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  • FACT: South Africa Is The Third Most Dominant Tech Startup Country In The World

    11 Jul 2014 by Seth Rotherham in Tech/Sci
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    And there you were thinking you are lost in the wilderness down here at the bottom of Africa, where no-one will ever notice your silly little app. Wrong – we are actually quite a powerhouse – check it out.

    Look, granted, the behemoth Naspers is behind our Top Three status, but listen up, there’s more.

    This, from news24:

    Naspers stood proud on the podium of the internet Hall of Fame recently, when it brought South Africa to number three on its list of countries with highest internet earners.

    Tencent, in which Naspers has a 34% stake, is the second highest company in China, which is second on the podium.

    The World Startup Report, which conducted the research, took the top three companies from 50 countries representing six continents. It researched deeper into these 150 companies to give a glimpse into the state of internet businesses.

    While Naspers [JSE:NPN] wasn’t third overall, it positioned South Africa as the third most dominant country, as companies like Facebook, Amazon and Google represented the mammoth US, which sits comfortably at number one.

    Read the rest here – including a very nice ‘Internet Hall of Fame’ slideshow.

    And if you thought we were useless if you take Naspers out of the mix, you’re wrong.

    Our very own Snapscan made Business Insider’s top 12 African startups to keep an eye on – which is pretty damn impressive and you can read more about that here.

    And now just this week we’ve learnt about Ourhood, who have won South Africa’s entry for Evernote’s African tech startup competition. Ourhood.co.za is a rapidly expanding and scaled private social network for neighbourhoods throughout Africa.

    Read about their Evernote success here.

    To download a PDF about how OurHood works, CLICK HERE.

    Keep plugging away, geeks 😉

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