Lights out for Powertime in Cape Town
Powertime, a South African mobile and web-based prepaid electricity vendor, is in trouble. As users in the Western Cape may or may not know, they are no longer able to purchase electricity online. This...
View ArticleMEDO office goes mobile to support entrepreneurs across Cape Town
The City of Cape Town and MEDO (Micro Enterprise Development Organization) have joined hands in an attempt to search for and present opportunities to entrepreneurs aspiring to expand their businesses...
View ArticleNeotel, Western Cape Government plan mass broadband rollout
In efforts to lessen South Africa’s digital divide, public institutions, businesses and communities in the Western Cape could see the rollout of new broadband services, including free Wi-Fi services...
View ArticleSA’s free Wi-Fi initiative, Project Isizwe goes live in the Western Cape
Project Isizwe has today launched in Atlantis, in the latest phase of the free Wi-Fi for South Africa project. Later this week, the service will be rolled out in Robertson as well, implementing the...
View ArticleFrom Ottery to Vredenburg: these are the 12 Western Cape startups that just...
A dozen innovative startups have received R6.5-million from the Western Cape government to help build out their great ideas. Announced back in August 2014, the Western Cape Department of Economic...
View ArticleWestern Cape Funding Fair sees record 600 startups apply for R10m funding
At the inaugural Western Cape Funding Fair yesterday, 34 startups were chosen out of 600 applicants to pitch for a minimum of R10-million in funding. Alan Winde, Western Cape Minister of Economic...
View ArticleStellenbosch’s LaunchLab Pitching Den kicks off this week
It’s that time of the year again. Stellenbosch, South African-based LaunchLab is announcing its bi-annual Pitching Den which will be taking place at university campuses around the Western Cape. Taking...
View ArticleBrothers for All: the inspiring school teaching underprivileged people how to...
This week, Brothers For All is starting its first pilot project in two of South Africa’s Western Cape prisons, equipping underprivileged people with valuable coding and entrepreneurial skills. A first...
View Article702, CapeTalk Small Business Awards offer over R1m in prizes
South Africa’s 702 and CapeTalk Small Business Awards have kicked-off. Nominated small businesses from across the Western Cape and Gauteng will stand a chance to win their share of over R1-million in...
View ArticleWestern Cape seeks to recognise region’s most exciting entrepreneurs
For a third time running, the Western Cape Premier’s Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards (PERA) is again looking for the Province’s top entrepreneurs. This year, the total value of the prizes for the...
View ArticleLaunchLab Ideas Programme Pitching Platform offers startups R100k
Stellenbosch startup accelerator LaunchLab is offering startups a chance of winning their share of R100 000 in seed funding through its biannual Ideas Programme Pitching Platform. The Nedbank...
View ArticleWhy Cape Town has emerged as the biggest startup hub on the African continent
Cape Town is fast cementing itself as the biggest continental hub for tech startups. It’s a growing trend, confirmed by a number of research surveys and articles over the past decade. The Mother City...
View ArticleWestern Cape Funding Fair calling for businesses seeking funding
The Western Cape Funding Fair, to be held next year in May, is calling for local businesses seeking funding of between R2-million and R20-million. The initiative aims to stimulate local economic growth...
View ArticleTriggerfish Animation Studios named Western Cape Business of the Year
South African animation powerhouse, Triggerfish Animation Studios, was named the Western Cape Business of the Year at the Premier’s Entrepreneurship Recognition Awards (PERA). It also won the Business...
View ArticleSurge in black entrepreneurs, Gauteng challenges Silicon Cape as startup capital
Gauteng is now home to 44% of tech startup founders — behind the Western Cape’s 47%. The percentage of black startups has risen from 26% in 2015, to 50% this year. Just four percent of black tech...
View ArticleTech sector can help drive future growth in Western Cape says Wesgro head
The tech sector has the potential to be one of the most critical drivers of future economic growth in the Western Cape believes Wesgro CEO Tim Harris. The head of the Western Cape government’s...
View ArticleGauteng home to most tech startups, but Cape firms still more successful –...
Gauteng is now home to 55% of tech startup founders — ahead of the Western Cape’s 37%. In all, 36% of Western Cape startups report turning a profit or generating significant revenue, compared to 22% in...
View ArticleSA startups with combination of male-female founders most successful – survey
More SA startups that have both male and female founders are generating significant revenue or turning a profit — than are those with only male or only female founders — a new survey has found. The...
View ArticleWestern Cape launches tech ecosystem initiative
The Digital Economy unit at the Department of Economic Development and Tourism has collaborated with the Western Cape Government, City of Cape Town, Wesgro, and various facilitators in the tech...
View ArticleGoogle invests R2.2-billion into Western Cape
Global and renowned tech giant, Google has announced an official investment of a whopping R2.2-billion in investment funding into Cape Town and the Western Cape. The notable investment will amount...
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