Springleap is not just Africa’s version of Threadless!!!!!

Springleap is not just Africa’s version of Threadless, it’s a shot of adrenaline to South Africa’s textile industry. In a nutshell, artists’ designs are voted on by the Springleap community and the winning design gets emblazoned on t-shirts which go up for sale. There are also cash prizes up for grabs for designers and community members.With Springleap artists gain recognition, community members can grow to become tastemakers and the rest of the world can buy fantastically unique and beautiful t-shirt designs.

GoMetro: On your phone. On your way!!!!!

GoMetro wants to make commuting on public transport in South Africa better by providing real-time train schedules, associated platform changes, a trip planner, fare calculator and route maps.

The startup is operational in major parts of South Africa, and claims to have more than 600,000 users. It recently partnered with Nigeria's iROKO Partners to provide commuters with entertainment.

Justin Coetzee, founder of GoMetro, believes that GoMetro puts Metrorail Eastern Cape on a par with transportation services around the world. He said, “After implementing the system in the Western Cape and Gauteng, we are very excited about bringing this essential service to the commuters of the Eastern Cape – real-time public transport information that puts the commuter directly in touch with Metrorail’s Control Centre operators.

Here is a interactive picture with more information about GoMetro:

The State of South Africa's: Tech Startup Industry!!!!!!

Tech Tools of South Africa's Startup Scene!!!!!

Paperight gives us on-demand publishing!!!!!

Paperight is a South African print-on-demand publishing startup that aims to increase access to books and encourage entrepreneurship by enabling copy shops and other organizations to become legal print-on-demand bookstores.

After being named one of the winners of the O’Reilly Tools of Change Startup Showcase held in New York City, the startup from Cape Town was awarded the Digital Minds Innovation Award at the London Book Fair — one of the world’s most prestigious publishing events.

Here are videos about Paperight, with founder Arthur Attwell:

South Africa Can Turn Brain Drain Into Brain Gain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

South Africa Can Turn Brain Drain Into Brain Gain (via MarketWired)

SOURCE: The SABLE Accelerator July 15, 2013 08:00 ET Survey by Rhodes University and The SABLE Accelerator Reveals 72 Percent of Alumni Living Abroad Feel Their Skills and Knowledge Would Be Useful and Valuable to South Africa PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired…

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Truth About Millennials!!!!!!!!!!!

On Monday, June 24th, 2013 at 6:00pm Telefónica partnered with Mobile Monday Silicon Valley for Truth About Millennials. This  event was held at the 2013 Mobile Commerce World conference. This event was held so that Telefónica could show their research on Millennials.

Here is some background information about Telefónica's study on Millennials:

Telefónica in partnership with the Financial Times, commissioned 12,171 online quantitative interviews among Millennials, aged 18-30, across 27 countries in six regions including North America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Middle East & Africa. Penn Schoen Berland conducted the 190 question survey from 11 January – 4 February 2013.

Millennials from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Korea, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela were surveyed. Country sample sizes represented in the global number are weighted by the percent of the population in each country with access to the Internet. The global margin of error is +/-.9 percent.

Here are videos of the event: