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Dare to dream, dare to fail: 4 lessons from Adelaide Potgieter’s MadWorld

South African entrepreneur and the founder of creative agency group MadWorld, Adelaide Potgieter, is very daring. In between rocky roads of the past, vulnerabilities,…

EGE 2015: fuelling Cape Town’s growing hunger for gaming and tech

This past weekend I attended the Electronic and Gaming Expo (EGE) at the CTICC, the first major expo of its kind to take place…

Africa’s the new China — here’s why investors should care

Apart from the fact that one is a continent and the other a country, Africa is the new China. This seems like an odd…

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…

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…

We dissect the brand-new Bloodborne gameplay trailer

There are at least 10 quality games coming out for the PS4 in 2014 and one incredible game releasing “early 2015.” That game is…

7 crazy fuel alternatives that didn’t catch on

Utter the words “alternative fuels”, and most people will immediately think of hybrids, electric cars and hydrogen-powered vehicles. But what about potential fuel sources…

OurHood is building online communities so we can get to know our neighbours better

The sharing economy is a really exciting concept. The idea has been around for a decade now and popularised by internet startups like the…

Strontium Nitro Plus 64GB microSDXC review: the gold-plated standard

A storage card is a storage card, right? Well, not entirely. They’re integral components in the mobile device ecosystem but are an often overlooked…

6 tech gods and the cars they drive

One of the benefits of making it big in the world of tech is that you get to buy a fancy car. All those…

5 reasons why South African entrepreneurs should think twice before entering the local Dragons’ Den

South Africa is getting its own version of the hit reality series Dragons’ Den. Business giants Lebo Gunguluza, Vusi Thembekwayo, Polo Leteka Radebe, Gil…

5 really innovative cars built by students

I don’t know about you, but most of my student years were spent trying to do as little as was humanly possible. Long blissful…

14 of the most spectacular gaming tattoos you’ll find online today

Those of us who are gamers know what it’s like to be a super fan of a certain game, and if you’re like me…

OnePlus One vs Xiaomi Mi 3: the budget flagship battle

Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi and OnePlus are giving a hard time to well-known international brands like Samsung, LG and Sony by pushing out some really…

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