Africa

Rising Star Awards announces SA’s finalists in business talent

The Rising Star Awards recently named its finalists with the goal of highlighting South Africa’s top youth in business. There were eleven categories ranging…

How Evernote is globalising Africa’s tech and building bridges

You can see it in its logo; the elephant symbol stamped onto the green background. Evernote’s got a connection with the African continent, even…

Ushahidi’s BRCK raises $1.2M to connect the 4-billion in emerging markets

Good news for BRCK after a very successful Kickstarter campaign is that Ushahidi has announced a new round of funding to the tune of…

SA devs create innovative stock-tracking app in SunGard Competition

Last month, more than 500 SunGard developers in 30 cities around the world took part in the SunGard Global Coder Cup. With the aim…

Jumia opens up online marketplace in Nigeria to empower offline SMEs

After celebrating its 2nd year anniversary, ecommerce store Jumia Nigeria has now announced the launch of its online Marketplace where third-party merchants can leverage…

My Company – My Startup 2014 to enhance young entrepreneurs’ skills

My Company – My Startup 2014 is a joint initiative between AIESEC Azerbaijan and AIESEC University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, which aims…

Uber [enter African city here] is happening sooner than you think

Like it or not, Uber’s path to world domination cannot be stopped. The San Francisco-based car ordering technology company is making its play for…

What’s wrong with Africa’s startup scene?

We were first introduced to Zimbabwean Munyuki Manatsa, when his online hip hop community mixdem, started trending on tech news aggregator, Hacker News. In…

Make cross border payments to Lesotho and Swaziland with FNB Pay2Cell

FNB’s Pay2Cell service is quite handy. Launched in September 2011, the service allows FNB Cellphone Banking customers to make payments directly into other FNB…

How high-speed internet access is changing Tanzania

The installation of underwater telecommunications cables beginning in 2009 and a US$200-million government backed rollout of 10 000km of national backbone, has seen the…

Who are South Africa’s top business women and entrepreneurs?

The influence of women on business is increasing — they’re making a mark on the tech world and women account for a larger percentage…

Best and worst sub-Saharan African countries for startups

We delved into the World Bank’s Economy Rankings for 2012, released earlier this year and found that despite African countries not featuring in the…

South African VC Knife Capital receives international recognition

To the people living on the African continent, the brilliant innovation emerging from the continent’s unsung entrepreneurs is axiomatic. The rest of the world…

Paperight: turn your copy shop into a book shop, pay less for books

In a time where digital books and distribution are vying for mindshare as the best weapon in the fight against illiteracy in Africa, Paperight…

Intel makes second Africa investment with Ghana’s Rancard

Africa’s tech hubs are coming into their own and now more than ever, the continent is ripe for the taking. It seems Intel is…

CheqOut set to disrupt African mobile payments industry

CheqOut, launching today, will allow anyone with an iPhone — and later an Android phone or BlackBerry — to accept credit card payments, by…

Will the real African startups please stand up?

With so much focus on advancing the entrepreneurial ecosystems around African startup hubs at the moment, more and more Africans are starting their own…

Major African VC network launches private investing tools

Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), an online community of venture capitalists, angels and entrepreneurs, today announced the launch of new tools aimed at helping…

What gaps need to be plugged in the African startup ecosystem?

Africa’s startup ecosystem is in a state of flux. These are the formative days, the few million years post big-bang, if you would. So…

Umbono Alpha Beta: Beer, pizza and startups, the Google way

Umbono Alpha Beta is a Google event at which you can have as much free beer and pizza as you want, as long as…

4 Factors shaping social impact investment in Africa’s tech scene

I recently took part in a panel discussion focused on “investing in tech in Africa”. It was a good session, as it was very…

30 brilliant African tech startups

The methodology behind this list of startups had two simple directives. First, the startup had to have African roots and secondly it had to…

10 African tech startups worth watching

It’s practically a tradition to follow a post like this with a good old-fashioned flame-war where everyone reveals his or her own sense of…

Epson Survey Reveals Surge in Demand for Projectors as Home Cinema Trend Takes Off

Opera Mini Brings Free AI to South Africa, Tackling Data Costs and Boosting Digital Inclusion

HONOR X7c: Does This Budget Beast Deliver on Battery and That 108MP Camera?

Umvuzo Health Turns 21 with a Tech-Driven Medtech Model That’s Redefining Corporate Healthcare

Kazang Brings Card Payments to Spaza Shops, Driving Fintech-Fuelled Financial Inclusion

Flutterwave Launches Accelerate Workshop to Upskill Young Africans in Tech

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

Slate Truck is an outrageously sensible pickup

Red Bull wings for Lucid – not Tesla

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV