Africa

SA crowdsource design startup Springleap secures R4m+ Angel round

South African crowdsource design startup Springleap has just announced that it has secured a seed round of US$400 000 (R4.1-million) from a mix of…

Inspire Mastery: Having the right mindset is key for entrepreneurs in SA

A successful entrepreneur knows how to master his / her environment. An idea can only take you so far. The skill lies in knowing…

Tiphub hosts inaugural Diaspora Demo Pitch Competition

Tiphub, the mentorship-driven accelerator and business consultancy that develops and supports seed-stage technology and social impact ventures within the African diaspora, has announced its…

Global business e-registration portal hopes to boost startup growth in Africa

This is pretty awesome. Time and time again we have written about how business registration and red tape are some of the key obstacles…

Leading tech companies MTN, SAP, Microsoft provide support for Ampion Africa

Ampion Africa recently announced that leading global technology companies MTN, SAP and Microsoft had become its major sponsors, in a joint effort to help…

How can government support South Africa’s startup ecosystem?

South Africa’s National Development Plan hopes to see 11-million new jobs by 2030. That’s a hell of a lot considering the country currently sits…

Ernst & Young report paints positive future for Africa 2030

Ernst & Young (EY) has released a new report, titled Africa 2030: Realising the Possibilities, which argues that the continent is in fact showing…

Fold, rinse, repeat: risk-taking and startup failure in South Africa

Failure is basically being encouraged in Silicon Valley. The old-time favourite “failure is the greatest teacher” saying seems like their daily bread and butter….

Wabona partners with Cinemo to bring video-on-demand to Mxit and Android

Wabona provides video-on-demand via the web and has recently announced a partnership that would in effect soon allow the Cape Town-based startup to publish…

Microsoft to announce incubation partnerships at DEMO Africa

DEMO Africa is one of the continent’s biggest startup events, so it tends to attract the odd news announcement from big players and investors….

No slowing down for Uber: luxury car service now finally in Durban

In a recent blog post, popular US-based luxury transport startup Uber announced the further rolling out of its services in South Africa by opening…

StartupBus Africa gets 40 entrepreneurs to pitch in front of Richard Branson

Today StartupBus Africa announced that it will be home to 15 international and 15 African entrepreneurs who have been chosen out of a total…

PlayLogix aims to fast-track SA startups with Startup Build Pack

Incubator slash dev lab, PlayLogix, recently announced its Startup Build Pack. This programme is said to provide entrepreneurs with real tangible support focused on…

Security startups and Africa’s mobile boom: big problems, huge opportunities

The bigger the problem, the greater the opportunity. With the increasing popularity of smartphone usage paired with greater internet penetration in Africa, mobile security…

Publishing startup Paperight claims two prestigious awards in one week

Paperight, a Cape Town-based Shuttleworth Foundation-funded company, has picked up a couple of awards last week. It was named one of the most innovative…

Microsoft Ventures expands into Africa through 4Afrika

Microsoft is expanding its venture partnership programme into Africa though its 4Afrika initiative, starting with Kenya. “The Ventures partnership programme, which was introduced in…

Tech farming startup wins IBM’s SmartCamp [Tech4Africa]

Smart farming startup, SmartFarm has been announced as the winner of this year’s IBM SmartCamp Africa as part of the company’s Global Entrepreneurship program….

Small town, many startups: 6 ventures Stellenbosch should be very proud of

Mountains, wine and more wine. These are the three things the small Western Cape student town Stellenbosch is probably most well-known for. Those, and…

Investors need to rethink funding in Africa [T4A]

“In Africa if someone gives you US$100 000, you have to succeed,” says Angel Africa co-founder Eric Osiakwan. Startup funding in Africa is a…

Africa is rising, but will we rise together? Africa Summit 2013 at a glance

The 2013 Africa Summit (#AfricaSummit), hosted by the Omidyar Network in Mauritius, took place last week on 2 October where delegates from around Africa…

Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship: the 2013 winners

The winners of the 2013 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship (AAE) has been announced at a Gala Awards Ceremony held in Mauritius by the African…

African Development Bank pumps $150-mil into reliable power for Zambia

Electrical problems are prevalent for most of Africa, in some countries like Nigeria, people and businesses rely on generators to get the power they…

Government and educators should team up to promote entrepreneurship [AES]

Saying education has a role to play in entrepreneurship seems superfluous. It’s not just about educating students though, teachers need to be taught how…

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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