Startup news

Here’s who won at the SA finals of the Southern Africa Startup Awards

The Southern Africa Startup Awards last week Wednesday (24 October), in partnership with Startup Grind Johannesburg, announced the 15 winners of the SA finals…

Meet the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Douala

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, has announced the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Douala this Friday (2…

Bank Zero to begin beta testing in the first quarter of 2019

Venture capitalist and former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan’s new app-based Bank Zero plans to begin beta testing in the first quarter of 2019, before launching to…

Collaborative medicine platform Rema wins Seedstars Abidjan 2018

Healthtech startup Réseau d’Échange entre Médecins d’Afrique (Rema) has been selected as the winner of this year’s Seedstars Abidjan pitch event. The pitch was held…

Faced with a small VC scene, Ugandan founders dig deep to bootstrap startups

For Ugandan entrepreneur Brian Matsiko, raising funding for his fresh food delivery platform has been far from easy. It’s taken him six years to…

Amazon Web Services to open data centres in Cape Town in 2020

Tech entrepreneurs in Cape Town are set to benefit, with the announcement yesterday by cloud computing services provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) that it will open…

Questions surround involvement of Eran Eyal’s former partner in Shopin pilots

A former business partner of SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal, who faces fraud charges in the US, has declined to comment on whether or not it was…

FNB crowns WiGroup CEO as winner of 2016 Innovation Awards

SA banking institution FNB named WiGroup founder and CEO, Bevan Ducasse, as the winner of its FNB Business Innovation Awards for 2016. As Ducasse’s prize,…

Seedstars names 3 winners at Durban pitching event

On 8 June, international startup programme, Seedstars, named Guardian Angel, Vitls, and You, Baby & I as winners of the Durban pitching event. Eight…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [06/06/2016]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or scratch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

Seedstars crowns 3 winners at Cape Town pitching event

International startup programme, Seedstars, named Pargo, Wumdrop, and Crew Pencil as winners of its Cape Town pitching event. The event was held at Workshop 17 at the V&A…

Here are the 10 Cape Town startups pitching at Seedstars World

It’s that time again when international startup competition Seedstars World starts its pitching rounds. The first event is taking place on 27 May in…

Property Fox saves customer R93 000 on first property sale

Real estate startup Property Fox has saved a client R93 000 on their first sale. This comes after the company launched just three weeks ago. According…

iKhokha PoS gets Game distribution deal

It’s been a while since we heard anything from iKhokha, one of the many startups trying to bring point-of-sale (PoS) devices to the mass…

Nomanini sees 1 500% transaction growth

Pan-African payments startup Nomanini revealed on Monday that, over the past 20 months, it has seen 1 500% growth in transactions on its mobile…

Recruitment marketplace OfferZen sees fantastic growth in SA dev sector

Since Ventureburn last caught up with recruitment marketplace OfferZen in January, the Cape Town-based company has been flaunting some impressive growth. It has strengthened…

12 African fintech startups to duke it out in Mauritius

Innotribe has announced the 12 semi-finalists for the second edition of its Startup Challenge in Africa. Drawn from 89 entries, the startups represent the…

Book flights from anywhere with relaunched Travelstart app Flapp

Ecommerce travel venture Travelstart has relaunched its flagship flight-booking app Flapp. It has been expanded beyond its initial Cape Town and Johannesburg flight paths….

Trading radio for ocean-cleaning drones: Richard Hardiman’s new adventure

If you’re a native Capetonian, you probably know Richard Hardiman as a radio DJ — he was a host on commercial radio station KFM…

Student Hub to launch new elearning service for students

Educational ecommerce platform for buying, selling, and renting textbooks, Student Hub is launching an elearning component. According to a press release sent to Ventureburn,…

African fintech startup goes past $1bn in transactions

African fintech startup Zoona this week announced that, since going live in 2009, it has processed more than US$1-billion in transactions. Playing in the…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [18/04/2016]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or scratch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

LeWeb founders announce new startups

Long-time Burn Media readers know how important LeWeb is to Burn Media. It was at the Paris-conference, after all, that the first lines of…

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