Four young scientists, accompanied by Eskom Expo’s Business Manager, Mmamoloko Rancia Riba, won their place to represent the country at the Indonesia competition, renowned…
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…
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…