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Google pledges $25million for projects for women: SA organisations invited to apply

Google has announced that it will award $25 million in cash grants to non-profits and social organisations in its new Impact Challenge (GIC) for…

Google provides emergency grants to 25 South African publications

After announcing the global Google News Initiative Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) earlier this year, Google South Africa has detailed the 25 local publications…

innovateAFRICA: 22 media projects get share of $1m

Twenty-two projects in the field of journalism have been selected by innovateAFRICA.fund to receive a share of US$1-million in funding and support. “The world…

Eaze: weed-delivery startup gets $13m in funding

Who says you have to visit a dispensary to get the Devil’s Lettuce? Certainly not the people behind Eaze, which promises to get the…

BREAKING: Daily Maverick gets R12m funding round

The holding company for local online news publication the Daily Maverick has announced the conclusion of a R12-million funding round. The round comes in the…

The ethics of crowdfunding: should sites just say no to some campaigns?

The crowdfunding landscape has grown enormously. In 2014 alone, projects on Kickstarter raised US$529-million. According to Massolution’s 2015CF-Crowdfunding Industry Report, in 2014 the global…

Lyft raises $530m in funding, is now worth $2.5bn

Ride hailing is almost sysnonymous with Uber, owing largely to its controversies and rapid expansion. But there are other major players in the space….

WorldRemit raises $100-million in funding to drive its global growth

WorldRemit, an online money transfer service, is making a vigorous entry into the African mobile money service market. The service has completed a funding…

AngelHub: Investors come together to foster startup growth

You may believe tech creates jobs, you may believe it destroys jobs. Whatever the case, we know that in the tech world we are…

Four things Africa has to get right to guarantee future innovation

Fail to innovate and you will simply be left behind. As I previously noted, this is especially the case for the African continent. Africa…

Funding your business: 8 ways to win over VCs

In the world of venture capital (VC), ideas are plentiful but fundable businesses are hard to find. Despite the perception, VCs do not fund…

5 Common mistakes startups make when applying for funding

There is a perception among entrepreneurs that a revolutionary idea is enough to secure the venture capital needed to kick-start their businesses. This is…

Why most startups fail … and here’s how not to

It’s easy to think of the latest startup like a pimple in the middle of your forehead: you wake up one morning and it’s…

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