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StudySearch connects African students with quality universities abroad

Even though there is no official data on the number of Africans that are travelling abroad annually for postgraduate studies, it’s expected to be…

Here are Africa’s 5 Innotribe Startup Challenge finalists

Fifteen fintech startups from all over Africa just competed for a chance to travel to Singapore later this year where some of them will…

She Leads Africa is looking for entrepreneurs to scale across the continent

She Leads Africa is again helping drive leadership, commerce and innovation among the continent’s savvy women. A second time round, the Entrepreneur Showcase is…

SweepSouth announces seed round, plans on-demand cleaning everywhere

SweepSouth launched mid last year on a mission to help get South Africa’s homes clean. The on-demand domestic cleaning startup has since swept up…

Kalahari ceases to exist with finalisation of Takealot merger

Visit kalahari.com right now and for the first time since 1998 (that’s 17 years for the slower ones) you won’t find yourself on South…

VIGO partner to offer SA small businesses site makeovers worth R10k

The Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship and VIGO have partnered to get more small businesses online, giving them an opportunity to win a website makeover…

Stitch Video: unlocking Africa’s growing video ad industry

Having been behind the launch of one of the first video ad exchanges, Adap.tv — which was then later acquired by AOL for over…

PwC Vision to Reality Awards reveals top 10 SA startups

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) has just announced the top 10 startup finalists of its Vision to Reality Awards that will be taking part in its three…

Taking Nigerians cashless: Q&A with PayPal’s business lead for Africa

Nigeria’s 170-million plus population has an estimated 60-million internet users, making it the largest potential market for PayPal of all the countries it has…

Uber launches in Lagos as it further expands into Africa

The popular San Francisco-based car ordering service Uber has just launched in Lagos, Nigeria. This puts Uber’s active countries across the globe at 42,…

Net1 Mobile initiative brings solar-powered solutions to SA communities

Net1 Mobile Solutions recently partnered with South African-companies and organisations to bring care-packs to hundreds of pupils at Jon Kotlolo School and the local…

Take Action to bridge gap between community and service providers

Service delivery sucks. Even when it works, it generally requires you to go stand in a queue, wait on hold, make extra payments… you…

Disrupt everything: Lagos and the transportation overhaul

The streets are flooded, it has been raining all night and all morning, and I need a cab. I have a couple of meetings…

Global Innovation Index 2014 spells promising signs for Africa

Swizerland, the United Kingdom and Sweden have been named the world’s most innovative countries of 2014. The seventh annual Global Innovation Index (GII) study…

Rwanda’s Think tech incubator calls for Africa’s savvy entrepreneurs

Based in Kigali, Rwanda, and brought to us by Tigo and Millicom, the Think tech incubator has now opened its doors and is looking…

PayFast’s 30k merchants can now accept bitcoin as online payment

Starting today, one of South Africa’s most popular online payment service, PayFast, is enabling sellers using its services to easily start accepting bitcoin payments…

6 inspiring insights to learn from photo-editing startup Over’s story

Photo-editing startup Over is all about inspiration. Just follow its Instagram account and you’ll find a range of motivational — often quirky — images…

Carmudi zooms in on Africa’s mobile generation with new Android app

Since it launched mid-2013, Carmudi has shown to be one of Rocket Internet’s fastest expanding startups. The online car classifieds startup has launched an…

SAB invites 67 entrepreneurs to pitch for 67 seconds this Mandela Day

South African Breweries (SAB) is celebrating Nelson Mandela Day in the spirit of entrepreneurship on 18 July. At The Lean Jump event, 67 startups…

Digital security company Gemalto joins Sub-Saharan Africa mHealth initiative

The GSMA pan-African mHealth Initiative (PAMI) is receiving support from Gemalto — one of the world’s leaders in digital security. The initiative aims to…

8 Cape Town finalists named for Get in the Ring global startup competition

In South Africa, the Capetonian finalists for the international startup competition Get in the Ring have been announced and will be pitching 22 July….

Broadband startup WhiteSpaces wants to bridge Nigeria’s digital divide

The Nigerian based startup, WhiteSpaces, wants to offer an affordable, reliable broadband solution to the country’s millions of unserved citizens. With a focus on…

Khusela wins Seedstars Cape Town with this savvy fire-detection device

In the past few weeks, the global Seedstars World competition has been making its rounds across Africa in an effort to find the most…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

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