Why Cape Town start-ups are booming

Oct 3, 2014

Cape Town is enjoying a boom in tech start-ups, with companies like Yola.com and Yeigo showing significant promise. This is due to the fact that they have access to a highly developed ecosystem in the ICT environment, encompassing talent, access to risk capital, infrastructure, support and mentorship.

Accenture awards $3,5m for Africa skills

Oct 3, 2014

Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded VSO $3,5-million to help the charity deliver job skills training to approximately 22 300 poor and disadvantaged people in Nigeria, Cambodia, Tanzania and Malawi. This grant brings Accenture’s direct support to VSO...

New regional manager for Africa for BDS

Oct 3, 2014

Bytes Document Solutions has appointed Russel Carter as the regional manager of its Africa operations. He will be responsible for maintaining and growing relationships with existing distributors across the continent, developing strategies to increase sales through the...

Cell C boosts value of MegaBonus

Oct 3, 2014

Cell C MegaBonus customers will receive more from their MegaBonus prepaid offer. From 5 October, Cell C will boost the value on its MegaBonus prepaid promotional offer from three to four times the value for any recharge above R5. For example, a customer that recharges...

Tech4Africa turns five

Oct 3, 2014

When Tech4Africa founder Gareth Knight first started working on the company in 2006, his vision was to bring SxSW to Africa so that people wouldn’t have to travel to Austin to soak up the knowledge, inspiration and networking it is well known for. 2010 saw the...
Disruptive tech set to accelerate

Disruptive tech set to accelerate

Oct 2, 2014

3D printing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and biotech/healthcare IT jumped into the top five disruptive technologies for the next three years, according to the 2014 KPMG Global Technology Innovation survey.