| Date | Title | Description |
| 05.10.2023 | How startups are trying to address SA’s healthcare access gap | Healthcare startups in South Africa are playing their part in helping to address the inequality in the country’s healthcare sector.
As the world’s most unequal country, South Africa’s lopsided wealth distribution has created a two-tiered he... |
| 17.07.2022 | South Africa: Technology and Home Visits Can Help South Africans With Diabetes Cope With Insulin | Approximately 4.5 million South Africans have type 2 diabetes - a condition characterised by high levels of sugar in the blood. It can be treated with drugs and managed through healthy eating and exercise. But if it's not managed well, it c... |
| 08.03.2022 | Technology And Home Visits Can Help South Africans With Diabetes Cope With Insulin | Insulin refusal is high among some patients. Shutterstock |
| 07.09.2021 | Ingrid Olivier Vorster Joins SPAN Digital as Managing Director | Ingrid Olivier Vorster, Managing Director, SPAN Digital We are delighted to have Ingrid join our team. SPAN is at a critical juncture in its growth and development. Ingrid is a business leader who brings a wealth of experience and expertise... |
| 13.04.2021 | SA venture capital firm HAVAÍC invests in Kenyan start-up | HAVAÍC partner Rob Heath.
Cape Town-based venture capital (VC) firm HAVAÍC has invested an undisclosed amount of funding into Kenyan agency banking
BANKING UC-Wireless is a solutions-based distributor for integrated wireless communications ... |
| 29.10.2019 | Here are the winners of the 2019 MTN App of the Year Awards | Johannesburg-based insurtech startup Naked has emerged the overall winner of this year’s MTN App Awards. This, after it scooped the best financial solution and best app accolades.
The awards were held last Thursday at the Sandton Conventio... |
| 29.10.2019 | Here are the winners of the 2019 MTN App of the Year Awards | Johannesburg-based insurtech startup Naked has emerged the overall winner of this year’s MTN App Awards. This, after it scooped the best financial solution and best app accolades.
The awards were held last Thursday at the Sandton Convention... |
| 09.10.2019 | AppsAfrica Innovation Awards Finalists Announced | Share this:
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| 24.10.2018 | Pick a sector, add internet and your firm could be worth millions [Opinion] | Given all the press, you would be forgiven for thinking that startups were have only become a thing in the last 20 years. The reality is that startups have existed in all shapes and forms since the beginning of time. Some fail and some are ... |
| 24.10.2018 | Pick a sector, add internet and your firm could be worth millions [Opinion] | Given all the press, you would be forgiven for thinking that startups were have only become a thing in the last 20 years. The reality is that startups have existed in all shapes and forms since the beginning of time. Some fail and some are ... |
| 28.08.2018 | Indonesian unicorn shows Silicon Valley model can’t beat going local [Opinion] | It is said that Jakartans spend 10 years of their life in traffic. The populous and fast growing Indonesian capital city is a sweaty, gridlocked cacophony of just about every type of vehicle you can think of.
It’s a problem that has been n... |
| 28.08.2018 | Indonesian unicorn shows Silicon Valley model can’t beat going local [Opinion] | It is said that Jakartans spend 10 years of their life in traffic. The populous and fast growing Indonesian capital city is a sweaty, gridlocked cacophony of just about every type of vehicle you can think of.
It’s a problem that has been no... |
| 28.05.2018 | HAVAÍC holds onto five investments despite two offers, says Ian Lessem [Q&A] | While Cape Town venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC has yet to exit any of its five portfolio investments, it has had two opportunities to do so since launching about two and a half years ago, says the VC’s CEO Ian Lessem.
Lessem told Vent... |
| 28.05.2018 | HAVAÍC holds onto five investments despite two offers, says Ian Lessem [Q&A] | While Cape Town venture capital (VC) company HAVAÍC has yet to exit any of its five portfolio investments, it has had two opportunities to do so since launching about two and a half years ago, says the VC’s CEO Ian Lessem.
Lessem told Ventu... |
| 17.05.2018 | Sanofi announces the 10 African startups set to pitch at VivaTech | Global biopharmaceutical firm and Viva Technology partner Sanofi has announced the 10 African startups selected as finalists in its Sanofi Afric@Tech initiative.
The finalists are set to pitch their health innovations before a panel later ... |
| 17.05.2018 | Sanofi announces the 10 African startups set to pitch at VivaTech | Global biopharmaceutical firm and Viva Technology partner Sanofi has announced the 10 African startups selected as finalists in its Sanofi Afric@Tech initiative.
The finalists are set to pitch their health innovations before a panel later t... |
| 12.04.2018 | Vula Mobile’s new revenue model, plans to raise $500 000, help 100k patients | Medical referral startup Vula Mobile is working on the development of a new partnership-based commercial revenue model, with plans to raise $500 000 and assist a minimum of 100 000 patients this year, says the startup’s founder Dr William M... |
| 12.04.2018 | Vula Mobile’s new revenue model, plans to raise $500 000, help 100k patients | Medical referral startup Vula Mobile is working on the development of a new partnership-based commercial revenue model, with plans to raise $500 000 and assist a minimum of 100 000 patients this year, says the startup’s founder Dr William M... |
| 10.04.2018 | Healthtech startup Vula Mobile raises R1m after partnering with HAVAÍC | Medical referral startup Vula Mobile has raised R1-million in a seed round after partnering with Cape Town-based investment and advisory firm HAVAÍC.
Vula, which was founded in 2014 by Dr William Mapham, enables health workers — particularl... |
| 10.04.2018 | Healthtech startup Vula Mobile raises R1m after partnering with HAVAÍC | Medical referral startup Vula Mobile has raised R1-million in a seed round after partnering with Cape Town-based investment and advisory firm HAVAÍC.
Vula, which was founded in 2014 by Dr William Mapham, enables health workers — particular... |
| 05.04.2018 | 7 South African healthtech startups to watch in 2018 [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 05.04.2018 | 7 South African healthtech startups to watch in 2018 [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 16.03.2018 | Here’s how you can win a share of $1m at 2018 African Entrepreneurship Awards | Keen on winning a share of US$1-million as well as mentorship that will help you launch or grow your business in Africa? Then you’ll want to apply for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Awards.
In addition to a share of US$1-million in prize... |
| 16.03.2018 | Here’s how you can win a share of $1m at 2018 African Entrepreneurship Awards | Keen on winning a share of US$1-million as well as mentorship that will help you launch or grow your business in Africa? Then you’ll want to apply for the 2018 African Entrepreneurship Awards.
In addition to a share of US$1-million in priz... |
| 19.01.2018 | Digital Health Cape Town Announces Finalists for Accelerator Programme | South Africa’s first dedicated digital health accelerator, Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT), has announced the top finalists for their inaugural Accelerator Programme designed to foster local eHealth innovation.
In a press release today, th... |
| 19.01.2018 | Digital Health Cape Town Announces Finalists for Accelerator Programme | South Africa’s first dedicated digital health accelerator, Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT), has announced the top finalists for their inaugural Accelerator Programme designed to foster local eHealth innovation.
In a press release today, the... |
| 03.08.2017 | 18 SA tech firms to meet with Silicon Valley’s Indus Entrepreneurs Global | Tech founders from 18 South African startups and companies are hoping to get some valuable networking done this morning as they rub shoulders with some top professionals from Silicon Valley in a meetup held in Cape Town by the Indus Entrepr... |
| 03.08.2017 | 18 SA tech firms to meet with Silicon Valley’s Indus Entrepreneurs Global | Tech founders from 18 South African startups and companies are hoping to get some valuable networking done this morning as they rub shoulders with some top professionals from Silicon Valley in a meetup held in Cape Town by the Indus Entrepr... |
| 04.11.2016 | Best African App 2016 | Share this:
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| 27.10.2016 | Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards Finalists 2016 are revealed | Share this:
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| 14.08.2015 | On-demand delivery startup WumDrop takes home 2015 MTN App of the Year Award | Last night, major South African telecom MTN announced the winners of the annual App of the Year Awards. Ranging from big business to lean startups, winners in a number of categories were recognised, including the prestigious Business App of... |
| 14.08.2015 | On-demand delivery startup WumDrop takes home 2015 MTN App of the Year Award | Last night, major South African telecom MTN announced the winners of the annual App of the Year Awards. Ranging from big business to lean startups, winners in a number of categories were recognised, including the prestigious Business App of... |
| 12.05.2015 | Startups be pitchin’: here’s what happened at Sparkup Live 2015 | Another year, another Sparkup Live event. After 100 applications were vetted, five finalists were chosen to pitch in front of an audience of investors. From travel to tyres, the pitchers held their own as they faced Angel investors Ernst He... |
| 12.05.2015 | Startups be pitchin’: here’s what happened at Sparkup Live 2015 | Another year, another Sparkup Live event. After 100 applications were vetted, five finalists were chosen to pitch in front of an audience of investors. From travel to tyres, the pitchers held their own as they faced Angel investors Ernst He... |
