The U.S. government’s decision to ban TikTok, the immensely popular short-form video app owned by China’s ByteDance, has sent shockwaves through the tech industry,…
HealthQ: groundbreaking African startup launches, attracts funding, blows minds
When we broke the story about HealthQ’s open source metabolic chamber — the first of its kind in the world — we came away…
Quicket: ticketing service claims lowest commission charges in industry
We love Quicket, the ticketing service that allows you to sell tickets for your event and promote it online. Create an event page, promote…
African company constructs world’s first open-source metabolic chamber
HealthQ Technologies, a high-tech startup facility based in Stellenbosch, South Africa, claims to have constructed the first open-source metabolic chamber in the world. The…
Mimiboard: an African hyper-local ad network and social platform
With Mimiboards, Umuntu Media is re-imagining the humble noticeboard. You can think of a Mimiboard (pronounced me-me board) as a geographically sensitive, virtual noticeboard….
Can Silicon Valley be repeated in Africa? Ventureburn asks IBM’s Martin Kelly
IBM’s Venture Capital Group is a really interesting cog in the startup machine. It’s not a fund and yet, through it, IBM has managed…
Samsung’s solar-powered classroom laden with gadget swag is amazing
“One word: Wow!,” exclaims a student in a promotional video showing learners’ reactions to Samsung’s Solar Powered Internet School. For a group of students…
What’s for dinner? Decide with Daily Dish, the service that shops for you
Daily Dish is as a menu planning and grocery shopping service for “busy people” who want to eat delicious, “cook-it-yourself” food at home. We’d…
5ounces: flash sale eCommerce for gourmet food and wine lovers
There’s a new time-sensitive, gourmet food and wine eCommerce site on the block, and it’s called 5ounces — the standard, one-fifth measurement of a…
Missed WordCamp Cape Town? Here’s a complete recap
330 WordPress hackers, fans and the CMS curious made the pilgrimage down to the fourth annual Cape Town chapter of WordCamp, the informal community-driven…
Are social metrics really affecting SEO? [WordCamp]
So then, do link sharing on social media services like Twitter, Facebook and Google+ actually have an effect on our posts’ search engine rankings?…
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