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Local startup launches Uber competitor

A new startup, Taxi Live Africa has launched in South Africa and is the first e-hailing service to recognises drivers as potential shareholders. Taxi…

SA startup SweepSouth partners with Airbnb

Cape Town-based on-demand domestic cleaning service SweepSouth announced its new partnership with Airbnb. SweepSouth has partnered with international home sharing platform, Airnbnb This partnership announcement…

Lockdown lessons from an entrepreneur [Opinion]

With the pandemic hitting businesses hard and causing entrepreneurs to think on their feet, Lars Veul, director and co-founder at Pargo, one of South…

New capital loan fund launches for SA SMEs

Local SMEs can apply for a loan with the launch of a new capital loan fund. Founded by Yellow Pages which is owned by Telkom Business in partnership…

Girls In Fintech Organisation aims to empower township businesses

The GIFT Foundation is a Girls in FinTech Nonprofit organisation that empowers girls and young women from poor backgrounds to be active participants in…

Study launches to uncover impact of Covid on SMMEs

Finfind, South Africa’s leading online access to finance solution for SMMEs, has partnered with Government, big business, and other key national stakeholders to conduct…

Lessons for entrepreneurs on how to survive and thrive during a pandemic

Ventureburn will be kicking off its first webinar series at the start of September 2020. Held in partnership with Kalon Venture Partners, a registered…

Sierra Leonean data analytics startup Track Your Build wins Seedstars Freetown

Sierra Leonean data analytics startup Track Your Build has been named the winner of last week’s Seedstars Freetown pitching event. Track Your Build was…

‘Startup guides on Cape Town, Joburg detail exciting story of SA’s tech entrepreneurs’ [Q&A]

South Africa has an exciting story to tell as its tech entrepreneurs move to help solve some of the world’s most pressing issues, says…

Social entrepreneurs can tap up to $100k with Expo 2020 Dubai Innovation Impact Grant

Are you a social entrepreneur with innovative solutions to social, environmental or humanitarian problems? Social entrepreneurs selected to participate in the Expo 2020 Dubai Innovation…

Alphacode provides R23m in loans to three black-owned fintech startups

Fintech accelerator AlphaCode announced today that it has provided R23-million in funding under the BEE code of good conduct’s supplier development element, to three SA fintech startups,…

Grindstone Accelerator helps firms in fourth cohort grow revenue by 36%, add 32 jobs

Business has taken off for Ryno Goosen and his geospatial data analytics company Locstat Systems, after he and his co-founders got valuable sales and marketing…

WeThinkCode launches skills programme to recruit, train women coders

Momentum Metropolitan has partnered with WeThinkCode and MWR InfoSecurity to launch a programme aimed at recruiting and training more women coders. The initiative aims…

Here are the 10 Sierra Leonean startups pitching today at Seedstars Freetown

Seedstars World, one of the largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected 10 Sierra Leonean startups to pitch at today’s Seedstars Freetown pitch event….

Here are the 10 startups that graduated from Changelabs Egypt’s first cohort

The 10 early-stage startups that participated in Changelabs Egypt‘s first cohort have graduated. This follows a demo day that the impact-centred accelerator held in…

SA AI startup Kriterion selected for Microsoft, Intel backed ION Smart City Accelerator

SA artificial intelligence (AI) startup Kriterion has announced its selection as one of 10 companies for the first cohort of Intel and Microsoft’s US-based ION Smart…

Nigeria’s Itanna accelerator to invest total of $120k in four startups from second cohort

Lagos-based accelerator Itanna will invest $30 000 in each of the four startups currently participating in its second cohort, the accelerator’s head of investments…

Four healthcare startups selected for Merck, Make IT in Africa programme [Sponsored]

The highly anticipated Africa joint startup programme of the Merck Accelerator, in partnership with Make-IT in Africa and Hybr, recently held its bootcamp in…

Meet the 2019 Resolution Social Venture Challenge winners

The Mastercard Foundation and non-profit The Resolution Project have selected 14 African teams as winners of the 2019 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. The foundation said in…

Startups, do you have a tip for Tito on how to transform SA economy?

The Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni is calling for comments for a new economic strategy for South Africa and tech startups and those that…

Akro in final call for startups to apply to Cape Town accelerator

Cape Town based venture builder Akro has made a final call for startups to apply to join the second cohort of its 20-week acceleration programme which is…

WEF’s Africa Growth Platform to help African startups compete in global markets

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched a new initiative, titled the Africa Growth Platform, which aims to help African startups grow and compete…

Future Females Business School opens new round of applications

Future Females, an international community of female entrepreneurs, has opened applications for this year’s second edition of the Future Females Business School. The business school…

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