Startups

With Mimiboards, Umuntu Media is re-imagining the humble noticeboard. You can think of a Mimiboard (pronounced me-me board) as a geographically sensitive, virtual noticeboard….

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how our ideals and idols are totally broken and that we needed to re-evaluate how we…

When it comes to venture capital, Keet van Zyl is as savvy as they come. He’s worked for companies such as Procter & Gamble,…

What would the tech solution to the textbook crisis in South Africa be? One solution would be to use the open-source model to write…

Daily Dish is as a menu planning and grocery shopping service for “busy people” who want to eat delicious, cook-it-yourself food at home. We’d…

You know how Spotify and iTunes can tell the kind of music you might like based on previous purchases and listening habits? The same…

There’s a new gourmet food and wine eCommerce site on the block, and it’s called 5ounces — the name refers to the standard, one-fifth…

The internet has impacted our lives in a number of different ways, but its function as a collaborative space is one of the most…

It seems that behind every successful startup you are likely to find a high-powered female executive — or so says a report from Dow…

It’s been a busy year for South Africa’s startup scene and as we start winding down the last quarter of 2012, we decided to…