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22 Jun

Is Financial Knowledge Crucial For Startup Founders?

Finance is the lifeblood of business, regardless if we’re talking about tech giants, unicorns, or small early-stage startup projects.

22 Jun

His Goal For His Startup Was $1 Million In Sales, But He Couldn’t Crack $1,000

What happens when startup leaders let their expectations get in the way of their goals.

2 Sep

South Africa’s Khula closes $1.3M seed to scale its software-for-agriculture platform – TechCrunch

The agricultural industry in South Africa is known to favor industrial agriculture. And like most parts of Africa, smallholder farmers have it rough as they face a plethora of challenges, from...

12 Aug

Tech in Africa

IFC. Though better, the proportion of the population that uses a mobile phone is also low. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), for example, 45% have a device, or 477 million people. These are large absolute numbers, but of course there’s still considerable room to run.

27 Jul

South African payments startup Yoco Raises $83M Series C backed By Dragoneer

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute heavily to the economic success of many countries, particularly those in the developing world. They are the backbone of most economies: Globally, SMEs represent about 90% of existing businesses and create more than 50% of employment.

27 Jul

Entrepreneurship World Cup applications: Reflecting on the Review Process

I was requested by 22 ON SLOANE’s Ecosystem Enabler to assist them in selecting applications which are suitable to be judged for the Entrepreneurship World Cup 2021, a program that offers startups to pitch on a global stage for a share of US$1 million in cash prizes plus additional investment opportunities and another US$750,000 in in-kind support.

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