When you’re attending a Data Masterclass, you better bring your A-brain game, because if, like most of us, you think ‘data science’ is just collecting a bunch of information and then learning something cool about it, you’ve just barely scratched the surface. The unusual global pandemic...
Zachariah George is the Managing Partner at Launch Africa Ventures - Africa's leading Early-Stage VC Fund. In January 2020, he was recognized as one of the Top 4 Most Influential Persons in Technology in Africa by Les Echos (the Financial Times), and he is also...
Global bike brand Specialized's Bobby Behan and Strove's Sales and Business Development Manager Joshua Fillmore talked to Innovation City MD Michelle Kleu about all things sports tech at Innovation City at our event on Thursday 9th June: Bobby Behan, Specialized Innovation City co-founder Stephan Ekbergh says entrepreneurs...
Neil Schreuder, Chief Strategy Officer of the Shoprite Group and MD of ShopriteX, the Shoprite Group’s tech and innovation hub, calls the team 'humble baked beans salesmen,' but the group’s impressive stats say otherwise: Shoprite has become Africa’s largest retailer worth R168bn, with 1.12bn customers...
There’s no doubt that tech is changing the world at a rapid rate. Future careers, across all disciplines, are more and more reliant on computer-based skills, while skills in data science in particular, are scarce and currently in high demand. Last year, the South African Basic...
Cape Town - 26th May 2022 The Tutu Tribe Entrepreneurship Academy was presented on Saturday the 21st of May at an intimate dinner hosted by Sir Richard Branson at his Mont Rochelle farm in Franschhoek, Cape Town. The creation of the Academy falls in line with the...
In February 2022, South African meal kit delivery startup UCOOK was fully acquired by Silvertree Holdings in a deal worth R187 million (US$12.3 million). Founded six years ago on borrowed money from family and operating from a garage in Newlands, this dinner kit delivery service...
I sit at the door of my daughter’s room watching her click away at the speed of light on her laptop. She has headphones on, and every once in a while lets out a giggle. Nothing wrong with this picture except it’s Friday night, she’s...
Gour Lentell of MoyaApp and Datafree recently came to Innovation City to talk to us about his amazing company, and how it changes people's lives for the better. Gour Lentell is a hardened business veteran with decades of experience in the tech industry. Lentell came back from...
“SA unemployment is at more like 10-12% if you take the informal sector into consideration,” said GG Alcock in his opening remarks at our exclusive event hosting Team Sweden’s tech delegation on Tuesday night. Author, speaker, and businessman GG Alcock delivered an eye-opening speech to the...