme for previously disadvantaged

South Africa’s Daddy.O startup incubator and sister business academy Daddy’s Dragons are about to launch a support programme for entrepreneurs from previously disadvantaged communities…

Naspers invests $40m in Brazilian app developer Movile

Emerging markets media and internet giant Napers has dropped US$40-million on Brazilian app development house Movile. The company, which has more than 500 employees…

WeChat, Pondering Panda ink deal to expand research capabilites

Mobile social and instant messaging giant WeChat has inked a deal with digital research agency Pondering Panda, which will allow both to offer businesses…

SA company Striata acquires New York-based Mass Transmit

South African electronic customer communications specialist Striata has acquired Mass Transmit Inc., a US based provider of email marketing tools, services and expertise. Since…

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