Startups, Page 32
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Tue, December 3rd, 08:30 · Richard Cutcher
Silicon Valley hails SnappCab after innovation prize
South African taxi app SnappCab has won the Innovation Hub’s Maxum Business Incubator, beating off the challenge of 20 entrepreneurs to secure a ZAR50,000 (US$4,900) trip to Silicon Valley, New York and Miami. → Read more
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Mon, December 2nd, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Konga.com crashes during online promotion
Nigerian e-commerce site Konga.com crashed on Friday and remained offline for 45 minutes following unprecedented traffic to the site in response to its “Fall Yakata” promotions. → Read more
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Mon, December 2nd, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Egyptian startup destroys crowdfunding target
An Egyptian startup has smashed its crowdfunding target on Kickstarter by almost 600 per cent, meaning its shield for objects built with the Arduino electronics prototyping platform can begin production. → Read more
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Mon, December 2nd, 09:00 · Nick Sato
Q&A: Savannah Fund has helped us strategise – Kojo Ayirebi, Zished co-founder
When Africa-focused seed investment firm Savannah Fund announced its second batch of startups Ghanaian startup Zished.com was among the four chosen, receiving US$25,000 in funding and mentorship to to support them in developing their business. → Read more
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Sun, December 1st, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 01/12/2013
Securing investment for African tech startups is notoriously hard to come by and two entrepreneurs trying to build sustainable businesses, from Ghana and Botswana respectively, were among those who shared their views on the challenges facing them with HumanIPO this week. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher
Botswanan queueing startup to begin with Kenyan pilot
A Botswanan startup is set to begin a queue management pilot with Kenya Posta next year as it looks to roll out an innovative business model which will ultimately provide free services to companies and government departments. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 12:00 · Nick Sato
Investors see African tech startups as big gamble – Zished
Venture capitalists outside of Africa are largely hesitant to invest in tech startups because they do not understand the challenges of doing business in Africa, according to Kojo Ayirebi, co-founder of Ghanaian e-commerce startup Zished.com. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
MTambula uses mobile to ease healthcare access in Uganda
Ugandan mobile platform MTambula is using technologies such as interactive voice response (IVR) and geo-location to allow Ugandans to access information on health services through their phones, looking to counteract the poor access to public services in the country and the lack of internet connections. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Yale students host African entrepreneurship forum
Students at Yale University in the United States (US) have set up an online platform to promote engagement between the public and policymakers to discuss vital global issues, most recently discussing African entrepreneurship via a Google Hangout. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Workforce wins StartupBus Africa trip
Workforce, a mobile app for planning targeting businesses, has won the first StartupBus Africa event, after pitching to investors at eKasi, Khayelitsha, Cape Town, on Friday. → Read more
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Sun, November 24th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 24/11/2013
The StartupBus Africa trip, which began in Harare, Zimbabwe, and rolled into Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, dominated much of the sectors news this week. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Methys puts up $5k funding bounty for SA developers
Entrepreneurs and developers in the Western Cape, South Africa, can enter an innovation challenge next month in a bid to secure ZAR50,000 (US$4,900) of funding. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom awards $43,000 to mobile startups
Safaricom has awarded six early stage mobile technology startups with a cumulative cash prize of KSh3.7 million (US$43,000) through the Safaricom AppWiz Developers’ Challenge. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 14:00 · Nick Sato
Startup Weekend to kick off in Nairobi
Startup Weekend, an event bringing together programmers, developers, marketers, and designers to launch new ventures, will kick off tonight (Friday) at Strathmore University iLab. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
GreenBack set for beta phase on StartupBus trip
StartupBus Africa arrived in Cape Town this morning, with one Zimbabwean-inspired idea looking to connect the developed and developing world through a mutual need to save and use carbon. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa techpreneurs present to ITU Telecom World 2013
Four young African tech entrepreneurs are presenting their ideas to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Telecom World 2013 with the possibility of winning up to US$10,000, having been selected as businesses most capable of effecting change and achieving success. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 14:30 · Richard Cutcher
SA’s property market needs tech innovation – startup
Graeme Tennant, managing director of Property Switch, believes his company can disrupt South Africa’s property market by introducing relatively simple innovation and a web-based business model. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 11:30 · Nick Sato
Startups chosen for Savannah Fund accelerator class
The Savannah Fund launched its next cohort of startups for its accelerator yesterday (Wednesday), with them beginning work at the m:lab office space in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Large demand for educational solutions in Africa – Zoop
Education, both childhood and adult, is a big market in Africa, and there is a large unfulfilled demand for affordable technology-based solutions for this market, according to Tanzanian software and mobile technology company Zoop. → Read more
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Wed, November 20th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
Senegal’s location and infrastructure an opportunity for startups – CTIC
Senegal’s position as an entry into Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa as well as the level of technological development mean the country’s startups have great potential, according to accelerator programme CTIC Dakar. → Read more
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