Startups

New market maps uncover over 50 startups, companies in SA healthtech

With advances in technology thanks largely to the uptake in smart phones, South Africa’s health-care sector is ripe for disruption, says Alex Fraser, head of…

Not all tech giants operating in SA offer support tailored to black startups

“We really got a lot”. This is how Thabo Moshoane describes the year of support his startup got from IBM, which included access to…

Five SA tech startups that are expanding into the rest of Africa [Updated]

South African tech startups are slowly waking up to the massive untapped market that is the rest of the continent. If data from Ventureburn’s 2017 tech startup…

Moving money online? These tips will help you figure out which laws apply to you

Fintech startups operate in one of the most heavily regulated sectors — and for good reason. After all, they do handle people’s money and personal…

Six black SA tech entrepreneurs 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,…

Tech sector can help drive future growth in Western Cape says Wesgro head

The tech sector has the potential to be one of the most critical drivers of future economic growth in the Western Cape believes Wesgro…

MaTontine co-founder predicts Senegal draw, shares inspiration, expansion plans

Bernie Akporiaye, who in 2015 co-founded Senegalese digital financial services platform MaTontine along with his sister Dr Tosan Oruwariye, believes that Senegal will draw today’s…

The #Hack.Jozi Challenge will award R5-million to startups

Running a startup is no walk in the park, just ask anyone who’s ever given it a go. When your margins are as narrow…

3 impressive SA startups riding on the growth of others

In the vastness of the internet, many companies grow on the back of one another — a phenomenon that’s not unique to web-based or…

Are seesaws and bean bags really Standard Bank’s answer to innovation?

South Africa sits with a unique ecosystem when it comes to its innovation, where the major banks are often referred to as the country’s…

Belyve will make you a sexy website for R1000 a pop

Like most startups, Belyve was born out of a frustration of the status quo. Its creator Kolobe Kgwathla started making websites in order to…

30 useful tools for efficient management of your ecommerce startup

Ecommerce startups face many challenges while managing their business operations. They have to work with a limited number of personnel and a limited budget….

9 foodie startups out to change the way South Africans eat

From restaurant discovery to on-demand chefs and a calorie controlled food subscription, there are a growing number of interesting, mouth-watering tech startups out to…

Mobile startup Giraffe launches to help fill SA’s unemployment gap

South Africa’s unemployment rate hovers somewhere above the 20% mark with almost half of that number consisting of the country’s youth. A new startup,…

Meet Mama Money, the mobile social startup looking to break open the African remittance market

Remittances, or the transfer of money by a foreign workers to an individuals in their home countries, are huge, especially in countries with large…

Affordable fashion marketplace HipCloset wants to help you sell your blue jeans online

When it comes to ecommerce in South Africa, the fashion industry is certainly growing in popularity. The fact that only airline ticket sales generate…

Meet iXperience: the startup that’s teaching US college kids how to code in Africa

When you think about Africa, foreign kids traveling to the continent to learn how to code isn’t the first thing that comes to mind….

From the horse’s mouth: 7 tips every startup needs to follow in 2015

Did you know that in 2014 the world hit 52% of its entrepreneurial capacity? That’s according to the Global Entrepreneurship Index, which hosted last…

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…

10 Must-Know Photography Tips for New Camera Owners

South Africa’s Cyber Shield Weakens: 70% of Firms Lack Basic Security Awareness

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

AI in Recruitment: How Blue Pearl is Transforming Hiring for Modern Businesses

enza Secures $6.75M Seed Funding to Revolutionize African Payments

MGX’s $2 billion investment in Binance marks historic institutional backing

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

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