When it comes to better understanding the transportation needs of cities in South Africa, a lot of importance needs to be placed on developing solutions that will make cities more efficient...
8 Nov 2019
The eighth edition of the MTN Business App of the Year Awards concluded with the much-anticipated announcement of the overall and category winners...
30 Oct 2019
Startup businesses, DeepData and Cloudline were announced as the winners of the Santam Safety Ideas Season 3 competition...
30 Aug 2019
Sustainability and conservation, along with technology and innovation, are among the main drivers in the development of the more efficient and productive agricultural practices that South African wine producers need...
Daneel Rossouw 14 May 2019
The swinging doors to kitchen culture were first held open by celebrity chefs like Julia Child and Jamie Oliver. For the tourism industry, it was the travel documentary style of Rick Stein and Anthony Bourdain that beamed travel to exotic locations, and Cornwall, into our lounges...
Marisah Nieuwoudt 21 Dec 2018
Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's IT & Telecommunications site over the past year...
18 Dec 2018
By stealing original digital content like books and films, intellectual property pirates are robbing hardworking creatives of their intellectual property and income...
Evan-Lee Courie 26 Sep 2018
Winetech has partnered with Stellenbosch University-based incubator LaunchLab and Faculty of AgriSciences for the first Wine Industry Innovation Challenge.
Tom Jackson 3 Sep 2018
This is a call for all entrepreneurs to pitch their innovative business ideas...
23 Aug 2018
Pitched by Lungi Tyali, Solar Turtle was recently announced the winner of the inaugural Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge...
15 Jun 2018
The inaugural Nation Builder Social Innovation Challenge aims to identify and support South Africa's social entrepreneurs, with an opportunity to win a share of R150,000 seed capital...
Issued by Nation Builder 29 Mar 2018
The Stellenbosch University LaunchLab is inviting entrepreneurs to pitch their startup business ideas in multiple industries and stand the chance to win incubation support to the value of R50,000...
23 Mar 2018
The winners in the Attacq Smart Cities Innovation Challenge were recently announced, each receiving incubation support from the LaunchLab in addition to a share of R100,000 seed funding from Attacq...
16 Nov 2017
South African startup MySidekick has launched its free Android-based shopping app across the country, offering users special deals from retailers such as Clicks, Dis-Chem and Volpes...
Tom Jackson 1 Nov 2017
The craft gin trend is on the rise with a staggering R700m contributed to the collective R19bn spirits industry in SA in 2015...
16 Oct 2017
Officially open for 2017, the Attacq Smart Cities Innovation Pitching Platform will showcase future-focused technologies that contribute to the ‘smart city' concept at Waterfall City...
21 Sep 2017
Mercedes-Benz South Africa, the LaunchLab and Startup Autobahn have launched the MBSA Innovation Challenge which calls on students and professionals and existing startups to pitch their innovative ideas around a set of challenges...
25 Aug 2017
In this week's #StartupStory, we chat to Retief Gerber, CEO of Spatialedge - a geospatial data insights and marketing company...
Ilse van den Berg 26 Jul 2017
Stellenbosch University's Institute for Grape and Wine Sciences is celebrating the success of its first five years. Success stories include...
9 Feb 2017
Over the past four months the LaunchLab, in partnership with Nedbank, ran an entrepreneurial challenge across partner university campuses in the Western Cape to unleash innovation in banking...
14 Dec 2016
The LaunchLab, a network of university campus-based business incubators, recently ran the Attacq Retail Innovation Challenge in Western Cape and Gauteng universities to test students' retail innovation...
22 Nov 2016
Running integrated partnerships can drive collaboration, skills development and innovation at all levels...
Peter Alkema 11 Oct 2016
Stellenbosch-based bitcoin bounty startup Custos Media Technologies has raised another round of funding, this time from South Africa's Technology Innovation Agency...
Tom Jackson 29 Aug 2016
What started out as a need to provide financial well-being to farmworkers has evolved into a fintech success story...
Nicci Botha 27 Jul 2016
LaunchLab, a network of Stellenbosch University campus-based business incubators, in partnership with MultiChoice, ran an entrepreneurial challenge across its partner university campuses in the Western Cape to unleash innovation in media...
28 Jun 2016
The Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab concluded another successful Ideas Programme earlier this month, where eleven aspiring entrepreneurs pitched their business ideas to a panel of judges...
2 Jun 2016
Most universities start as teaching institutions, delivering graduates to society. After a number of years, the focus shifts to a more research-oriented approach and, apart from graduates, research papers became an important output of the institution...
Anita Nel 4 May 2016
The closing date for entries into MultiChoice Media Breakthrough Innovation Challenge has been extended to 28 and 29 April 2016 for venue recordings and 2 May 2016 for online submissions...
28 Apr 2016
The Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab Business Incubator and MultiChoice are looking for student and non-student entrepreneurs, as well as communities of innovative thinkers and creators, to participate in a Media Innovation Challenge...
23 Feb 2016
We've compiled a #BestofBiz 2015 list for all our industries, from articles with the most views, the most-read contributors to the press offices with the most hits.
15 Dec 2015
Launchlab concluded another successful Ideas Programme with seventeen entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to a panel of judges and a live audience...
22 Oct 2015
"Big innovations come from real problems, of which we have many in South Africa. But how many academics think of the commercial applications of their research? We must keep our best minds here. That's why this is such a welcome initiative." - Helen Zille
3 Jun 2015
The LaunchLab Idea's Pitching Den, an innocuous platform for aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas and stand a chance of winning their share of R50,000, is held bi-annually at participating campuses in the Western Cape, namely SU, UWC and UCT...
14 Apr 2015
Two local entrepreneurs recently won the Deloitte Challenge at the LaunchLab Ideas programme, a Stellenbosch University initiative to drive entrepreneurial development.
3 Nov 2014
The LaunchLab, based in Stellenbosch, is a mixed-use business incubator that supports local start-up businesses by offering programmes and workshops throughout the year that aim to empower entrepreneurs with the necessary skills and funding to accelerate their new business ventures.
10 Jul 2014