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SA TV and Film relief fund worth R8.3-million opens

A film and television relief fund worth R8.3-million has been established by Netflix in partnership with the South African Screen Federation (SASFED) and supported by…

Award-winning tech startup launches courses for entrepreneurs

Kuba Technologies has launched online courses catering to those facing retrenchment, with innovative business ideas and for Township entrepreneurs negatively impacted by the pandemic….

New remote-learning African ed-tech platform launches

Wingu, a new ed-tech platform has launched with help from The University of Pretoria’s (UP) TuksNovation incubator. The University of Pretoria has seen another…

Twelve female founded tech startups selected for elite mentorship program

Twelve African female-founded tech startups have been selected for the inaugural The Future is Female Mentorship Program. Launching earlier this year, the program was…

Winners of Lagos Urban Innovation Challenge announced

Utopia has announced the winners of the first-ever Lagos Urban Innovation Challenge, an innovation competition aimed at finding solutions that can help solve critical urban issues…

Starting a business in a crisis [Opinion]

Sandras Phiri, CEO of Startup Circles.ai shares his tips on how to launch a business during a crisis. An article by BBC has indicated that…

Local startup offers affordable legal services during Covid-19

A South African startup, Get Law has created a platform aiming to simplify access to much-needed legal by allowing users to access registered attorneys…

Egypt’s RiseUp acquires tech publication MenaBytes

RiseUp, a Cairo-based platform that connects startups to resources, has acquired Middle East and North Africa (MENA) focused tech publication MenaBytes. RiseUp said in…

Grand prize of €100k up for grabs in Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

Do you have a deep tech startup or project that uses advanced technology to answer a societal or industrial challenge? Deep tech involves the…

Ran Neu-Ner confirms he’s taken legal action against Shark Tank’s Gil Oved, Romeo Kumalo [Updated]

UPDATE (21 August 2019): While entrepreneur Ran Neu-Ner has so far refused to provide Ventureburn with the affidavits he’s filed against Gil Oved and…

SmartBlade co-founder among 22 finalists shortlisted for 2019 Awief Awards

Dr Caroline Corbett, the co-founder of Cape Town based medtech startup SmartBlade, is among 22 finalists shortlisted for the 2019 Awief Awards. Corbett, whose…

Lagos based startups to get access to more support with launch of second Seedspace

Swiss-based emerging markets startup competition Seedstars has announced that it will next month open a second Seedspace co-working hub in Lagos, in partnership with Nigerian…

AlphaCode awards R16m in grants, support services to eight black-owned SA fintechs

Eight black-owned fintech startups have won business support and funding totalling R16-million from Rand Merchant Investment Holdings’ (RMI) fintech incubator AlphaCode. The AlphaCode Incubate initiative, in partnership…

Seedstars calls on startups to apply to Tanzania accelerator and receive $25k each

Seedstars — the Swiss-based organisation that that assists tech startups in emerging markets — has put out a final call for startups to join its…

Here are the 10 Tanzanian startups pitching right now at Seedstars Zanzibar

Seedstars World, one of the world’s largest emerging market startup competitions, has selected 10 Tanzanian startups to pitch at today’s inaugural Seedstars Zanzibar event….

Number of regulatory sandbox licenses granted by Mauritius body to fintechs grows to nine

The number of startups and companies that have been granted regulatory sandbox licenses by Mauritius’s Economic Development Board (EDB) has grown to nine. This,…

Agritech competition to award 10 Ethiopian entrepreneurs with total of €35k in prizes

The recently launched Green Innovation and AgriTech Slam (GIAS) competition will support 10 Ethiopian agricultural entrepreneurs with its €35 000 prize pool. The competition is…

DOEN Land Restoration Prize winner to get $10k grant, access to Seedstars programme

Does your tech startup have innovative solutions in the land restoration and land degradation space? Applications have opened for the DOEN Land Restoration Prize…

Here’s all you need to know about AfricArena’s tech startup challenges [Updated]

Looking to win some funding, or think your startup has what it takes to collaborate with a corporate? Tech startup conference AfricArena has called…

As Brexit looms, UK government looks to support SA startups

SA tech startups can expect added business and trade support from the UK government as it seeks to boost links with other countries amid…

Akro Capital, Kingson Capital to send 10 winning startups to US bootcamp

Are you running a startup? Looking to be selected for a two-week bootcamp in the US? Durban based venture capital (VC) fund Kingson Capital and Cape…

Savca issues call to black and women fund managers for new training programme

Black as well as women fund managers looking to get a step up in the venture capital and private equity sector must hurry. Applications for…

Egyptian trucking marketplace Trella joins YC’s S19 batch

Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella has been accepted into YCombinator’s (YC) S19 (summer 2019) batch. Trella was founded last year by CEO and former Uber…

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