Author: STARTUP PICNIC

African Tech Startups Raised Funding in Excess of $185.7m in 2015

According to the DISRUPT AFRICA AFRICAN TECH STARTUPS FUNDING REPORT 2015, launched today, 125 tech startups raised funding in 2015 around the African continent, to the tune of US$185,785,500. South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya proved investors’ favoured destinations in 2015; with 36 per cent of the startups that raised funding based in South Africa, 24…

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Chivas Regal’s ‘The Venture’ is Searching for Global Social Entrepreneurs to Award a Share of $1 Million

‘The Venture’ – a global search for the most promising social entrepreneurs: those with businesses or ideas that use enterprise and innovation as a force for good, was recently launched by Chivas Regal, the world’s first luxury whisky. ‘The Venture’ provides aspiring social entrepreneurs with a share of USD1million in financial assistance

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STARTUP PICNIC Chats to the Founder of Tembisa Lifestyle Market, Lebogang Mukansi

STARTUP PICNIC Magazine hosts a series of untold stories from different entrepreneurs. We do this to encourage STARTUPS and learn from those who have done it. We had a chat with Lebo Mukansi, who is the Founder of Tembisa Lifestyle Market.

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Apply To Join a Growthpoint Properties Incubation Initiative for Entrepreneurs

Property Point, a Growthpoint Properties initiative, has opened its next application window for entrepreneurs working in the property industry to join its business incubation programme.

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The speakers at Startup Picnic JHB Breakast-Talk on 02 May 2015

As always, the fun at STARTUP PICNIC starts with an opportunity to hear from fellow entrepreneurs who are doing it and very well at that. This is what we call the Breakfast-Talk at STARTUP PICNIC, which this time will be from 10am to 12pm (2 May 2015 at Lido Hotel, Johannesburg). In a casual setting,…

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The Real Data Bae | The Cheapest Prepaid Mobile Internet Bundles Across South African Networks

South African mobile data internet providers have complex and tricky packages, thus making it difficult to determine which is the cheapest. So here at Startup Picnic Magazine, we tried to break it down, tricky as it is (:-p), to help you select the cheapest. We know some folks who have SIM cards with all the…

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