Tag Archives: Business startup

South Africa is a startup powerhouse that leads the continent for exits, finds new report (Disrupt Africa)

The report will be a deep-dive into the South African startup scene, utilising Disrupt Africa’s datasets, expertise and networks to document what startups are doing what in the country, who is making investments, and who is providing ecosystem support. It takes as its starting point a list of 490 South African tech startups for which […]
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Google opens applications for R64m fund targeting Africa. (ITWeb)

Digital Economy Google has committed $4 million (R64 million) to fund 60 eligible black-founded start-ups across Africa. The internet firm yesterday opened applications for the second cohort of the Google for Start-ups Black Founders Fund for Africa. The fund was launched in the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement as part of Google’s racial equality […]
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The battle of African female startups: For every $1 invested in women, $25 goes to men (News24)

Africa’s female entrepreneurs, like their US and European counterparts, are underrepresented when it comes to raising funds. Their startup journeys are also often a lot more arduous, say investors like Polo Leteka, co-founder of Alitheia IDF, the continent’s largest gender-led fund. The issues are “probably more pronounced here because we have more underlying problems”, said Leteka, pointing to her own experience with tapping […]
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5 keys for building a business without money (Entrepreneur.com)

By: Michael Glauser November 9, 2016 Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/284808 “I want to start a business but I don’t have any money.” I hear this statement over and over again as I work with aspiring entrepreneurs. Many of them have sound ideas, but feel they need a lengthy business plan and a large amount of cash to […]
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