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PriceCheck takes top honours at BlackBerry awards

PriceCheck has been awarded International App of the Year at BlackBerry Live, the annual international partner conference, in Orlando. The Naspers-owned price comparison app…

Schoolboy startup incubator gets backing of Sage Pastel, Standard Bank

This looks pretty cool. St Stithians Boys’ College, a top-end private school, has established a startup incubator programme for its pupils with the backing…

Dropifi becomes first African investment for Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups

Dropifi, a smart widget that allows companies to better analyse incoming “contact us” messages, announced today that it has joined the sixth batch of…

GustPay wins South African leg of worldwide competition

SeedStarsWorld is putting on the world’s biggest startup competition. The event which touts itself as the an “exclusive worldwide competition”, is held in 20…

Rocket Internet backed Namshi receives $13M in funding

Things are looking good for Rocket Internet companies. Namshi, a Middle East-based online fashion store from the German Incubator, has secured funding to the…

Africa 2.0: a startup event hoping to take Africa to the next level

It’s obvious that Africa really is pushing an entrepreneurial agenda at the moment. Africa 2.0 is an entrepreneurship competition aimed at bringing together startups…

Net Prophet wants to help take startups from mind to market

Net Prophet is an annual gathering of 2 000+ geeks, and one of the bigger tech conferences on the South African calendar. For a…

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