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Sandras Phiri bids farewell to Startup Grind Cape Town

Entrepreneur Sandras Phiri has announced that he has stepped down as chapter head of Startup Grind Cape Town. Guillaume De Smedt, who is the…

Endeavor selects Kobo360’s Obi Ozor and Ife Oyedele to join organisation

Endeavor, a non-profit organisation that supports high-impact entrepreneurs around the world, has welcomed two new African entrepreneurs into its global network — Ife Oyedele…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [28/05/2020]

Zimbabwean edtech SMBLO has announced that it has signed up its 1000th registered student, since the launch of its e-learning platform on 1 May….

Zambia’s BongoHive opens applications for fintech challenge

Zambian tech hub BongoHive has launched a tech challenge to explore opportunities for financial inclusion and innovation from aspiring entrepreneurs in the fintech space….

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [27/05/2020]

A Cape Town based company known for its contributions to HIV drug-resistance testing, Hyrax Biosciences, has released a software tool to detect mutations in…

Sanofi announce names of 11 startups to pitch in AfricaTech Challenge

Global pharmaceutical company Sanofi has announced the names of 11 startups that will take part in an online pitch next month as part of…

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [26/05/2020]

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition said it plans to close down companies that fall foul of Covid-19 regulations when it comes to…

African fintech startups to take part in launching trading at London Stock Exchange

African fintech startups attending Africa Tech Summit London will on 11 June take part in launching trading for the day at the London Stock…

Seda, SA Innovation Summit launch Season 4 of Pitch & Perfect competition

The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has partnered with the SA Innovation Summit to launch Season 4 of the Pitch & Perfect masterclasses and…

Africa Moves announces names of 100 startups selected for Tunis summit

Africa Moves has announced the 100 African startups selected to attend The Big Summit which will take place between 17 and 21 June in…

Google Launchpad Africa has proven ‘extremely valuable’ for startup – SA founder

“Extremely valuable.” This is how Voyc.ai co-founder Matthew Westaway described he and his team’s experience as part of the third class of Google’s Launchpad Africa….

Founder of SA startup Kusini Water off to Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Award winning Joburg-based cleantech startup Kusini Water has been invited to pitch to investors at next week’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in the Netherlands….

Meet SA’s new small business minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni [Updated]

The former chief operating officer (COO) for the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) Khumbudzo Ntshavheni was yesterday appointed as Minister of Small Business Development,…

Transnet killed my startup’s R47m contract claims Empty Trips founder

While Transnet officials today continue their testimony before the Zondo Commission into state capture, Transnet has been hit by a new saga involving a…

Seedstars to expand local bootcamps, add more benefits in 2019 competition

Seedstars World, one of the largest startup competitions for emerging markets, returns next month to Africa for the seventh time and will this year…

New Tshimologong partnerships to help link SA creatives with French market

Partnership agreements signed this month between Joburg-based Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct and two French entities will help link French and SA creatives in the digital sector. Tshimologong…

SA Innovation Summit, Unicorn Group partner on $8.5m Africa Cup pitching competition

Update (4 June 2019): The article has been updated to include details of the Winetech Pitching Den and Africa Cup application deadline extension to…

Kaspersky calls on startups with cybersecurity solutions to join innovations programme

Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab is looking for established and late-stage startups that have a product or prototype in the cybersecurity vertical and have closed several deals, to…

Meet the small businesses nominated for the NSTF-South 32 Awards

SA’s National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) has nominated three small businesses for the innovation award in the 2018/2019 NSTF- South 32 Awards. The…

Investec showcases three SA startups at Tech4Good event that tackle financial inclusion

Last week banking and asset management group Investec showcased three SA startups that it believes are addressing financial inclusion in the country. Investec presented the…

Seven black tech firms chosen for IBM Techscale initiative

IBM SA and Joburg-based consultancy the Youth Innovation Entrepreneurship Design Institute (Yiedi) have welcomed seven SA tech startups into the IBM Techscale programme. The…

FbStart Accelerator graduates raise over $400k after hitting traction

The inaugural cohort of Lagos-based FbStart Accelerator raised over $400 000 in grants and investments during the programme, after their ideas received some initial traction….

NG_Hub celebrates first birthday by sharing impact figures [Infographic]

Today marks one year since Facebook opened its Lagos-based NG_Hub to the public. NG_HUb, which Facebook opened in partnership with social innovation centre CoCreation Hub…

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