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Launched earlier this month, Refer A Developer is a job board with a two-punch pitch. To start, it’s only for developers and secondly, it…

Technology: the great equaliser. It can empower so many players in an industry, from buyers and sellers to suppliers and competitors. It can cheapen…

In my book, there are two types of entrepreneurs — the serious variety who use technology and innovation to disrupt industries and deliver major…

So we have told South African startups what’s what when it comes to the happenings of the country’s startup ecosystem. People have been asking…

Founders of rapidly growing startups often reach a point where the company consumes their every thought. Sleepless nights are spent fretting over growing complexities…

Think what the future of transport will look like in South Africa in a few decades time. Okay, there probably won’t be flying cars…

There is a lot of talk about the great “African Growth Story”, but talk is one thing, when it comes to actually participating, the…

For the past five years, entrepreneur and media mogul Trevor Ncube has advocated for a “Third Way” in Zimbabwean politics. Disillusioned and disappointed with…

If Uber hasn’t launched in your city yet then you are missing something, because in the last few months the mobile based private car…

Whether it’s information-led mobile startups, innovative ways of distributing crucial equipment or finding better ways of gathering health-related data, these award-winning startups use science…

Africa’s internet scene is growing, Africans are building killer apps and innovating in amazing ways. One of the pioneers leading Africa into a new…

Startups get a lot of attention from the industry. Simple as that. They are the sexier, jazzier, more vulnerable babies that the media gets…

New trends in technology are making it possible for organisations to engage with their employees on a deeper level, making the employees more likely…

What where you doing at 15? What about at 19? Or 22? If you are one of these 12 entrepreneurs, the answer is: changing…

They aren’t as flashy or sexy as providing a new social or music app gimmick, but startups and projects involved in areas such as…

We write a lot about Paul Graham, the man behind the uber successful Y Combinator. Graham’s incubator, which has spawned rock star startups such…