E-commerce start-ups, niche players to grow

2015 will see many more new e-commerce start-ups along with continued growth and innovation by established niche players. This is the prediction from PayGate CEO Peter Harvey, who says: “Five years ago we’d load ten start-ups onto our payment gateway for every...

Seed Academy offers help for start-ups

Seed Academy has opened in Cape Town, and is offering entrepreneurial training in both Cape Town and Johannesburg. There is more than R2,4-million of sponsored training available for early stage technology and women entrepreneurs. Applications are open with courses...

SA start-up heads to Switzerland

South African start up Lumkani will be going to Geneva for the Seedstars World (SSW) final event on 4 February. Lumkani won Seedstars Cape Town last July and is among the 36 start-ups that will compete and pitch for $500 000 equity investment. More than 1 500...

Reasons for start-up failure

While the small business sector is a rapidly growing sector in SA, unfortunately very few start-ups make it beyond their first year – and of those that do, only 50% survive past year three, says Darlene Menzies, CEO of SA developed business software product...

Why Cape Town start-ups are booming

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.