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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…

East African startups have two days left to apply for High 5s Startup Challenge

East African startups from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia have two days left to apply for the High 5s Startup Challenge. Applications for…

Startupbootcamp kicks off FastTracks in Cape Town

High-growth accelerator Startupbootcamp Cape Town yesterday launched the 2018 Startupbootcamp annual FastTrack World Tour in the city. The tour will now head to Johannesburg on Wednesday…

7 insights we learnt about disruption on the continent at Africa Tech Summit

Disruptive tech in Africa is “accelerating and picking up speed” and there is a need for people to change their mindsets to keep up….

EmptyTrips in insurance play with launch of SureFOX offering

Johannesburg-based online trip exchange platform EmptyTrips has collaborated with Nacora Insurance Brokers to launch SureFOX, an instant on-demand cargo insurance offering. SureFOX allows cargo…

Silicon Cape appoints new leadership and operations team

Silicon Cape has appointed a new leadership and operations team that will be led by Kerry Petrie as interim general manager and Tumi Boitumelo…

Hot SA tech startups from towns and rural communities head to the UK

We recently introduced you to 18 entrepreneurs hand-picked by BT Global Services and MEDO from towns, townships and rural communities across South Africa. The…

Spier Films invests millions in Triggerfish’s second animated feature

Production and finance company, Spier Films, recently made an investment in Triggerfish Animation Studio’s second animated film, Khumba. Triggerfish CFO Jean-Michel Koenig, revealed to…

Real Time Wine founder, SAB launch beer social discovery app — MyBeer

Where there is a wine drinker, apparently some beer drinkers will follow? It seems so as wine rating app Real Time Wine (RTW) founder…

Praekelt Foundation launches innovation hub — Jozihub

Innovation and co-creation hubs are becoming integral to growing the entrepreneurial talent that Africa has to offer. Stepping up to join that innovation landscape,…

Motribe suffers staff exodus after Mxit deal

Since being acquired by Mxit, mobile social network builder Motribe has seen a staff exodus reducing a once 10-strong staff to four people, with…

Shuttleworth-funded Paperight wins O’Reilly Startup Showcase

South African startup Paperight has been named as one of the winners of the O’Reilly Tools of Change Startup Showcase in New York City….

How Super Simple Survey is cashing in on user experience

The online survey space is crowded, very crowded. You’d have to be batshit to enter a market filled to the brim with competitors and…

Provantage launches Transit.TV in-taxi ad network, targets 6.9 million viewers

You might not have heard of Provantage, but there’s a good chance you’ve seen the company’s work. Provantage runs Airport.TV, a news and advertising…

Deal discovery startup Pashash changes name to Found, tightens focus

Pashash co-founder Faheem Kajee said in a blog post today that the deal discovery and sharing service has been renamed to Found. Building on…

500 Startups expands emerging market footprint to China

Insanely popular business accelerator 500 Startups is expanding its emerging market footprint to China reports The Next Web. Former associate at The Raine Group,…

Screw Silicon Valley, Brazil actually has a startup show worth watching

Anyone on the tech startup scene will have at least heard mention of a Silicon Valley reality TV show. Well Brazil looked at that,…

Confirmed: Blue Label Telecoms inks deal with mobile startup Panacea

Ventureburn can confirm that prepaid and mobile payment company Blue Label Telecoms quietly acquired a major stake in Bulk SMS startup Panacea Mobile in…

Mxit woos app developers with Preferred Developer Programme

So, you want to outsource the development of a Mxit app, but who are the top Mxit API wranglers? With the launch of Mxit’s…

Old Mutual buys 22Seven, multiple currencies & overseas expansion soon

Popular money management tool 22Seven has been acquired by the UK division of Old Mutual for an undisclosed sum of money. While rumours have…

Mobile health platform FolUp launches in SA

Mobile health is hot right now. That statement has never been truer. In Africa, healthcare is a major issue and finding easier ways to…

Nigerian video streaming service iROKOtv signs deal with Nokia

Nigerian video streaming service iROKOtv has signed a deal with Nokia to launch a free mobile app for the Lumia range of Windows 8…

HONOR X7c: Does This Budget Beast Deliver on Battery and That 108MP Camera?

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

Flutterwave Launches Accelerate Workshop to Upskill Young Africans in Tech

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

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

Tires and tariffs