AI is disrupting education. But despite what the headlines (and some ChatGPT horror stories) might suggest, South African teachers aren’t being replaced — they’re…
Pizza, beer and elevator pitches. Google/88mph partnership launches
Ventureburn was invited to the Google for Entrepreneurs offices in Woodstock, Cape Town for the launch of the search giant’s partnership with Kenyan-born startup…
Wumii: the Chinese reader app that thinks it knows what you want to read
One of China’s most innovative reading apps, Wumii Reader has just upgraded its Android app to version 2.0. In contrast to many other apps…
SA gets R400m VC fund for startups and SMEs
This is big news anyone involved in the running of a startup. Business Partners, a specialist risk finance company, has launched a R400-million fund…
Ecommerce advertising: Online has its own rules baby
While at the Online Retail Conference last week in Cape Town, Danie Strachan from Adams and Adams gave a very succinct presentation on the…