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Applications open for 2022 Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition

The “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition, one of the Jack Ma Foundation’s philanthropic programs spotlighting and celebrating Africa’s entrepreneurial talent, has opened applications…

Google.org announces $1M grant to funding support women entrepreneurs

Google has announced that its philanthropic arm, Google.org, is committing R15.3 million in charitable funding to support programs helping women entrepreneurs to grow their…

Accelerators helping women-led startups in emerging markets can win up to $25,000 in IFC ScaleX initiative

International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) have launched a call for applications for the IFC ScaleX, a performance-based initiative that will…

The importance of a will as an entrepreneur: How it protects your company and loved ones

When starting up a new business, many entrepreneurs don’t necessarily consider estate planning and writing up a will as part of business planning. However,…

Nigerian matchmaking startup releases Vybe 2.0

Lagos-based dating startup Vybe recently announced that the team is currently working on launching version 2.0 of their app and plans to expand their…

Forge Academy invites African tech startups to enter SMME Showcase

Joburg-based Forge Academy will host an SMME Showcase for tech startups and small and medium-sized enterprises on 30 June 2021. The event will be…

Top startup web events in SA this week [29/03/21]

Focusing on entrepreneurship, this week’s lineup of events will shed light on how to raise capital, an insight into the legal foundations of starting…

SA’s first on-demand bookings marketplace for SMMEs launches

iTorho, South Africa’s first on-demand bookings marketplace platform for small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and a subsidiary of Torho Technologies has officially launched. …

The Anzisha Prize awards its top honour to 21-year-old Egyptian entrepreneur

With a pool of talented finalists from more than 15 African countries, the 2020 Anzisha Prize – the premier award for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs…

Cape Town entrepreneur launches local food delivery app

A Cape Town-based entrepreneur, Faldiel Bassadien, has launched a new local food delivery app titled Pekkish SA. The app functions as a food ordering…

Funding: a catalyst to promote youth entrepreneurship in Africa

Many youths across Africa are stepping out of the box to provide laudable solutions to economic problems. With strong intention and drive, these problem-solvers…

Landing an investor in times of uncertainty [Opinion]

It may be the fear of a pending pandemic, lockdowns and calls for social distancing due to Covid-19 or even a looming recession that…

Fast tracking entrepreneurial growth is key to SA tackling economic woes

Entrepreneurs boost economic growth. Entrepreneurship is non-partisan — anyone can become an entrepreneur and even an uneducated person can build wealth via a successful business…

Alan Knott-Craig Junior’s book – Seven attributes of a hero [Extract]

Entrepreneurs are society’s new heroes. In this third extract from his new book, tech entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig Junior unpacks some of the attributes that make an…

Millenials lazy, uninspired? New studies find the opposite

Being a millenial often means being associated with some negative terms: lazy, uninspired, reckless, and the most common of all, “lost”. Recent data suggests otherwise, especially…

18 mistakes every startup should seriously avoid [Infographic]

Many estimate that between 25% and 30% of all startups fail within their first year. The reasons why they are unique to each company,…

A Day in the Life of: LulaLend startup CEO Trevor Gosling [Native Article]

A Day in the Life of… Being an entrepreneur is as tough as it is rewarding. Your career is filled with risks, but also…

7 key lessons I’ve learnt about raising capital from VCs [Part 1]

The following is an adapted version of a talk done by Clive Butkow from Grovest at the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the…

5 tips on how entrepreneurs can take control of their cash flow

Cash flow management is the discipline of ensuring that more money is coming into to your business than you need to pay out each…

5 crucial reasons startups tend to mismanage their finances

Financial Management is one of the main reasons many startups fail. And, sadly in many cases this is caused by the entrepreneur themselves, making…

13 things I wish I’d known before starting a startup

I have been blessed to own several businesses in my time, working across industries and sectors, from sports to hospitality and property development. I…

10 small business commandments for every entrepreneur

In a world of Instagram experiences, hashtagged vacations and overwhelmingly social moments, sometimes people know the glory but not the insane story behind your…

Supermart.ng: Nigerian ecommerce industry needs more players

Even though ecommerce platforms are springing up everywhere across Nigeria, an expert believes the country still needs more players in the indsutry. This notion…

EFF national shutdown: Business as usual or NationalShutDown? Malema speaks

NationalShutDown: Shots fired, arrests and uncapped electricity

Was Andre De Ruyter delaying Eskom progress?

Burger Index raises $1.3m to expand F&B analytics platform

Bamboo joins SSNUP to boost farmers’ resilience

Countdown begins for AfricArena’s innovative Jhb summit

Modeling agencies in trouble as AI strikes, here’s why

Get extraordinary photography with the HUAWEI Mate50 Pro

Telkom, Cell C, MTN and Vodacom price hikes in 2023

GR Corolla to continue Toyota’s hot hatch legacy in SA

Review: Tiguan Allspace 1.4 TSI 110 kW R-Line

Hilux improves safety with new features