F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Why startup incubators in Africa just don’t work
I am 100% convinced that the incubation model in Africa is fatally flawed as a method of creating big software companies. Of the nine…
Sw7 opens applications for its 2015 Cape Town programme
South African technology accelerator Sw7 has opened applications for its Cape Town accelerator programme. Sw7 Cape Town will be a replication of the recently completed…
SA startup Asimmetric accepted into San Francisco-based accelerator
Network monitoring company Asimmetric is the first South African startup to join the San Francisco-based hardware accelerator Highway1. Asimmetric is one of 12 companies chosen out of 350…
Microsoft, Ampion ‘accelerator on wheels’ to support 200 entrepreneurs
Global tech company Microsoft and pan-African entrepreneurship initiative Ampion have launched the latest “accelerator on wheels”. The Venture Bus will consist of 200 entrepreneurs and…
