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		<title>New startup 22seven under fire from banks [Updated]</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Atagana: Managing Ed.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The high-profile launch of new financial management startup 22seven has faced some early criticism, from the very institutions it relies on: The banks. Prolific tweeter and CEO of First National Bank (FNB) Michael Jordaan tweeted yesterday that he thought 22seven was a &#8220;cool concept&#8221;, but warned &#8220;against disclosing password(s) to any 3rd party&#8221;. He ended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>22seven, the gamification of personal finances</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2012/01/breaking-news-22seven-the-gamification-of-personal-finances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The well-known founder of the pioneering online bank 20Twenty Christo Davel is hitting the market with a new startup, also in the financial management space. 20Twenty was an acclaimed South African online banking platform and an acknowledged leader for its time, but eventually went under when its bricks-and-mortar backing bank, Saambou, collapsed. 20Twenty was later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Triloq paves the way with virtual credit cards, email bill payments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online shopping was a pain before I got my first credit card. Painstakingly transferring money from my bank account to an online vendor is not ideal. With a credit card though, online shopping becomes easy. For the unlucky few who cannot get a credit card, online shopping dreams are dashed. Not so, says Triloq Payment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Thrills: doing eCommerce the natural way</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/body-thrills-doing-ecommerce-the-natural-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nur Bremmen: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural Body product company Body Thrills launched recently launched its eCommerce play. The site, formerly a blog with a basic ordering form, has rebranded and gone full eCommerce just in time for the holiday buying season. We sat down with majority shareholder and founder, Tamaryn Watkins, to get the scoop behind their products and approach: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airborne, the viral solution to music distribution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music, now more than ever before, needs to make its mark in an ever-fickle market. Rampant piracy, combined with legal downloads and streaming services, have all but destroyed the traditional revenue market for music. This is where a website like Airborne steps in. Why AirBorne? Because &#8220;Music is the virus, and the virus is AirBorne.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>App development made easy with Tappnology</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/12/tappnology-app-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[App stores are big business and with US$15-billion in revenue expected to pour into their combined coffers by 2012, everyone is looking for a slice of tasty, app pie. Especially the Dube brothers, Fredrick and Michael, creators of startup Tappnology. They promise &#8220;to go the extra mile to make sure your application shines&#8221;. Enthusiasm we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lights out for Powertime in Cape Town</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/powertime-cape-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Powertime, a South African mobile and web-based prepaid electricity vendor, is in trouble. As users in the Western Cape may or may not know, they are no longer able to purchase electricity online. This issue lies not with Powertime, but with the government of the Western Cape, or more specifically, the municipalities. Powertime launched two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Army: Gunning for the big time</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/this-army-gunning-for-the-big-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruan Benade</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Army first launched Tank five years ago as a hosted site-builder application in an already competitive DIY web publishing arena. Slowly but surely it gained a following in the local market, mostly spread by word-of-mouth amongst the creative crowd. The simple, minimal designs and a certain “less is more” approach has seen it gradually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coachingmill.com brings online sports strategies to the masses</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/coachingmill-com-brings-online-sports-strategies-to-the-masses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Norris: Staff reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a hard life being a coach. When the team wins, everyone&#8217;s dreading your next loss. When your team loses, you are raked through the coals by anyone within earshot of your failure. Logically, startup CoachingMill.com navigates these wins and failures, turning it into pure strategy thanks to the magic of online coaching. Its aim [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA director wins digital innovation prize for mobile concept</title>
		<link>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/sa-director-wins-digital-innovation-prize-for-mobile-concept/</link>
		<comments>http://memeburn.com/2011/11/sa-director-wins-digital-innovation-prize-for-mobile-concept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staff Reporter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hajira Cassim, a trainee South African director was announced as one of the winners in the Not-For-Profit Digital Innovators Award category at ITU Telecom World 2011. Cassim was a winner out of 45 finalists from 22 countries around the world. Held in Geneva, Switzerland, Telecom World is one of the globe&#8217;s most important events, brought [...]]]></description>
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