F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Adii Pienaar sells Conversio in reported over R100m deal to major US company
SA entrepreneur Adii Pienaar, who helped launch WooThemes before it was acquired by Automattic for a reported over $30-million, has announced that his latest…
10 defining moments that shaped SA’s startup ecosystem in 2015
2015 was a year of grinding it out and building momentum… More and more investors, business accelerators and corporate venturers are embracing South African…
Ventureburn’s 2015 top 10 podcasts that you have to listen to
One of the exciting things at Ventureburn in 2015 was visiting startups in their offices — be they shared spaces, artsy dens or a…
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…
