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Ventureburn’s key takeaways from Africa Tech Summit Kigali 2018

The Africa Tech Summit held in Kigali was arguably February’s highlight in Africa’s tech scene. With over 350 delegates from 29 countries and a…

Meet the 8 African recipients of GSMA’s Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund

The GSM Association, through its Mobile for Development team and as part of the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, yesterday announced the 15 startups that it…

Nedbank commits R3.4m to enterprise development initiative with Fix Forward

Nedbank has committed R3.4-million to an enterprise development initiative with non-profit Fix Forward which aims to develop the entrepreneurial skills of 100 tradespeople in…

The Startup Hatchery, Entrepreneur Traction to launch Pitch Tank Pitching Competition 1.0

Cape Town-based virtual business incubator The Startup Hatchery and Entrepreneur Traction have partnered to launch a quarterly entrepreneur pitching and learning platform, the Pitch…

Here’s how African startups can attend, pitch and exhibit at VivaTech 2018

Dubbed as “the world’s rendezvous for startups and leaders”, Viva Technology (VivaTech) is one of Europe’s biggest tech conferences. Here’s how African startups can attend…

Finance minister Gigaba announces R2.1bn fund for startups

Finance minister Malusi Gigaba announced at today’s 2018 Budget Speech that the government will set aside R2.1-billion for startups. “Work is being done to provide…

How is MyGrowthFund’s Top40 mentorship programme faring? We talk to participants

It’s been a couple of months since venture capitalist Vusi Thembekwayo announced the 40 high-growth entrepreneurs who had been selected to join the MyGrowthFund Top40…

SA startup Paperight wins prestigious innovation award at London Book Fair

If you haven’t heard of Paperight, the network of independent copy shops that print books, it’s time to pay attention: the South African startup…

6 brilliant SA startups chosen for U-Start startup showcase in Milan

Last week we took a look at the finalists for the U-Start Bloom Business Plan Competition. U-Start, the Italian funding platform behind the competition,…

Seed Engine selects first 6 startups, applications remain open

Since we last checked in on Seed Engine, the accelerator has begun its first 13 week accelerator boot camp. Six teams of entrepreneurs have…

CityMob gets Wantitall investment boost

South African ecommerce player Wantitall has just closed a deal which will see it invest an undisclosed sum of money in flash sales specialist…

Corporates courting startups: entrepreneurship in the enterprise

When we spoke to IBM last year, the world’s largest IT company predicted a decrease in consumer-facing startups. New ventures, it said, will be…

Vinny Lingham’s Gyft launches APIs for third-party apps

Gyft, the mobile gifting service from Yola founder Vinny Lingham, has announced the launch of APIs to extend gift cards into third-party apps. While…

Seed accelerator 88mph gets a VC boost from 4Di Capital

Independent early-stage VC fund, 4Di Capital is investing in 88mph, the African seed accelerator. Details of the deal remain under wraps, but CEO and…

PhotoMania looks to carve niche as a ‘social-photo editor’

There are two parties going on in the photo-sharing-platform world. The first party is outgoing, social, and the more guests talk and share between…

Zando founder, MD Manuel Koser resigns

Zando co-founder and managing director Manuel Koser today announced his resignation from the South African online retailer. The entrepreneur will reportedly be leaving Zando…

Axel Springer Plug and Play: accelerator with Silicon Valley link opens

While the debate still rages on whether or not Berlin will become Europe’s new tech hub, it’s not stopping some major players from placing…

Mxit’s CEO quest: our picks for the top job

It’s been about five months since Mxit’s board of directors (aka the people with the money) and Alan Knott-Craig Jnr had a showdown that…

Mobilitrix Telmap partnership set to turn SA drivers into bargain hunters

Telmap, the Israeli mobile navigation company that was acquired by Intel in 2011, recently announced a partnership with South African mobile rewards company, Mobilitrix….

The City of Cape Town can’t keep a good startup down, Powertime is back

Powertime, the startup behind the unique mobile app that allows South Africans to buy prepaid electricity, is back on its feet. Last year, The…

Mega-corp Oracle to acquire South African enterprise cloud startup Nimbula

American-based enterprise software titan, Oracle, will acquire South African startup, Nimbula, for an undisclosed sum of money. In an official blog post, the enterprise…

Deal will see Habari Media advertising on 2go’s 10m strong chat network

Instant messaging service, 2go is on a roll. Following the partnership announced with Nigerian music service iROKING recently, advertising house Habari Media today announced…

Deal discovery and sharing startup Found launches, ‘Sport Shoppers’ rejoice

Found Shopping, the deal discovery and sharing service from Cape Town launched its free app for iPhone and Android at the city’s Design Indaba…

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Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Conservio raises $1M to expand sustainable travel

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)

Afeela is Honda’s luxury EV – with Sony tech