Startups

Nigeria’s young squad could learn a thing or two from agritech startup Farmcrowdy

After Nigeria’s poor showing in their first Group D match with Croatia, The Super Eagles can ill-afford to lose this afternoon’s game with Iceland. The country has the…

Seven SA insurtech startups to watch [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn,…

Morocco will need to be innovative like startup Hooplacar to shock Portugal

Morocco take on Portugal this afternoon at 2pm (Central African Time). After Portugal’s spectacular match with Spain, which saw Cristiano Ronaldo pull off a…

Can Egypt help Africa save face? This savings platform could show them how

After last week’s agonising 1-o loss to Uruguay, Egypt will tonight, at 8pm Central African Time, take on hosts Russia amid speculation on the…

Will the Teranga Lions roar and dominate like Senegalese startup CoinAfrique?

Senegal take on Poland today at 5pm (Central African Time) in their second appearance at a World Cup. In order to make it past…

Can Tunisia haul a win? Meet the logistics marketplace that could inspire them

After three defeats in a row for African startups the pressure will be on Tunisia to bring some cheer to the continent. After all, Tunisia…

As the Atlas Lions march into battle, learn how MedTrucks is disrupting healthcare

Morocco kicks off their 2018 World Cup campaign today at 5pm (Central African Time) when they take on Iran. The Atlas Lions currently on an 18-game…

5 questions you need to ask before introducing your startup to the world

Introducing your stealth startup to the world is an exciting and monumental time. It’s the first step in determining whether your product is the…

Wanna build a startup from scratch? Why not learn Ruby on Rails

Daniel Kehoe is the author of Learn Ruby on Rails — a book that comprehensively covers the programming language from Git to Gems. We…

Meet Tracking the Wild: the social tool using crowdsourcing to help Africa’s wildlife

One of the biggest tourist attractions in South Africa — and Africa as a whole — is its sprawling wildlife. However valuable this attraction…

4 New Year’s resolutions your startup should consider adopting in 2015

This is it. This is the year your startup will go big. At least that’s what you were telling everyone at the New Year’s…

14 tech startups from emerging markets onto something big

This year, for Ventureburn and all the other tech blogs covering startup scenes, we’ve seen an exciting crop of talent show face. From major…

11 of SA’s biggest (and most exciting) tech startup investments of 2014

Money makes the world go round. And if you play your cards right, might just make your startup successful — putting a smile on…

Meeting two worlds: iono.fm is your personal radio station on-demand

In today’s Uber-inspired world, everything seems to be on-demand. So why shouldn’t your radio be? After turning down three potential acquisitions, South African PVR-for-radio…

Can i-Pay boost SA’s ecommerce by making EFTs cool?

Online payment gateways play a crucial role in driving ecommerce in South Africa and the whole world for that matter. The right gateways can…

Here are 5 tips to make your biotech startup leaner

Building a biotechnology startup is a lot like getting a private university education: To make progress, you have to get past the high-cost barrier…

Startup 90: SA’s new accelerator looking for the startup recipe of success

Startup accelerators are tricky things. The idea of putting together some business fundamentals for a company in a couple of months sounds crazy, yet…

DroneScan: the startup using flying ‘copters to manage your stock

Data management can make or break a business. Especially when it comes to big companies, refining a simple process could save you millions. It’s…

Guns and Rain: an art gallery that inhabits the contours of online space

Ann Gollifer, Ntlo, Pelo, Mosadi Guns and Rain founder Julie Taylor’s oldest art memory is of drawing dinosaur stencils. That memory, wrapped up as…

How to value your startup? This podcast by StartUp tells you all about it

The five-year-old ride-sharing app, Uber, is valued at US$40-billion while the three-year-old photo messaging app, SnapChat, is worth an estimated US$10-billion. The latter only…

Euphoria Telecom: the startup that’s bringing cloud calling to SMEs in style

With the popular David and Goliath theme of a hungry tech startup looking to disrupt, Cape Town, South Africa-based VoIP (voice over internet protocol)…

3 ways to go about hiring foreign skills for your SA startup

Even before I was involved in the tech entrepreneur scene in SA and before I ran an immigration and visa services firm, I noticed…

Vouch wants to change the face of mobile advertising in SA

South Africa’s mobile space is becoming more and more exciting. With a growing middle class and cheaper hardware diversifying the market, the country should…

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