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Unicef to provide drone startups with up to $100k zero-equity funding

Are you running a drone startup and are looking for funding? Unicef, through its Innovation Fund, is looking to make up to $100 000…

Rental startup GetHosted, rewards app Loyal1 win Jozi leg of DEMO Africa tour

Space rental startup GetHosted and end-to-end rewards application Loyal1 have been selected as the winners of the Johannesburg leg of the DEMO Africa tour….

Meet the African entrepreneurs who took part in Jack Ma’s eFounders Fellowship

Just days after attending a 11-day training programme run by Alibaba founder Jack Ma, Chadian tech entrepreneur Andreas Koumato says he’s learnt to look at his…

Zimbabwean agritech startup Rera crowned winner at Seedstars Harare

Harare-based startup Rera — which has developed an online platform that helps users run their own poultry farm — has come out tops at the 2018 edition of Seedstars…

Endeavor SA welcomes former Outsurance CEO as new board member

Endeavor South Africa, an organisation that promotes high-impact entrepreneurship, today announced the appointment of Ernst Gouws, the former CEO of Outsurance Insurance Company, to…

Here are the 8 startups that will pitch at Seedstars Casablanca this Friday

Their football team may have been knocked out of the World Cup at the group stage, but in just days Moroccans can look forward…

Meet the nine startups pitching at Seedstars Harare

Seedstars World, the startup competition for emerging markets, has selected nine startups that will pitch at Seedstars Harare 2018 this Friday (29 June). The nine…

Rwanda’s Think reveals 4 promising African startups for acceleration

Rwanda’s Think accelerator (brought to the world by mobile network operators Tigo and Millicom), earlier this year called for applications to fill its first…

SweepSouth sweeps up award at SiMODiSA StartupSA

StartupSA by SiMODiSA saw on-demand cleaning service SweepSouth named the winner of the conference’s Get-Up Start-Up pitch awards last week. Apart from the food, drinks…

SnappBox from Snapplify enables rural schools to embrace ebooks

Ebooks distribution platform Snapplify is venturing into rural areas with the SnappBox distribution hardware solution. The hardware is built especially for rural schools that do…

Wallettec integrates BitPay for bitcoin PoS integration of SA merchants

South African Point of Sale (PoS) startup Walletec has announced that it has integrated global bitcoin payment service, BitPay, in an attempt to grow…

Mapped in Cape Town gives us insightful snapshot of city’s startup scene

This week Mapped in Cape Town– an initiative aimed at mapping the startup ecosystem in Cape Town — went live. The map is not…

Property management startup PropCare secures R300k on Dragons’ Den

After pitching to a panel of renowned judges, South African property management startup PropCare has secured a R300 000 funding round from the investors…

SA’s edtech startup Brighter Futures offers online math tuition for R50

South Africa’s elearning startup space is growing bigger (and brighter) by the day. Recently launched online tutoring service Brighter Futures joins the race to…

M4JAM’s next big project? Crowdsourcing recycling

A little while back we told you about M4JAM, a new microjobbing play looking to make the most of South Africa’s massive mobile penetration…

Here are the 10 finalists to pitch at SiMODiSA Startup South Africa

Flying the banner “Get-Up Start-Up”, South African entrepreneurial initiative SiMODiSA will see ten savvy startups pitch at its conference this week Friday. With an…

GoMetro relaunches as SA’s social network of transport

In celebration of National Transportation Month in South Africa, data and transport startup GoMetro relaunched this week. Apart from the additional social elements, the…

Uber is bringing its enterprise-like offering to Africa, meet Uber for Business

Uber is shaking things up with its latest offering Uber for Business. The enterprise space is hotly contested right now and everyone’s favourite private…

Microsoft awards 7 more African startups with Innovation Grants

Microsoft 4Afrika has announced the second round of startups that will have access to the tech giant’s Innovation’s Grant, the latest in a series…

Zimbabwean Wi-Fi startup SaiSai wins SWELL Innovation Award

Wi-Fi distribution startup Saisai has been announced as winner of the SWELL Innovation Award at DEMO Africa. SaiSai will receive an all-expense paid trip…

Student admin startup Gradesmatch wins Ventureburn Startup Battle

From B2B recycling through to travel agents and elearning, last week’s Social Media Week Johannesburg saw five exciting tech startups go head-to-head for a chance to…

Sage SA acquires talent connection portal SkillsMap

Software and services company Sage South Africa has acquired SkillsMap, an online platform that connects employers in South Africa and the rest of the…

Your startup could win an eight-week trip to Silicon Valley: here’s how

In the world of startups, Silicon Valley is pretty the place everyone else has tried to ape. There’s a good reason for that too….

MTN Clinches SA’s Best Network Title Again – Backed by Data and R14bn Infrastructure Push

Xiaomi’s “Screens for Change” Powers Township Esports With Purpose and Mandela’s Legacy

SAVCA 2025 Industry Awards Spotlight Africa’s Most Ambitious Private Capital-Backed Innovators

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

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