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Media24 announces plans for major print closures and layoffs

Media24 has announced plans to close five magazines and several newspapers, as well as additional restructuring that will affect over 500 staff members. The…

Are young Africans getting access to entrepreneurial training early enough? [Sponsored]

How soon after they start school should African youth be taught about entrepreneurship? Junior Achievement Africa CEO Elizabeth Bintliff (pictured above) says young Africans are…

Africa needs more incubators, accelerators to nurture young entrepreneurs [Sponsored]

How best can policy makers on the continent encourage and support young Africans to start and run their own businesses? Young Entrepreneurs Network (YEN)…

Anzisha Prize announces top 20 young African entrepreneurs of 2019 [Sponsored]

Meet Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs whose ideas are re-imagining the future of the continent After months of searching the African continent, the Anzisha Prize has…

Here’s what goes on behind Anzisha’s Prize winner selection process [Sponsored]

Ever wondered how the winners of the Anzisha Prize are selected? The prize, an initiative of the African Leadership Academy and the Mastercard Foundation,…

Encourage entrepreneurial mindset at young age to beat joblessness says expert [Sponsored]

South Africa’s unemployment rate is sitting at a scary 11-year high. In the second quarter it stood at 29%, up 1.4 percentage points from…

Can entrepreneurial parents inspire their children to follow in their footsteps? [Sponsored]

Does it make a difference who your parents are if you’re looking to start a business? To what degree do parents influence the chances…

Here’s how Uganda’s RideLink grew its revenue by pivoting from a B2C to B2B model [Sponsored]

A pivot from a business-to-consumer (B2C) to a business-to-business (B2B) model helped Ugandan on-demand transport service RideLink grow its revenue says founder and head…

Award has helped give social enterprise wider recognition says former refugee [Sponsored]

Before she arrived at Kyaka II at the age of nine, former Rwandan refugee Vanessa Ishimwe had a “wonderful life”. After fleeing Rwanda with…

People thought award winning entrepreneur was ‘crazy’ when he started business [Sponsored]

Would you still pursue an innovative business idea if those in your community thought you were crazy to try? This is exactly what a…

Tips from four young African entrepreneurs on running startups [Sponsored]

Running a business, no matter how old you are, is no easy feat. As an entrepreneur not only do you have to deal with…

ALA alumni, Anzisha Fellows set to benefit from $500k Young Entrepreneurs Fund [Sponsored]

African Leadership Academy (ALA) alumni, Anzisha Fellows and individuals who have participated in any of ALA’s programmes are set to benefit from a $500…

Investors are knocking at door of tech startup founder who once sold wire cars [Sponsored]

Twenty-four year old South African Karidas Tshintsholo may have grown up in a shack selling wire cars, but his agritech startup Khula! is now in…

Easyburse set on being go to platform for students seeking funding, jobs [Sponsored]

In recent years South Africa has been rocked by a series of “Fees Must Fall” protests which has seen students across the country protest…

University incubators, hubs young African entrepreneurs should know about [Sponsored]

When Njabulo Mthanti, 22, registered his business last year he was keen to join the University of Pretoria’s business incubator TuksNovation as quickly as…

Startups have until midnight to enter 2018 Ventureburn Survey, win iPhone X

SA startups have until midnight today, Monday (5 November) to enter the 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey. In addition, Ventureburn has now added two new prizes to encourage…

Enter the 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey and win!

Ventureburn, in partnership with Telkom Futuremakers and analytics company Qurio, is proud to announce the launch of the 2018 Ventureburn Tech Startup Survey. Following…

Surge in black entrepreneurs, Gauteng challenges Silicon Cape as startup capital

Gauteng is now home to 44% of tech startup founders — behind the Western Cape’s 47%. The percentage of black startups has risen from…

Enter the 2017 Ventureburn Startup Survey and win an iPhone 8, more!

Ventureburn, in partnership with Telkom Futuremakers and analytics company Qurio, is proud to announce the launch of the second annual Ventureburn Startup Survey. We are looking again to…

MiniMeme Podcast #7: Young entrepreneur Shivad Singh on what it takes to make it

Welcome to MiniMeme, the podcast in which Burn Media’s junior staff talk whatever is tickling their fancy this week. This week, the team welcomes…

SNAPnSAVE hits 150 000 downloads, R1m in cash returns

South African loyalty shopping app SNAPnSAVE today announced that it has reached a new cash-back milestone of R1-million given to shoppers subscribed to its…

Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa [Digital All Stars]

Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…

The importance of digital finance for financial inclusion in South Africa

The Banking Association of South Africa defines Financial Inclusion as a development that improves the “range, quality and availability of financial services and products…

Ster-Kinekor launches drive-in experience in Cape Town

Telkom launches call centre to help you cancel services

SA 4IR startup LayUp creates unique payment solution

To thrive in a pandemic, you need to reinvent your business [Opinion]

Absa supports SA tech entrepreneur initiative

Cyberpunk 2077: Everything you need to know

Huawei bringing major discounts to Black Friday sale [Sponsored]

South Africans can now buy Epic Games Store titles using Rands

Honda WV-R: High-riding ‘Jazz’ now in South Africa

The new Hyundai i10 is a Grand deal

Prado: Better engine for Toyota’s ‘junior’ Land Cruiser