ENTREPRENEURSHIP

MTN is to complete its Initial Public Offering (IPO) by close of day today [July 31, 2018] barring any last minute changes. The telecom company is ceding thirty-five percent (35%) of its shares to the public to complete the regulatory processes after it secured one of the 4G spectrum license. …

Jira, Google Suite for Business, Ruby on Rails and fathomhq. These are just some of the software programs that SA tech entrepreneurs are using to set up their startup. Ventureburn spoke to founders from eight SA tech startups to find out what software programs each used to launch their startup — why they opted for …

It has been a frantic last few weeks for Ghanaian e-health startup Redbird, which came third at the local leg of the DEMO Africa Innovation Tour and also raised funding from Atlanta-based impact investor Gray Matters Capital. Not bad for a business that only launched earlier this year. But Redbird is tackling a big problem, and …

Small and medium sized business (SME) owners wear many hats on any given day, often having to take the lead on everything from operational processes and cash flow management, to sales, marketing and human resources. The high-stress nature of starting – and running – a small business means day-to-day administrative …

Pan-African software development training startup Andela has made Rwanda its fourth African market with the launch of a technology hub in Kigali via a partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB). Andela, which raised a US$40 million funding round in October of last year, initially launched operations in Nigeria in 2014 to …

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has challenged the Ghana Post Service to review its strategy and take advantage of the opportunities presented by e-commerce. The Minister admits to the major disruptions technology is having on economies and how Africa is positioned to benefit from the boom. The Ghana …

The daily minimum wage has been raised by 10 per cent, reaching GHȻ10.65 from GHȻ9.68. The decision was arrived at after deliberations of the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) in Accra on Thursday, July 26. A communique issued by the NTC has, therefore, directed all institutions whose Daily Minimum Wage is below …

As I was growing up, these were the women I wanted to be: triumphant at the highest levels of commerce, assailing stereotypes of what a successful businessperson looked like, with smarts and vision and the will to outwork everyone in sight. Being a “one or only” in the room where …

Kenyan social commerce startup Mookh has been named overall winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, with Nigerian startups CredPal and Growsel also taking home cash prizes. Disrupt Africa reported in March on the Sub-Saharan African launch of the Everywhere Initiative for the first time in Sub-Saharan Africa, with 12 startups eventually selected to …

African startups have received more than $160 million in the first half of this year, driven largely by Kenyan and Nigerian firms, surpassing the 2017 funding. A report by research and publishing firm WeeTracker shows that five Kenyan startups, mainly fintech firms, were among 10 companies that secured the highest …