For the fifth consecutive year VC4A has produced annual research and analysis to improve the understanding of Africa’s startup movement. For the 2018 research cycle, with the support of the Mastercard Foundation, VC4A publishes a pan-African study including 6 country specific deep dives. VC4A conducts this research to share the progress of the VC4A...
Social media marketing refers to the process of gaining traffic or attention through social media sites. Manage all your social media in one place! Here are examples of social media marketing tools to help you better manage your campaigns; Hootsuite – Manage your social content with ease by scheduling your social posts Facebook Ads – find the right people, capture their attention...
Build it and they will come. This is a fantasy that many founders and startups believe in. And for good reason. It is beautiful story about customers that are waiting impatiently so they can get rid of their money once the product is built by buying it. The problem? For those of us who are not fortunate...
Due to increasing laws, entrepreneurs are faced with growing regulatory compliance in business. These legal requirements create obligations but also provide certain rights and protection. All businesses, small or large, are required to comply with legislation (passed by government), regulations (prescribed by regulatory bodies) or industry best practices. Compliance requirements range from registration of businesses and...
After receiving 3211 nominations the organisers of the inaugural Southern Africa Startup Awards have revealed the names of the startups and entrepreneurs that have made it into the national finals. The names will now be put to a public vote. The awards aim to celebrate and recognise the spirit of innovation and achievement in the Southern African Development Community...
Oslo-based Katapult Accelerator has selected three African startups from Kenya, Egypt and Tunisia to join its third cohort, comprised of 12 startups from around the world. The three are Kenyan banking solution FinAccess, Egyptian edtech PraxiLabs and Tunisian tech talent accelerator Think.iT. Katapult Accelerator managing partner and co-founder Haakon Brunell said the 12 startups had been selected from among 1500 companies from 107 countries. Katapult...
Automotive giant Mercedes-Benz South Africa in partnership with business incubator LaunchLab has launched the Mercedes-Benz South Africa Ideas Challenge, an innovation initiative aimed at students and young professionals. Launchlab and Mercede-Benz SA aims to invite interested innovators to pitch their ideas around a set of challenges which are tailor-made to advance manufacturing as well as relevant industry topics, as identified...
Fintech accelerator AlphaCode has announced the names of four companies selected to join its recently launched R2.5-million accelerator programme AlphaCode Accelerate. The four companies are Entersekt, Livestock Wealth, Click2Sure and Invoice Worx. The two-year long AlphaCode Accelerate programme, which AlphaCode has partnered on with scale-up accelerator 10X-e, will offer the four companies with mentorship, expert guidance and support services. Read more Source: Ventureburn ')}...
SAVCA & SiMODiSA will be hosting Venture Capital Office Hours in Johannesburg and Cape Town. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to have dedicated one on one time with a South African Venture Capitalist to offer them guidance and insights on any business challenges that they may be experiencing. Only two entrepreneurs will be...
The Grindstone Accelerator is Knife Capital’s structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to become sustainable and fundable. Grindstone supplies 10 companies annually with knowledge, networks and funding readiness through growth measurement, gap analysis and deep interventions designed to build a foundation for growth, transfer skills, create relevant business networks and enable these companies to...
