South Africa

3 minutes with Eric Edelstein on his entrepreneurial journey thus far

South Africa’s popular flash sales site Daddy’s Deals CEO and all-round serial entrepreneur Eric Edelstein last month at Creative Spark‘s Thought Leader Fridays took…

Rise of the consumer — is South Africa’s Private Shopper in the pound seat?

Taking your business else-where can have some negative connotations, unless of course you are talking about taking it online, in which case you are…

Silicon Valley network could help boost South Africa

To boost small business and innovation in their own countries, emerging economies should make better use of entrepreneurs from their diaspora — particularly those…

WooThemes’ Mark Forrester on how an SA startup sprouted a global success story

Last week we witnessed one of South Africa’s greatest success stories to date. A local tech company was acquired by Automattic, which is the…

Why it’s high time for SA government to translate SME talk into action

Steven Cohen is MD of Sage One AAMEA (Asia, Australia, Middle East and Africa) I’m passionate about small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) because…

Does the future of instant messaging apps lie in bulk?

The instant messaging space is a tough nut to crack. Add a couple feature and it becomes cluttered and the users become uncomfortable. Remove…

Innovation is key to support all SMEs in South Africa

Is it better to help the tens of thousands of struggling informal-sector firms or a few promising entrepreneurs with ideas that could grow to…

Display tech: can Africa compete with the East? ‘Yes it can’ says PVision

African hardware startups are in the minority. Instead, as capital barriers are low, the continent is seeing a boom in online ventures. That doesn’t…

BuzzCity CEO on the rise and future of Africa’s mobile marketplace

Mobile in Africa is a well-documented juggernaut. In late 2012, Africa was well on its way to reach 750 million mobile subscribers and the…

5 ways to grow the amount of early stage VC funding in South Africa

A new report set out to explore the reasons for the lack of early-stage VC in South Africa and to provide some proposals for…

Zando gets €20 million investment boost from Summit Partners

International growth equity investor Summit Partners is set to invest €20 million in South African online retail giant Zando. This shows a huge vote…

22seven gets ‘more nimble’ with new update

Online personal finance management service 22seven has received a massive update that, according to the company, makes it “more nimble and adds some of…

Google nestles in with Kenya’s 88mph, SA expansion planned

Looks like Google’s African startup footprint is about grow a little more. Kenyan startup accelerator 88mph has signed a partnership with the tech giant…

Deloitte to recognise 50 of SA’s hottest tech companies

This is interesting. Deloitte is one of the world’s so called Big Four professional service companies, so being recognised as one of its Fast…

Listener-driven radio station looks to take Afrikaans music global

Given that Afrikaans is only recognised as an official language in South Africa and as a minority language in Namibia, it might seem a…

FunDza: an experiment in mobile books

No one will argue that the basic literacy situation in South Africa is dire. With access to books being so low (only seven percent…

Zando: online fashion clone claims big successes

When online shoe and fashion outlet Zando hit the South African market six months ago, it was clear that the local stores in the…

Microsoft to give startups a free flight to the cloud

Microsoft is set to give a select group of early stage startups free access to its cloud offering. Under the initiative, which is part…

Online shopping on the rise: Price, convenience, security key

According to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Online Shopping Survey, online shopping has increased significantly and continues to show potential for growth, with price, convenience…

South African entrepreneurs are punk rock

Like most people who grew up in America, I really had no idea what to expect when I first travelled to South Africa (besides…

Photo-based MXit app shows impressive growth — 400k users in one month

An app inside mobile social network MXit is showing some fairly impressive growth. The app, called JudgeME, was developed by mobile social network builder…

The hows and the whats — 5 tough questions VCs ask

Over the past six months I have spoken with a wide variety of people who have shown, in varying degrees, interest in investing in…

Jumia Taps Mirakl Ads to Supercharge Retail Media Across Its African Marketplace

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7: Raising the Bar for Smartphones

Absa’s AI Clone of Fifi Peters Pushes Banking Into a Bold New Future

Ecentric and MoneyBadger Partner to Bring Bitcoin Payments to South African Retailers

Cape Town Creatives Can Now Work for Free at Africa’s First Creative-Tech Hub

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

The most recognisable tactical pickup truck evolves