Lenovo Southern Africa’s flagship event, Accelerate 2025, has just wrapped up in Johannesburg — and if the conversations are anything to go by, the…
Insights from a VC: Social networks overdone, but storage is hot
I spoke with Bob Ackerman, managing director of US-based Allegis Capital and a veteran Silicon Valley venture capitalist about some of the trends and…
4 ways to still be effective during holiday leave
Looking to log-off but stay connected this holiday season? Whether you’re going to be travelling locally or abroad, working from home, or having a…
Scaling: Don’t become a victim of your own success
A common issue with online startups is that they only start thinking about scalability once their site goes down. Many of the big startups…
Five difficulties facing startups in China
There’s a legend about a Chinese monk who, after years of meditating atop a high, isolated mountain, envisioned the world’s first circular disk. Careful…
