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Cape Town-based tech startup receives prestigious international award

An award-winning AI manufacturing local tech startup, DataProphet, has won the 2020 European Prescriptive for Autonomous Manufacturing Technology Innovation Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan, an…

Siya Kolisi to join Africa tech startup festival

The Springbok Rugby Captain, Siya Kolisi, will be speaking at this year’s Africa Tech Festival. The event will be held virtually this year and…

Global Startup Awards expands throughout Africa

The Global Startup Awards (GSA) has continued its expansion across the African continent. The GSA has expanded into South, North, East, and West African territories. The…

Cape Town entrepreneur launches local food delivery app

A Cape Town-based entrepreneur, Faldiel Bassadien, has launched a new local food delivery app titled Pekkish SA. The app functions as a food ordering…

Top ten finalists announced for African Business Heroes programme

The ten finalists have been announced for this year’s African Business Heroes programme. The programme is part of the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) that was…

Local fintech startup aims to financially assist SMEs

Ventureburn is hosting a new webinar series in partnership with Bridgement, a fintech startup that assists SMEs to replenish cash flow via an easy-to-use…

New programme launches to digitise SA township SMEs

A new digital enablement programme aimed at upskilling and supporting township and rural-based SMEs in Kwazulu-Natal and the Free State will be launching in…

Meet Dr Reza, the man behind SA’s first vertical business jet [Q&A]

He plans to spend $500-million to develop SA’s first vertical business jet and is currently trying to raise R20-million from members of the public….

Startupbootcamp FinTech Cairo applications close next month

Fintech accelerator Startupbootcamp FinTech Cairo has called on Egyptian early-stage startups to apply to join its next cohort. Applications for Startupbootcamp FinTech Cairo’s second…

Seedstars announces finalists of the DOEN Land Restoration Prize

Seedstars has announced Ethiopia’s Zafree Papers, South Africa’s GreenFingers Mobile and Ivory Coasts’s Lono as the finalists of its DOEN Land Restoration Prize. The…

AfriLabs appoints new board at 2019 annual gathering

AfriLabs, a network for technology hubs and innovation centres, has announced that it has appointed a new board. The announcement was made at its…

Digital commerce startup Vectra wins Seedstars Cape Town

*Correction: Subsequent to the publication of the article, Vectra founder Wynand Geldenhuys informed Ventureburn that the company is in fact a digital commerce startup…

Despite challenges, Africa is attractive for expat founders, says Jobartis man [Q&A]

Africa, with its vast number of business opportunities and low competition, holds great possibilities for foreign tech entrepreneurs, says Adrian Vinuales, the Spanish co-founder…

Africa’s tech startup sector on brink of significant growth, concludes VC4A from summit

The growing number of startups securing major financial commitments sets the stage for an entirely new era of growth in the African venture capital…

No easy task deciding whether your AI innovation can be patented or not [Opinion]

There’s been a lot of hoo-ha recently about whether an artificial intelligence (AI) system can be listed as an inventor on a patent application….

Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2020 shortlist announced

The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) yesterday in Cape Town announced the names of 16 engineers and entrepreneurs who have been shortlisted for…

Here’s who’s pitching this afternoon at Seedstars Cape Town

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the nine startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Cape Town. The event will kick off…

Five SA startups to pitch for share of R5m funding in 2019 Social Tech Startup Challenge

Five SA startups will next Thursday (28 November) pitch for a share of R5-million in seed funding at the finals of the Social Tech…

Here’s what startups had to say about SBC AfriTech’s 2019 programme

Ten African startups are ready to grow their business offerings, after graduating from Startupbootcamp Afritech’s (SBC Afritech) latest cohort. This year’s programme concluded with a…

Newly launched Stellenbosch Network aims to bring together innovators, entrepreneurs

A new organisation aims to bring Stellenbosch based innovators together to meet, share ideas and encourage collaboration and partnership in innovation and entrepreneurship. The…

Nigeria’s LifeBank scoops $250k in Jack Ma’s Africa Netpreneur Prize

LifeBank, a Nigerian healthtech startup that delivers blood and other essential medical supplies to hospitals, has been awarded $250 000 after it was named…

Here are SME minister’s new measures to boost small business finance

The Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni last week announced new measures to make funding more accessible and affordable to small businesses. Speaking…

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