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Here is why you should care more about elearning and green startups

They aren’t as flashy or sexy as providing a new social or music app gimmick, but startups and projects involved in areas such as…

Our top 20 games for iPad and Android tablets

If you own a tablet, chances are you probably have a couple of games installed on it, that is if you’re not like me…

Read this: 9 candid startup comments by Y Combinator’s Paul Graham

We write a lot about Paul Graham, the man behind the uber successful Y Combinator. Graham’s incubator, which has spawned rock star startups such…

CyanogenMod 10.2 review: flash forward

After my first test of CyanogenMod 10.2 (using Android version 4.3) there have been more than 300 commits added to the nightly builds. This,…

The ANN7 debacle: 5 startup lessons from South Africa’s latest news channel

South Africa’s latest 24-hour news channel, ANN7, has provided a lot of ammunition for the internet the last couple of weeks. It’s launch was…

‘Dots’ review: Tetris for hipsters or the best puzzler ever made?

Dots, an insanely simple and addictive game by Playdots, Inc is the best puzzler since Tetris. It’s available for Android and iOS and there…

Startup networking events: are they important?

At the centre of pretty much every startup community there are key networking events. As a startup, it can get pretty exhausting going to…

Waytag: A startup changing the way we use location services

A new South African start-up, Waytag, is setting out with the ambitious goal of revolutionising the way we think about and use addresses. Location-based…

Richard Branson on open source, Twitter and entrepreneurship: The Memeburn interview

Virgin founder Richard Branson recently slipped into South Africa to check up on some of the success stories at the Branson School of Entrepreneurship…

Six ways “Young World” entrepreneurs are changing the business landscape

A lot has been written about the “digital generation” – the cohort that grew up marinated in high tech, and whose worldview reflects their constant…

Are classified sites in Africa profitable?

You’ve probably heard of these very popular online classified sites, Craigslist and Gumtree. Both sites offer buyers and sellers an opportunity to engage in…

Startup tips from Mark Shuttleworth

South Africa is the best place to become successful says Mark Shuttleworth, who made it big when he skidded over twenty and then promptly…

Does Mark Zuckerberg need adult supervision?

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is just 26 and has done very well but his young age does often show itself in various ways….

A quick-ish guide to the SA digital agency landscape [update]

Update: Read The Memeburn guide to the SA digital agency landscape for a comprehensive and up to date look at the space. I think…

Jamiix: The Cape Flats startup that’s going global

Jamiix, a brand new social-media aggregator that was developed on Cape Town’s notoriously under-resourced and impoverished Cape Flats is launching internationally with grand ambitions…

Manifesto for web startup entrepreneurs

I’m going to apologise up front. These aren’t all original thoughts – are original thoughts still possible? I read voraciously online and I am…

The entrepreneurial illusion explained

Entrepreneur, entrepreneur, entrepreneur… You hear this word over and over again, yet few bother to look it up in the dictionary. Go on, prove…

New player enters SA online recruitment market

A new South African online-recruitment portal, “developed out of frustration with existing recruitment methods”, claims to have developed creative solutions for the difficult task…

20 hot Nigerian startups to watch

As we gradually approach the end of the first half of 2010, we are expecting to see more web 2.0 innovations and mobile-based platforms…

The Stuart Ntlathi story: A hope-filled prophecy for entrepreneurs in Africa

High profile speakers, animated presentations, and the occasional F-bomb on stage all characterised the proceedings at what is fast-becoming one of South Africa’s hottest…

Net Prophet: Africa is a sea of opportunity

Free coffee, wi-fi and pumping music tunes was how more than 800 tech geeks, freaks, entrepreneurs and industry leaders were greeted at the Net…

Where is SA’s entrepreneurial spirit?

Economically, America is almost three times larger than its nearest rival, and despite its size, it is one of the most productive economies in…

Bitcoin Surges As Market Relief Rally Meets Trump’s Crypto Backing

Insider Threats Surge In South African Organisations As AI Expands Cyber Risk

Anthropic Refuses To Let AI Spy On Customers

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

OPPO Reno15 Series Lands In South Africa With Big Cameras And Bigger Battery Ambitions

OPPO Reno15 Series Brings Flagship-Level Hardware Logic to the Mid-Tier in South Africa

HONOR’s customer first strategy is reshaping South Africa’s smartphone market

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel