On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
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…
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…