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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…

BitPesa launches in Ghana, extending presence in West Africa

Nairobi-based digital payments startup BitPesa has launched in Ghana, enabling Ghanaians to settle global payments in their local currency, the Cedi. In a press release, the fintech company…

Silicon Cape to engage local tech community to help forge new strategy

What does Silicon Cape really do? What should it be doing and who should it be serving? These are some of the key questions…

Merck launches Satellite Programme for African startups in pharma, life sciences

German pharmaceutical, life sciences and performance materials company The Merck Group has kicked of its African Satellite Programme in Nairobi, Kenya. In a statement on the…

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…

iRokoTV set to launch a Nollywood DVD collection in SA

If something is really good online, chances are it will find its way offline soon enough and that’s what the team at iRokoTV is…

HumanWrit.es: the notebook company helping underprivileged kids

This is pretty cool. Social innovation startup HumanWrit.es, which donates 10 exercise books to classrooms of school children in need for every one of…

Big publishing dreams for Snapplify with SPi Global partnership

Popular mobile digital publishing solutions provider Snapplify has announced a global partnership with SPi Global, a global digital and epublishing service provider to content…

Malaysian startup iMoney seeks to expand after securing US$500 000

Malaysian startup iMoney has received US$500 000 in funding from Asia Venture Group (AVG). iMoney is a financial advisory and banking service comparison app…

Knife Capital launches new Accelerator for post-revenue startups

I can’t say this surprises me. South African growth equity fund manager Knife Capital has launched a later-stage business accelerator in Cape Town. Knife…

5 top startups emerge from the Global Forum

Entrepreneurs are important. They help drive economies by creating jobs and their disruption of industries can help push innovation forward. Giving them a helping…

GoMetro launches in Eastern Cape, brings relief to commuters

As promised, GoMetro is rolling out its traveller information system to railway commuters in the Eastern Cape. The Cape Town startup has a partnered…

Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs get special fundraising opportunity

Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), the large African entrepreneur and investor community, launched an opportunity for promising African entrepreneurs to raise capital. Entrepreneurs selected…

Ushahidi’s BRCK reaches and surpasses its Kickstarter goal

Well this is super cool. The Ushahidi initiative that hopes to connect users the internet no matter where you are and without electricity has…

Meet the top 20 entrepreneurs at the Global Forum

Recognizing entrepreneurs that are doing amazing work around the world is quite important and that’s what the Global Forum on Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship…

Startups are gonna start: meet the Net Prophet 8

As a startup journalist I am always looking for interesting startups to chat to. I want to write about them and tell you how…

SleepOut raises $200 000 seed funding, launches online travel mag

SleepOut – Kenya’s leading online accommodation marketplace announced today that it has raised approximately US$200 000 in seed funding, intended to finance expansion across…

Rocket Internet-backed Zalora lands 100-million big ones

The Rocket Internet-backed Zalora startup recently secured US$100-million in funding through investors like Summit Partners, Investment AB Kinnevik, Verlinvest and the Tengelmann Group. Yes,…

88mph leverages BlackBox Connect to pull in serious and global entrepreneurs

Seed accelerator 88mph isn’t content just offering entrepreneurs funding and mentorship with its upcoming three-month acceleration programme in Nairobi. Now its sweetening the deal…

Launch48 Cape Town: 5 startups that could become real businesses?

Can you come up with an idea, build a business and launch that business in 48 hours? That’s what the folks at Launch48 try…

Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Aura Edition Review: A Sleek, AI-Powered Ultrabook for the Work-Anywhere Era

WeThinkCode_ and South Cape TVET College Bring Software Engineering Training to Rural SA Youth

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

Fintura Heads to Silicon Valley After Winning SA Startup World Cup

Capitec and Mama Money Launch Fintech Partnership to Empower Migrant Workers Across Africa

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

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

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TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

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