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Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are affecting the continent and empowering the African people. When you look at the…

In my last column, I discussed the key differences between a craft and an enterprise and explained why an SMME can only become truly…

It’s no secret that South Africa’s ecommerce is on the verge of booming. With the industry said to be growing by 30% a year…

I was recently asked whether I felt that the closure of the four online shopping portals — SA Camera, Style36, 5 Rooms and Kinderelo…

Entrepreneurship means setting sail on a whirlwind adventure without a boat and the hope that you’ll be able to build a ship along the…

When choosing to go into business, the majority of individuals often make this decision in order to move away from a ‘job’ and towards…

Follow the #WDC2014 hashtag or if you’re not technically inclined, just look out for the massive yellow circles dotted all over South Africa’s Mother…

It’s starting to get redundant to say tech is big in Africa. Of course tech is big in Africa. Tech is big everywhere –…

A sophisticated pill bottle that harnesses the internet of things by glowing when medication is required, failing which an audible alarm is activated, before…

With the evolution of cloud services over the years, entrepreneurs from across the world can compete with each other by simply having access to…

To many small and medium business owners, even the word ‘governance’ sounds scary and Victorian. However, despite popular opinion, the value the governance process…

When the ecommerce boom first hit, retailers scrambled to develop an online presence. Whole departments were created to manage this separate branch of commerce…

As Microsoft charts a new course under Satya Nadella, the company’s former head and now Microsoft board member, Steve Ballmer, has been candid about…

If you had to pick any industry that Africa seems to have clung onto since its tech boom, it has to be ecommerce. For…