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Fri, January 3rd, 12:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO: African Startup Central 2013
No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more
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Thu, January 2nd, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Mark Allewell, founder and CEO, Tourism Radio
Mark Allewell is the founder of South African audio tour guide company Tourism Radio. He is currently preparing for a year’s travel sabbatical with his wife Ronelle and three-year-old twins Kai and Kerala. In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Allewell shares some entrepreneurial tips and explains why he is taking a year away from his successful business. → Read more
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Tue, December 31st, 12:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO: South African Startup Central 2013
No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more
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Sat, December 21st, 08:00 · HumanIPO
African Tech Startup of the Year
Africa has seen a surge in technology startups in the past year and HumanIPO has tried to bring news on as many as possible. From those in their infancy to others making an impact across the continent and beyond, here is the HumanIPO team’s pick of the startups of the year. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 17:00 · Selipha Kihagi
88mph to launch in Nigeria next year
African accelerator and investment fund 88mph will expand its operations to Nigeria in the first quarter of 2014, adding to the programmes it has already run in Kenya and South Africa. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 12:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO: Kenyan Startup Central 2013
No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telegram offers $200k in Bitcoins to successful hackers
Free iPhone and Android secure messaging app Telegram is offering US$200,000 in Bitcoins to anyone who can break the encryption of the secure messaging protocol used by the service. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Ugandan entrepreneur appears on CNN’s ‘African Start-Up’
Issac Oboth, a Ugandan entrepreneur and founder of Media256, last night became the first African entrepreneur to appear on CNN’s new ‘African Start-Up’ programme. → Read more
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Wed, December 18th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodafone App Star Challenge final tonight in Kenya
Mobile app developers from Kenya, India, Tanzania and South Africa will today compete in the final of the App Star Challenge being held in Kenya, showcasing the talent of national finalists from the emerging countries. → Read more
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Wed, December 18th, 09:40 · Tom Jackson
Seed Engine opens applications for 3rd programme
Johannesburg-based startup accelerator Seed Engine has opened applications for its third programme, which will begin in July, following startups from the second cohort pitching at Demo Day. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
iROKOtv raises $8m in funding, total investment reaches $21m
Nigerian video on demand (VOD) service iROKOtv has raised a further US$8 million in funding, fuelling plans to move from a largely diaspora audience to dominating the pan-African market. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 10:10 · Nick Sato
CNN Launches ‘African Start-Up’ Programme
CNN International announced yesterday (Monday) it is launching a new programming strand that will shine the spotlight on African startups and entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Tue, December 17th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
Sports prediction game Puntr seeks post-accelerator funding
South African startup Puntr is seeking further funding for its real-time sports prediction game after completing the Seed Engine accelerator programme in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
MTN partners Rocket, Millicom to boost African e-commerce
South Africa-based operator MTN Group has partnered with online incubator Rocket Internet and Millicom International Cellular to take equal stakes in Africa Internet Holding (AIH), seeking to promote African e-commerce and digital services. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 12:40 · Nick Sato
Send money to Kenya from UK through social media
A Singapore-based global money transfer and payments startup has launched a service that allows users to transfer money and content through social networks from the United Kingdom (UK) to Kenya enabling secure peer–to–peer transactions domestically and internationally. → Read more
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Mon, December 16th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Gamsole hits 4m downloads in 7 months
Nigerian mobile game developing startup Gamsole has seen four million downloads of its games in seven months, with the company planning to take over the African market with Windows Phone apps for low-end handsets. → Read more
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Sun, December 15th, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 15/12/2013
Despite Christmas being just around the corner, the startup world never stops, with this week no different as HumanIPO caught up with tech entrepreneurs around Africa. → Read more
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Fri, December 13th, 19:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: FI’s Keith Jones on 8 character traits for starting your own business
Keith Jones, director of the Founder Institute’s Johannesburg chapter, writes in his second guest post for HumanIPO what he believes are the essential character traits for entrepreneurs setting up their own business. → Read more
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Fri, December 13th, 11:41 · Richard Cutcher
HackMoz develops tourism apps for Mozambique
SoftFeng, an app that helps tourists find and book points of interests, has won the third Mozambican Tourism Hackathon (HackMoz), bagging US$2,670. → Read more
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Thu, December 12th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom App Star winners announced, to compete in Kenya
Vodacom has announced the winners of the South African leg of the international Vodafone App Star Challenge, with two of the winners set to compete in the final in Kenya next week. → Read more
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