Startups | HumanIPO

Startups, Page 53

Wed, April 17th, 11:34 · Richard Cutcher

Seed Engine welcoming next round of applications

Startups are being encouraged to apply for a place on the next Seed Engine accelerator programme with ZAR100,000 (US$11,000) available for 10 successful applicants. → Read more
Wed, April 17th, 11:26 · Richard Cutcher

Ad Dynamo looking to Kenya next

South African startup advertising platform Ad Dynano is expecting to enter the Kenyan market next and expand its operations in Nigeria as it continues its focus on emerging markets. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 13:56 · Richard Cutcher

Gumtree team launch SA job site

A job collating website, powered by the team behind popular Gumtree.com, has been launched in South Africa with more than 50,000 live vacancies. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 07:36 · Kamau Mbote

Africa Apps Quest targets tourism sector

Visa and SA Tourism have launched the search for a unique app for the tourism industry, in order to capitalise on the increase in tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 16:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

BiD Network to select African finalists for ICT challenge

Entrepreneur-focused non-profit organisation (NPO) BiD Network will select three African finalists from Burundi, Rwanda and Liberia in June as the ICT Challenge competition draws to a close. → Read more
Mon, April 15th, 05:59 · Richard Cutcher

88mph startups pitching for investment at Demo Day

The first 10 startups to complete 88mph’s Cape Town accelerator programme will pitch to potential investors at Demo Day on Thursday, April 25. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 14:13 · Kamau Mbote

Paypal buys ‘growth hacking’ startup

Online payment service provider PayPal has acquired Iron Pearl, a startup created to virally spread information over the internet, especially through Facebook and Twitter. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 13:50 · Nanine Steenkamp

Wabona online subscription launched

Online video streaming startup Wabona has begun paid-for subscriptions, which will ultimately make 2,500 hours of African content available across Africa and to the diaspora. → Read more
Fri, April 12th, 08:05 · Richard Cutcher

U-Start picks six SA startups to take to Milan

The U-Start Bloom competition last night (Thursday) chose the final six South African startups who will travel to Milan next month to pitch a European investors. → Read more
Thu, April 11th, 15:40 · Nanine Steenkamp

African tech still an oxymoron to international investors

Investment expert Andrea Böhmert, partner at Knife Capital, believes there is still confusion around the technology potential and its success when it comes to Africa and international investors. → Read more
Thu, April 11th, 12:57 · Tom Jackson

Tanzanian firms get innovation funding

Six Tanzanian firms have been awarded a total of TZS85 million (US$52,500) under the country’s Innovation Fund, designed to support innovation as a means of boosting the economy. → Read more
Thu, April 11th, 06:56 · Richard Cutcher

Cape Town mapping startup launches mydoorhandle

A unique mapping device for all web enabled phones has been launched in Africa with the potential to aid couriers, take-away deliverers and businesses. → Read more
Wed, April 10th, 11:32 · Igor Hobotov

VC4Africa launches new online mentoring tool

VC4Africa has launched “Mentorship Marketplace”, offering budding entrepreneurs the chance to be matched with experienced mentors across the world. → Read more
Tue, April 9th, 14:15 · Richard Cutcher

88mph partners with the eVA Fund, enhances Africa-Europe link

Cape Town and Nairobi-based accelerator 88mph has formed a unique partnership with the eVentures Africa (eVA) Fund, potentially turning the tables on European venture capitalists looking to invest in African startups. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:27 · Igor Hobotov

Music app Mdundo set to pay royalties to artists

Music distribution app Mdundo is set to pay royalties to musicians who use their service, just five months after launching. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 19:48 · Richard Cutcher

Tim Harris trying to remove government obstacles for Silicon Cape

The Democratic Alliance’s Tim Harris MP was chosen as Silicon Cape’s first government liaison board member at the end of last year, but the shadow minister for finance sees his role as “getting government out the way”. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:15 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: Failure a step in the startup ladder

In the innovative space of the tech environment, where startups shoot up as quickly as new technology developments itself, success is not guaranteed. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 10:38 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mills&Boon now available on feature phones as startup aims for Africa

App startup biNu has partnered with United Kingdom-based publisher Harlequin to make 8,700 books - including the popular romance series Mills&Boon - available for consumption on feature phones. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 07:20 · Vincent Matinde

East Africa science and technology boot camp slated for May

Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) will be holding a boot camp for technology entrepreneurs, slated for May 6 to 8 in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 13:16 · Nanine Steenkamp

guru-g open to SA investment

Indian educational startup guru-g believes their product will work well in South Africa, Amruth B R, chief product architect, told HumanIPO at the Unreasonable at Sea Pitching session in Waterfront, Cape Town on Tuesday, March 26. → Read more