F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Recruitment marketplace OfferZen sees fantastic growth in SA dev sector
Since Ventureburn last caught up with recruitment marketplace OfferZen in January, the Cape Town-based company has been flaunting some impressive growth. It has strengthened…
India bans Facebook free internet services
The world’s largest democracy has finally taken a stance on free internet services. This comes after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on…
BREAKING: Vox buys out SA cloud marketing outfit Everlytic
One of South Africa’s leading telcos, Vox, has just acquired a majority stake in local cloud communications startup, Everlytic. The buyout comes in the…
This Google-backed startup from SA is training thousands of coders
If South Africa is to really become a knowledge economy, it seriously needs to develop the youth’s Computer Science skills. That’s a no-brainer. But…
Meet the SA-born chaps who built a Slack for developers
Chat rooms used to be popular hangouts for cyber dating, gaming and a whole bunch of things. Today, they’ve undergone a professional makeover. They’ve…
No plans for SA Gigafactory: Tesla confirms
As much as South Africans would like to see their electricity woes disappear with the construction of a lithium-ion battery factory, it’s unlikely to…
Programme fosters pool of tech talent to address SA unemployment
Nomusa Sithole has a diploma, but struggled to secure a job in the field she studied for. She ended up working at a restaurant…
OfferZen wants to be the curated marketplace for SA’s top devs, top companies
It’s not easy finding the job you deserve in South Africa, especially if you’re a talented developer exposed to what’s on offer in, say,…
The year of mobile? 9 of Africa’s most exciting startup investments of 2015
If you ever doubted the significance of mobile innovations in Africa, then this year’s developments are likely change your mind once and for all….
Banking on ecommerce growth in SA — Q&A with The Foschini Group’s Brent Curry
Even though South Africa’s ecommerce sector is estimated to estimated to make up only one percent of the total market for consumer goods, we’ve…
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