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Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are born on the continent and empower its citizens. In this, the fourth instalment…

In the last few years, tech companies have jumped the wearable tech bandwagon with popular gadgets like the Fitbit or Samsung’s Gear Fit. There…

Expanding into Africa? Many growing companies are and when they do so, the first real tests of their enterprise resource planning solutions start to…

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are affecting the continent and empowering African people. About 12 years ago, I made…

Mention legal risk to an SME business owner and you can literally see them cringe. While the perceived challenge of legal and compliance issues…

Seventeenth century English coffee-houses, to quote Steven Johnson, were places where people “would get together from different fields of expertise and their ideas could…

Right now, the energy industry in sub-Saharan Africa is at a crossroads. Faced with booming demand from a growing industrial sector, urbanisation and an…

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are affecting the continent and empowering African people. Non-profits are important and harnessing the…

For the South African government to achieve its goal of creating five million jobs over ten years, the SME sector would need to grow…

Big match temperament is a prerequisite for entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur you have to make big decisions on a daily basis that impact various…

The concept of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) is one of those terms which has ruled the headlines over the last few years. These flying…

A new Ghana-based startup wants to give small African businesses a leg up via an online portal that provides tools and resources for financial…

Built in Africa focuses on entrepreneurs, startups and technologies that are born on the continent and empower the continent’s citizens. Online communities and discussion…

Being a director of a small to medium enterprise (SME) is both a science and an art. While it requires the same fundamental skills…