Daily Dish founders Diane de Villiers, 54, and Jo-Pierre Lerm, 33, are no strangers to digital start-ups. The pair were behind online lead generation service JustPlay and both worked at SA’s first online bank, 20twenty. Their latest venture involves
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Pashash, founded by two University of Cape Town graduates, wants to provide shoppers with a place to share their favourite finds — from bargains to unusual trinkets to the latest fashions, while also letting them search the service for items they may be looking for in their area. In addition to being one of only
Nexxr, a start-up established by four Pretoria schoolboys, is an online advertisement-sharing network designed for bloggers, online retailers and other website owners wanting to leverage each other’s audiences, allowing them to advertise on each other’s sites for less than US$3/month. Mikhaeel Aboobaker, one of the
Social content filtering service Mygeni www.mygeni.org is a self-funded Johannesburg-based start-up created to help people reduce the digital clutter that social networks generate and help brands better connect and engage with their existing databases of customers. Mygeni founder Anthony Cohen says
A new, high-profile group founded by three South Africans now living in Silicon Valley and London has been formed to help grow SA businesses into global firms by providing the connections, advice and investment they need to take their ideas beyond SA’s
A local technology start-up wants to take the hassle and confusion out of filing tax returns using the SA Revenue Service’s eFiling platform. Marc Sevitz and Evan Robinson, both 28, started TaxTim last year. The two pitched the idea to Google’s Umbono
Real Time Wine founder Andy Hadfield has had a varied career. He’s worked for a major bank, a digital agency, and as a digital consultant and public speaker. Now he’s trying his hand at an application that he hopes will sidestep the elitism often associated with wine reviews and provide an informative
No Picket Fence was established to connect experienced and would-be entrepreneurs to share information and expertise. The service creates a network of like-minded individuals and helps to develop SA’s entrepreneurial talent by providing them with insights from those who have already succeeded, or failed
Freelancing has become an increasingly viable, lucrative and popular career choice in SA, particularly in the creative fields. So, too, has outsourcing once-off or small projects that don’t require permanent staff. The problem is finding the right people for the job at the right price. FreelanceStation, a new SA
Start-up Adopt Him, which was launched last week, wants to shake up online dating in SA by making men pay to use the site and attempt to woo female users. The site is free for female subscribers. The website is the latest venture from one of the cofounders of controversial and now-defunct penny auction site Smokoo