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Endeavor SA, CEO Circle to scale 10 black firms to R500m companies within five years

Endeavor SA has announced that it will partner with the CEO Circle to scale 10 high-impact black-owned firms into enterprises with a value in…

Tanzania’s Ubongo to invest Next Billion Edtech Prize winnings to reach kids in remote areas

Tanzanian edutainment startup Ubongo plans to invest the $25 000 prize money the company won as overall winner of the Next Billion Edtech Prize — to…

How anti-counterfeit service mPedigree pivoted from organic fruit certification scheme

Award winning tech company mPedigree earlier this month received a $1.5-million investment from the Skoll Foundation after it was named as one of five winners of the 2019…

Hurry, applications for Africa Tech Summit London close next Tuesday

African tech startups looking to pitch their solutions at the Africa Tech Summit London, which takes place on 11 June, have until next week…

CcHub, Google to select 10 African deep tech startups for PitchDrive II initiative

Lagos-based innovation centre Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) and Google for Startups have partnered to take 10 top African hardware and deep tech startups on a…

SBC AfriTech to host corporate-focused hackathon for startups in Joburg

Is your startup looking to run pilots or proof of concepts with the likes of Old Mutual, RCS, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Nedbank and PwC…

Entrepreneurship, investor platform SoGal Foundation launches Johannesburg chapter

SoGal, a global platform for entrepreneurs and investors which aims to close the diversity gap in entrepreneurship and venture capital (VC), has launched a…

Dell ranks Johannesburg 28th out of 50 in support of women entrepreneurs

Computer company Dell has ranked Johannesburg 28th out of 50 global cities in fostering high-potential women entrepreneurs, in its 2017 Women Entrepreneur Cities Index (WE Cities)….

18 SA tech firms to meet with Silicon Valley’s Indus Entrepreneurs Global

Tech founders from 18 South African startups and companies are hoping to get some valuable networking done this morning as they rub shoulders with…

10 digital nomads to jet into Cape Town to promote city as remote worker hotspot

Ten digital nomads and startups from London will jet into Cape Town for a week in October, in an initiative aimed at promoting the African…

SA drone startup Aerobotics secures R8m in funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

Aerial data-analytics specialist Aerobotics has secured a joint R8-million seed-funding round from South African venture capital company 4Di Capital and the Savannah Fund in…

Over 500 girls trained in SA through Technovation programme

Technovation, a global technology programme, has helped train over 10 000 girls in 78 countries, including over 500 from South Africa, since its launch seven years…

Is seven days enough time for startups to be on YEI’s accelerator programme?

Is seven days enough time for startups to network, learn and secure investment while on an international accelerator programme? This is the question South…

More than 30 sign-ups to Uprise.Africa SA’s first equity crowdfunding site

Over 30 investees and investors have signed up to Uprise.Africa, South Africa’s first equity crowdfunding platform, since its landing page went live on Friday,…

SA should learn from Silicon Valley sexual harassment says SweepSouth founder

South African startups and those that help entrepreneurs should learn from the sexual harrasment exposes that have rocked Silicon Valley recently, says SweepSouth founder Aisha Pandor. Speaking…

Google Launchpad to provide over $3m to more than 60 African startups – CEO

Google will provide more than $3-million in equity-free funding, mentorship, working space and access to expert advisers to more than 60 African startups over three…

Startupbootcamp receives 518 applications for first Cape accelerator

Startupbootcamp has received 518 applications for its inaugural Startupbootcamp accelerator programme in Cape Town. Benjamin Caine, scouting manager at Startupbootcamp Africa, said in an…

Fewer than one in five SA entrepreneurs applied for finance in last year – survey

Ask any business owner what their top need is and they’ll say — “finance”. Yet fewer than one in five entrepreneurs applied for finance from…

Just 26% of business loans by SA banks go to SMEs reveals OECD survey

Just 26% of business lending by banks in South Africa go to startups and SMEs, which is lower than in a number of other…

Looking to go global? Start-Up Chile opens applications for new cohort

Startups looking to base themselves in Chile and benefit from funding and accelerator support have until 5 September to apply to join Start-Up Chile‘s latest cohort….

Two years on tax exemption for grants to small businesses fails to take off

More than two years after it came into effect, a tax exemption for entities approved by the SA Revenue Services (Sars) that provide grant funding to small businesses has…

TIA-backed startups have two weeks left to apply for Young Enterprise Initiative

Young South African entrepreneurs who have received support or funding from the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) have two weeks left to apply for the Young Enterprise Initiative…

Grotech rebranding as Kalon Venture Partners to avoid marketplace confusion

South African Section 12J venture capital (VC) company Grotech has rebranded as Kalon Venture Partners. Kalon CEO Clive Butkow said the rebranding was to avoid…

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Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

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