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Cape Town tech startup creates ‘Airbnb’ for film locations

Cape Town-based tech startup, Filmspace has created an innovative and easy-to-use marketplace for the local film industry. Filmspace is the ‘Airbnb’ for the film…

Cape Town named one of world’s Best Cities For Remote Work

The Mother City has been heralded yet again, earning the 42nd position on Big 7 Travel‘s illustrious list of 50 Best Places For Remote…

Programme launched to strengthen tech ecosystem in Western Cape

The Western Cape Government’s Digital Economy Unit within the Department of Economic Development and Tourism has launched the region’s first programme dedicated to strengthening…

Google invests R2.2-billion into Western Cape

Global and renowned tech giant, Google has announced an official investment of a whopping R2.2-billion in investment funding into Cape Town and the Western…

ICT Incubation programme launches for Western Cape businesses

Innovator Trust has partnered with Maven Solutions to invite Western Cape ICT-based businesses to participate in the 2021/2022 ICT Incubation Programme. The programme aims…

Western Cape launches tech ecosystem initiative

The Digital Economy unit at the Department of Economic Development and Tourism has collaborated with the Western Cape Government, City of Cape Town, Wesgro,…

SA still Africa’s top startup ecosystem but has fallen 13 places, shows new ranking

South Africa may still have the highest ranked startup ecosystem for an African country, but it is no longer in the top 50 club,…

For second year Cape Town ranked top tech ecosystem by Seedstars Index

Cape Town has again been ranked as the top tech entrepreneurial ecosystem for startups among 71 emerging markets cities by the Seedstars Index (SSI)….

Cape Town’s Dineplan launches booking app with network of 1000 restaurants

Cape Town’s Dineplan has gone from offering booking service software to restaurants, to a launching their own app — that allows diners to search for available…

Yoco had month of capital left in bank before we closed deal – Katlego Maphai

SA fintech startup Yoco was living on the edge in the two years it took to conclude the company’s first funding round, says co-founder…

AI Expo Africa 2018 aims to showcase opportunities in artificial intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the hottest trends among startups, the world around. This September Cape Town will host one of…

SA tech startups to benefit from WiFi, fibre, hub support in main cities

Tshepo Thlaku is one of hundreds of tech entrepreneurs in the country’s main cities that will be getting a boost with the laying hundreds…

Little fishing village in Morocco still Africa’s top digital nomad destination

Looking for an African digital nomad destination to set up camp in for 2018? Why not try the sleepy fishing and surfing village of…

Cape Town bottling plant takes on dams crisis by making water from air

With just months left until Cape Town authorities say the city will run out of water, the city’s first bottling plant to make “water from…

Co-working space Craft + Graft to link San Francisco, Cape Town creatives

Cape Town is set to get a new co-working site, with the expected opening tomorrow of Craft + Graft, which claims to be the city’s first co-working…

Exclusive: GoMetro ride-sharing service to take on Uber, Taxify, tackle congestion

Cape Town smart mobility startup GoMetro claims it has the solution to tackling traffic in one of Africa’s most congested cities. The company plans to begin trialling a…

Seedspace in drive to buy up, partner with co-working spaces across world

Seedstars, the startup competition for emerging markets, is on a drive to acquire or partner with co-working spaces in cities around the world through its Seedspace brand. Three…

SA medical bookings platform Recomed set to announce new funding round

Cape Town based medical bookings platform Recomed is set to announce a new funding round led by local venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC, the startup’s…

Applications open for second cohort of Techstars Anywhere Accelerator

Global entrepreneur network Techstars has opened applications for a series of accelerators situated worldwide, including its virtual Techstars Anywhere Accelerator programme. Interested applicants have…

SA fintech company Electrum selected for Gartner Aspiring Innovators Programme

South African fintech company Electrum, which specialises in payments technology, has been selected to participate in the Gartner Aspiring Innovators Programme. The programme aims is…

Is Durban man’s Airwater solution to Cape Town’s drought really that water-tight?

It sounds like a breakthrough solution – producing water from condensation in the air. But in his bid to solve Cape Town’s water crisis,…

Former Rocket Internet man tells how he cloned firms, from Cape Town to Bangkok

Cape Town born Tauriq Brown always wanted to be an international businessman. He may claim to be an entrepreneur. But the 28-year-old former Rocket Internet employee is…

SA payments platform Nomanini selected as MIT awards finalist, nets $35 000

South African based payments platform Nomanini has been selected from among 300 companies as one of four finalists in the financial inclusion category of the MIT Inclusive…

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