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Seed accelerator 88mph’s Nairobi director Nikolai Barnwell spoke to Ventureburn about its upcoming three-month acceleration programme in the Kenyan capital: what they look for…

We’ve long lamented over how secretive Africa’s startup communities are, especially South Africa and its crown jewel, Cape Town, which is supposed to be…

Have a sustainable business plan that needs funding? Emerging Stars might help you out. Operating mainly in emerging markets and driven by models of…

If you’ve been following the news lately, you’ve probably heard about the bank heist where more than US$45-million got sucked out of ATMs around…

An article published by The Economist earlier this year, quoted research by the pressure group, Partnership for a New American Economy, which found that…

People are spoiled for choice when it comes to email marketing services. For example, internationally there is MailChimp, iContact, Benchmark and Campaign Monitor, while…

Where there’s a problem there’s a solution. Where there’s a solution there’s a business opportunity. Understanding what the gaps and success stories are in…

It’s obvious that Africa really is pushing an entrepreneurial agenda at the moment. Africa 2.0 is entrepreneurship competition aimed at bringing together startups in…

Prodigy Finance is a fascinating company. It takes elements of micro-lending, as well as some proprietary risk-assessment practices, and applies them to MBA students…

Leave it to the Kenyans to figure out a way to connect to the internet no matter where you are and without electricity. Currently…

At first glance you might not think there is much in common between the film industry and tech startups. I’m here to tell you…

Is there a shortage of VC and angel funding in Africa? Pose the question to entrepreneurs and the answer is bound to be yes….

Pitches are nerve-rracking. The perfect pitch would probably have the ability to “plant ideas” like Leonardo diCaprio does in Inception. Sadly we don’t live…

The Western Cape region, which includes Stellenbosch and Cape Town is colloquially referred to as “Silicon Cape”, a nod to the legendary Silicon Valley…

“I am a complete capitalist.” This is how John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, opened his talk on Conscious Capitalism (also the title of…

Demo Day has come and gone for African startup accelerator 88mph and the ten startups that completed their intensive three month acceleration programme, capped…