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South Africa featured in Global Startup Ecosystem Report

Startup Genome has published the 2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) which highlights South Africa’s regional startup ecosystems. The report offers insight into startups…

University of Cape Town Online School selected as global Top Innovator

The University of Cape Town’s online school has been selected as one of the Top 12 innovators in the WorldClass Education Challenge held during the World…

Engen Pitch & Polish winners secure R1-million in prizes

South African-based Engen Pitch & Polish, an entrepreneurial pitching competition and workshop programme has announced this year’s winners who have secured their share of…

SA entrepreneurs’ pet gear brand wins global award

The local and much-loved pet gear brand Rogz has been accoladed as the “Brand of the Year” at the World Branding Awards 2021-2022 Animalis Edition. Rogz wins big…

Nestlé partners with local tech startup to empower informal waste reclaimers

Nestlé East and Southern Africa region, a giant food manufacturing company partnered with local waste tech startup Kudoti to launch the ‘RE: Imagine Tomorrow”…

New Incubation and Innovation Campus launches in Joburg

A Pan-African investment firm, Unicorn Group, has launched the Unicorn Incubation Campus in Johannesburg for African entrepreneurs. New innovation and incubation campus in Joburg…

Applications for African startup E-Track Programme now open

The E-Track Programme, run by the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB), is looking for applicants for its fifth cohort of African startups. Applications…

She Loves Tech calls for African female-focused startups

Applications are open for She Loves Tech, the world’s biggest startup competition for women in tech. The competition is hosting its seventh edition with…

Harambee Youth Accelerator acquires SA hiring app Giraffe

SA-based mobile recruitment platform Giraffe has been acquired by the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator. Giraffe’s existing base of jobseekers and employers will join the…

Women in tech at risk of being left behind

Women are the most untapped resource in technology, but they continue to be underrepresented in the field and are at risk of being left…

SA agritech releases AI-enabled OmnioFarm to modernise African poultry farming

IBM announced today that SA agritech startup Omniolytics chose its products, IBM Watson running in the IBM Cloud, to develop a suite of smart…

Egypt’s Trella closes $42-million funding round

Cairo-based Trella, the fastest growing digital freight marketplace in MENAP, announced the successful completion of a $42-million funding round this week. This round comprises…

What SME owners should know about image and video SEO

For many Internet users, buying a new product or service starts with an online search query. In fact, 46% of product searches begin on…

The value of effective servant leadership in 2021

A significant crisis in an economy that affects the business can either drive a team to greatness or widen any cracks in the company’s…

Blogging is (still) the perfect side hustle [Opinion]

In 2020, I sold my edtech startup, after a decade of grinding it out building multiple SaaS products with hardcore financial components, enterprise-grade backends…

Pixelsmith Studios opens digital marketplace for SA creatives

Cape Town-based design hub Pixelsmith Studios announced the launch of its digital marketplace this week. The expansion signals the site’s evolution over 10 years…

TFG launches TFGLabs to support omnichannel offering

Leading SA fashion retailer The Foschini Group (TFG) recently announced the launch of TFGLabs as part of its strategy to become Africa’s leading omnichannel…

Demystifying data privacy [Opinion]

I was recently interviewed on East Coast Radio (ECR) about our phones tracking every move we make, the conversations we have and actions we…

Cape fintech reinvests in FundingHub to boost SME funding in SA

Cape Town-based fintech, Finch Technologies, has made another undisclosed investment in FundingHub, SA’s leading business finance marketplace. This second investment makes the company FundingHub’s…

Vodacom Tanzania Foundation brings refugees hope through technology

On 20 June 2021, the Vodacom Tanzania Foundation (VTF) marked World Refugee Day by donating essential neonatal and educational technology to the Nyagurusu Refugee…

The launch of TikTok Business SA means a new age for SME advertising

Consumer behaviour is ever-changing, but several changes we’ve seen recently have and will alter the way brands do business and approach advertising. For one,…

Khazna receives Central Bank of Egypt approval to launch Khazna Card

Cairo-based fintech Khazna announced on 15 June that it has partnered with ADIB Egypt and Masria Digital Payments (MDP), to launch the Khazna Card,…

Circle of Corporate Innovators launches to create startup-corporate partnerships

Nairobi-based tech accelerator the Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, announced the launch of its Circle of Corporate Innovators on 15 June 2021. The…

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