Africa

Survey: South Africa’s Venture Capital industry is now worth a massive R2bn

The South African venture capital (VC) industry now represents almost R2-billion in assets under management, a survey released by Southern African Venture Capital and…

R300m fund launched to boost green entrepreneurship in SA

Initiatives encouraging entrepreneurs who address both socio-economic and environmental challenges in South Africa are becoming more common place. The most recent of these is…

Why we really need to take South Africa’s informal entrepreneurs more seriously

South Africa’s informal economy is booming. However, the lack of reliable data and realistic policies from government means millions of people are without security…

$1m The Venture competition now open to Nigerian startups

Startups in Nigeria can now compete to win their share of US$1-million from Chivas Regal’s The Venture competition, which aims to ultimately recognise and…

Eco-Innovators programme seeks to make environmental entrepreneurs investment ready

Cape Town, South Africa-based incubator and consultancy firm Impact Amplifier has opened applications for its Eco-Innovators investment-readiness programme. Set to start in late January…

Report details how frontier investing can benefit investors

Foundation and impact investment firm Omidyar Network has released a new report detailing how investors can benefit from frontier capital investments. Entitled Frontier Capital: Early…

Tech4Africa’s Gareth Knight: Africa needs real tech heroes

Africa needs heroes. Real heroes, who build innovative products for the continent and live on the continent, not exiles who’ve found their fortunes in…

Say hello to ALN Ventures’ 9 inspiring startups of 2015

Today’s startups. Tomorrow’s leaders. African Leadership Network (ALN) Ventures has revealed its latest in-take of entrepreneurs for 2015. From Cameroon to Nigeria and South…

3 unique trends shaping Nigeria’s startup ecosystem

In April last year, it was announced that Nigeria’s economy had overtaken South Africa’s, making it the biggest on the continent. This coincided with…

Jumia partners with First Bank of Nigeria so shoppers can pay in installments

“Those days of saving up all you had only to buy one single product are over,” Jumia boasts. Nigerian ecommerce has always had a…

Mobile startup Giraffe launches to help fill SA’s unemployment gap

South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers somewhere above the 20% mark with almost half of that number consisting of the country’s youth. A new startup,…

These are Chivas Regal’s top 5 social entrepreneurs of South Africa

Popular luxury whisky brand Chivas Rigal has just unveiled its five finalists of its Win the Right Way campaign. With a focus on social…

DEMO Africa 2015 to be hosted in Lagos for second year in a row

For the second year running, Lagos is going to host 2015 edition of DEMO Africa. The event will be co-hosted by The Ministry of…

Affordable fashion marketplace HipCloset wants to help you sell your blue jeans online

When it comes to ecommerce in South Africa, the fashion industry is certainly growing in popularity. The fact that only airline ticket sales generate…

Fintech startup Azimo is tapping into West Africa’s remittance market

As you may know by now, the remittance scene in Africa is quite a big topic with a bunch of startups both locally and…

Rwanda’s Think incubator is calling for its second in-take

Rwanda’s Think incubator is calling for tech startups to join its six-month accelerator programme in Kigali. This comes at the back of thefirst in-take…

Kenya’s M-Kopa wins $1.5M, plans to build university institute

Solar energy in Africa is really hip and happening. The pay-as-you-go solar energy startup from Kenya, M-Kopa, has just won the 2015 Zayed Future…

Ubongo, Lekki Peninsula Affordable Schools named Africa’s top edupreneurs

There are plenty of exciting entrepreneurs in Africa trying to kickstart education systems through affordable education, interactive games, online content and digital career discovery…

Uber finally comes to Kenya, African expansion to be tested

It was only a matter of time before Uber unleashed its East African chapter. The US$40-billion worth taxi company is finally about to show…

Meet iXperience: the startup that’s teaching US college kids how to code in Africa

When you think about Africa, foreign kids traveling to the continent to learn how to code isn’t the first thing that comes to mind….

From the horse’s mouth: 7 tips every startup needs to follow in 2015

Did you know that in 2014 the world hit 52% of its entrepreneurial capacity? That’s according to the Global Entrepreneurship Index, which hosted last…

The Green City Startup looking to fund over R1M eco-friendly startups in Jozi

In partnership with the City of Johannesburg, Resolution Circle and the University of Johannesburg, green entrepreneurs are encouraged to partake in The Green City…

How do you infiltrate the startup ecosystem in Africa?

The question posed by the headline makes Africa’s VC (Venture Capitalist) ecosystem seem like the mafia, where your cousin Vinny has to introduce you…

How Digital Platforms Are Enhancing Culture and Connectivity for Tourists in Portugal

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

Why Some Apps Feel Like a Digital Comfort Zone

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel