With streaming platforms, next-gen gaming, and hybrid lifestyles reshaping how we consume entertainment, the humble TV is slowly being overtaken by a bigger player:…
PayPal identifies three technology trends for the future of commerce
Technology and the COVID pandemic have fundamentally changed consumer shopping habits. In this conversation, Paypal CTO Sri Shivananda outlines what the future of interactive,…
Egypt’s YFS raises $7M in Series A funding
Yalla Fel Sekka (YFS), the Egyptian on-demand logistics provider specialising in instant delivery and dark store management, has raised $7 million in a Series…
Docklands Ventures acquires SA parking startup, ParkUpp
South African parking startup, ParkUpp, has been acquired by real estate investment company Docklands Ventures, owned by ex-JLL Chairman for Sub-saharan Africa, Mark Bradford….
Kenyan healthtech startup, Afya Rekod, raises $2M in seed funding
Kenyan based healthtech startup, Afya Rekod, has raised $2 million (R30 608 600,00) in seed funding. The round was led by Mac Venture Capital, a…
Egyptian social commerce platform, Brimore, raises $25M in Series A round
Brimore, the Egyptian social commerce platform founded in 2017 by Mohamed Abdulaziz and Ahmed Sheikha, has closed its Series A round of $25 million. The round was…
AFEX opens second round of funding series to strengthen Nigeria’s agriculture sector
AFEX has announced the reopening of its $240m (₦100bn) Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) to help stabilise Nigeria’s agriculture sector by offering Agro-processors low-cost financing to…
Five cybersecurity trends we’ll see in 2022
“Unprecedented” is a word that defined 2020 and 2021. Once the pandemic hit, we saw a record number of businesses implement work-from-home systems to…
CompariSure raises R15M in Pre-Series A round lead by local VC firms
South African startup, CompariSure, has raised R15 million ($980 000) from Cape Town based HAVAÍC and 4Di in a Pre-Series A funding round lead…
South African fintech raises R47M funding in Series A
TallOrder, the South African fintech developer of cloud-based point of sale (POS) solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market, has raised R47m…
South African HR software startup, Wamly, secures second round investment
Wamly, the video interview software startup founded by Francois de Wet in 2018, has secured a 2nd round investment from South African venture capital…
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