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Beauty subscription startup RubyBox pulls out of Media24

Online beauty subscription service RubyBox is pulling out of the Media24, a division of Naspers, which is concentrating its resources on other high-growth ecommerce…

Impact Beyond Innovation: This backpack uses solar power so kids can study at night

Impact Beyond Innovation is an article series that features startups from Africa putting social good at the forefront of their business models. Large parts…

Rocket Internet launches Everjobs career portal, to target Africa, Asia

It’s only been a matter of time before Rocket Internet got onto the online jobs classifieds space. And so, the German startup factory has…

How reverse innovation helped birth Ludwick Marishane’s waterless bath #AccentureIC2015

Ludwick Marishane, the brain behind the so-called Waterless Bath, was one of the opening keynotes at The Accenture Innovation Conference. Dubbed the DryBath, his…

Are elearning startups Nigeria’s best hope for a new wave of innovation?

This week, Lagos will host its third annual Social Media Week. Last year, it featured a Battlefield startup competition that was won by educational…

Google SA invites women entrepreneurs for free workshop

International Women’s Day is just around the corner (8 March). To celebrate, Google South Africa is inviting women entrepreneurs to apply for a Digital…

SA startups catch a tax break as Reserve Bank allows for offshore IP transfer

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has relaxed regulations for private companies in the country, which now makes it possible to transfer intellectual property…

EY report shows where investors are putting their money in Africa

A recent report released by Ernst & Young, titled Executing Growth, EY’s 2014 Africa Attractiveness Survey, shows that foreign direct investment (FDI) in Sub-Saharan…

Grey Group advertising set to acquire major stake in SA’s Volcano Group

South Africa’s ad industry is being shaken up. The global advertising and marketing agency, Grey Group, is today re-entering the South African market after…

Send a tweet and get grilled cheese sandwiches delivered to your face

Have you ever glanced up from your computer screen while the sun was rising to the midpoint in the sky, felt your stomach complain…

South African photo editing startup Over wins global U-Start competition

Hailing from Cape Town, South Africa, mobile app startup Over has been named the number one startup at the international U-Start competition in Milan,…

Livity Africa launches Digify to create digitally astute young South Africans

Livity Africa is launching a digital bootcamp for youth aged from 18 to 25 interested in pursuing a career in digital. The programme, called…

Built in Africa: Meet the young African scientists and engineers competing at Intel’s ISEF

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that hail from the continent and empower its citizens. Touted as the world’s largest international…

Future Africa Awards 2014 looking for local game-changers

The Future Africa Awards & Summit 2014 has recently launched and is calling for nominations. The ninth installment of this annual event aims to…

Microsoft brings TV white space project to Ghana, announces partnerships

Part of the 4Afrika Initiative, Microsoft’s TV white space programme first took form in South Africa last year in efforts to provide low-cost wireless…

Jumia bags another award: named best Nigerian ecommerce site of the year

It seems like Jumia is making a habit of winning. The Nigerian online retailer was awarded the Best ecommerce Website of the Year at the Beacon…

Sable Accelerator joins Powerlinx to help SA startups expand globally

Sable Accelerator, an organisation that aims to help South African startups scale globally by providing crucial B2B opportunities, has recently partnered with US-based Powerlinx…

Jumia partners with African Fashion Week Nigeria, empowers local designers

Rocket Internet’s ecommerce flagship and one of Nigeria’s biggest online retailers, Jumia Nigeria, is partnering with African Fashion Week Nigeria in order to promote…

Intel, Rockefeller Foundation partner to extend She Will Connect programme

Announced at the World Economic Forum recently, Intel is partnering with the Rockefeller Foundation to further the She Will Connect initiative which aims to…

Brilliant solutions to localised problems: 4 health innovations in Africa

Development in Africa has had a long history of Western influence and subsequent failure. The deployment of Western strategies has been especially problematic in…

The value of building a business with an exit in mind

It is easier to invest in private companies than it is to unlock value from these investments. While the venture capital (VC) and private…

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