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Following a long four-day road trip, eight startups from StartupBus Africa pitched their ideas to a group of investors at eKasi, Khayelitsha, South Africa…

Security is an ever-present constant for any business, and in spite of the fact that it is often underrated, it has the capacity to…

There is a surge of transportation mobile apps kicking off in South Africa using technologies such as GPS and mobile data to connect potential…

Every now and again a startup comes along that is doing something really great — a fledgling business both exciting and promising, and yet,…

The global video game market was valued at US$65-billion in 2011, US$79 billion in 2012, and is expected to reach US$93 billion this year….

MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, recently held a conference in Silicon Valley that focused on innovation, monetisation and growth. At…

The instant you put a .com next to your company name, your business is open to the entire world. Hell, any domain would do….

At business school they taught me that diversity in the workplace is a good thing. I can still remember the intensity on my lecturer’s…

If there’s one thing you could argue is more important than your startup’s brand it’s your personal brand as a founder and entrepreneur. This…

Marketing is not a new concept. For thousands of years human beings have employed a variety of tactics to entice the interest of potential…

Failure is the taboo, unacknowledged elephant in every organisation-especially in larger companies. When organisations don’t allow their employees to fail, they are paying lip…

We all know that Hollywood tends to dramatize things. It isn’t any different when it comes to portraying the plight of the entrepreneur. Many…

The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending space in South Africa is heating up. A Johannesburg-based startup called Yiba, an acronym for “You’re Invited Banks Aren’t”, is…

Any startup that has not embraced the digital revolution will find it increasingly harder to captivate and retain their target audience. In fact, the…