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Audi’s synthetic fuels: is this the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for?

A couple of years back, German automaker Audi quietly opened an e-gas plant in Werlte, Germany. The factory — which is run on renewable…

Kalvin Subbadu: Watch out, there’s more to come from WD South Africa

WD (the hard drive division of Western Digital Corporation) has been a big player in the storage industry since the early 1970s. The Irvine,…

Jorge Lorenzo’s in the form of his life: the weekend motorsport roundup

This weekend’s motorsport action, although contending with the lull after Monaco and Indy, was anything but stale. The NASCAR Sprint Cup series rolled on…

‘Puzzle & Dragons Z’ review: puzzling at first, addictive soon after

I’ve never been a Candy Crush fan in any guise. In fact, Tetris for me was always horrifically boring. Gasp and gawk all you…

5 customer service obstacles every startup has to overcome

Have you ever noticed how some companies seem to go out of their way to place obstacles between their customers and great service? I…

Wootware’s Rory Magee on growing ecommerce success in oversaturated market

Starting an ecommerce store in South Africa is a difficult undertaking; making it a success is a far more daunting challenge. Wootware is an…

OnePlus, Xiaomi and Lenovo: the 5 best camera smartphones for under $300

Everyone wants to capture the important moments of their lives, and they want to capture it well. That’s where smartphones are making strides in…

Want to sell stuff online? Here are 7 SA services that can help

The South African ecommerce landscape is at an exciting stage where both big players like Takealot and niche ones like League of Beers are…

5 extinct Japanese sportscars that deserve modern successors

If you’re into cars, you’ll no doubt have spent your fair share of time coveting all sorts of stunning (probably Italian) four-wheeled machinery. You…

Asus Zenfone 4 review: the best $100 Android smartphone yet

ASUS, apart from making the low-cost Nexus 7 tablets for Google, has mostly focused on high-end devices. Its PadFone lineup, which boasts of smartphones…

5 handy collaboration tools your startup team can use to be more efficient

Any startup using email as their primary mode of communication when it comes to managing projects should understand that it takes an unnecessary amount…

These are the 11 most challenging boss battles of all time

I’ve been gaming since before I could read, and if I could have played Game Boy as a Foetus (Womb Raider?), I would have….

These are the 7 youngest drivers in F1 history

News has broken that Max Verstappen, currently 16 years old, has been signed up to race for the Toro Rosso team for the 2015…

Are there lessons for startups in the demise of African Bank?

In times of distress, institutions have curators to look after them, people don’t. This is perhaps the biggest lesson for consumers from the African…

Huawei Ascend P7 review: mid-range supremacy

I’m obsessed with the singularity, a moment in time where the known universe suddenly vanishes as it coalescences into one star-filled mass of pure…

5 racers who didn’t let disability dent their need for speed

Losing a limb, or a critical sense, is something that strikes fear into the hearts of most fully-abled people. Understandably so too, given that…

AppyEverAfter is the wedding app that plans everything from ‘Yes’ to ‘I do’

Weddings are a big deal. Rightly so, apart from consolidating love and all that, the wedding market scoops up a massive US$50-billion in the…

[Exclusive] Fresh off the Dragons’ Den set: Ventureburn chats to Vinny Lingham

The announcement of the judges for the South African version of Dragons’ Den was pretty much the headline news of the week in the…

7 extremely affordable Android smartphones for students

If you’re still using a regular old “dumb” phone, it might be time to move into the future with a device that’s more up…

6 clever tech startups trying to pop Africa’s remittance bubble

Remittance is a massive cash cow in Africa and the rest of the developing world. The service fees for transacting money from across the…

Canon PowerShot S200 review: cool camera with worthless WiFi transfer

With smartphones and their apps taking over so many tasks previously managed by other methods and equipment, the question to ask is if we…

Grindstone reports 61% increase in revenue for all its companies

A little more than a year ago, I had breakfast with Keet Van Zyl, from Knife Capital. He told me he was about to…

Placing your bets: 5 BRICS startups making it big that you need to know about

If I ask you to name one startup from each of the BRICS countries, chances are you will stutter Alibaba, maybe Vkontakte, and then…

High End Devices Unlock Superior Mobile Experiences in South Africa

South Africa Sees 77% Surge in Demand for AI Skills

Samsung Launches the Galaxy A07 Built for Every Challenge

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

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel