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AI unlocks $15.7 Trillion opportunity, but hurdles await Africa

The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) is hard to overstate, with a projected $15.7 trillion contribution to the global economy by 2030, according…

Balancing humanity with technology: The art of CX excellence

Chief Experience Officer at Rentoza, Khosi Ncube, unpacks the importance of CX for the modern consumer and shares her advice on how to make…

PWC report: ‘No, AI won’t steal your job’

Artificial intelligence is often associated with job loss, but the reality is that it won’t steal your job, it will transform it. This is…

Here are the 13 African fintechs selected for LHoFT’s bootcamp in Luxembourg [Updated]

UPDATE (23 March 2020): Subsequent to the publication of this article, the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) added Nigerian startup SmartTeller and Ghanian…

SBC AfriTech to host corporate-focused hackathon for startups in Joburg

Is your startup looking to run pilots or proof of concepts with the likes of Old Mutual, RCS, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, Nedbank and PwC…

Court case looms for Yookoo Ride – but Kenny Kunene claims his startup is ‘okay’ [Updated]

Editor’s note (11 March 2020): Yookoo Ride founder Temesgen Tesfay contacted Ventureburn in February 2020 to inform the publication that the startup had no…

Should I be doing something about blockchain?

This worry is behind a lot of the questions we are being asked by clients, colleagues and friends at the moment. The technology behind…

Work with startups or become redundant says Startupbootcamp InsurTech head

If insurers don’t embrace startups they could find themselves in trouble cautions Startupbootcamp InsurTech global managing director Sabine VanderLinden. VanderLinden (pictured above, centre) was speaking at…

Startupbootcamp launches its first African-based programme

Global accelerator Startupbootcamp has announced the launch of its first African-based programme in Cape Town with the aim of accelerating 10 startups from September. The…

Top 20 finalists announced in PwC Vision to Reality awards programme

The top 20 finalists in PwC’s Vision to Reality awards programme have been announced. The companies chosen have not only made a difference in Africa…

Innovate much? SA Innovation Summit competitions might be just for you

The SA Innovation Summit is back this year, showcasing some of the country’s most exciting talents and ideas in Cape Town. While the eighth…

Tax assistant TaxTim starts expansion plans with PwC Namibia partnership

South African online tax assistant TaxTim has helped more than 1.3 million local citizens do their taxes since it launched in 2011. With the help of…

PwC Vision to Reality 2015 is looking for SA’s top up-and-coming companies

PwC Vision to Reality competition is gearing up for its second programme to help find and promote South Africa’s top 10 up-and-coming companies that…

PWC’s Danie Fölscher chats to Ventureburn about the winning formula for African startups and innovation

If you’ve been taking a sabbatical from Ventureburn within the last few weeks, you’ve probably missed out on the news of PWC’s Vision to…

PwC Vision to Reality Awards dubs WiGroup SA’s top startup of 2014

Corporate, meet entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship, meet corporate. In a grand effort to celebrate small innovative companies in South Africa, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) recently announced the winners…

PwC Vision to Reality Awards reveals top 10 SA startups

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) has just announced the top 10 startup finalists of its Vision to Reality Awards that will be taking part in its three…

Check out these 10 WDC startups pitching at PwC’s Vision to Reality Awards

PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC) Vision to Reality programme in collaboration with Word Design Capital 2014 (WDC2014) will be hosting the seventh pitching session of WDC2014. Ten…

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