Africa

MzansiStore: this Etsy for Africa aims to empower local crafters

A few months ago, MzansiStore successfully raised funds on local crowdfunding site Thundafund in order to support one of South Africa’s designers. More than…

Worldreader brings mother-tongue ebooks to feature phones in Africa

Literacy in empoverished lands is a pressing issue, especially on the African continent. But NGOs and other organisations are looking to eradicate this discretion…

Physics, healthcare and imagination: meet Africa’s future

Every year, Microsoft asks university students to imagine what they could do with technology through its Imagine Cup competition — a skills-based challenge comprised…

Fixing the African startup space: stop looking at Silicon Valley

We are at a very exciting stage in the African Startup space. The attention we are getting internationally is great and we are seeing…

Project Isizwe launches 213 free Wi-Fi hotspots in Tshwane

The City of Tshwane, in partnership with the free Wi-Fi crusade Project Isizwe, has launched more than 200 new free internet zones. Centered at…

Go Metro named Cape Town winner of Get in the Ring 2014

Get in the Ring (GITR) South Africa has announced transport startup Go Metro as the regional winner of the Cape Town batch. Founder of…

Many fragments of a whole: unmasking Nigeria’s tech industry

“Things don’t work like that here,” someone in the audience responds as Gareth Knight, founder of popular tech conference Tech4Africa, talks about the need…

Ventureburn talks entrepreneurship with Omidyar Network Africa’s Malik Fal

Right around the time Omidyar Network released its Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report, we had an opportunity to talk to Malik Fal, managing director…

Omidyar Network releases African entrepreneurship report, it’s a must read

We have the pleasure of presenting the Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa report compiled by the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic foundation established by Pierre Omidyar…

Innovationville: where good money-making African startups go to die

You will be hard pressed to find anyone in Africa who doesn’t agree that a wave of something big and game-changing is coming. In…

Mentorship Marketplace: matching entrepreneurs with business experts

African entrepreneurs are increasingly looking for mentorship. Locally, a study by the Silicon Cape initiative, revealed that access to business mentors was the second…

Invasion: will international attention boost or badger African tech startups?

As Africa keeps emitting positive economic signals, international investment will continue to rise. The question is, how will it affect Africa’s tech startup scene?…

Three trends linking Silicon Valley to Africa’s startup ecoystem

There is simply no denying that tech entrepreneurship in Africa is on the rise, and the dedication and passion of community leaders across the…

Uncharted entrepreneurship in Africa’s domain name industry

During the heyday of the domain name business in the late 90s, entrepreneurs snapped up attractive .com domains for cheap. Like real estate, the…

The three types of incubators in Africa

Incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces, and technology hubs have sprung up all across Africa, all claiming to be the right entity to fuel entrepreneurial activity…

Why build a tech city when you can build a tech neighbourhood?

This just caught my attention and I think it is such an innovative idea. Leave it to the Nigerians to change things up. While…

From deal sites to tablet makers: inside Africa’s startup boom

Africa has a pretty impressive tech startup scene. Very few people know about it because the companies that are being built aren’t exiting for…

Africa App Quest: the search for the best travel app in Africa

Research commissioned by the World Bank has predicted that Sub-Saharan Africa’s travel and tourism industry is expected to achieve an annual growth rate of…

2go and iROKING partner to bring Nigerian music to millions

Nigerian music service iROKING is partnering with South African-born instant messenger and social network 2go to bring free Nigerian music downloads from the likes…

Building a tech-focused continent: 9 of Africa’s innovation hubs

Innovation, mobile, tech and startups. These are Africa’s buzzwords. A continent that arrived late to the web revolution, Africa is catching up fast and…

The need for both makerspaces and incubators in Africa

I’ve long been a proponent of getting more spaces set up for hardware prototyping and making of things in Africa. I wrote about it…

Making it in Africa: 5 tips for effectively localising your product

Selling Africa to investors, multinationals and enterprising entrepreneurs is becoming easier every day. The International Monetary Fund reckons by 2015, African countries will account…

Entrepreneurs need to have ‘mad belief’ in their idea

When you start a business it is important to have a childlike obsession with your idea and truly believe that it will work and…

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