| Date | Title | Description |
| 17.01.2020 | These SA startups will pitch for a spot in US social impact accelerator BonBillo’s cohort | Eight startups that attended a two-week bootcamp are hoping to win a chance to attend Boston-based social impact accelerator BonBillo‘s new accelerator cohort, when they graduate at a demo day in Cape Town this afternoon.
The accelerator, w... |
| 17.01.2020 | These SA startups will pitch for a spot in US social impact accelerator BonBillo’s cohort | Eight startups that attended a two-week bootcamp are hoping to win a chance to attend Boston-based social impact accelerator BonBillo‘s new accelerator cohort, when they graduate at a demo day in Cape Town this afternoon.
The accelerator, ... |
| 06.12.2019 | Here are the five companies selected as SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups | The Heavy Chef Foundation last night announced the names of SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups at an awards ceremony at Workshop 17, as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
It follows the announcement last week by the foundation, which is t... |
| 06.12.2019 | Here are the five companies selected as SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups | The Heavy Chef Foundation last night announced the names of SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups at an awards ceremony at Workshop 17, as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
It follows the announcement last week by the foundation, which is th... |
| 02.12.2019 | SA wins over half of the prize categories at Southern Africa Startup Awards finals | SA companies and entrepreneurs have won 11 of the 19 categories at the finals of this year’s Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards).
The winners of this year’s edition of the SASAwards finals were announced at an event held in Johannesb... |
| 02.12.2019 | SA wins over half of the prize categories at Southern Africa Startup Awards finals | SA companies and entrepreneurs have won 11 of the 19 categories at the finals of this year’s Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards).
The winners of this year’s edition of the SASAwards finals were announced at an event held in Johannes... |
| 02.12.2019 | Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list | The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that will take place this Thursday (5 December) as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
The foundation, ... |
| 02.12.2019 | Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list | The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that will take place this Thursday (5 December) as part of Cape Town Startup Week 2019.
The foundation,... |
| 30.10.2019 | Here are the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards regional finalists | The 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) regional finalists have been announced.
The awards form part of the annual Global Startup Awards which aim to spotlight tech startups from around the world.
In a statement last Friday (25 ... |
| 30.10.2019 | Here are the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards regional finalists | The 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) regional finalists have been announced.
The awards form part of the annual Global Startup Awards which aim to spotlight tech startups from around the world.
In a statement last Friday (2... |
| 20.09.2019 | Here are the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards SA chapter winners | The South African winners of the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) have been announced.
The awards form part of the annual Global Startup Awards which aim to spotlight tech startups from around the world.
SASAwards said in a s... |
| 20.09.2019 | Here are the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards SA chapter winners | The South African winners of the 2019 Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards) have been announced.
The awards form part of the annual Global Startup Awards which aim to spotlight tech startups from around the world.
SASAwards said in a... |
| 16.08.2019 | Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending [Updated] | An increasing number of fintech startups are looking to fund small businesses in South Africa using online platforms and apps to service the massive demand for such finance.
There may be tens of fintech platforms lending to SMEs that are no... |
| 16.08.2019 | Five SA fintechs that service the growing market of SME lending [Updated] | An increasing number of fintech startups are looking to fund small businesses in South Africa using online platforms and apps to service the massive demand for such finance.
There may be tens of fintech platforms lending to SMEs that are n... |
| 18.06.2019 | Meet the 10 startups selected for Grindstone Accelerator’s fifth cohort | Venture capital (VC) company Knife Capital today announced the names of the 10 companies selected for its fifth Grindstone Accelerator programme.
The names of the companies — which include a data analytics and marketing automation tool, a ... |
| 18.06.2019 | Meet the 10 startups selected for Grindstone Accelerator’s fifth cohort | Venture capital (VC) company Knife Capital today announced the names of the 10 companies selected for its fifth Grindstone Accelerator programme.
The names of the companies — which include a data analytics and marketing automation tool, a s... |
| 28.05.2019 | Will these startups still have an uncle, parent in Ramaphosa’s cabinet? | UPDATE (30 May): Naledi Pandor, Tito Mboweni and Aaron Motsoaledi all returned to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s newly named cabinet on Wednesday (29 May) as ministers of international relations & co-operation, finance and home affairs, re... |
| 28.05.2019 | Will these startups still have an uncle, parent in Ramaphosa’s cabinet? | UPDATE (30 May): Naledi Pandor, Tito Mboweni and Aaron Motsoaledi all returned to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s newly named cabinet on Wednesday (29 May) as ministers of international relations & co-operation, finance and home affairs, re... |
| 18.04.2019 | Three SA startups among six firms selected to pitch at the Stanford Africa Business Forum | Three South African startups have been selected to pitch at the Stanford Africa Business Forum which kicks off this Saturday (20 April) in Stanford, California in the US.
The annual business conference — which is now in its twelfth year and... |
| 18.04.2019 | Three SA startups among six firms selected to pitch at the Stanford Africa Business Forum | Three South African startups have been selected to pitch at the Stanford Africa Business Forum which kicks off this Saturday (20 April) in Stanford, California in the US.
The annual business conference — which is now in its twelfth year an... |
| 20.03.2019 | Vans, minibuses or cars – mobility startup Lüla’s founder won’t say which | Is it a trade secret? SA mobility startup Lüla — which last month launched a bid to raise R2.5-million from investors through local equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa by end of May — won’t say what kind of vehicles its crowd-sourced... |
| 20.03.2019 | Vans, minibuses or cars – mobility startup Lüla’s founder won’t say which | Is it a trade secret? SA mobility startup Lüla — which last month launched a bid to raise R2.5-million from investors through local equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa by end of May — won’t say what kind of vehicles its crowd-sourced... |
| 08.03.2019 | What startups should know about listing their investment on Uprise.Africa [Q&A] | Equity crowdfunding — where entrepreneurs source investment from any number of investors via an online platform — is slowly taking hold in South Africa.
Last year Nicholas Bush (pictured above) and his craft brewing company Drifter Brewery... |
| 08.03.2019 | What startups should know about listing their investment on Uprise.Africa [Q&A] | Equity crowdfunding — where entrepreneurs source investment from any number of investors via an online platform — is slowly taking hold in South Africa.
Last year Nicholas Bush (pictured above) and his craft brewing company Drifter Brewery ... |
| 07.03.2019 | In’s and out’s of investing on equity crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa [Q&A] | SA equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa last week launched its third campaign, with SA mobility startup Lüla seeking to raise R2.5-million by late May, in return for giving up an 8.5% equity stake. Who then can take part in this and o... |
| 07.03.2019 | In’s and out’s of investing on equity crowdfunding site Uprise.Africa [Q&A] | SA equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa last week launched its third campaign, with SA mobility startup Lüla seeking to raise R2.5-million by late May, in return for giving up an 8.5% equity stake. Who then can take part in this and o... |
| 26.02.2019 | SA startup Lula launches R2.5m Uprise.Africa crowdfunding campaign | SA mobility startup Lüla announced today that it will seek to raise R2.5-million in return for giving up an 8.5% equity stake, through local equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa.
The campaign will run for 90 days and already 10 invest... |
| 26.02.2019 | SA startup Lula launches R2.5m Uprise.Africa crowdfunding campaign | SA mobility startup Lüla announced today that it will seek to raise R2.5-million in return for giving up an 8.5% equity stake, through local equity crowdfunding platform Uprise.Africa.
The campaign will run for 90 days and already 10 inves... |
| 09.11.2018 | SBC AfriTech startups have raised €600k and secured 20 pilot agreements [Updated] | Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech participants have been able to secure 20 proof-of-concept, pilot and commercial agreements and collectively raise €600 000 in funding to date, the Cape Town based tech accelerator announced yesterday (8 Novemb... |
| 09.11.2018 | SBC AfriTech startups have raised €600k and secured 20 pilot agreements [Updated] | Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech participants have been able to secure 20 proof-of-concept, pilot and commercial agreements and collectively raise €600 000 in funding to date, the Cape Town based tech accelerator announced yesterday (8 Novemb... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place on... |
| 11.10.2018 | Here are the 2018 AppsAfrica Innovation Awards finalists | Tech portal and advisory service AppsAfrica.com has announced the finalists of the fourth AppsAfrica Innovation Awards.
The winners of this year’s awards will be announced in Cape Town on 12 November at the awards party which takes place o... |
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| 22.08.2018 | DEMO Africa announces top 30 finalists set to pitch at Casablanca conference | Startup launchpad DEMO Africa has announced the top 30 finalists that will pitch at its seventh annual conference in Casablanca, Morocco this October.
The announcement follows an innovation tour earlier this year that saw the DEMO Africa te... |
| 22.08.2018 | DEMO Africa announces top 30 finalists set to pitch at Casablanca conference | Startup launchpad DEMO Africa has announced the top 30 finalists that will pitch at its seventh annual conference in Casablanca, Morocco this October.
The announcement follows an innovation tour earlier this year that saw the DEMO Africa t... |
| 21.08.2018 | Meet the 30 startups shortlisted for the 2018 edition of Demo Africa in Casablanca | Share this article:
Following a few months of innovation roadshows, city tours and virtual adjudication, the management team of DEMO Africa today announced the selection of the 30 finalist startups for the 2018 edition of the annual confere... |
| 13.07.2018 | All 10 startups chosen for SBC AfriTech 2018 market ready – accelerator head | The 10 startups that have been selected by Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech for its 2018 cohort all have “market-ready” solutions, with SBC’s sponsors ready to work with them “starting from today” — the accelerator’s CEO Philip Kiracofe said ... |
| 13.07.2018 | All 10 startups chosen for SBC AfriTech 2018 market ready – accelerator head | The 10 startups that have been selected by Startupbootcamp (SBC) AfriTech for its 2018 cohort all have “market-ready” solutions, with SBC’s sponsors ready to work with them “starting from today” — the accelerator’s CEO Philip Kiracofe said ... |
| 19.06.2018 | As selection date nears 22 shortlisted for Startupbootcamp Cape Town accelerator | Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa has announced the names of the top 22 startups selected to attend selections days for the organisation’s Cape Town accelerator.
This is the final step in the selection process before SBC Africa next month announ... |
| 19.06.2018 | As selection date nears 22 shortlisted for Startupbootcamp Cape Town accelerator | Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa has announced the names of the top 22 startups selected to attend selections days for the organisation’s Cape Town accelerator.
This is the final step in the selection process before SBC Africa next month annou... |
