Startups, Page 47
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Mon, July 8th, 12:27 · Kamau Mbote
IBM announces Morocco Global Delivery Center
IBM will be creating up to 400 information technology roles in Morocco once it has completed a new delivery centre. → Read more
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Mon, July 8th, 12:11 · Nick Sato
Kipochi launches first Bitcoin wallet in Africa with M-Pesa integration
Kenyan Bitcoin wallet Kipochi has launched a service which enables people to send and receive the virtual currency and convert it to and from an M-Pesa balance. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 16:03 · Nanine Steenkamp
OPINION: Startup success the new financial ‘fallback’?
As the startup community grows on the African continent, the new buzzword for school leavers could become ‘entrepreneurship’ rather than ‘university’, ‘college’ or perhaps even ‘gap year’. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 15:54 · Richard Cutcher
SA startups benefitting from targeted marketing support
A marketeer formerly working in the online gaming industry is rolling out a specialised agency aimed at providing cost price services to startups and entrepreneurs in South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 14:02 · Mercy Makumi
Weza Tele wins IBM SmartCamp competition
Kenyan startup Weza Tele, of the MyOrder Enterprise, won the IBM SmartCamp competition at the Tech4Africa conference for its SMS ordering service. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 10:23 · Kamau Mbote
Able Wireless plots coup on digital broadcasting space
Kenyan media startup Able Wireless is set to enter the digital broadcasting space, providing video on demand services to the middle and low income segment. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 10:05 · Nanine Steenkamp
Everest launches in SA
Goal achievement app Everest has launched on the Apple app store today for South African users, following its US launch at the beginning of 2013. → Read more
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Thu, July 4th, 08:50 · Mercy Makumi
User experience crucial to startup success – Knight
Creating something that people want to use every day and asking the question of whether or not it is something people would want to pay for is crucial to building a successful e-commerce site, according to Tech4Africa and Wedo founder Gareth Knight. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 15:33 · Nanine Steenkamp
Prodigy Finance to host hackathon
Cape Town-based tech startup Prodigy Finance will be hosting a hackathon, offering gadgets to outstanding Ruby coders. → Read more
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Wed, July 3rd, 15:07 · Mercy Makumi
Kenyan startups compete for IBM Global Entrepreneur partnership
A heated six minute presentation competition at the Tech4Africa conference in Nairobi today saw four startups compete for the chance to partner with IBM Global Entrepreneur. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 14:47 · Brandon Gregory
DoEverythingIT winner of second Mozambique hackathon
The winners of the second Mozambique hackathon, which took place in Maputo last week, have been announced, with DoEverythingIT taking the top prize of MZN80,000 (US$2,600). → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:42 · Richard Cutcher
HumanIPO partners DEMO Africa to back African startups
HumanIPO has partnered with Nairobi-based DEMO Africa, a support network for African startups, in a bid to increase publicity and awareness of the tech scene on the continent. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 07:44 · Kamau Mbote
Music platform Kasimp3 hits 500,000 unique visitors
South African music platform Kasimp3 increased its unique visitor numbers from 279,000 in April to 500,000 in June according to the latest figures released by the company. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 15:58 · Richard Cutcher
Nigeria is the most exciting market – Silvertree Capital
The founders of Silvertree Capital, Africa’s latest tech startup investment fund, have told HumanIPO they see Nigeria as the place to be for opportunity and discussions concerning three more deals are in the advanced stages. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 15:58 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: Universities key in promoting SA tech startup status
Marc Elias, founder of Johannesburg-based startup accelerator Seed Engine, and Eric Edelstein, chief executive officer (CEO) of online payment startup Zunguz, spoke to HumanIPO about the support universities can offer by promoting a positive startup mentality. → Read more
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Mon, July 1st, 14:20 · Kamau Mbote
Startups get free opportunity to exhibit
The organisers of Web Summit have launched the Alpha Program, which will pick 10 startups every week to have the chance to showcase their business to investors at its conference in Dublin, in October. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 14:59 · Susan Mwenesi
Tanzanian innovator seeking investors for future projects
Celebrated Tanzanian innovator Eric Mutta is seeking more investors to help him make his Minishop application a household name across the world. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 14:59 · Brandon Gregory
Google presents more innovation from African developers
Technology entrepreneurs and developers from across Africa recently participated in the Google I/O 2013 event in San Francisco to explore the latest in technology innovations. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 14:44 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A: Eric Mutta, Problem Solved
Eric Mutta, who earlier this month won a grant of US$328,000 he from the FSDT SME Finance Innovation Challenge Fund II to help boost his Minishop application, is looking for more investors to turn Minishop into a household name. → Read more
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Fri, June 28th, 12:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: SA mentality on startups should change for better ecosystem
Eric Edelstein, chief executive officer at Zunguz and serial techpreneur, spoke to HumanIPO about the local talent in building businesses and the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in South Africa. → Read more
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