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…
5 bright startups lighting up the African continent using solar power
From warding off lions in rural areas to allowing a child to study a few hours longer into the night, many startups in Africa…
Analysts: Apple will sell more than 10 million iWatches in its first year
Along side other iDevices, the long-awaited iWatch (name unconfirmed) will apparently be unveiled by tech giant Apple later today. Even though the device is…
From diapers to grilled cheese: WumDrop’s curious on-demand courier service takes on SA
A few months ago, we at Burn Media HQ discovered a curious new courier service in our neighbourhood: you can tweet to get a…
Vice Media lands $500-million in investments: what’s it doing right?
Vice, the once free indie punk mag from Montreal, Canada is today valued at more than US$2.5-billion. While everyone’s looking at what the young…
Takealot claims responsibility for death of SA’s shopping trolleys
In a stunt that it’s labelled a public confession, South African ecommerce store Takealot is claiming responsibility for the alleged death of shopping trolleys…
Nal’ibali reading campaign joins Mxit to improve SA’s literacy with new app
The Nal’ibali reading campaign has joined forces with South African based social networking platform Mxit to launch an app aimed at better distributing children’s…
Xoin introduces prepaid bitcoin to drive SA’s ecommerce and adoption
Bitcoin in Africa is brewing with potential. From Ghana to Kenya there are interesting startups trying to tackle the issue of remittances while in…
YouTube debuts Fan Funding so we can tip our favourite video channels
There are people making a living via their YouTube channels. Well, a lot more than a living actually. Twenty-four-year-old Felix Kjellberg, for instance, is…
Get a drone’s-eye view of Apple’s up-and-coming Spaceship campus
Recent footage shot using a drone and a GoPro, shows us a 360 bird’s eye view of Apple’s new campus, aptly referred to as…
7 startups hitting the right note with Africa’s musicians
There are a lot of music tech startups popping up across Africa. It shouldn’t be that surprising when you look at Nigeria, which boasts…
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