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Good ideas are not conjured on video calls [Sponsored]

While the overnight shift to having teams work from home has been a surprisingly simple one to make for many companies, there are plenty…

Apply for the SFAN Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Budding student entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply for the SFAN Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Applications close on 25 September 2020. The award…

Applications for V&A Waterfront kitchen incubator opens

The V&A Waterfront’s, Makers Landing, a development created by the V&A Waterfront in partnership with the National Treasury’s Job Fund has opened applications for its…

The benefits of startups and SMEs as investees of Kalon Venture Partners

Ventureburn’s second webinar held in partnership with Kalon Venture Partners, a registered Section 12J Venture Capital Company will take place on 6 October at…

Job Booster Programme to upscale 50 entrepreneurs

Kuba, an online ecosystem for small business development has launched a new Job Booster Programme. The programme has selected 50 participating entrepreneurs for its…

New SA tech startup to shakeup events industry

A new tech startup and a first of its kind, GetVen, will launch in Gauteng and the Western Cape at the end of September…

SA tech startup partners with French Development Agency

South African tech startup, Kandua has partnered with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD ), the French public development finance body. The partnership will…

2019 Savca Industry Awards finalists announced

The Southern African Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (Savca), in collaboration with Investec and Sanlam Investments, has announced the finalists of the 2019…

Here are the finalists of the fifth AppsAfrica.com Innovation Awards

Technology news portal and advisory service AppsAfrica has released the shortlist for the finalists of the fifth edition of the AppsAfrica Innovation Awards. The…

Competition Commission gives nod to Travelstart acquisition of Club Travel Group

Travelstart has completed its acquisition of Southern Africa’s Club Travel Group for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition, which sees Travelstart wholly acquiring the Club…

Marek Zmyslowski releases tell-all book after Interpol drops Nigerian extradition request

Polish entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski has released the English version of a new book in which he documents the Nigerian extradition saga he endured last…

SA’s JUMO, Retail Capital, Mauritius-based 4G Capital honoured at Global SME Finance Forum Awards [Updated]

UPDATE (16 October): We forgot to include another African company, SA fintech Retail Capital, which was placed second in the for its innovation in…

Business support, €20k up for grabs in fourth edition of AFD Digital Challenge

Are you part of a startup, association or research centre that is developing a digital solution that promotes the development of inclusive and sustainable…

How we had to start over after shareholder stole startup from us – Entry Ninja co-founder

The founders of SA startup Entry Ninja may have sold their business for millions of rands to Computicket two years ago, but only after…

Egyptian ecommerce platform ExpandCart accepted into Hong Kong accelerator Betatron

Cairo-based ecommerce platform ExpandCart has been accepted into the fifth cohort of Hong Kong accelerator Betatron. ExpandCart is the only African startup that was…

Tunisian esports platform Seemba wins Seedstars Tunis

Tunisian esports platform Seemba has been named the winner of this year’s Seedstars Tunis pitching event. Seemba helps developers monetise their games through an…

Kapa Biosystems case in which taxpayers shortchanged by millions of rands heads for arbitration

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) is seeking to recover millions of dollars from investors after the recent completion by a task team of a…

Seda selects 16 SA startups to attend Gitex 2019 in Dubai

Sixteen of some of SA’s most promising tech startups have joined startups from around the world to showcase their products and services this week…

Funding, regulations top the challenges Africa’s healthcare startups face [Sponsored]

A shortage of funding, overcoming regulations and accessing laboratory space. These are just some of the challenges that African tech startups in the health-care…

UK calls on healthtech startups from Kenya, Nigeria, SA to apply for TeXchange programme

The UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has called on healthtech startups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa to apply for…

Here’s who’s pitching this afternoon at Seedstars Tunis

Swiss emerging market startup competition Seedstars World has named the nine Tunisian startups that will pitch today at Seedstars Tunis. The event, which is currently underway…

Reserve Bank, KPMG Matchi name 12 finalists of fintech hackcelerator

The SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) and technology matchmaking platform KPMG Matchi have named the 12 finalists of the Global Fintech Hackcelerator @ Southern Africa….

Four African entrepreneurs among Schwab Foundation awardees

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has selected four African founders as recipients of its 2019 Social Entrepreneurship Awards. The four are Cellulant co-founder…

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Why 3 Out of 4 South African SMEs Still Can’t Raise Capital

Huawei Cloud and Elenjical Solutions Partner to Accelerate Financial Digital Transformation in Africa

Mastercard and enza Join Forces to Supercharge Fintech Innovation in Africa

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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