SA app wins BlackBerry App of the Year

South Africa's Western Cape province is establishing a reputation as Africa's version of Silicon Valley for its easy access to technology and lower business start-up costs, according to the Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition.

University of Cape Town student Saadiq Moolla has developed a mobisite, Mobile Xhosa, to help healthcare practitioners communicate with, and so provide better treatment to, their isiXhosa-speaking patients.

South Africa has broken ground by becoming the first country to allow companies to be registered within one day of opening a bank account, in a collaboration between the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and First National Bank.