Akili Labs participated in a program, coordinated between Merck Accelerator, Make-IT in Africa and Hybr, which recently held its bootcamp in Nairobi. The program successfully closed with the selection of...
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SqwidNet, the licensed Sigfox IoT network operator in South Africa, hosted its second IoT Entrepreneurship Program (IoT)E pitch day on Friday 19 July 2019. The Jonga team participated as one...
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Smartblade’s Dr Caroline Corbett is a finalist in the Tech Entrepreneur category for the 2019 the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) awards. Find out more about AWIEF and...
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South African security start-up Jonga Systems has secured a seed funding round from the Savant Venture Fund to implement its go-to-market strategy. Founded in 2016 by Ntsako Mgiba and Ntando...
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There may be no clear data on the number of venture capital (VC) and angel investment that has gone to SA tech start-ups with women founders, but Ventureburn has identified...
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Savant Venture Fund CEO Nick Allen gets interviewed by Bruce Whitfield on 702’s The Money Show. The show and podcast brings listeners the best of the day’s business news and...
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More than a thousand minibus taxis in South Africa now have Quickloc8’s monitoring technology on board. Quickloc8's taxi tracking and remote engine management app allows taxi owners to monitor how...
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SA hardware technology incubator Savant has invested R9.5 million in Cape Town based medtech start-up SmartBlade. Savant Venture Fund manager Nick Allen — who was earlier this year succeeded as...
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Ventureburn recently published an interesting opinion piece on South Africa start-ups that are tackling the informal sector. Savant’s Quickloc8 and Jonga were featured among others. A valid criticism of the...
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Incitech's team recently featured at number 16 in Entrepreneur Magazine's watch list: 50 Top SA black entrepreneurs to watch. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, South Africa needs more entrepreneurs to build...
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