| Date | Title | Description |
| 29.07.2024 | Google adding marker for South African companies in search results | Google has introduced a label that identifies some South African businesses in organic search results.
The “ZA South African” marker, which TechCentral saw was applied to the search results for local e-commerce website Takealot.com, is part... |
| 25.05.2024 | Steps to take if you LOSE your South African passport while travelling | You can apply for a new passport whilst applying for an emergency travel certificate at a South African embassy. Image: @confco/ X
Most travellers know that gut-wrenching feeling when you’ve left an important document behind, but nothing ca... |
| 12.11.2023 | Top tips to get the best out of Black Friday | Only this event defines a true shopping frenzy. Image: @Nthapeleng__ / Twitter
November may be one of a few months that do not have public holidays, however for the frugal and coin savvy individuals, its the best time of the year to get you... |
| 10.11.2021 | Digital community to supercharge local start-ups, scale-ups | Innovation City Cape Town, a co-creative space for innovation, is set to officially launch in the first quarter of 2022, say organisers.
Co-founded by Stephan Ekbergh, founder of the TravelStart Group, and Kieno Kammies, founder of Disrupti... |
| 02.01.2020 | MTN Sells Ghana and Uganda Tower Assets For R7.3bn | wp_booster error:
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| 10.12.2019 | SA travel company Travelstart takes over operations of Jumia Travel | SA travel tech company Travelstart has entered into a distribution and commercial agreement with Jumia Travel to run the latter’s pan-African online travel booking portal.
Under the agreement, which was announced yesterday, Travelstart wil... |
| 10.12.2019 | SA travel company Travelstart takes over operations of Jumia Travel | SA travel tech company Travelstart has entered into a distribution and commercial agreement with Jumia Travel to run the latter’s pan-African online travel booking portal.
Under the agreement, which was announced yesterday, Travelstart will... |
| 10.10.2019 | Competition Commission gives nod to Travelstart acquisition of Club Travel Group | Travelstart has completed its acquisition of Southern Africa’s Club Travel Group for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition, which sees Travelstart wholly acquiring the Club Travel Group and its subsidiaries, was first announced in June (see ... |
| 10.10.2019 | Competition Commission gives nod to Travelstart acquisition of Club Travel Group | Travelstart has completed its acquisition of Southern Africa’s Club Travel Group for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition, which sees Travelstart wholly acquiring the Club Travel Group and its subsidiaries, was first announced in June (see t... |
| 11.06.2019 | SA’s Travelstart to acquire Club Travel Group | Fresh from last month having announced a partnership with global private markets investment firm HarbourVest, SA travel booking company Travelstart yesterday revealed it would acquire the Club Travel Group.
Travelstart said in a statement ... |
| 11.06.2019 | SA’s Travel Booking Firm Travelstart To Buy Club Travel Group | mauritius
Travelstart, SA’s Travel Booking Firm, announced on Monday in a statement that it will buy Club Travel Group for an undisclosed amount.
The company said the acquisition will boost its offering by adding Club Travel’s established c... |
| 11.06.2019 | SA’s Travelstart to acquire Club Travel Group | Fresh from last month having announced a partnership with global private markets investment firm HarbourVest, SA travel booking company Travelstart yesterday revealed it would acquire the Club Travel Group.
Travelstart said in a statement y... |
| 11.06.2019 | SA’s Travel Booking Firm Travelstart To Buy Club Travel Group | mauritius |
| 29.05.2019 | SA’s Travelstart announces investment deal with HarbourVest | SA travel booking company Travelstart yesterday announced that global private markets investment firm HarbourVest, which has $58-billion under asset management, will become a significant funding partner for the company.
Travelstart, which w... |
| 29.05.2019 | SA’s Travelstart announces investment deal with HarbourVest | SA travel booking company Travelstart yesterday announced that global private markets investment firm HarbourVest, which has $58-billion under asset management, will become a significant funding partner for the company.
Travelstart, which ... |
| 28.05.2019 | Term Sheet — Tuesday May 28 | A TALE OF MANY MANY MERGERS
Hello again, Term Sheet readers! I hope y’all had a grill-filled Memorial Day. This is Lucinda, filling in for Polina who is on the West Coast until Friday. In the meantime, please send deals and thoughts to Luci... |
| 22.11.2018 | Here’s how to holiday in Phuket, Bali, Mauritius and Zanzibar for under R10,000 – if you nab these Black Friday travel deals | Photo by Orest Yaremchuk on Unsplash
Airlines and travel agencies are slashing prices for Black Friday 2018, if you know where to look.
In one of the better deals we've seen, you can holiday for 7 days in Phuket for R8,890, including return... |
| 06.12.2017 | Travelstart acquires majority stake in accommodation site SafariNow.com | SA travel booking company Travelstart today announced that it has bought a majority stake in Cape Town-based SafariNow.com — South Africa’s largest accommodation booking website.
Travelstart founder and CEO Stephan Ekbergh was not immediat... |
| 06.12.2017 | Travelstart acquires majority stake in accommodation site SafariNow.com | SA travel booking company Travelstart today announced that it has bought a majority stake in Cape Town-based SafariNow.com — South Africa’s largest accommodation booking website.
Travelstart founder and CEO Stephan Ekbergh was not immediate... |
| 12.05.2016 | It’s time to bust the myth that Africa doesn’t produce scientific innovators | - |
| 28.04.2016 | Book flights from anywhere with relaunched Travelstart app Flapp | Ecommerce travel venture Travelstart has relaunched its flagship flight-booking app Flapp. It has been expanded beyond its initial Cape Town and Johannesburg flight paths.
According to a press release sent to Ventureburn, Flapp now offers ... |
| 28.04.2016 | Book flights from anywhere with relaunched Travelstart app Flapp | Ecommerce travel venture Travelstart has relaunched its flagship flight-booking app Flapp. It has been expanded beyond its initial Cape Town and Johannesburg flight paths.
According to a press release sent to Ventureburn, Flapp now offers f... |
| 04.02.2016 | Travelstart secures $40m funding from Amadeus Capital, partners MTN | Premium
South African-based online travel agency (OTA) Travelstart, has raised a $40 million round of funding from Amadeus Capital Partners, and sealed a strategic partnership with telecommunications provider MTN.
Continue reading this stor... |
| 03.02.2016 | Travel booking site Travelstart lands $40m, asserts investor confidence | Cape Town-headquartered travel booking company Travelstart has secured a whopping US$40-million from Amadeus Capital Partners and MTN, which is an investor in the VC firm. The significant capital injection again reaffirms investor confidenc... |
| 03.02.2016 | MTN, Amadeus invest R645m into Travelstart | - |
| 03.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 3, 2016 | TravelStart secured $40M; GeoFeedia received $17M; DisputeBills raised $400k funding
DisputeBills, provider of a medical bill reduction solution for individuals and businesses, closed a $400,000 seed round led by Chicago angel investor Step... |
| 03.02.2016 | Travelstart secures $40 million from Amadeus Capital Partners and MTN | Share this article:
Cape Town based travel booking company, Travelstart, has secured a whopping $40 million from Amadeus Capital Partners and MTN, which is an investor in the VC firm.
The partnership with MTN will enable Travelstart tighten... |
| 03.02.2016 | Travelstart Raises US$40M in Funding | Travelstart, a South Africa-based Online Travel Agency (OTA), raised US$40m in funding.
Amadeus Capital Partners made the investment. In conjunction with the funding, Amadeus Capital Partners’ Andrea Traversone will join Travelstart’s Board... |
| 03.02.2016 | Travel booking site Travelstart lands $40m, asserts investor confidence | Cape Town-headquartered travel booking company Travelstart has secured a whopping US$40-million from Amadeus Capital Partners and MTN, which is an investor in the VC firm. The significant capital injection again reaffirms investor confidenc... |
| 31.05.2010 | Manifesto for web startup entrepreneurs | I’m going to apologise up front. These aren’t all original thoughts – are original thoughts still possible? I read voraciously online and I am pretty convinced that all that reading has helped inform this list. And no, I’m not going to get ... |
| 31.05.2010 | Manifesto for web startup entrepreneurs | I’m going to apologise up front. These aren’t all original thoughts – are original thoughts still possible? I read voraciously online and I am pretty convinced that all that reading has helped inform this list. And no, I’m not going to get ... |
