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Retired Lions rugby player’s app aims to tackle ‘administrative nightmare’

Former Lions rugby player Dylan des Fountain is looking to solve the “administrative nightmare” that many firms face collecting and reconciling staff expense claims…

Nigeria’s NetPlusDotCom taps Etisalat to rollout STORM app mPOS solution

A few weeks ago, Ventureburn focused on how African telecoms operators can have a mutually beneficial innovation-driven relationship with startups specifically by making their…

This crowdsourced phrasebook app wants to help South Africans understand each other

South Africa, like our ever globalising world, is made up of a really diverse bunch. It’s colourful but often messy. This is where Aweza…

SA mobile shopping app MySideKick announces R4m staged investment

South African mobile shopping app startup MySideKick has announced it received R4-million from EM Software & Systems‘ tech fund and accelerator Alchemy-A in a…

SA’s mobile TV app Tuluntulu part of Foundry50’s top global startups

South African TV and audio streaming app Tuluntulu is named one of Unilever’s Foundry50 top startups from around the globe. Tuluntulu is the first…

Enter your app into the MTN Business App of the Year Awards

Entries for the annual MTN Business App of the Year Awards are now open. This year the awards will be focusing on categories rather…

Travelstart’s Flapp wants to be the go-to tool for SA’s busiest flight route

Flapp — a portmanteau of Flight App — is online travel booking site Travelstart‘s entry into the app market. The recently released app is…

Safaricom Appwiz Challenge dubs Kenyan student news app winner

Kenyan campus news startup Magazine Reel has won the Safaricom Appwiz Challenge — an initiative by the major telecom to promote mobile developers in…

Built an app? Here are 5 clever ways you can distribute succesfully

Your app is not alone. Right now, there are more than one million apps in the App Store, vying for users’ attention in nearly…

Crowdsource location app Traffic Lite hits Nigeria’s streets

New community-based app Traffic Lite by Nigerian software developer Panthelope Technologies has been launched in an attempt too curb Lagos’ notorious traffic. Traffic Lite…

SnapScan finally brings mobile payments to parking in Cape Town

If you’re lucky enough to find it, parking in South Africa’s cities can be super expensive. Although few can really change the prices of…

MakeLaw: an app trying to redefine public participation in drafting laws

Nothing scares me more than the thought that one day I might wake up and everything will be illegal. That my every move, however…

SA schools to get savvy with new virtual classroom tool by Mxit, UNICEF

Today, South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Basic Education Enver Surty, together with the MEC for Education in Gauteng Panyaza Lesufi, officially unveiled a new…

SA’s MySidekick wants to be the shopping assistant in your pocket

MySideKick is a new app for South Africa’s shoppers. The free app claims to give easy access to specials, promotions, sales, products and coupons…

Ghanaian mobile messaging provider Saya acquired by US Kirusa

Emerging market, US mobile service company Kirusa recently announced the acquisition of Saya, a Ghana-based mobile messaging app company focusing on the African market….

MTN dubs Live Inspect South Africa’s best business app of 2014

South African telecom giant MTN has announced the category winners for its popular annual business app competition. Data capture app for insurers Live Inspect…

OurHood is building online communities so we can get to know our neighbours better

The sharing economy is a really exciting concept. The idea has been around for a decade now and popularised by internet startups like the…

SA mobile creative startup Over launches much-awaited Android app

Cape Town-based startup Over has just launched its mobile creative app on Android following tremendous success with its iOS version. The company’s flagship app…

From stores to the streets: SnapScan’s road to a cashless society

This week, SnapScan rolled its app out to The Big Issue vendors across South Africa, the non-profit magazine that’s usually sold at intersections in…

IBM’s driving SA innovation with the Road Buddy safety app

IBM recently announced that its efforts in driving entrepreneurship in South Africa are paying-off. The tech multinational did so by highlighting its role in…

Take Action to bridge gap between community and service providers

Service delivery sucks. Even when it works, it generally requires you to go stand in a queue, wait on hold, make extra payments… you…

6 inspiring insights to learn from photo-editing startup Over’s story

Photo-editing startup Over is all about inspiration. Just follow its Instagram account and you’ll find a range of motivational — often quirky — images…

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