Startups

Here’s all you need to know about WeChat’s new on-demand courier startup Picup

At the Picup launch last night, WeChat wanted the guest to walk home knowing three things: that Picup is going to revolutionarise the on-demand…

Does the future of instant messaging apps lie in bulk?

The instant messaging space is a tough nut to crack. Add a couple feature and it becomes cluttered and the users become uncomfortable. Remove…

Q&A with MoboFree CEO on Africa’s fast-growing mobile marketplace

MoboFree is an African-based mobile marketplace with a social twist that allows people to buy, sell and swap products with each other. The goal…

InstaLens: How SA’s Instagram acolyte is capturing global success

Instagram is well known for its dedicated communities — especially in cities such as Cape Town where designers, both local and tourists, take advantage…

Ventureburn speaks to entrepreneurial maestro Adii Pienaar on Receiptful’s $500k Angel round

South African serial entrepreneur and investor Adii Pienaar’s new startup called Receiptful is making some noise. The co-founder of the popular website theme builder,…

StudySearch connects African students with quality universities abroad

Even though there is no official data on the number of Africans that are travelling abroad annually for postgraduate studies, it’s expected to be…

Can online boutique startup &Threads follow-up on YDE’s success?

In 1995, Paul Simon (age 21) started the very popular Young Designers Emporium (YDE). The retail store for fashion designers soon grew to 13…

Prominent SA startup FireID hits the skids

FireID, a Stellenbosch-based startup specialising in mobile authentication, will probably be forced to close its doors or dramatically downscale after news that its main…

Five red-hot Indian tech startups

China’s enormous internet population has been getting quite a bit of press lately, but India is undoubtedly as much of an emerging world internet…

Startup prediction: Digital money is the space to watch

Paypal has led the way by opening up its platform but there will be lots of startups focused on digital money in its many…

Scaling: Don’t become a victim of your own success

A common issue with online startups is that they only start thinking about scalability once their site goes down. Many of the big startups…

Five difficulties facing startups in China

There’s a legend about a Chinese monk who, after years of meditating atop a high, isolated mountain, envisioned the world’s first circular disk. Careful…

Diaspora scores on privacy but will it ever go mainstream?

Diaspora, the open source social network that puts user privacy above all else, is now rolling out in private alpha. The question is: can…

What a startup can learn from a restaurant menu

It’s often said that one of the biggest challenges for an entrepreneur is focus. Naturally, this is coupled with multiple challenges like cash flow,…

Evly.com first look: Will this new crowdsourcing social network work?

Sometimes it just so happens that a new technology service really speaks to you. The first time I saw Groupon, I thought that it…

Four things large companies can learn from startups

Any startup company is agile by design and necessity. There are certain characteristics of a startup that make an agile approach come naturally, and…

Nigeria’s rapidly growing online job search market

When you start talking about online employment sites, you’re likely to mention global behemoths such as Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com, both originating from the United…

Qwiki and Storify: Disruptive storytelling comes of age

On October 26, Qwiki, a new “information experience” platform, opened its doors to pre-invited users as an Alpha web product. As this year’s winning…

Why Angel funding is killing innovation

I’m a fan of Max Levchin and his fellow Paypal alumni because this group has spent the past five years creating many of the…

Tynt: A business built on ‘copy and paste’

Who would think that there is a business in providing an online copy and paste service? Tynt believes that there is a very large…

CREATORmakers.com: Unlock your potential

To dream is as easy as breathing; it is one of the things that make us quintessentially human. But sometimes hopes and dreams get…

Paper.li makes you editor-in-chief of your online newspaper

There is no longer any doubt about the awesome impact that Twitter is having on the media landscape. Every day, the micro-blogging phenomenon cements…

Viewdle gives mobile phones the ability to ‘see’

High-powered players are pumping US$10-million into Viewdle, a technology startup crafting ways that enable smartphones “see” things the same way people do and identify…

10 Must-Know Photography Tips for New Camera Owners

South Africa’s Cyber Shield Weakens: 70% of Firms Lack Basic Security Awareness

Your Couch is About to Become a Stadium: TCL’s QD-Mini LED Arrives in SA

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

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

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