Startupbootcamp AfriTech

Here are the 11 startups selected for the third cohort of SBC AfriTech

Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech has announced that 11 tech startups have been selected for its third cohort which kicks off in Cape Town next month….

HAVAÍC invests undisclosed sum in Kenyan virtual postbox startup Mpost

Cape Town based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC yesterday announced that it had invested an undisclosed sum in a pre-Series A round in Kenyan virtual…

SBC AfriTech, RCS to host Future Cities Hackathon in Cape Town

Do you have an innovative and disruptive tech-based solution for water pollution and sanitation, sustainable cities and communities, as well as smart mobility? Cape…

SBC AfriTech opens applications for 2019 FastTrack Tour events

Applications for each SBC AfriTech FastTrack Tour event close three days ahead of time

Here are 8 accelerators, incubators African startups can apply for in 2019

Whether your tech startup is looking to secure funding or new clients, or whether you need technical assistance developing a minimum viable product or…

SBC AfriTech honoured at Global Startup Awards [Sponsored]

Startupbootcamp AfriTech (SBC AfriTech) has been named the Best Accelerator in the Africa region by the first annual Southern Africa Startup Awards, in partnership…

Here are the regional winners of the inaugural Southern Africa Startup Awards

The 15 regional winners of the inaugural Southern African Startup Awards have been announced, with SA companies having taken home just short of half of the…

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…

Here’s who won at the SA finals of the Southern Africa Startup Awards

The Southern Africa Startup Awards last week Wednesday (24 October), in partnership with Startup Grind Johannesburg, announced the 15 winners of the SA finals…

SA fintech Akiba Digital launches savings app for SA millennials [Sponsored]

Financial literacy remains a barrier for the youth. There is currently no platform that offers financial insights and proactively empowers or educates millennials about…

How SBC is helping drive Innovation 3.0 to advance the UN’s SDG [Sponsored]

Given Africa’s inherited inequalities from the past, it has become more urgent now than ever, for governments to collaborate with institutions of education, corporates, accelerators…

Five South African fintech dealmakers your startup should meet

Fintech is one of the fastest growing startup sectors in the world. A number of SA startups have secured multi-million rand investments of late,…

All 10 startups chosen for SBC AfriTech 2018 market ready – accelerator head

The 10 startups that have been selected by Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech for its 2018 cohort all have “market-ready” solutions, with SBC’s sponsors ready to work with them “starting…

Huawei gets another 90 day reprieve from the US trade ban

Water usage drops as Cape Town dam levels keep climbing

Microsoft overworks and underpays Cortana transcribers, leaked contracts reveal

Egypt’s RiseUp acquires tech publication MenaBytes

Grand prize of €100k up for grabs in Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge

Ran Neu-Ner confirms he’s taken legal action against Shark Tank’s Gil Oved, Romeo Kumalo

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 duo get their first firmware update

HMD Global to drop Nokia 6.2 and 7.2 with round camera bump in September

South Africa’s hottest tech deals and sales of the week (19-24 Aug)

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals