Zapacab: a start-up to take you places
South Africans will soon be hailing taxis from the comfort of their smartphones thanks to a new Cape Town-based start-up called Zapacab. Soon they could be paying for them and vetting them, too. Founded by 25-year-old Rupert Sully and 29-year-old
Seed Engine: start-ups, accelerated
Seed Engine, a new start-up accelerator based in Johannesburg has received more than 300 applications for its three-month start-up accelerator programme and chosen six teams of entrepreneurs to benefit from its start-up “boot camp”, which offers mentoring and a shared workspace in Sandton. “At the
Tucking into online orders
OrderIn, launched in Cape Town last week, is a start-up that allows consumers to find restaurants in their vicinity, arrange for delivery or collection, and place orders — all from the company’s website or mobi site. It hopes to change the way South Africans order food. “When a customer
Start-up Ledula: making classifieds social
Tired of hiring a plumber or electrician, only to discover they haven’t the first clue of what they’re doing? Johannesburg- and Cape Town-based South African start-up Ledula < http://ledula.com/> hopes to change that. Ledula is inviting consumers to sign up on
Start-up FundFind: an SA Kickstarter
FundFind wants to be South Africa’s answer to Kickstarter, the US crowd-funding platform that’s helped musicians like Amanda Palmer and companies like Pebble, the company behind a smart watch project, by raising small amounts of money from large numbers of people. FundFind arose
Founder Institute seeks start-ups
The Founder Institute, an early stage start-up accelerator with a presence in 35 countries, is coming to South Africa. The first 15-week programme will commence on 28 May in Johannesburg and the organisers hope to attract 30 to 40 participants. Started by Adeo Ressi in
Paperight: books on demand
A Cape Town-based print-on-demand service hopes to make all sorts of books available in outlying areas by allowing photocopy shops to print them – legally – from a wide range of publishers. The start-up, called Paperight, already offers an big selection of content from more than 40 publishers
88mph takes on ten start-ups
A Cape Town-based venture fund has chosen ten start-ups to participate in a three-month accelerator project. In addition to a cash injection and the prospect of future investment, the start-ups get access to other companies and various mentors including a network of entrepreneurs
Cash for your credentials
A new Johannesburg-based start-up, MiName, has been established to connect consumers with brands they actually want to hear from, while rewarding them at the same time for accepting to be marketed to. Users decide who can market what to them
JoziHub: Jo’burg to get own tech hub
Despite Johannesburg’s position as South Africa’s economic hub, Cape Town is often considered the country’s technology start-up capital. A new technology hub in the city of gold, called JoziHub, may help in starting to change that. JoziHub, which will be launched in the first quarter of next
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