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Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [24/03/2020]

With the coronavirus (Covid-19) headlining news all over the world, Ventureburn has launched the first edition of a daily roundup on the virus and…

10 ways Africa’s fintech sector boomed in 2019

Fintech remains one of the hottest tech verticals in Africa. This year saw African fintech startups based on the continent raise over $53-million in…

Ukheshe, Mindbridge named winners of SA Reserve Bank’s global fintech hackcelerator

The SA Reserve Bank (Sarb) has named SA’s uKheshe and Canada’s MindBridge Analytics the winners of its 2019 Global Fintech Hackcelerator @ Southern Africa…

Here are eight SA fintechs that local banks are working with [Updated]

SA fintech startups are offering banks new ways to accept and make payments, lend out loans and offer financial services to the previously under…

It’s like Standard Bank has almost outsourced SME credit book to us – Merchant Capital founder [Updated]

UPDATE (5 September 2019): For accuracy’s sake, following a call from Merchant Capital CEO and founder Dov Girnun, we have updated the headline of this…

Standard Bank leads $4m investment round in SA fintech Nomanini [Updated]

UPDATE (27 August 2019): We neglected to mention in the initial version of this story that Dutch impact investor Goodwell Investments also participated in the…

Green machine closes VC deal after pivot from vending solution to tech platform

After a year of running their vending machine business Gideon Greaves and Chad Knezovich were at a loss at what to do. Greaves had sold…

Founders Factory Africa, Netcare to help 35 healthtech startups scale across Africa

Venture builder and accelerator Founders Factory Africa and SA healthcare provider Netcare have partnered to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to build and scale 35 healthcare…

Standard Bank’s SimplyBlu platform to make it easier for small firms in SA to trade online

Standard Bank earlier this week launched SimplyBlu, a platform that makes it easier for small businesses to trade online. The bank claims that the solution,…

We’re no Rocket Internet says Founders Factory Africa head

The head of UK-based Founders Factory‘s new Africa unit, Roo Rodgers, says his venture builder and accelerator is no Rocket Internet — as it’s…

Founders Factory to build 100 tech startups across Africa in next five years

Corporate-backed tech startup accelerator and incubator Founders Factory has announced that it will, through its Founders Factory Africa initiative, build and scale 100 tech startups…

Four winners of Standard Bank’s Girlcode Hackathon jet off to San Francisco

Standard Bank continues to inspire women who love technology, with four winners of the recent Girlcode Hackathon jetting off to the globally popular Tech…

Standard Bank partners with INV Fintech accelerator, here’s how you can apply

With the deadline for the next cohort just a week away, global fintech accelerator INV Fintech has announced that Standard Bank has joined its programme as a partner….

8 corporate managers that SA tech startups should meet [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn,…

Startups misjudge complexity of dealing with corporate says Standard Bank head

Startups should understand the complexity of dealing with large corporations. Failing to do so could put a strain on their resources, cautions Jayshree Naidoo, the head…

EMGuidance is set to represent South Africa at the Seedstars World finals

The South African leg of the Seedstars World competition came to a close this week with EMGuidance being chosen to represent SA in the…

Singularity University’s international summit heading to Africa for first time

Singularity University (SU) is finally coming to Johannesburg. The Silicon Valley think tank is expected to host its first international conference, SingularityU Summit, in the city on 23…

Mozambique’s Móvelcare selected for Seedstars global summit

Insurance startup Móvelcare has been selected to represent Mozambique at global entrepreneurial competition Seedstars World’s summit in Switzerland next year. The Mozambican leg of Seedstars…

Here are the 11 startups that will pitch at Seedstars World Cape Town

Eleven startups will this Thursday (8 June) compete for a place in Seedstars World‘s regional final when the global pitching competition kicks off its Cape Town pitching competition at…

Seedstars World announces final call for startups in Cape Town

Following its announcement earlier this week of the 12 startups that will pitch at Seedstars World Johannesburg today, the major early-stage business competition heads to…

SA startups get ready: Seedstars World applications to open later this month

Applications to global competition for emerging markets Seedstars World will open to SA startups again when the initiative returns to South Africa later this month. Seedstars World will…

Fintech startup My Treasury helps users with savings rates

Having launched at the end of September, My Treasury, is a free-to-use startup service which provides financial savings solutions based on a few questions….

Sw7 partners with UKTI to take SA entrepreneurs to London

South Africa-based tech accelerator Sw7 has partnered with UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to put together a South African trade mission to London. The…

Zweli Mkhize confirms South Africa’s first COVID-19 death

Huawei P40 series launch liveblog

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Nearly 15 000 firms register on SA’s Covid-19 Bizportal as essential service providers

Covid-19 and African tech startups roundup [27/03/2020]

No labour matters to be heard during lockdown

Huawei P40, P40 Pro and P40 Pro Plus: South African pricing

Huawei P40 series: these are the leaked specs for the P40 and P40 Pro

Watch the Huawei P40 series launch live on Memeburn on Thursday [Sponsored]

Mazda 2 road test: a compelling, compact Japanese hatchback

Tesla has hit the magical million mark this week

The Koenigsegg Gemera is a practical four seater petrol-electric hypercar