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The Silicon Cape Initiative is a private sector community movement that was founded by two South African high-tech entrepreneurs, Vinny Lingham and Justin Stanford. [1] [2] Both being entrepreneurs and angel investors in the information and communication technologies start-up sector in South Africa, they observed the unique confluence of circumstances emerging in their home country and in ...
Matthew Buckland (22 August 1974 – 23 April 2019) [1] was a South African Internet entrepreneur and businessman who founded and exited [2] digital agency and publisher Creative Spark, acquired in 2015 by UK firm M&C Saatchi PLC (LSE: SAA), the holding group of M&C Saatchi.
Theo Baloyi is a South African entrepreneur, and the founder and chief executive officer of Bathu Shoes. [1] He launched his eponymous shoe brand in 2015, having previously served as a Senior Associate at PwC in Dubai. [2] [3] He was featured in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2019. [4] [5] In 2021, he won GQ's Business Leader of the Year. [6] [7]
Aerobotics, a South African startup that provides intelligent tools to the world’s agriculture industry, has raised $17 million in an oversubscribed Series B round.
Vusi Thembekwayo (born March 1985) is a South African entrepreneur, author, and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of the MyGrowthFund Venture Partners. He is the founder and CEO of the MyGrowthFund Venture Partners.
Africa's Young Entrepreneurs Organization (A.Y.E.) is the foremost [1] entrepreneurship organization in Africa. A.Y.E unites and empowers entrepreneurs in Africa, by fostering social, intellectual, and financial connections thereby developing a generation of outstanding African entrepreneurs who will shape the economic landscapes of their home countries.
Vinny Lingham is the co-founder of the Silicon Cape Initiative, a South African-based organization which aims to turn the Western Cape into a high-tech startup hub. He is also the co-founder of the investment fund Newtown Partners, through which Lingham has led early stage investments into successful and notable startups including Sweep South ...
Heather Ford is a South African researcher, blogger, journalist, social entrepreneur and open source activist [1] who has worked in the field of Internet policy, law and management in South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. She is the founder of Creative Commons South Africa. [2]