Ebrahim ZApreneur spoke to Jenn Hattingh from uAfrica about their ecommerce offering. This is the start of a series of interviews on eCommerce in South Africa. What spark our interest was an initiative to assist new …
Research continues to show that one of the main reasons entrepreneurs fail to grow their businesses is due to their inability to obtain business funding. Yet, there are more than 350 different funds available …
Fintech has arrived and it’s changing the economy The unemployment rate in South Africa is at an 11-year high, with 5.7 million people finding themselves without a job. The technological boom in the financial sector …
Proudly South African Entrepreneurs Chatting to business owners exhibiting at the Buy Local Summit was inspiring. So inspiring that I almost entirely missed the official programme. Dragging myself away from the businesses exhibiting I attended …
The Gordon Institute of Business Studies (GIBS) has an exciting opportunity for business owners in the manufacturing and green economy sectors and a supplier development programme. The opportunity is aimed at being accessible to those …
For several years, a grouping of entrepreneurs have been running an SME network with the City of Johannesburg – Sandton Library. One of the key persons in the network is Yusuf Mahomedy, who runs the …
This is an important initiative that seeks to grow black companies and link them with a large company, in this case MTN. The organisers describe the opportunity as follows: We are embarking on a transformation …
The Net Prophet Sparkup accelerator programme is accepting applications for its 2016 event. It will run from 1-4 April with over R1-million in Angel funding up for grabs. Opportunity closes on the 18 March Sparkup! is …
Proudly South Africa is hosting the Buy Local Summit. The organisers of the conference tell us about the importance of buying local and why the Summit and Expo is important. The Buy Local message is …
An invitation to innovative start-ups and small- and medium-sized enterprises focused on commercialisation of local cutting-edge and innovative clean technology solutions related toenergy efficiency, green buildings, renewable energy, waste beneficiation and water efficiency. The …