As South Africans saw the news that Port Elizabeth has a new name, local Google searches for how to pronounce Gqeberha surged. Minister of…
Nigeria’s online money lending space nears disruption
In January, Ventureburn reported that Nigerian gift card company SureGifts had rolled out SureCredit, a unique way to obtain loans. Even though many industry stakeholders were…
7 startups hitting the right note with Africa’s musicians
There are a lot of music tech startups popping up across Africa. It shouldn’t be that surprising when you look at Nigeria, which boasts…
Surviving the great dot.con
As Google embraces the stock exchange, many dot.com kids are rubbing their hands with glee at what could signal a return of the good times. Matthew Buckland has been through dot.boom and dot.bomb and spent lots on expensive therapy to forget it all, but here he reminisces.
The internet goes from free to fee
If only the internet had been invented by a businessman. It’s a common lament of internet publishers who are buckling and wheezing under the financial strain of running unprofitable websites
