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Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [25/03/2020]

As South Africa heads for a lockdown set to start at midnight tomorrow, the government revealed more details on financial support for small businesses….

AI TV to release more Africa AI Stories Series episodes in 2020

Want to learn more about the key people, startups, corporates and initiatives driving the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem in Cape Town? You’ll want to…

US embassy Cape Town hackathon to seek tech solutions for gender-based violence

The US Embassy in South Africa will on 23 and 24 November hold a hackathon in Cape Town focused on create innovative digital solutions…

SA startups to get access to IT infrastructure, services with Silicon Cape, AWS partnership [Updated]

UPDATE (17 September): In an earlier version of this story we misstated that startups would be able to get free access to AWS services through the…

SA startups to get access to IT infrastructure, services with Silicon Cape, AWS partnership [Updated]

UPDATE (17 September): In an earlier version of this story we misstated that startups would be able to get free access to AWS services through the…

New guidebook on Cape Town’s startup scene to launch

Startup Guide, a European publisher that produces guidebooks on various startup scenes around the globe, will next week launch Startup Guide Cape Town —…

Buckland helped bring together, inspire tech startup community – Silicon Cape

Cape Town based tech initiative Silicon Cape has paid tribute to Burn Media Group founder Matthew Buckland, who passed away last Tuesday. Buckland, who…

Cape Town Startup Week 2018 to celebrate city’s ‘vibrant’ tech scene [Updated]

Over the last decade Cape Town has grown to become arguably Africa’s tech startup capital. To celebrate this the city’s leading tech organisations yesterday (8 November) unveiled Cape Town…

Dimension Data to host NTT Data Open Innovation Contest regional challenge

SA IT company Dimension Data will host a regional challenge in February next year that aims to identify mature startups that can work with…

AfricArena predicts funding raised by African startups in 2018 will crack $1bn

The amount of venture capital (VC) funding raised by African startups this year could for the first time exceed the $1-billion mark. So, predict the…

Startup Guide calls on those in Cape Town to be part of new guide

Startup Guide, a publishing company, has launched a call for entrepreneurs and those that are part of the Cape Town entrepreneurship ecosystem to nominate themselves to be featured…

Silicon Cape launches new membership model, strategy

Cape Town based tech initiative Silicon Cape has launched its new strategic plan, as well as a new membership model. The organisation, which aims to support…

Tech sector can help drive future growth in Western Cape says Wesgro head

The tech sector has the potential to be one of the most critical drivers of future economic growth in the Western Cape believes Wesgro…

Silicon Cape global expansion strategy: Chair to sign deal with Hamburg@Work

Silicon Cape chairperson Sumarie Roodt will next week Wednesday (9 May) sign a collaboration agreement with digital cluster Hamburg@Work in Hamburg, Germany. The collaborative agreement will…

Reserve Bank changes to IP exchange have had no impact – venture capitalist

While intellectual property (IP) attorneys say changes instituted a year ago by the Reserve Bank have helped speed up IP exchange control approvals, a leading…

Startup scene ‘absolutely exploded’ after Silicon Cape launch – Justin Stanford

Silicon Cape must continue to help trying to promote and grow Cape Town’s tech startup community and to represent the idea of startups in…

Silicon Cape to engage local tech community to help forge new strategy

What does Silicon Cape really do? What should it be doing and who should it be serving? These are some of the key questions…

Silicon Cape appoints new leadership and operations team

Silicon Cape has appointed a new leadership and operations team that will be led by Kerry Petrie as interim general manager and Tumi Boitumelo…

Silicon Cape: Ellen Fischat and Alexandra Fraser resign

Ellen Fischat has stepped down as managing director of Silicon Cape, while another long standing member of the organisation’s leadership team, director and board member…

Funding your startup: Ventureburn lists the SA investors delivering [2019 update]

For entrepreneurs wanting to find early-stage funding, this is the article for you. As there is generally a veil of secrecy surrounding funding and…

To create next Elon Musk continent needs more seed funding says AfricArena head

If Africa is to produce the next Elon Musk and get more such entrepreneurs to stay on the continent, far more money needs to…

Startups have 10 days left to complete Ventureburn survey, win iPhone 8, more

Startups have just over 10 days left to complete the second annual Startup Survey — the Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey powered by Telkom Futuremakers — and stand…

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [09/10/2017]

Looking to get into the South African startup scene or catch up on some of your skills? Well, you’ve come to the right place….

Potential in African tech ecosystem, we will be back – Airbus BizLab head

Airbus Bizlab head Bruno Gutierres told Ventureburn that his trip to Africa is an “observation survey” to confirm what potential there was in Africa. On Thursday…

SARS warns of scams targeting eFiling users

South Africa among first countries to lose Google Play Music

Fem-In-Tech Development regional training sessions announced

V&A Waterfront launches incubator for foodpreneurs and SMMEs

Luno partners with Genesis to help customers earn interest on their crypto holdings

P40 lite 5G launches as the most affordable 5G smartphone in South Africa [Sponsored]

Samsung Galaxy Note 20: details, launch date, and price for South Africa

South African Thabo Moloi becomes Red Bull’s first esports athlete in Africa

Mazda re-enters the hot hatch game

Shadowline upgrade for the BMW X7

Land Rover Defender returns to South Africa

silicon cape

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [25/03/2020]

AI TV to release more Africa AI Stories Series episodes in 2020

US embassy Cape Town hackathon to seek tech solutions for gender-based violence

SA startups to get access to IT infrastructure, services with Silicon Cape, AWS partnership [Updated]

SA startups to get access to IT infrastructure, services with Silicon Cape, AWS partnership [Updated]

New guidebook on Cape Town’s startup scene to launch

Buckland helped bring together, inspire tech startup community – Silicon Cape

Cape Town Startup Week 2018 to celebrate city’s ‘vibrant’ tech scene [Updated]

Dimension Data to host NTT Data Open Innovation Contest regional challenge

AfricArena predicts funding raised by African startups in 2018 will crack $1bn

Startup Guide calls on those in Cape Town to be part of new guide

Silicon Cape launches new membership model, strategy

Tech sector can help drive future growth in Western Cape says Wesgro head

Silicon Cape global expansion strategy: Chair to sign deal with Hamburg@Work

Reserve Bank changes to IP exchange have had no impact – venture capitalist

Startup scene ‘absolutely exploded’ after Silicon Cape launch – Justin Stanford

Silicon Cape to engage local tech community to help forge new strategy

Silicon Cape appoints new leadership and operations team

Silicon Cape: Ellen Fischat and Alexandra Fraser resign

Funding your startup: Ventureburn lists the SA investors delivering [2019 update]

To create next Elon Musk continent needs more seed funding says AfricArena head

Startups have 10 days left to complete Ventureburn survey, win iPhone 8, more

Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [09/10/2017]

Potential in African tech ecosystem, we will be back – Airbus BizLab head

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