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FemBioBiz Accelerator to partner with local organisations for second season

FemBioBiz, a local biosciences accelerator aimed at women entrepreneurs, will partner with organisations in eight African countries in the roll out of its second season. The…

Reserve Bank changes to IP exchange have had no impact – venture capitalist

While intellectual property (IP) attorneys say changes instituted a year ago by the Reserve Bank have helped speed up IP exchange control approvals, a leading…

Cape Town’s Dineplan launches booking app with network of 1000 restaurants

Cape Town’s Dineplan has gone from offering booking service software to restaurants, to a launching their own app — that allows diners to search for available…

SA to ‘highly benefit’ from Wala, Dala, FincomEco, BLCC partnership – Wala COO

Samer Saab, co-founder and COO of blockchain financial platform Wala, says that South Africa will “highly benefit” from partnerships similar to its collaboration between the…

Jozi Angels made 15 investments worth R6m in last 3 years – Abu Cassim

Over the past three years, angel investor network Jozi Angels has made 15 investments totaling over R6-million says its founder and director Abu Cassim,…

Could this asset management startup be SA’s next ‘quant’ powerhouse?

A Financial Times article published on Tuesday (20 March) describes interest in quantitative investing (quant investing) — the use of powerful computers and artificial…

Startup scene ‘absolutely exploded’ after Silicon Cape launch – Justin Stanford

Silicon Cape must continue to help trying to promote and grow Cape Town’s tech startup community and to represent the idea of startups in…

Bozza boss reveals major Omidyar Network investment

Bozza boss Emma Kaye has revealed to Ventureburn that Africa-friendly Omidyar Network made a sizable investment in the company. Bozza, which is currently based…

Don’t go unappreciated or waste money on gift cards anymore, be Kiind

A gift-card given, is a gift-card thrown away, as a wise man once said. A verbose and fake idiom, but in reality about 8%-19%…

Peter Thiel backed goal-setting app Everest now live in SA

Anyone who’s ever had a new years’ resolution knows that setting goals is a lot easier than achieving them. If only there was an…

Gust Pay finally out of beta, ready to rock the mobile payment game

Saying mobile payments are blowing up in Africa is starting to get tired, but they really are. Stellenbosch-based startup Gust Pay just announced that…

Rocket Internet’s Glossybox hits 4m beauty boxes sold

Beauty subscription service Glossybox today announced that it had sold its four-millionth beauty box, meaning that it’s sold a box every 20 seconds since…

WooThemes founder cooking up educational resource for startups

This is interesting. WooThemes founder Adii Pienaar, is quietly preparing to launch a new venture called PublicBeta. The new project looks to be an…

Nigerian startup Knack launches affordable laptop and tablets

Knack International Limited launched a trio of smart devices and a laptop over the weekend. The young startup from Nigeria is attempting to provide…

Need a crash course in creating a business? Check out Startup Weekend Johannesburg

Startup Weekends are getting quite popular in Africa. Give groups of people 50 or so hours, an idea and set them to task creating…

MyDoorHandle receives Google invitation to Blackbox Connect

Dylan Kohlstadt and Steven Ellis from the Cape Town based startup MyDoorHandle have been invited to attend the Google for Entrepreneurs and BlackBox.vc entrepreneurial…

Savannah Fund’s first graduating class: Ahonya, Kola Studios & Safaridesk

Kenyan-based accelerator Savannah Fund has graduated its first class of startups in Africa. Savannah Fund is a seed capital fund that specialises in US$25…

Rocket Internet’s Easy Taxi secures $15m funding round

Latin American taxi app Easy Taxi has just secured a US$15-million funding round from its original backer Latin America Internet Holding. According to the…

Rocket Internet’s SE Asian LAZADA secures huge funding for the region

Things seem to be going well for Rocket Internet, with news and investments coming every week from the ecommerce cookie cutter company. This time…

Rocket Internet boasts crazy growth for Nigerian Amazon clone Jumia

German serial web company copiers, Rocket Internet, is reporting that its Nigeria-based Amazon wannabe, Jumia, will move to a new 90 000 sqft warehouse…

Every1Mobile closes R18m angel round, announces 3 million monthly visits

Every1Mobile (E1M), the company that specialises in building mass audiences via mobile in sub-Saharan Africa, announced that it has raised R18-million in angel investment….

Premier news site Daily Maverick offers qualifying startups free advertising

At a time when many online newsrooms are shuttering their content behind paywalls in the wake of trickling advertising revenues, one of South Africa’s…

88mph calls on local investors to back 2014 fund, before heading overseas

88mph has had a busy year so far closing up its 2013 Cape Town programme, but the startup accelerator is showing no signs of…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

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