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Investor gatvol over losing R8.5m to Springleap through ‘misrepresentation’

SA business owner and angel investor Duncan Barratt says he lost R8.5-million to Eran Eyal’s former company Springleap. Eyal, the former CEO of Springleap,…

Springleap charges: Are claims as world’s 7th most innovative firm a fabrication? [Updated]

SA entrepreneur and former CEO of Springleap Eran Eyal faces fraud charges in the US, one of the claims he has made is that his former company…

MAN Impact Accelerator opens applications for second cohort

MAN Truck and Bus has opened applications for the second cohort of its MAN Impact Accelerator and is calling on South African mobility, transport…

SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal charged with fraud in the US over startup Springleap

SA entrepreneur and former CEO of Springleap Eran Eyal, who currently resides in the Brooklyn in the US, has been charged with fraud. The…

Kenyan hub Nailab busy identifying African partners for Jack Ma programme

Kenyan hub Nailab, which has been selected to run Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma’s $10-million Africa Netpreneur Prize, is in the process of identifying and selecting hubs and…

Get voting on your choice of finalists for the Southern Africa Startup Awards

After receiving 3211 nominations the organisers of the inaugural Southern Africa Startup Awards have revealed the names of the startups and entrepreneurs that have made it…

SAP Next-Gen, Startupbootcamp AfriTech partner for Epic SDG Water Challenge

SAP Next-Gen and Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech have partnered to launch the Epic SDG Water Challenge, an initiative which seeks to tap startup innovation to accelerate…

Zapacab relaunches as white-label solution to save SA taxi companies from Uber

Uber’s disruptive nature in South Africa’s taxi sector is more heated than ever before. So much so that it just prompted the relaunch of…

BizSpark’s Dream Big campaign sets out to inspire startup culture in SA

The South African government’s National Development Plan outlines that 90% of new jobs will be created through entrepreneurship and the expansion of companies by…

Bitcoin exchange BitX launches digital currency services in Nigeria

Bitcoin exchange company BitX announced today its rollout to Nigeria. Previously only South Africa, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia were able to purchase the digital cash…

6 tips for online startups

Online startups are not only becoming the norm. Each day there are more companies tackling consumer needs, such as online shopping, buying platforms, and…

These are the 5 winners from the Seedstars World Cape Town event

Seedstars World has crowned the five winners from its Cape Town event. The five were chosen from a pool of 10 finalists who took…

Exchange startup BitX now lets you purchase airtime with Bitcoin

Bitcoin is slowly catching up with standard currencies, even with its uphill struggle. Bitcoin startup BitX now allows customers to purchase airtime with the…

These are the 11 startups from Cape Town to pitch at Seedstars World

Renowned startup competition Seedstars World kicked off its African chapter in Maputo, Mozambique last month. Cinema booking site Moovi walked away with a ticket…

SnapScan rolls out pilot phase for ecommerce payments

A South African-based mobile payment application, SnapScan, has started rolling out its test phase for ecommerce plugins. The new system will enable customers to…

Innovate much? SA Innovation Summit competitions might be just for you

The SA Innovation Summit is back this year, showcasing some of the country’s most exciting talents and ideas in Cape Town. While the eighth…

Rwanda’s Think adds 4 new startups to its accelerated incubator

Think, a Rwandan-based startup accelerator, has recently added four new startups to its new programme. Taking place over the course of three months, entrants in…

Upforit challenges, rewards South Africans to get fit

Could you do ten days without sweets and chocolate? No? What if you get free coffee or have a couple of friends spotting you…

PoS terminal startup Nomanini, TranSol partner to expand to Ghana

Nomanini, a South African-based Point of Sale (PoS) service provider, has partnered up with Transactions Solutions Ghana Limited (TranSol) to substantially scale the number…

M4JAM appoints WeChat, Tencent big guns to board of directors

South African micro-jobbing service M4JAM has appointed a couple of big hitters — in the shape of Brett Loubser, head of WeChat Africa, and…

SA’s mobile TV app Tuluntulu part of Foundry50’s top global startups

South African TV and audio streaming app Tuluntulu is named one of Unilever’s Foundry50 top startups from around the globe. Tuluntulu is the first…

Startupbootcamp Insurance Accelerator gets support from JSE listed financial group

Global startup accelerator Startupbootcamp’s Insurance Accelerator programme is getting early investment support from South African financial services group MMI Holdings, which along with Lloyds…

Microsoft BizSpark Plus offers $120k Azure credits to startups, partners with Sw7

Tech companies dominate the startup scene, but it’s often difficult to get these businesses off the ground. Starting 1 July, Microsoft’s BizSpark Plus platform,…

You Mailed It! Celebrating South Africa’s Slickest Email Campaigns of 2025

Gen Z and Millennials Quietly Disrupt South Africa’s Insurance Industry

Stranger Things Season 5 Teaser Drops

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Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa Joins AWIEF 2025

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves