F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Rocket Internet has sold its stake in ecommerce company Jumia
German venture builder Rocket Internet has sold its stake in African ecommerce company Jumia. This, according to a report last week by Reuters. Quoting…
Jumia, Rocket Internet still mum on whether African tech giant will list in US
Lagos-based ecommerce giant Jumia and one of its main investors Rocket Internet remain mum on whether the tech firm intends to launch an initial public offering (IPO)…
Is Silvertree’s co-entrepreneur model the answer to Silicon Valley?
What is a co-entrepreneur? A glorified manager or a true entrepreneur? For Silvertree Internet Holdings managing director and co-founder Manuel Koser a co-entrepreneur is any entrepreneur whose…
Rocket Internet to Spur incident, five of Ventureburn’s interesting reads of 2017
It was a busy year again for Ventureburn — with Bitcoin going crazy, Google opening an Africa accelerator, entrepreneurs coming forth with bizarre solutions to…
