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AWIEF partners with SANbio for Season 2 of FemBioBiz Acceleration Programme

The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has partnered with Nepad’s Southern Africa Network for Biosciences (SANBio) to implement the second season of the…

Here are the four South Africans joining Endeavor’s Entrepreneur programme

Four South African entrepreneurs from two startups, payments platform i-Pay and shopping rewards solution Retail Engage, have been selected to join Endeavor‘s Entrepreneurs programme at…

Anzisha Prize applications now open, organisers launch tour, talks across Africa

Applications for this year’s edition of the Anzisha Prize are now open. Organisers of the programme have also announced the launch of the Anzisha…

IWD: Why it’s important to share, tell women entrepreneurs stories

Tech entrepreneurship around the world, and particularly in Africa is largely male dominated, or as author Lu Li describes it, the ecosystems are “not…

CiTi, City of Cape Town to host Top Tech Tools for Women in Business course

The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) in partnership with the City of Cape Town will next month host a 10-week Top Tech Tools for…

How HiCarByeCar uses ‘crude behavioural analysis’ to disrupt used auto market

When car owners sell a car through a dealership, the vehicle changes hands two to three times — moving from one middleman to the next, before…

WhereIsMyTransport ‘okay’, despite retrenchments, disgruntled employees

Investors in public transport data and technology startup WhereIsMyTransport say they are happy with the progress the company is making, despite a recent round…

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…

OpenAI Quietly Launches ChatGPT-5 — And It’s a Game Changer

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

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

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