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Real-time data means big ideas for African startups – SAP
SAP has launched the African leg of its global Big Data Startup Forum, an initiative through which it engages with local startup businesses with the intention to drive home the benefits of the SAP HANA platform for real-time analytics and…
New tech adoption – enterprises can learn from startups
When compared to smaller start-ups, enterprises are traditionally viewed as being more risk averse and have therefore been slow to embrace new technology – often much to the chagrin and frustration of some of their gadget-toting employees. In order to…
Morocco’s Inwi to extend postpaid services, top-ups
Moroccan telecom operator Inwi announced that it has launched a new modular service range to allow users to choose the option that suits their needs instead of having to pay for services they are not using. The move is…
Bootstraps or bust – starting a tech business in Africa
Industry analysts make an interesting point about fledgling technology businesses in Africa: unlike markets generally perceived to be more developed, like the US, where capital is available, but ideas are scarce – in Africa there are many solid business ideas,…
Kenya – mobile startup’s solar solution
A Kenyan mobile startup is looking to boost the country’s solar power systems by offering credit to low-income citizens to purchase more energy efficient electricity units that would normally be out of their reach; M-Kopa Managing Director Jesse Moore said in…
IBM SA to invest in software start-ups
IBM South Africa has confirmed that its Global Entrepreneur Program will, for the first time, be extended to next generation entrepreneurs in South Africa. Start-ups that are privately held, have been in business for five years or less and are…
Top 10 reasons why African tech start-ups struggle
Given Facebook’s turbulent entry onto the stock market (with shares recently falling 4% to $20,04 and Zuckerberg’s reported financial loss of $423 million, there are lessons to be learnt about dabbling in technology and establishing a business. The saying ‘be…
Global VCs throw their weight behind African startups
Start-ups continue to mushroom across Africa’s fertile business and ICT landscape. Few of these would be in a position to move past the initial startup phase, if it was not for the involvement of venture capitalists (VCs). But, this is…
Microsoft supports SA startups with free cloud services
$60 000 of free cloud computing over two years? Sound too good to be true? But it’s exactly what Microsoft will be offering a select few local small software businesses through its BizSpark Plus initiative, a global program designed to…
Top Ten tech start-ups in Africa
Many technology start-ups in Africa had humble beginnings and while many businesses start at the bottom, there is nothing wrong with dreaming big. Here are some of the hottest technology start-ups from across the African continent and we believe they…
Securing your start-up or small business
So you think your small business isn’t faced with the same online threats as a larger organisation? Think again! The technology and resources available to smaller organisations to tackle internet malware (malicious software) are likely to be radically different from…
Kenya offers ICT grants to start-ups
The Kenyan government has started the process of accepting proposals for the Tandaa Digital Content Grant. The grant is offered to Kenyan citizens and companies registered in Kenya for the development of innovative web or mobile phone applications. A Project Manager…
Grow VC setting the pace for crowd funding
Grow Venture Ccommunity, a Virtual Silicon Valley platform creator, has launched a new model to make startup funding globally more transparent and effective. GrowVC, the first global crowd funding platform, is an online venture community and micro-funding network that has…
European, African forum on research cooperation starts this week
European and Sub-Saharan policy makers and research organisations will meet tomorrow in Brussels, Belgium, to address the development of research in ICT.
Government provides skill programme for ICT start-ups
In South Africa, the Western Cape Provincial government, in partnership with Telkom and business accelerator the Bandwidth Barn, has launched a new training initiative aimed at providing ICT entrepreneurs with a broader skills base. The focus of the program is…
