Startups

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…

Ahead of the Pharoahs’ Group A match, meet Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta

This afternoon at 2pm, Egypt kicks off Africa’s campaign at the 2018 Fifa World Cup with its Group A match against Uruguay. With Mo Salah…

Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem

Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other…

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…

Africa Twenty10 accelerator is calling for first intake of savvy startups

The Africa Twenty10 accelerator programme is looking for local startups that would help solve the problem of fragmentation and small market sizes on the continent….

BirdLasser mobile conservation app takes tweeting to the next level

There’s such a vast range of mobile apps on the market, all aiming to provide that one kick-ass, differentiating service. Over on Gearburn, we…

Meet the WooCommerce plug-in improving the way thousands of people shop online

Last year we wrote about how South African-based company WooThemes and its popular online retail theme WooCommerce were making waves in the online world….

Artists.Clothing wants to bridge the gap between designers and merchants

The internet is a wonderful thing. Besides giving us the ability to watch Gangnam Style over a billion times, it allows creative ideas to…

Big Inja is the startup hound that wants to barcode your business

We’ve seen some exciting developments happening in the QR space, with the likes of SnapScan and its competitor Zapper having injected a fresh sense…

Making millionaires: the developers who won big in Gyft’s Silicon Valley exit

“Gyft was mostly built out of Cape Town,” Vinny Lingham told the audience at a recent Silicon Cape event where a big funding announcement was…

ChefHost brings bespoke professional cuisine to your dinner party

We’ve profiled some intriguing startups in the past, but it’s not often that you come across a company attempting to meld the limitless world…

Tiphub hosts inaugural Diaspora Demo Pitch Competition

Tiphub, the mentorship-driven accelerator and business consultancy that develops and supports seed-stage technology and social impact ventures within the African diaspora, has announced its…

Lenovo at MWC 2025: AI-Powered Laptops, Sustainable Concepts, and a Glimpse into the Future

Smart Tech: Turning the Tide on South Africa’s Water Crisis

Celebrating Innovation: Redmi Note 14 Post-Launch Event in South Africa

Verto Launches Global Business Award to Fuel African Startup Expansion

GITEX Africa: Shaping the Future of Tech and Positioning Africa as a Global Powerhous

Gozem Secures $30M Series B to Fuel Super App Expansion Across Francophone Africa

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

Lucid CEO becomes strategic advisor

Golf 8.5 update with lots of Life

Tariffs trump US new car affordability needs