Startups

SA startup get\Worth to disrupt online car market

A Cape Town startup is looking to change the way customers buy and sell cars on the internet, by using machine learning and what…

Close to fifth of Joburg, Cape Town startup founders are immigrants

Almost one in five startup founders in Cape Town and Johannesburg are immigrants, reveals a new report. The 2017 Global Startup Ecosystem report, released…

12 edtech startups teaching South Africans [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…

CarTrip: this carpooling startup looks to make travel easier in SA

Traffic is a nightmare in South Africa, with many dreading the daily commute to and from work, not to mention the cost of petrol. Carpooling…

Kasipedia: startup directory for SA townships

Kasipedia is a new online directory for SA townships by telecoms startup Maru Telecoms, giving users their own online presence on a platform which caters to…

Meet the fast-growing Go-Jek of Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, is an insanely densely populated city. Growing up here, Elius Hussain says, one thing is always on your mind. The traffic….

17 South African startups to watch out for in 2017 [Digital All Stars] [update]

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

How doing 7 ordinary things can lead to extraordinary results [Net Prophet]

In business, to be a success does not mean you have to be an extraordinary person. The truth, it turns out, is that you…

Trending: the boom in startups for pets

For a while, pet-related startups seemed to be a rarity. Ever since the Pets.com debacle in which the venture-backed startup went from a Nasdaq…

GoGifting seizes social gifting gap after Rocket Internet bins DropGifts SA plans

Last year, we reported that DropGifts, Rocket Internet’s social gifting startup was about to enter South Africa. Fast forward roughly a year, and there…

Dineplan: a unique dish or just another restaurant booking service?

Dineplan is launching its digital reservations system for restaurants today. While it joins a veritable smorgasbord of web-based restaurant reservation systems, Dineplan’s customer profiling…

The InMobi story: how an Indian startup became a global mobile ad network

Founder and CEO of mobile ad network giant InMobi Naveen Tewari has come a long way. Tewari is an engineer by training, studied at…

10 amazing US-based startups founded by immigrants from emerging markets

An article published by The Economist earlier this year, quoted research by the pressure group, Partnership for a New American Economy, which found that…

Will Total Send’s aggressive pricing disrupt the email marketing space?

People are spoiled for choice when it comes to email marketing services. For example, internationally there is MailChimp, iContact, Benchmark and Campaign Monitor, while…

Want to #PitchGhana? Join Silicon Cape’s next trade mission

Looking to expand your startup and network into Ghana? Silicon Cape could help you out. The entrepreneurial catalyst is opening up applications for all…

Enter the Entrepreneur ‘X’ Factor and fast-track your business

If you consider yourself an entrepreneur – someone with an adept business acumen, an affinity for risk-taking and developing ideas into marketable, scalable companies…

How a beauty box startup bootstrapped to become a million dollar company

Today, Memebox is the Birchbox of South Korea; the beauty sample subscription and e-commerce service is leading in terms of marketshare, gaining thousands of…

7 startup lessons from the film industry

At first glance you might not think there is much in common between the film industry and tech startups. I’m here to tell you…

Meet the startups pitching at South Korea’s biggest startup conference

beLAUNCH, South Korea’s Biggest startup and technology conference has revealed this year’s 20 top startups from Korea and abroad which will be presenting at…

BootstrapLabs and MAD Incubator launch BootstrapAccelerator Asia

Silicon Valley-based BootstrapLabs, and Malaysia-based MAD Incubator have partnered to create BootstrapAccelerator Asia, a Southeast Asia-focused tech startup accelerator with a Silicon Valley fast…

Pitch to Win contest: win a pitch deck to the value of $7500

The pitch deck. An under-appreciated animal. The visual ‘powerpoint’ that accompanies a startup’s pitch often doesn’t get the time it deserves, but visually presenting…

Meet the 10 startups that debuted at 88mph’s Demo Day

Demo Day has come and gone for African startup accelerator 88mph and the ten startups that completed their intensive three month acceleration programme, capped…

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