South Africa’s smallest businesses are punching above their weight when it comes to job creation – but the system is still actively working against…
Security startups and Africa’s mobile boom: big problems, huge opportunities
The bigger the problem, the greater the opportunity. With the increasing popularity of smartphone usage paired with greater internet penetration in Africa, mobile security…
Meet mobicred: South Africa’s first online only credit facility
There’s not much of a limit on what you can buy online these days. Thing is, in South Africa at least, almost all of…
Should your startup get funds from someone who hasn’t been a founder?
Vinod Khosla, famed investor in Indiegogo, Storify, Jawbone, and more, went on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2013 and said: “95 percent of VCs add…
Life after t-shirts: Ventureburn gets the exclusive behind Springleap’s pivot
Springleap made a name for itself selling t-shirts based on crowdsourced designs. It was more or less an African version of Threadless, with artists’…
