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A new narrative around African entrepreneurism [Opinion]

Joshua Romisher (CFA), CEO of Stellenbosch University LaunchLab, shares his thoughts on a new narrative into the African venture building dialogue by unpacking the…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [29/06/2020]

This Wednesday (1 July), Sun Exchange founder Abe Cambridge will talk about a peer-to-peer, crypto-enabled business and the opportunities that come with solar infrastructure…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [22/06/2020]

On Thursday (25 June) Grovest takes a look at alternative assets. In conversation will be Grovest CEO Jeff Miller, Onchain Capital founder Ran Neuner,…

This SA entrepreneur wants to help companies to lend staff to other firms [Q&A]

SA’s Teambix is offering companies a seemingly novel way of making extra revenue during the difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than lay…

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 [01/06/2020]

Tomorrow (2 June) Rain CEO Willem Roos will speak on 5G and its future in South Africa in a webinar hosted by LaunchLab and…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [18/05/2020]

This Friday (22 May), David Perel (pictured above), who is a professional racing driver for Ferrari GT customer teams, will talk in a webinar…

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…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [06/04/2020] [Updated]

Tomorrow the Grindstone Accelerator will be hosting four live video streaming micro-sessions of their popular full day Find-Make-Grow-Realise (FMGR) programme. This, while serial entrepreneur and…

Top startup web events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [27/03/2020] [Updated]

Due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) many events have been called off, including those in the startup community. But don’t be despondent, there’s always the…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [15/03/2020]

The coronavirus has seen the cancellation of a number of startup events across Africa. In addition, yesterday the South African government banned all gatherings…

Stellenbosch University appoints former US banker to head LaunchLab incubator

Stellenbosch University today announced that it is has appointed former US banker Joshua Romisher to head its business incubator LaunchLab. In a statement today from…

Newly launched Stellenbosch Network aims to bring together innovators, entrepreneurs

A new organisation aims to bring Stellenbosch based innovators together to meet, share ideas and encourage collaboration and partnership in innovation and entrepreneurship. The…

LaunchLab recognised as top university incubator in Africa by UBI Global

Stellenbosch University’s LaunchLab has been recognised as the top University Incubator in Africa by UBI Global, which regularly maps business incubation. UBI Global released…

Applications for LaunchLab coding school close this Friday

Stellenbosch based incubator LaunchLab in partnership with the University of Botswana has launched a coding school and is calling on students to apply as…

SA’s Nemabio takes third place at SA Winetech Pitching Den behind French startups

Cape Town based biotech firm Nemabio has taken third place in the 2019 SA Winetech Pitching Den competition. French company Vegetal Signals came out…

DeepData, Cloudline come out tops in Season 3 of Santam Safety Ideas Challenge

Two Cape Town based startups, DeepData and Cloudline, have been crowned the winners of Season 3 of the Santam Safety Ideas Challenge. The challenge offers…

Gugulethu entrepreneurs issue Nedbank with new summons but drop R280m bid [Updated]

UPDATE (23 August 2019): In a statement yesterday in response to the new summons issued by the two Gugulethu entrepreneurs, Nedbank again denied that…

University incubators, hubs young African entrepreneurs should know about

When Njabulo Mthanti, 22, registered his business last year he was keen to join the University of Pretoria’s business incubator TuksNovation as quickly as he…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [21/7/2019]

In Johannesburg this week, join serial entrepreneur Warrick Kernes as he outlines the steps you need to take to set up an online store. Elsewhere on the…

Gugulethu entrepreneurs’ R280m case against Nedbank hits legal hurdle

The case of two Gugulethu entrepreneurs who last month took on Nedbank over the alleged infringement of their Instablock patent has hit a legal…

We did not conspire with Nedbank against Gugulethu entrepreneurs – LaunchLab

Stellenbosch University business incubator LaunchLab says there is no truth to the allegation that it “conspired” with Nedbank to frustrate the efforts of two Gugulethu…

Nedbank denies it stole patent from Gugulethu entrepreneurs

Nedbank has “categorically” denied that it infringed on the commercial rights of two Gugulethu entrepreneurs relating to their patent. On Tuesday (18 June) Thandile…

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