Africa

PwC Vision to Reality Awards dubs WiGroup SA’s top startup of 2014

Corporate, meet entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship, meet corporate. In a grand effort to celebrate small innovative companies in South Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently announced the winners…

MakeLaw: an app trying to redefine public participation in drafting laws

Nothing scares me more than the thought that one day I might wake up and everything will be illegal. That my every move, however…

Calling all Kenyan startups to attend Ventureburn Meetup

Ventureburn Managing editor Michelle Atagana will be jetting into Kenya on Tuesday, 23 September, and is looking to meet-up and chat with Kenyan startup…

Piing app uses Bluetooth so that retailers can engage better with customers

South African tech company, Beaconeye, recently announced a new app, called Piing, that is aiming to revolutionise the way retailers can communicate with their…

Cape Town gets Africa’s first taste of Startup Weekend Education action

Africa’s first ever Startup Weekend Education event took place this past weekend in Cape Town. There were five teams involved, with other high profile…

SA schools to get savvy with new virtual classroom tool by Mxit, UNICEF

Today, South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Basic Education Enver Surty, together with the MEC for Education in Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi, officially unveiled a new…

Green Pioneer Accelerator Program launches in Kenya, South Africa

A new startup accelerator program was today launched in Nairobi, Kenya, and will target green entrepreneurs with ambitious ideas in Africa. Dubbed the Green…

SA startup launches myViGO to help creatives build their own websites

Professional or amateur, ViGO is said to be for anyone who wants to create their own website. ViGO is a Cape Town-based software company…

Now is the time to be a private investor in Africa: here’s why

There is a lot of talk about the great “African Growth Story”, but talk is one thing, when it comes to actually participating, the…

A Kenyan makerspace: meet Gearbox, iHub’s latest project

We’ve been talking (and talking, and talking) about a rapid prototyping space here in Nairobi for ages. Without the resources to do it, the…

Rwandan tech startups need to beef up business skills to succeed

Rwanda is known for its strides in furthering ICT-related policies and its ambitions for tapping into the knowledge economy. In a recent article in…

Say hello to the 40 startups selected for DEMO Africa 2013

Held in Nairobi Kenya from 24 to 25 October this year, the DEMO Africa conference will feature 40 entrepreneurs hailing from Cape Town to…

Here are some game-changing health and agritech startups

Whether it’s information-led mobile startups, innovative ways of distributing crucial equipment or finding better ways of gathering health-related data, these award-winning startups use science…

Editors’ Lab Cape Town: 1st Sub-Saharan Africa media hackday

Editors’ Lab Cape Town is a two-day hackathon taking place from 6-7 September that will be taking place in the city at 24.com’s digital…

Africans need to build the continent up says founder of Africa’s Netflix Jason Njoku

Africa’s internet scene is growing, Africans are building killer apps and innovating in amazing ways. One of the pioneers leading Africa into a new…

Microsoft to spark local tech start-ups, partners with SA’s JobsFund

Microsoft South Africa has partnered with the Government’s JobsFund to further help drive the creation of up to 600 technology start-ups over the next…

Uganda-based Micro-finance startup wins the Anzisha Prize

Take 12 talented entrepreneurs now try to pick a winner in a competition about a social entrepreneurship and innovation. The Anzisha Prize announced that…

CBNC announces Africa business and entrepreneurial game changers of 2013

CNBC, which is Africa’s largest business television news network, recently announced the winners of AABLA (Africa All Africa Business Leaders Awards) of West Africa….

Here is why you should care more about elearning and green startups

They aren’t as flashy or sexy as providing a new social or music app gimmick, but startups and projects involved in areas such as…

Paperight partners with copier-printer developer Riso to empower schools

In partnership with Riso, Cape Town-based startup Paperight moves closer to achieving its goal of providing schools and teachers easy, low-cost access to textbooks….

Rocket Internet’s ecommerce flagship, Jumia, releases Android app for Africa

Jumia, the Rocket Internet backed West African ecommerce site, has announced the launch of its first smartphone app, available for users in, interestingly, not…

SA tech company MySlips wants to manage your receipts the easy way

MySlips is a South African service that lets you manage your receipts via your mobile phone. Though the competition seems tough, its vision is…

How VR Meditation Apps Like Realms of Flow and Others Are Redefining Our Connection with Reality

Transforming Healthcare in Africa with Technology

How forex trading is transforming startup investment strategies

How One Energy Project Could Reshape Climate Action

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

German luxury cars require a rethink for China

Trump wins – Tesla goes beyond $1 Trillion

Vivo update – a big safety gain