If you want to operate as a proper business (which is what a tech startup should be, it’s not a science project) company registration is important. here is an alternative you can explore.
Esaja is the first African startup in Swastika’s portfolio. The Asian investor has so far focused on tech investments in India where a number of local startups have emerged as leading examples of a new charge in the country’s growth story.
PrimeviewTV has to figure all of these issues out while going up against well-heeled existing competition like Netflix and Showmax as well as yet to launch live TV providers like Kwese TV.
So for a service provider as visible as Uber to look beyond plastic money seems to indicate that for online solutions in Africa an offline payment alternative has to be thrown in there at some point to gain traction.
GTaxi Zimbabwe is a classy, brand new app offering on-demand cab service in Zimbabwe. The startup aims to bring both “convenience and predictability” to the local taxi industry where traditional operators […]
The market for domain registration has however been growing and ZISPA hasn’t been the only player in that field. In fact, part of its shortcomings have actually inspired new entrants over the past few years. Providers like name.co.zw and webnames.co.zw have entered the fray, providing assistance to people frustrated with delays in verifying domain availability…
A local startup called SmartGo Zimbabwe developed it’s own ride sharing service that uses an Android application with the same name. The service works in the same way as conventional ride sharing services, offering travelers a tool for facilitating and coordinating rides or lifts from transport headed in the same direction as their intended destination.
In a communication sent out earlier today by Hypercube Hub, the team outlined local economic challenges and a failure to secure the funding necessary for the hub to continue its operations as the reason behind the closure.
We discuss the future of Telecel in this podcast, along with talks on a real estate listings startup called Propertybook, the Steward bank agent banking partnership with Zimpost and the startup competitions happening locally as Global Entrepreneurship Week comes to a close. One other issue touched on is the Startup Challenge and its absence from…
In the latest installment in our Conversations with Zimbabwean Startups series, we had a discussion with Taf Makura, the founder and CEO of Mazwi, the online publishing platform. He offered his perspectives on the challenges with running a Zimbabwean startup and some thoughts on issues like net neutrality and piracy.
There is huge investment that is constantly being harvested from Zimbabweans living abroad. Tech startups can tap into this and they should be exploring some ways to do so. This would create a scenario where venture capital is essentially imported.
One of the first services you’ll notice as soon as you get to the Expo is called Technites. This is another startup idea from the Econet team and though the service hasn’t entered the market it is set for launch in the short term.
Here’s how BitFinance, an African Bitcoin startup is using Trello, a productivity tool, to get tasks done.
We had a quick chat with Godwin Thierry Chaparaushe, the founder and CEO of local startup Footballzone and he shared his own insights on running a Zimbabwean startup.
We have watched entrepreneurs trying to venture into the education sector, coming in with amazing technological solutions with the potential for great impact which can improve the studies of ordinary Zimbabwean students. However, no significant education technology product is available in Zimbabwe right now. Why? Here are 5 reasons.
We’ve seen some advocacy for Bitcoin locally as well, and now some people are starting to integrate Bitcoin with other common financial services. Take Bitmari for example. This is a new Bitcoin-based money remittance service for the Zimbabwe market.
The dream is free, the hustle is sold separately. That pretty much sums up entrepreneurship, even for tech startups.There are other things that are never discussed in detail. Through a series of conversations with local tech entrepreneurs, we are trying to understand some of the realities of startup entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe. In this conversation, we…
Most tech startups and techies in general, believe that the world is as tech literate as they are and the solutions they provide seem to miss this point.
In this podcast, we talk about some of the highlights of the Broadband Forum. We also discuss other topics that have been trending in Zimbabwean tech like the sale of Telecel, TelOne activating its mobile network operator licence, startup competitions like Muzinda Hub’s startup weekend and the latest on infrastructure sharing.
You might have heard that Zimbabwe’s national soccer team has its travel expenses paid for by a prophet, time and time again. You might also have heard that the team had to take […]
Clinton Mutambo, a Zimbabwean entrepreneur and founder of B2B platform Esaja, has made Forbes Africa’s 30 under 30; a list of 30 African entrepreneurs that are making significant contributions to the continent through a strong focus on building businesses.
Hotels.ng a Nigerian internet startup has just secured $1.2 million in funding. In the context of African tech entrepreneurship, that is a significant sum. How did they do it though? We managed to get some insight from the CEO on what they have managed to do right so far.
I still don’t get how tech and music ended up having such a weird relationship, but as a fan of music I don’t need to really. The music industry has a […]
By now we’ve all heard of 3D Printing and have seen acres and acres of space dedicated to the praise that has been showered on this new revolution in manufacturing. […]
News coming out of Nigeria is that Interswitch, an African payments company based in the West African country launched a $10 million growth fund for African startups that are at […]
Zimbabwe is yet to have a breakout eCommerce success. Though a number of startups have made an attempt at it, so far the market is still wide open for one […]
How do I react to a *customer* receiving Kshs 10,000 a month in free credit, consuming it all (asking for more actually) but actively telling potential customers not to use […]
In just one week we are going to be counting down to the end of 2014 and ushering in another year that will hopefully be better than this one. Everyone […]
Just last month we had Startup Weekend Harare “2.0” and from that a couple of startup teams from that marathon decided to compete on a world stage. The good news is […]