Meta has announced the launch of Meta AI in South Africa with built-in Llama 3 on WhatsApp. This is a leapfrog step for…
Egyptian trucking marketplace Trella acquires competitor Trukto
Cairo-based trucking marketplace Trella has acquired competitor Trukto in a move that will create Egypt’s largest technology-enabled trucking and logistics platform. Trella announced in a…
SA wins over half of the prize categories at Southern Africa Startup Awards finals
SA companies and entrepreneurs have won 11 of the 19 categories at the finals of this year’s Southern Africa Startup Awards (SASAwards). The winners…
Heavy Chef announces finalists of SA’s Five Most Exciting Startups list
The Heavy Chef Foundation has announced the 12 finalists of its SA’s Top 5 Most Exciting Startups initiative ahead of an award ceremony that…
Fourth cohort of Launchpad Africa raised $4.3m, created over 300 jobs, says Google
Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos and demo day for the fourth class of its Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa,…