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WhatsApp additional features aims to support local SMEs

Popular instant messaging platform, WhatsApp plans to add on additional features for SMEs and startups to market and sell their products via the platform. …

Two SA students win award in global hackathon

A computer engineering student duo studying at the University of Pretoria (UP) were a part of the winning team at a global hackathon for…

Free digital transformation package available for local SMEs

Standard Bank, Mastercard, and Google have announced a partnership to help small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) take their businesses online to reach more customers and accept…

Tips that could save your small businesses [Opinion]

Ahead of World Savings Day, which takes place on 31 October 2020, Viresh Harduth, Vice President, Small Business, Sage Africa, and the Middle East,…

FSAT Labs to host incubation programme in 2021

The French South African Tech Labs (FSAT) has announced that it will continue offering an intensive incubator programme for local entrepreneurs into 2021. This…

Cape Town launches an innovation challenge for entrepreneurs

The Craft and Design Institute (CDI), a non-profit company, and the City of Cape Town have partnered to launch a new challenge for entrepreneurs….

Vote for Stellenbosch Network’s Ideas for Change Challenge winner

The inaugural Ideas For Change Challenge organised by the Stellenbosch Network has announced this year’s finalists. Members of the public are encouraged to vote for…

Controversial or not, these SA entrepreneurs launched or invested in a startup this year [Updated]

UPDATE (27 December 2019): In this article we initially had it that SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal, who was convicted of fraud earlier this month…

African tech startups netted over $6m in collective prize money in 2019 [List]

African tech startups this year tapped millions of dollars by taking part in and winning startup competitions — at least over $6-million collectively, by…

12 SA tech entrepreneurs who made headlines in 2019

This year, you could say, was full of drama for SA tech startups. From a public spat between well-known SA businessmen, a SA doctor…

Fintech startups have until 15 January to apply for Catapult: Inclusion Africa 2020 bootcamp [Updated]

UPDATE (13 January 2020): The application deadline has been extended to this Wednesday (15 January 2020), LHoFT Foundation’s content marketing representative Daniel Gray told…

African science entrepreneurs can tap total of $125k through Next Einstein Forum initiative

Are you an entrepreneurial scientist in the fields of technology, engineering, mathematics or the social sciences? The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and Co-Creation Hub…

SA entrepreneur Eran Eyal convicted in US over fraudulent Shopin ICO, Springleap startup

SA entrepreneur and former Springleap and Shopin founder Eran Eyal has been convicted of fraud in a New York court. While he won’t serve…

Here are the winners of the African App Launchpad Cup

Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (Itida), in collaboration with RiseUp Summit, have announced the winners of the African App Launchpad Cup. The finals of…

RapidDeploy set to double staff at new Cape Town office to 120, after hot 2019

It’s been quite a year for Steven Raucher and Brett Meyerowitz, the founders of SA startup RapidDeploy. The startup’s cloud-based software enables public safety…

Cape Town based OceanHub Africa accelerator to launch first cohort in first quarter of 2020

Cape Town based impact accelerator OceanHub Africa has announced that it will launch its first programme in the first quarter of 2020 with six…

Eran Eyal disappears from social media after new fraud charges laid by SEC over $42m Shopin ICO [Updated]

UPDATE (12 December): Fraud-accused Eran Eyal responded to a text message that Ventureburn sent to him earlier today, requesting comment and received this reply…

Egyptian fintech Paynas wins $50k at Pitch by the Pyramids

Egyptian startup PayNas has won $50 000 at the Pitch by the Pyramids pitching competition. The award was made last week. The Cairo-based cloud…

Africa50 in call to entrepreneurs for innovative last-mile internet solutions

Think you have a solution that could significantly increase access to affordable and reliable high-speed internet in under-served areas in Africa? Then you’ll want…

Here are the 2019 Gauteng Accelerator Programme Innovation Competition winners

The Innovation Hub has announced the winners of the 2019 Gauteng Accelerator Programme (GAP) Innovation Competition. Each year The Innovation Hub, Gauteng province’s innovation…

SA travel company Travelstart takes over operations of Jumia Travel

SA travel tech company Travelstart has entered into a distribution and commercial agreement with Jumia Travel to run the latter’s pan-African online travel booking portal….

Seedstars selects 11 startups to attend its 2020 global summit

UPDATE (9 March 2020): Seedstars World has announced that it has moved its annual Seedstars Summit — which was expected to take place from…

SA startup Carry1st out to create Africa’s first ‘super app’ with $2m war chest

One of the most interesting trends to have come out of the Asian tech startup scene, particularly Indonesia and China, is the emergence of…

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

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

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

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