Cape Town-based Project codeX is bidding to tackle the chronic lack of trained developers in Africa while also creating a…
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Few startups can claim to have been put together on a bus, though it may become more and more common…
South African growth equity fund manager and advisory firm Knife Capital received 87 applications for its Grindstone accelerator programme, which…
Venture capitalists (VC) make funding decisions based on the people in a startup, not based on the idea, according to…
Investors must learn to focus on saying a quick “no” to startups looking for funding when they are not interested,…
Pule Taukobong, founder of the Africa Angels Network (AAN), looks at the startup funding landscape in Africa and the challenging…
The traditional accelerator model as known in the United States (US) and Europe has not worked in South Africa due…
Ghana’s mPedigree, the company behind a pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting solution, has expanded to Nigeria and Kenya since its 2007 launch, and…
Western Cape startup and investor community the Silicon Cape Initiative is not trying to be the “Silicon Valley” of Africa…
Cape Town video startup Blink Tower is now a self-sufficient entity, dealing with high profile clients both in South Africa…