Posts Tagged ‘Startups’
Spotlight on Sturvs.com
{Monday, October 20th, 2008}
Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/738
I had the pleasure of meeting Temi Kolawole at Barcamp Africa in Mountain View last week. He recently launched a web start-up called Sturvs which could be described in short as ‘Nigeria’s answer to Digg.com’.
The word “sturvs” is a nigerian slang for “stuff”. So basically this is just a place for you to view and [...]
Tags: bookmarking, digg, Startups | Posted in Startups | Comments
Afrigator Acquired
{Friday, September 5th, 2008}
Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/398
Big news in the African development space this week. Following the news that Ushahidi scored new funding, the African blogosphere aggregator tool Afrigator has announced that they’ve been acquired by MIH Print Africa!
The leak:
Moments ago Bandwidth Blog got the scoop in the latest South African internet acquisition. MIH Print Africa have acquired a majority [...]
Tags: afrigator, South Africa, Startups | Posted in Industry News, Startups, Web | Comments
Startup & Change the World: Guide for Social Entrepreneurs
{Monday, July 7th, 2008}
Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/93
Slides from the Young Social Enterprise Initiative’s guidebook for Social Startups. You can view it in full below or download it from here.
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Tags: Startups, ysei | Posted in Startups | Comments
Networking for Entrepreneurs Around Africa
{Tuesday, June 24th, 2008}
Permalink: http://appfrica.net/blog/archives/12
Blue Catalyst has a fresh and bold approach to catalysing new businesses into sustainable commercial entities with the principal goal of facilitating economic activity rather than the maximisation of returns. The Blue Catalyst Network creates a framework for interaction between individuals and organisations to promote the interests of this sector within the Gauteng region and [...]






