Who is BrightRoll and why did Yahoo pay $640m
Sometimes success is just real simple. Often, when I am working with start-ups it is just so obvious right from the start they are on to a real winner.
technology start-ups
African tech start-ups dream of Silicon Savannah
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Young techies hunched over laptops in small offices across Africa want to create their own versions of California’s Silicon Valley and some are beginning to attract investors prepared to take a risk in the hope of high returns. One such start-up, a South African social photography app called Over, … Read more
Former Google exec Stafford Masie on the future of Banking, Michael Jordaan, mobile wallets and Mxit
It’s been my privilege to engage freely and often with Stafford Masie and the subject of much of this discussion, former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan. Stafford’s journey from modest surroundings in Eldorado Park near Johannesburg to rubbing shoulders with tech giants Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and, of course, his immediate boss … Read more