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Social Enterprises lead the Top 5 Startups shortlist

South Africa’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups is a celebration of our resilient local entrepreneur ecosystem that is brought to you in collaboration with…

Nominations for SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups award competition are open

Since 2017 entrepreneur education platform Heavy Chef has been hosting a credible annual “Top 5 Most Exciting Startups” list that has previously included some…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [08/06/2020] [Updated]

Tomorrow (9 June) Heavy Chef will host former Nigerian president Olusegun Obansanjo who will discuss how Africa can respond to the pandemic. This, while…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [25/05/2020]

From today until Thursday (28 May) tune in for presentations from worldwide ecommerce experts at the eCommerce Virtual Summit. Among the speakers is Silvertree’s…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [20/04/2020]

This Wednesday (22 April) LifeQ will host Aisha Pandor, the co-founder and CEO of SweepSouth, Africa’s first online platform for home cleaning services. Then,…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [13/04/2020] [Updated]

On Wednesday (15 April) LaunchLab CEO and entrepreneur Josh Romisher will detail his top five lessons from building a business in Africa. Tomorrow join…

Events ban over coronavirus to have a ‘significant’ impact says Heavy Chef founder

The SA government’s ban on all events with over 100 people because of the coronavirus (Covid-19), will have a “significant” impact on Heavy Chef’s…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [16/02/2020]

Tomorrow in Cape Town, Dazzle Angels — an angel investment network aimed at funding women-owned startups — will run a networking and information session…

Here are the five companies selected as SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups

The Heavy Chef Foundation last night announced the names of SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups at an awards ceremony at Workshop 17, as…

Get ready, Cape Town Startup Week 2019 is just days away

Capetonians get ready. Summer is almost upon us — and Cape Town Startup Week (CTSUW) is just days away. The initiative, primarily by Heavy…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [26/5/2019]

Topping this week, Joburg plays host to the RICS Summit this Wednesday and Thursday (29 and 30 May). Key topics for discussion will include…

Cape Town firms dominate Heavy Chef’s list of SA’s most exciting startups of 2018

Five Cape Town based firms have been selected as Heavy Chef‘s “SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups 2018” from over 1600 entries from around the country….

Cape Town Startup Week 2018 to celebrate city’s ‘vibrant’ tech scene [Updated]

Over the last decade Cape Town has grown to become arguably Africa’s tech startup capital. To celebrate this the city’s leading tech organisations yesterday (8 November) unveiled Cape Town…

Heavy Chef founder on four ways startup hires are different [Extract]

Startup hires are different to recruits in established companies. Successful startup hires possess a unique skill set, a different work ethic and a different…

Heavy Chef founder’s 7 things to look for in a good business partner [Extract]

Good business partners challenge each other, and if both partners are able to recognise that, then a business partnership will be constructive rather than destructive….

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [12/03/2018]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or brush up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. This…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [29/01/2018]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place. There…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [16/10/2017]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

10 spots up for grabs for the 2018 San Francisco Entrepreneur Delegation

Heavy Chef, Startup Safari and Startup Grind have partnered to send 10 South African entrepreneurs to San Francisco for the annual Startup Grind Global Conference…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [24/07/2017]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

9 Events every tech startup should add to its diary

South Africa’s tech scene is on the rise and tech entrepreneurs from the country are finding their way to Silicon Valley with products worthy…

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