Startups

Snapplify advances digital education in East Africa

Launched in Kenya in 2016, global edtech company Snapplify has seen exponential growth in East Africa, with hundreds of schools registered. Now, as part…

AlphaCode awards pandemic-founded tech start-ups

South Africa’s finest tech start-ups which were founded during the pandemic went head to head at a virtual demo day yesterday where they had…

South African calling app start-up Talk360 raises $4m

Talk360, a South African international calling app start-up, has secured $4 million in funding as it prepares to launch a new pan-African payment platform…

Dynamic DNA ‘helps close the skills and digital divide’

While South Africa’s youth unemployment rate rampantly soars, the country’s digital skills shortage is expanding at its seams. ICT skills are the rarest ever…

Nagging Panda: New start-up gets your invoices settled

If anyone understands the constrictions and damage late payments have on small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and corporates alike, it’s serial entrepreneur and TechZoo…

SA employee wellness start-up Strove branches out to UK

Less than a year after the South African health tech start-up Strove closed a $277 000 seed funding round, the activity-based mobile rewards application…

AfricArena announces first start-ups through to Paris event

Excitement is building as 25 of Africa’s finest tech start-ups begin finalising their pitches for the Major Viva AfricArena showcase hosted at Station F,…

10 tips for entrepreneur investors during the Covid-19 time [Listicle]

With everything that’s currently going on, Covid-19, social distancing and volatile markets, it is essential to focus on your current business investments and ensure…

Build a Corona Battle Plan for your business: Landlord negotiations

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” – this was said by Mike Tyson, and he was right. As South…

Digital identity in a ‘no-touch’ world [Opinion]

Much has been said by local and international entities around what the best actions we must follow in order to mitigate the impact of…

The coronavirus: implications for employers in SA

Last week the Department of Health confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in South Africa. Since then a further six cases…

‘Senegal Startup Act a result of bottom-up consultation process’

Senegal in December became only the second country in Africa after Tunisia to pass a startup act. How did they do it? It comes…

Fintech startups and PCI DSS compliance: what you need to know [Opinion]

With roughly 46% of consumers today using digital channels exclusively for banking, this equates to almost half of the world’s banking customers relying on…

Here’s where female founders can get funding for their African tech startup [List]

Women entrepreneurs in the tech sector in Africa can tap an increasing number of options when it comes to getting funding for their business….

Funding female founders will add billions to Africa’s economy [Opinion]

Recently, I hosted a pan-African entrepreneurship accelerator for female founders which comprised of a week-long in-person training programme hosted in Kampala, and an eight-month…

Six ideas for a startup for those still in university [Sponsored]

While you’re a student, you can’t stop thinking about the bright future that awaits. You want to expand your horizons. You want to be…

My parents said I was crazy to start a business, SweepSouth’s Aisha Pandor reveals in podcast

Save three years’ worth of salary. That’s what SweepSouth co-founder Aisha Pandor’s mother — the Minister of Foreign Affairs Naledi Pandor — advised her…

How to get your startup to appear in the media [Opinion]

It’s a new year and you’re probably big on getting your startup noticed. One way is to get media coverage. As a startup one…

Eight SA startups to keep an eye on in 2020

A number of tech startups featured in news headlines last year. Ventureburn has picked eight that we think readers should follow closely in 2020….

How Endeavor plans to make social impact by backing high-growth entrepreneurs [Q&A]

Endeavor is more than simply a networking club for the business elite, but an organisation that aims to make a sustained social impact by…

Here are seven SA insurtechs that insurance companies are working with

Insurance technology is big money in South Africa, with several local insurtechs having together raised tens of millions of rands in investment of late,…

Momentum Metropolitan reveals it’s backing insurtech, fintech through local VC [Q&A]

SA insurance company Momentum Metropolitan is partnering with a local venture capital (VC) company and a VC from the UK to develop innovative financial…

Here are five SA hardware startups making waves in 2019

More than many other kinds of businesses, startups that develop hardware solutions arguably face more challenges bringing their solution to market. The sheer amount…

Acer’s New Nitro AI Gaming Gear Is Here—But Is It Worth It for South Africans?

R19,000 for Bass? Sony Tests South Africa’s Audio Appetite

Tech Stocks Tank – Can SA Survive a Global Meltdown?

SA Business Confidence: Fintech Lula Sounds Alarm on SME Reality

Why MVNOs are gaining ground — and how Huge NXTGN is accelerating the shift

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Gravity is a true driver’s EV SUV

L2 charging and the power of dwell time

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