Startups

Meet NicheStreem: SA’s curated streaming service for music lovers

Just two blocks up the road from where she pitched her latest startup at a Seedstars World event, sits the headquarters of NicheStreem —…

When do startups stop being startups?

At Tech in Asia we often come across well-funded companies that have been in existence for a number of years, but began as a…

Machine learning startup DataProphet hones in on profitable call centre industry

Machine learning is a complicated subject. First experimented with by computer scientist Arthur Samuel back in 1956, the American eventually managed to build a program…

PriceCheck’s Andre de Wet proves that a door-to-door salesman can make it big

“Students all have money,” said PriceCheck‘s Andre de Wet, who sold denim jackets while studying Medicine in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Inspired by his father,…

Does iGrow Academy have what it takes to help educate the masses on a budget?

The youth bears the brunt of South Africa’s unemployment crises. Ranked third highest in the world, a 2014 report by the World Economic Forum…

AgriProtein: the company using flies, our waste to keep the planet from eating itself

The fly makes the world go round. While many find these critters repulsive, they actually play a very important role in how we get…

Q&A with Francesco Signoretti from lastminute.com group on emerging markets

Feature photo: Seedstars Cape Town judges during a startup’s pitch Francesco Signoretti is the CEO of lastminute.com group, a European leader in the online…

Silicon Valley startups can’t rebuild US workforce

There has been a lot of discussion lately about US jobs and Silicon Valley’s role in helping to rebuild the US workforce. US government…

The six types of startup…And what protects Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley veteran Steve Blank, writing in Xconomy, does a great job in describing six types of startups and how a clear understanding of…

Why emerging markets need startup accelerators to produce gold

While I was living in Silicon Valley for a couple of months earlier this year, I had the opportunity to see how a number…

The Big Data revolution: 5 startups mining the trend

Big Data is, well, big. In the information age, companies are literally drowning in vast oceans of data. Petabytes of data are being gathered…

5 steps to show you’re a safe investment, even in an ‘unsafe’ market

The US Chamber of Commerce have lamented the fact that American investors were losing out opportunities in emerging markets during a time when the…

Why Silicon Valley can be bad for emerging market startups

Launching a startup anywhere in the world is challenging, but launching one in an emerging market territory where there is often limited access to…

5 free web applications to take your startup to the next level

Starting a business can be daunting and trying to keep tabs of everything from sales to projects, even more so. If you happen to…

Digital marketing: Next steps for startups

Promoting your startup effectively is a critical step towards ensuring that your business makes it from being a big idea to a well known…

FabFi does fabulous things in Afghanistan and Kenya

Something interesting is happening in Afghanistan. It’s also happening in Kenya. I think that it is proof that it is possible to open the…

3 digital marketing strategies startups need to get right from the start

Starting a new business is a bit like caring for your first born. Now while you don’t need to write a marketing strategy for…

A look at some of Africa’s hottest startup incubators

Although investment in Africa has traditionally focused on commodities rather than technologies, the explosion of mobile usage has opened up opportunities for small-business development….

Why most startups fail … and here’s how not to

It’s easy to think of the latest startup like a pimple in the middle of your forehead: you wake up one morning and it’s…

Silicon Valley: There’s no bubble but there could be a bust…

Are we in a bubble? This is the common question as I chat with people at various events around Silicon Valley. The concern that…

Groupon a ‘tech startup’? I don’t think so

Tech companies can scale their business largely through adding servers and software, which is why VCs love to invest in them. That’s why they…

12 emerging market startups to watch

Emerging market startups are coming into their own and increasingly appearing on the radar of mainstream venture capitalists in established markets. Skype recently announced…

How to do market and competitor research that wins investment

Regardless of whether it’s an angel investor or venture capitalist you are approaching, every funder will narrow things down to one major question: “Who…

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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

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Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

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