The Netflix matchup between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul has redefined what a modern boxing event can be, fusing old-school boxing prestige with digital-age…
Is new Jozi artist investment platform Sunkambe set to be the JSE of music?
Recording, launching and distributing an album can typically cost an artist tens of thousands of rands — money many new and upcoming musicians often…
Lumkani to extend coverage in Joburg, expand team after closing seed round
Cape Town-based startup Lumkani is set to service more communities in Johannesburg, this after it announced yesterday (7 June) that it had closed a seed…
Here’s what you need to know about Nigeria’s tech startup ecosystem
Are you a venture capitalist or an angel investor looking to invest in a company? Are you an entrepreneur looking for capital or other…
Online lender Rainfin sells majority stake in business to bankroll new R1bn fund
SA online lending platform RainFin has effectively sold its business to its current BEE shareholders, the LeBashe Investment Group. The deal, announced last week on the lender’s blog, will enable Rainfin to…
How Michael Jordaan inspired Investsure, the ‘world’s first cover for investors’
Sometimes in the SA tech ecosystem all it takes is two words to get someone’s attention. Sometimes those words are someone’s name — someone…
It was ‘now or never’ says Digest RSA founder on leaving corporate finance job
For Dhanyal Davidson leaving a successful career in finance and accounting to start a financial literacy platform was a no brainer — but it…
African universities not connected to ecosystem as they should be [Q&A]
Earlier this month 90 innovation hubs from across the continent endorsed the African Innovation Policy Manifesto in Kigali, Rwanda. The declaration covered seven key…
Difficult, lonely being a black woman in sector, says iMed Tech founder
Despite running running an award-winning medtech startup, Nneile Nkholise still finds it hard and often lonely being a black woman in the sector. “You always…
Here are the 20 measures the Tunisia Startup Act aims to promote
Tunisia’s news startup act — passed earlier last month — could propel the north African country to become the region’s next entrepreneurial hotspot. Here’s why….
SBC head smiling as Startupbootcamp Cape Town applications top 1000
Startupbootcamp (SBC) Africa managing director Philip Kiracofe says he is “quite happy” with the large number of Africans countries from which the organisation received applications for this…
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