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Cape Town’s Akro announces names of eight startups selected for its first cohort

Cape Town based venture builder Akro today revealed the names of the eight startups selected for its new 20-week acceleration programme funded by the SA SME Fund. The…

Two years on former Lions rugby player and his wife finally launch Slipztream app

Two years after revealing that he and a team were preparing to launch a new startup — former Lions rugby player Dylan des Fountain’s…

SA’s Neo Hutiri wins £25k in 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

South African innovator and Pelebox founder Neo Hutiri has won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. The Africa Prize for…

Meet the eight African edtech startups in Injini’s third cohort

Cape Town based edtech incubator Injini yesterday held a launch event where it introduced the eight African startups in its third cohort. The eight…

HiiL launches call for Innovating Justice Challenge 2019

The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law’s (HiiL) Innovating Justice Challenge 2019 is now open for applications. The organisation is looking for justice innovators from…

African fintech startups to take part in launching trading at London Stock Exchange

African fintech startups attending Africa Tech Summit London will on 11 June take part in launching trading for the day at the London Stock…

Seda, SA Innovation Summit launch Season 4 of Pitch & Perfect competition

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has partnered with the SA Innovation Summit to launch Season 4 of the Pitch & Perfect masterclasses and…

SA startup ThisIsMe selected to take part in Gartner’s Innovation programme

Fintech startup ThisIsMe has been selected to participate in this year’s Gartner’s Innovation Programme which takes place in Cape Town from tomorrow and runs until Thursday…

Solar energy developer Phanes Group opens call for solar power incubator

Phanes Group, a Dubai-based solar energy developer, has opened calls for applications to its solar power incubator programme aimed at early-stage solar energy startups working…

German accelerator F-LANE releases names of African startups for 2nd cohort

Two startups from Africa are among five teams selected by Berlin-based accelerator F-LANE to attend the next cohort of its acceleration programme which starts next month. The six-week accelerator…

Israeli tech deal flow ‘mind boggling’ says StartUp Tel Aviv SA Challenge winner

Tel Aviv’s startup ecosystem has blown away local entrepreneur Nish Singh who earlier this month attended DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival. “The ecosystem there is…

TIA seed fund lending to innovators, entrepreneurs grows 12% to R74m

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) channeled R74.3-million in the last financial year to 133 innovative projects — up from R66.5-million in the 2015/16 year —…

SA fintech company Electrum selected for Gartner Aspiring Innovators Programme

South African fintech company Electrum, which specialises in payments technology, has been selected to participate in the Gartner Aspiring Innovators Programme. The programme aims is…

Is Durban man’s Airwater solution to Cape Town’s drought really that water-tight?

It sounds like a breakthrough solution – producing water from condensation in the air. But in his bid to solve Cape Town’s water crisis,…

France bound: Five SA startups selected for the 2017 Young Enterprise Initiative

Five South African tech startups have been selected to travel to France for the week-long Young Enterprise Initiative acceleration programme which takes place this…

Chivas Regal calls on entrepreneurs to distill their ideas in a $1-million pitch

Keen on taking a shot at a share of $1-million in funding? Whisky brand Chivas Regal is calling on South African entrepreneurs to apply…

SA startup Custos announces role in new anti-piracy solution for ebooks

South Africa tech startup Custos Media Technologies has announced its participation in a new blockchain-based anti-piracy solution for ebooks, following the recent news that…

Switzerland’s F10 launches call for fintech, regtech, insurtech startups

Swiss accelerator F10 today launched a new call applications for its P2 programme. The call is open to all startups in fintech, regtech, and insurtech. Potential…

I’M IN Accelerator finally under way, here are the startups in the first cohort

After a short delay in finalising applications, IDF Capital‘s I’M IN Accelerator has kicked off with 10 startups having been selected, IDF Capital executive director Polo Leteka told…

Female-only YHER Accelerator to offer participants two prizes of $20 000 each

Australian accelerator Spark* has opened applications for YHER , a week-long Johannesburg-based acceleration programme aimed at female entrepreneurs in Africa which it aims to launch in November. The first…

#cocreate2ACCELERATE announces deal between SA startup Santerno, MEDx

South African startup Santerno Health & Wellness has signed an agreement to partner with Dutch healthtech startup MEDx eHealthCenter on a healthtech pilot, Duthc initiative…

Adapt or be disrupted, Ran Neu-Ner implores business at Innovation Summit

Business must adapt or risk being disrupted, marketer and Creative Council group Co-CEO Ran Neu-Ner, told delegates at a Cape Town conference. Speaking at…

Here’s what you need to know before you apply to Propella’s incubator programme

Are you running a tech startup in or near Port Elizabeth? Looking to get into an incubation programme? Here’s what you need to know about…

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

South African Businesses Face Growing Legal Risks as AI Adoption Soars

MTN Pumps R300 Million into Gauteng to Strengthen Digital Infrastructure

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

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