F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Nigeria’s Anchor joins Y Combinator’s new start-up cohort
Backed by Y Combinator, a United States-based accelerator, the Nigerian start-up Anchor has launched its public beta API infrastructure to make it easier for…
SweepSouth grows from start-up to pan-African marketplace
In many respects, there’s never been a better time to launch and grow an African start-up. The continent is home to a growing labour…
Octiv closes eight-figure series A round with Knife Capital
The South African gym management software platform Octiv has reached a monumental milestone in closing their eight-figure series A funding round from a leading…
New project to train 1 million software developers in Africa
In a bid to train one million software developers across Africa by 2027, Power Learn Project (PLP), Adanian Labs SA and the ICRD Group’s…
African mobility fintech Moove joins forces with Uber
Moove, an African-born start-up with a growing global customer base of mobility entrepreneurs, has launched in Europe with an electric vehicle rent-to-buy model that…
Egyptian start-up launches new mental health platform in SA
The Egyptian-founded healthtech start-up Shezlong has now also spread its wings to South Africa, bringing its popular psychotherapy platform to the country amid increasing…
Pezesha closes $11m funding round to scale fintech
Pan-African fintech Pezesha has raised pre-series A investment of $11 million – a mixture of $6 million in equity and $5 million in debt….
Zanzibar lifts veil on new Wasoko hub for start-ups
African e-commerce company Wasoko has launched the Wasoko Innovation Hub in partnership with the Zanzibar government. Located in Fumba Town, the new hub will…
15 African start-ups shine in UCT accelerator programme
Fifteen promising African start-ups are through to the next phase of e-Track, a three-phase venture acceleration programme known as Venture Exploitation. This is presented…
‘Buy now, pay later’ market in SA to reach R2bn soon
Hundreds of thousands of South Africans are paying for their goods by using buy now pay later (BNPL) which is growing between 10% and…
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