The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
Salary cuts, customers not paying, as Covid-19 begin to bite even VC-funded startups
The economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic is beginning to bite, with even South Africa’s venture capital (VC) funded tech startups feeling the pinch….
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [20/04/2020]
SA startup Healthcent is making its healthtech platform, Signapps free for all users in public-sector hospitals over the duration of the Covid-19 period. This, while…
Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [17/04/2020]
The SA government has amended the country’s lockdown regulations to allow more businesses to operate during the lockdown. This, while UCook CEO David Torr (pictured…
Zayed Sustainability Prize opens applications to innovators with $3m in prize money
The Zayed Sustainability Prize is calling on African innovators who have solutions that address some of the world’s biggest sustainability challenges to enter its…
