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China has long been the dominant — and certainly the most visible — investor in Africa’s growing industries. But 2015 saw increased investments from…

Customer satisfaction is by far one of the most important aspects of a successful business. If a company falls short on accommodating the needs…

Startup wave has hit the world and given birth to various big and small ecommerce websites. Following this, everyone aspires to build Etsy like…

Even if you have invented a unique product or plan to provide a service nobody else has thought of, ideas alone aren’t enough to…

Selling your business is a big step and one many business owners consider from time to time. Cashing in on the labours of your…

Musicians want to go to the Grammys and actors dream of winning Oscars. For tech startups in West Africa, WAMAs is set to be…

Purchasing a mattress can be a tiring, frustrating process; there are a lot of sales hoops to jump through. Ideo is the startup looking to…

One of South Africa’s leading telcos, Vox, has just acquired a majority stake in local cloud communications startup, Everlytic. The buyout comes in the…

If South Africa is to really become a knowledge economy, it seriously needs to develop the youth’s Computer Science skills. That’s a no-brainer. But…

When first starting out in business, the temptation can be to run headlong into making your product and your brand as popular as possible…

If you are planning to deploy mobile commerce in 2016, there are certain key elements that you will need to get right in order…

We all know that we face some unique challenges in Africa, driven by the lack of access to market and the relatively small skills…

Any economic news out of China makes waves in markets around the world, particularly when it’s bad. Last year’s slowdown prompted furrowed brows across…

The following is an adapted version of a talk done by Clive Butkow from Grovest at the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the…