Startups, Page 43
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Thu, August 29th, 16:30 · Jack Barton
Telkom launches innovation competition
Telkom has launched the “Open Innovation Mega Challenge” for South Africans to create new technologies and online solutions. → Read more
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Thu, August 29th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
HumanIPO Academy partners with Zapacab and Weaver
HumanIPO Academy has announced a partnership with Cape Town-based startup Zapacab, allowing guests at tomorrow’s launch event to test drive the new taxi hailing service. → Read more
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Thu, August 29th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
iROKOtv CEO wins CNBC award
Jason Njoku, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of iROKOtv, has been named CNBC’s Young Business Leader of the Year 2013 in Nigeria at the 2013 All Africa Business Leaders Awards – West Africa (AABLA – WA). → Read more
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Thu, August 29th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
OPINION: Intriguing battle of the taxi apps in South Africa
Two months ago South Africa’s cab drivers, control centres and customers were blissfully unaware of the number of marketing gizmos headed their way, but the competition is now fierce with three companies going head to head for clients and rides. → Read more
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Wed, August 28th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian startup makes final of TNW Mobile Startup Rally
Egyptian bug reporting tool Instabug has been nominated as the only African finalist in The Next Web’s Mobile Startup Rally, overcoming competition from more than 100 hundred applicants worldwide. → Read more
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Wed, August 28th, 14:20 · Richard Cutcher
UbuntuDeal to close Cape Town office
South African social buying site UbuntuDeal will close its Cape Town offices next month and is in the process of changing its business model. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Stream Global Services acquires Tunisia BPO firm
Stream Global Services has bought Tunisia-based N2SP Tunisie, allowing it to provide hotline maintenance, technical support and customer services through chat and email → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 14:30 · Kamau Mbote
Mdundo receives $125k second round funding
Kenyan mobile music startup Mdundo has received an additional US$125,000 in funding to help scale its model across the East African region as well as selected African markets. → Read more
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Mon, August 26th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
OPINION: Can a startup idea be stolen?
The question of whether a startup idea can be stolen has been widely discussed in the Kenyan tech scene in the past week after a Nairobi company claimed Safaricom had nabbed its mobile money rent payment concept. → Read more
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Mon, August 26th, 15:00 · Jack Barton
FEATURE : The potential impact of proactive policy on techpreneurship
Research from the United States suggests government policy to promote tech startups could stimulate employment and GDP, but the model may be not be so clear when applied to African economies. → Read more
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Mon, August 26th, 14:50 · Kamau Mbote
ManyattaRent reiterates Safaricom Lipa Kodi theft claims
Kenyan startup ManyattaRent, which has alleged Safaricom stole its mobile money rent payment idea, has accused the operator of spreading lies over its engagement with ManyattaRent. → Read more
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Mon, August 26th, 13:40 · Kamau Mbote
New Kenyan real estate portal launched
A website has been launched in Kenya providing property developers and buyers with an easy way to interact and facilitate the buying and selling of properties. → Read more
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Sun, August 25th, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 25/08/2013
Nairobi startup ManyattaRent led the African tech news headlines this week with its claim Safaricom “stole” its concept of paying rent through mobile money. → Read more
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Fri, August 23rd, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tanzania’s Minishop now in Kenya
Minishop, the Tanzanian accounting application from Problem Solved Limited, has launched in Kenya and is set to compete with similar local applications in the market such as Uhasibu. → Read more
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Fri, August 23rd, 10:20 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom denies stealing Lipa Kodi idea from startup
Kenyan operator Safaricom has denied claims levelled against it by Nairobi startup ManyattaRent that its Lipa Kodi na M-Pesa product idea was stolen, though the firm has admitted it approached the startup over a possible partnership. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Snappcab ready to take on Africa
South African metered taxi app Snappcab is preparing to launch its solution next week, aiming for cross-continental releases after its anticipated success in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 12:40 · Kamau Mbote
“Safaricom stole my idea,” claims ManyattaRent founder
A Nairobi startup, which has been developing a mobile money solution for rental payments since 2010, has accused Safaricom of stealing its idea, having already proposed a partnership with the giant operator. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 11:00 · Brandon Gregory
Ledula service site goes mobile
Ledula, a free South African service site utilising Facebook’s platform to provide friends’ ratings of service providers, has been launched as an iPhone application. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan accelerator to launch reality TV show
Nairobi startup accelerator Upstart Africa is in the process of launching a reality show, the first of its kind in Kenya, targeted at techpreneurs, bringing the "cool and fun factor" into technology and entrepreneurship. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
USAID injects $100,000 into mWater Startup
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has invested US$100,000 in US startup mWater, which ensures people in developing countries have safe water for drinking by using a mobile app and is currently operating in Tanzania. → Read more
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