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When you’re out saving the world, it sometimes helps to imagine that you’re a superhero. The startup world is bright and exciting — full…

Like the famous coffee houses of the 1800s, co-working spaces for tech startups are the modern repositories where ideas can grow, projects become startups…

The Revolution Route, one of the routes on VoiceMap, begins at the Grand Parade, right at the bottom of the statue of Edward VII,…

From warding off lions in rural areas to allowing a child to study a few hours longer into the night, many startups in Africa…

We always enter spring with a renewed sense of optimism and hope, and it’s a time of rebirth, renewal and new growth. While you…

A few months ago, we at Burn Media HQ discovered a curious new courier service in our neighbourhood: you can tweet to get a…

And it’s probably not bitcoin. In the last couple of years, startups – especially within the tech sector – have (finally) been given a…

Long ago in a world far, far away (Cape Town, 2010), I started and ran a group buying website. Yes, I was taken in…

Bitcoin in Africa is brewing with potential. From Ghana to Kenya there are interesting startups trying to tackle the issue of remittances while in…

The day has come. You’ve founded, built and decided to sell your company. It’s been your baby for a few years and you’re happy…

There are a lot of music tech startups popping up across Africa. It shouldn’t be that surprising when you look at Nigeria, which boasts…