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Facebook to open an office in Lagos in 2021

Facebook has announced its plans to open new offices in Lagos, Nigeria in 2021 and aims to continue its support for tech based SMEs…

Highlighting three township tech startups for Heritage Month

As September is Heritage Month in South Africa, we have decided to highlight three tech startups that have found ways to make a difference…

SA tech startup develops tech to detect disease in livestock

The University of Cape Town and a local tech startup, 3DIMO have begun working together to create new technological ways to detect disease in…

UCT Zamani project preserves Heritage sites using latest technology

The Zamani Project has been working diligently to document and preserve local and international heritage sites for more than a decade. The Zamani Project…

First Sub-Saharan Africa Tourism Acceleration programme launches

A new online acceleration programme has launched for the African tourism sector, aiming to digitize the industry. Developed by the United Nations World Tourism…

SA edtech startup launches to assist students prepare for exams

A local edtech startup, Examsta, has launched an educational web app to assist high school students in preparing for their upcoming examinations. The app…

UCT students design app to help donate breastmilk

A Cape Town-based non-profit Milk Matters and the University of Cape Town (UCT) have worked together to design an app that helps mothers donate…

Founders from SA startup InvestSure excited after inclusion on Insurtech100 list

The founders of Johannesburg-based insurtech startup InvestSure are over the moon after being included on the Insurtech100 2019 list. The Insurtech100 is an annual…

AfriLabs expands network to 174 hubs with inclusion of 20 new members

AfriLabs, an organisation that supports technology and innovation centres across Africa, has announced that it has added 20 new hubs to its network. The…

Former Fo-Sho CEO still smiling, despite over R8m investors lost when startup shut down [Updated]

UPDATE (24 October): Constantia CEO Volker von Widdern told Ventureburn subsequent to the publication of this story that the insurance company had taken the…

Edtech iStudy wins Seedstars Tripoli as two startups tie for third place

Libyan edtech startup iStudy has won Seedstars Tripoli. The pitching event, run by Swiss emerging markets competition Seedstars was held on Sunday (20 October)…

Applications for LaunchLab coding school close this Friday

Stellenbosch based incubator LaunchLab in partnership with the University of Botswana has launched a coding school and is calling on students to apply as…

UK government pledges £10m to Catalyst Fund to invest in fintechs

The UK government has pledged £10-million of UK Aid support towards the Catalyst Fund, which will be utilised to invest in fintechs across a…

SA’s uYilo Electric Mobility Programme in call for startups to apply for grants of up to R1m

Are you developing a technology that can advance the electric mobility industry in South Africa, held back only by the right funding? You can…

Adii Pienaar sells Conversio in reported over R100m deal to major US company

SA entrepreneur Adii Pienaar, who helped launch WooThemes before it was acquired by Automattic for a reported over $30-million, has announced that his latest…

Teheca, an app that connects expecting mothers to nurses wins Seedstars Kampala

Teheca, an app that connects new and expecting mothers to nurses for in home checkup, has come out tops at Seedstars Kampala in Uganda. Teheca…

Meet the winners of SAB Foundation’s 2019 social innovation, disability empowerment awards

Cape Town recycling service Regenize has been named the winner of this year’s SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards. This, while OptiShunt — an implantable…

Here are the nine startups pitching today at Seedstars Kampala

Seedstars World, the Swiss emerging market startup competition, has named the nine startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Kampala in Uganda. It is…

Mauritian edtech Eco-Warriors wins Seedstars Port Louis

Mauritian edtech startup Eco-Warriors has been named the winner of yesterday’s Seedstars Port Louis pitching event. The startup, which is a subsidiary of holding…

Tshimologong Precinct invites growing black tech firms to enter TechAccel programme

The Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, together with IBM is calling on black owned growth-stage startups to participate in this year’s TechAccel programme, a high-impact accelerator…

Startups better hurry if they want to apply for Wamda’s Dubai-based programme

North African entrepreneurs have until this Sunday (20 October) to apply for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused Wamda X grant-based fellowship…

TechTribe Accelerator to use roadshows to pick 100 startups from SADC region

Pretoria-based TechTribe Accelerator (TTA) has announced that it has embarked on a roadshow in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to scout for…

Here are the eight startups pitching today at Seedstars Port Louis

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the eight startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Port Louis in Mauritius. It is not…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs