Startups

Ahead of Nigeria’s do-or-die match, here’s what you should know of top fintech Lidya

Tonight’s match pitting Nigeria against Argentina, kicking off at 8pm Central African Time, is arguably the biggest game of the day. The match is…

As Morocco heads into its last match, meet Moroccan startup Manageo

Morocco takes on Spain tonight (8pm Central African Time). The Atlas Lions are yet to find the back of the net in the tournament this…

Ahead of the Arabian derby, meet Nafham the biggest edtech platform in MENA

Egypt takes on Saudi Arabia later on this afternoon (4pm Central African Time) in a dead rubber that is being dubbed as the Arabian…

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…

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…

Here are 4 very impressive startup finalists from Seedstars World 2014

Seedstars World is a competition of startups across emerging markets. Last year, it roamed 20 countries to organise as many local competitions. Each city’s…

Flow launches the world’s first and only shoppable audience marketplace

MTN MoMo’s R10-a-Day Smartphone Offer Aims to Bridge South Africa’s Digital Divide

Acer Rolls Out Student-Focused Tech in South Africa Ahead of New Term

Flow Unveils World’s First Shoppable Audience Marketplace – A Fintech-Led Revolution in Digital Targeting

Cape Town VC firm HAVAÍC secures $25m second close to power next wave of African tech startups

Binance Pay Unlocks Everyday Crypto Spending in South Africa

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

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel