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Smart-water startup E-Maji, carpooling service Jambo Car win Ampion Venture Bus comp

Ampion Venture Bus has announced the winners of the East African and Southern African startups. Carpooling service Jambo Car won the East African round,…

Africa Twenty10 accelerator is calling for first intake of savvy startups

The Africa Twenty10 accelerator programme is looking for local startups that would help solve the problem of fragmentation and small market sizes on the continent….

BRCK founders embark on epic roadtrip to promote African connectivity

This is pretty cool: the folks behind BRCK — the device that allows you to connect to the internet, no matter where you are…

50 young Africans who could totally transform the continent

The fact that more than half of Africa’s population is under the age of 25 is often cited as one of the things in…

Report paints bleak picture for sub-Saharan Africa’s startup scene

Where’s the best place to launch a startup company? Not Sub-Saharan Africa, by the looks of things. A new in-depth study by the Global…

Entrepreneur Expo provides unique insight into SA’s exciting startup scene

This week the fifth annual Entrepreneur Expo is kicking-off in Cape Town, South Africa, with the aim of bringing together entrepreneurs, thinkers and tinkerers…

Snapplify’s innovative ebook distribution hub wins FutureBook Award

South African ebook distributor Snapplify is really making a name for itself locally and abroad. The latest affirmation of its vision going forward is…

Airware startup combats rhino poaching with cutting edge drones in Kenya

Where there’s a problem, there’s a buck to be made. In Africa, wildlife conservation is one of those problems. While Kenya lost 50 rhinos…

Empire Communications targets youth, rural areas to propel Zim’s IT sector

Zimbabwe isn’t the easiest place when it comes to starting out a business. According to the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index it…

SleepOut spurs travelers by launching Donkey Selfie Competition

Love donkeys? Of course you do, who doesn’t — they’re cute hard-working mammals with exceptionally long ears. And so, online accommodation startup SleepOut and…

Konga to host screening of ‘Crocodile in the Yangtze (The Alibaba Story)’

Konga believes that 2014 will be a promising and rewarding year for the Nigerian technology and business ecosystems, not only because there will be…

Jumia exits & Shoppi.ng acqui-hires: Major shakeups in Nigeria’s ecommerce scene

2014 is shaping up to be quite the year for ecommerce in Nigeria. Unconfirmed reports have been floating around that Jumia co-founders, Tunde Kehinde…

88mph seed fund expands accelerator programme to Nigeria this February

In an attempt to further bolster West African tech startups, seed fund and accelerator 88mph will open up shop in Lagos, Nigeria in February….

Smart bras, health & education: where African investors need to put their cash in 2014

So it’s 2014, people are gearing up to build the next big thing and investors. Those with money left, are meanwhile looking for things…

Pata Cab brings smart cab-hailing to Nairobi, prevents excess fares

Hailing a cab can be tricky business. In a large city like New York, this is because the demand is so high for rides,…

SA Florist to take gifting to the next level, brings hope to a wilting industry

It’s a wilting industry but one that has a lot of potential nonetheless. Independent florists struggle to play catch-up with an increasingly online dominated…

SA leading the charge in ecommerce though not for long, shows report

Market research publisher yStats has recently released a report on Africa’s B2C ecommerce trends of 2013. The report shows that the growing internet penetration…

Here are 6 SA-born office services to simplify your startup’s day-to-day

Entrepreneurs should work on their business, not in them. The best way to do that is to cut-down on all the day-to-day micro tasks…

Sharks, sorcery and speculation: thoughts on valuations in Africa

In 1954 one of Hollywood’s greatest artistic geniuses, Walt Disney, had a fantasy. Disney dreamed of building a giant amusement park unlike anything that…

Naija Workman set for early 2014, links Nigeria’s informal workforce to jobs

Naija Workman is ready to take the new year’s informal economy by storm as it preps itself to launch next month. The platform aims…

Carmudi Nigeria finds sweet spot as motor industry changes shape

Previously going by the name Carmido, Carmudi Nigeria is an online marketplace for vehicles that today announced it has hit a massive surge in…

Crowdfunding campaign to Jumpstart Africa’s innovative game-changers

Based in Morocco but with regional and international ambitions, Jumpstart Africa is an initiative currently raising money in an effort to help connect and…

African ecommerce set to boom this Christmas as landscape improves

As we’ve seen before with Africa’s ecommerce landscape, the Christmas season holds the test of time for many startups. With both Africa’s consumer base…

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