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Solution Space selects nine startups to join its Venture Exploitation Programme

The UCT Graduate School of Business’ Solution Space has selected nine startups to join its 12-week Venture Exploitation Programme. The programme, which is currently…

SA regtech Intergreatme out to raise R24m through crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa

UPDATE (10 December 2019): While Intergreatme’s equity crowdfunding campaign closed with the startup having raised a total of R32,601,000 against a targeted raise of…

MTN puts failure of SMEasy agreement down to lack of market traction

While the founder of SMEasy accuses telco giant MTN of having reneged on a multi-million dollar distribution deal and then locked her accounting software business…

SMEasy saga: founder slams MTN’s claim that deal had no exclusivity clause

SMEasy founder Darlene Menzies has hit back at MTN’s claims that there was no exclusivity clause in a multi-million dollar distribution deal that her…

Loss making African ecommerce giant Jumia files for NYSE IPO

African ecommerce giant Jumia has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock…

MTN locked my startup in paralysis for three years says top tech entrepreneur [Updated]

UPDATE (14 March 2019): MTN Group finally commented today on the saga with SMEasy. It said while MTN Group and SMEasy Business Software entered into a three-year…

MTN Solution Space opens applications for 2018 Venture Incubation Programme

Building Africa’s next innovative tech startup? The MTN Solution Space — an initiative of UCT’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) and MTN — is…

MTN Business extends deadline for App of the Year submissions

App developers who may miss the 14 September MTN Business App of the Year submission deadline shouldn’t be despondent — MTN Business has extended the deadline for…

Tech startups must spend more time on honing target market says MTN manager

Tech entrepreneurs must spend more time developing a complete value proposition for the apps and web platforms that they pitch to corporates, says MTN’s general manager…

8 corporate managers that SA tech startups should meet [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn,…

Singularity University’s international summit heading to Africa for first time

Singularity University (SU) is finally coming to Johannesburg. The Silicon Valley think tank is expected to host its first international conference, SingularityU Summit, in the city on 23…

MTN holds first Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass

Telecoms giant MTN successfully hosted their first Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass on 27 October. Hosting the event was CEO of Innate Investment Solutions, Lynette Ntuli. Recounting her…

Digital entrepreneur? MTN has a masterclass for you

Telecoms giant, MTN has geared its focus toward accelerating startups through their first ever Digital Entrepreneur Masterclass. The first masterclass is to be held on…

Domestly broadens its horizons in Gauteng

Startup cleaning service Domestly has expanded its business into Pretoria, Centurion, and Midrand. Previously, the service was only available in Johannesburg North, Randburg, and the greater Cape…

Afrihost to buy back majority share from MTN

South African ISP Afrihost is looking to but back its shares from majority shareholder, MTN. The announcement came in the form of an email…

Tech hubs in Africa have doubled in more than a year

The amount of tech hubs in Africa has more than doubled in a year, according to a report by GSMA analyst Victor Du Boucher….

What did we learn from CustomApp, Uber at MTN’s app breakfast?

MTN’s App of the Year breakfast delivered a rather interesting speaker lineup, such as representatives from Uber, CustomApp and Snapscan. We’ve already looked at…

MTN, Jumia to launch pan-African entrepreneurship challenge

Mobile networks operator MTN and online shopping destination Jumia are launching the MTN Entrepreneurship Challenge. Participants will be competing for a US$25 000 cash prize…

Travel booking site Travelstart lands $40m, asserts investor confidence

Cape Town-headquartered travel booking company Travelstart has secured a whopping US$40-million from Amadeus Capital Partners and MTN, which is an investor in the VC…

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…

MTN is backing tech entrepreneurs through New Generation Mindset programme

South African teleco giant MTN is going the extra mile to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. That’s apart from the pan-African company’s…

MTN, UCT’s Graduate School of Business whip up R15m innovation deal

One of Africa’s top business schools, the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), and major telecom MTN have announced a…

Leading tech companies MTN, SAP, Microsoft provide support for Ampion Africa

Ampion Africa recently announced that leading global technology companies MTN, SAP and Microsoft had become its major sponsors, in a joint effort to help…

Twitter is testing ‘Harmfully Misleading’ labels for inauthentic political tweets

These are Microsoft’s new Fluent Design app icons for Windows 10, other OSes

Facebook will now pay to listen to your voice recordings – report

Almost 20 years on, two SA inventors haven’t given up bid to launch portable gym

Four Cape Town startups land over R2.7m in Savant TIA grants for their innovative ideas

Nigerian fintech Vesicash nets further investment from Ingressive Capital

Watch Pokemon Sword/Shield latest championship battles over on Twitch

Apple expected to release AirTag trackers later this year

‘Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’ will be free on Epic Games Store this week

VW T-Cross 1.0 TSI Highline road impressions: the Polo crosses over

Tesla is now the world’s second most valuable car company

Audi’s AI:ME could be the company’s future A2

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