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Tips from a successful Ghanian exit: Q&A with Saya Mobile founder Robert Lamptey

Last year, the Ghana-based developer of mobile messaging apps for feature phones, Saya Mobile, was acquired by Kirusa from the States. Founded in 2011,…

10 movies that predicted and inspired the future of tech

Since the days of Jules Verne — author of Around the World in Eighty Days, and the like — science fiction has been trying…

5 super-luxurious SUVs that ask the question: who needs a limousine?

A generous handful of people out there are wealthy enough to pay someone else to drive them around. And, no, summoning an Uber driver…

Windows 10 updates, ‘Mad Max’ mayhem and ‘GTA V’ wildlife: the TGIF Video Roundup

TGIF, and we really shouldn’t be at work, but that won’t stop us from gandering through the week’s best tech, gadget and gaming videos,…

Do startup founders make great CEOs?

Calling yourself a CEO is easy. All it takes is getting a stack of business cards made, and slapping your name and the CEO…

Bitcoin’s first killer app? Bankymoon lets you pay your utility bills in digital currency

We’re living in a world where everything’s being labeled as smart. From our phones to watches and even our cars. But something that’s really…

The Citroen C4 Cactus: first impressions

There was a very brief period in the early years of the new millennium when Citroen, always a benchmark for automotive innovation, produced boring…

Red-E PowerBank review: smartphone charging on the go

While smartphones and other mobile devices have been growing in speed and utility in the past decade, their overtaxed batteries often struggle to keep…

Ideas to reality: 5 free tools to build your own prototype (and potential startup)

We all have these ideas that we think could change our world but never do. Ideas that lie dormant and ultimately die. It’s sad,…

8 unusual cars (and a tank) you need to drive before you die [pt 1 of 2]

What’s life as a petrolhead without an unrealistic dream garage or a bucket-list to conquer the world’s best driving roads? The former is nearly…

Africa isn’t in need of saving: it will likely save itself, it just needs better execution

There is a very popular notion that Africa hasn’t been able to shirk for some time now, namely that it’s a dark continent in…

5 open world games we’re dying to play

Have you noticed? Open world is all the rage these days. The increased number of open world games in development seems to have sky-rocketed,…

NowFloats lets you create a business website with an app or SMS

NowFloats is an ambitious startup coming out of India — with offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi — that wants to help SMEs across the…

5 games that were sadly absent from E3 2014

E3 2014 provided us with many insights and glimpses into the near future of gaming, striking the chords of our inner gamer. But some…

7 of the ugliest concept cars ever conceived

Look, we get it. Concept cars are designed to be daring. They’re meant to push boundaries. By definition, they’re spawned to test public reaction,…

HTC Desire 816 Review: the mid-range phablet that makes sense

HTC’s focus on its high-end One line-up of smartphones didn’t work out very well. Now, the embattled Taiwanese phone maker is renewing its focus…

How Social Business Software connects and enables distributed teams

In today’s operating environment the ability to bring dispersed teams together is becoming a critical business advantage. Teams (focused on, for example, software development…

The Volvo V40 Cross Country T5 AWD: wave goodbye to Mr Tweed

There was a time when Volvo cars were driven by aging men in tweed jackets, who usually owned more than one long haired dog,…

A handshake isn’t enough: what happens when investors back out

Recently I had the opportunity to raise a small round of seed funding for my subscription sock company, NicSocks.com. The figure was about US$25…

7 things you really ought to know about Apple’s iPhone 6

In 2007, a Steve Jobs-led Apple announced “Project Purple,” the codenamed operation that would eventually spawn the original iPhone. After its official launch a…

8 common car features that could soon be consigned to history’s scrap heap

Confession time: I own a little vehicle bolted together back in the early 1970s. It was my first car and faithfully served as my…

Tom Happ, creator of indie game Axiom Verge, on his ‘vessel of consciousness and reality’

Axiom Verge is the sort of retro, independently created game anyone with a heart and an itching for exploration should take note of. Its…

Save, scale, secure: why small businesses should take to the cloud

The internet has changed all aspects of our lives. From how we bank, get around, or communicate with friends, or even — as I…

ASUS and AMD Launch AI-Driven Expert P Series PCs for South African SMBs

Calls vs Puts: Understanding the Two Types of Options

HONOR celebrates Amajita’s AFCON win with 400 Lite smartphone drop